Mois : février 2010

The Australasian Cochrane Centre

Cochrane Collaboration

The Australasian Cochrane Centre is part of the Monash Institute of Health Services Research based at Monash University in Melbourne. The Centre was established in 1994 at the Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide and relocated to Melbourne in 1999 under the directorship of the late Professor Chris Silagy. Core funding is provided by the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. The Centre has three branches that co-ordinate Cochrane activities in specific geographical areas: New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Training; Regional activity; Research; Cochrane Library; Ausinfo;
Postal Address: Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Monash Medical Centre, Locked Bag 29, Clayton VIC 3168, AUSTRALIA;
Streete Address: Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, 43-51 Kanooka Grove, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia;
Map and Contact.

About 2/2: … Role of the Centre: The Centre aims to promote the equitable provision of effective health care in Australasia by facilitating the preparation and maintenance of systematic reviews and their dissemination and application to influence service provision and clinical practice.  Continuer la lecture de « The Australasian Cochrane Centre »

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement

  • The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the cross-cutting disciplines of international relations and development studies.
  • Born of the 2008 merger of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) and the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED), it benefits from an expertise and a reputation that go back as far as the 1920s, and the League of Nations, in the case of international relations, and the 1960s, and the post-colonial era and the emergence of the Third World, in the case of development studies … (full text The Institute).

Homepage; Sitemap/Plan du site;
Teaching; Research; Executive Education; Resources;
Address: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement / The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Rue de Lausanne 132, P.O. Box 136, CH – 1211 Geneva 21;
Contact.

Partners and Networks (find many URLs on their website: The teaching, research and executive education activities of the Institute are supported by a network of partners in Switzerland and throughout the world.  Continuer la lecture de « Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies »

Siyanda

mainstreaming gender equality – Siyanda means « we are growing » (isiZulu).

Linked on our blogs with Bridge.

  • Siyanda is an on-line database of gender and development materials from around the world. It is also an interactive space where gender practitioners can share ideas, experiences and resources. (Homepage).
  • Aims and Objectives: Siyanda aims to be an ever growing resource to support practitioners in implementing gender programmes and in mainstreaming gender equality concerns, whether they are gender specialists or not. (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Search for experts and consultants; Contribute; Subscribe newsletter; Help; Feedback;
Address: (hosted by) Bridge, Institute of Development Studies IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK;
Contact Person: For more information on Siyanda or on how to contribute to the website please contact the website manager by e-mail.

About:  … Our main objectives are:

  • – Presenting short summaries of on-line work to save busy practitioners time in searching for relevant information.
  • – Enabling users to download full-length materials quickly and easily, free of charge.
  • – Facilitating a culture of sharing information and materials on gender and development among people working in this field.
  • – Working with partner organisations across the world to build an online space that reflects their interests and needs and that connects them with like-minded colleagues.

BRIDGE and the IAC: Siyanda is hosted by BRIDGE – the gender and development research and information service located at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (in the United Kingdom). BRIDGE is one of a family of knowledge services from IDS.

Bridge Online reports

development & gender – mainstreaming gender equality

  • BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online.
  • This site has been set up as a ‘virtual bookcase’ where you can download copies of all BRIDGE publications. You can find these either by theme or by type of publication using the menu bars.
  • Siyanda is BRIDGE’s sister site.

(Homepage)
Left column: docs by Type or Theme, Translations; Right column; latest docs;
Search Docs; Subscribe newsletter; Web IDS;
Address: BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, United Kingdom;
Contacts.

About: BRIDGE Vision – Gender knowledge for a fairer world: Continuer la lecture de « Bridge Online reports »