Mois : mars 2010

International Council for Science ICSU

The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-governmental organization with a global membership of national scientific bodies (119 members) and international scientific unions (30 members) … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Resources; Membership; Member Zone; Calendar; Press;
Address: International Council for Science ICSU, 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75116 Paris, France;
Contact.

About 2/2: Introduction: The International Council for Science (ICSU) is a non-governmental organization with a global membership of national scientific bodies (119 members) and international scientific unions (30 members). Continuer la lecture de « International Council for Science ICSU »

Chemonics.com

(in arab, english, espanol, français, portugues and russian)

Linked with US aid, with Famine Early Warning Systems Network FEWS Net, and with US aid Partners with Swedish Development Agency.

Chemonics is an international development consulting firm that promotes meaningful change to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Around the world, we design and implement projects in financial services, private sector development, health, environmental management, gender, crisis prevention and recovery, democracy and governance, and agriculture … (full text Welcome Page).

Practises:  Conflict and Disaster Management, Democracy and Governance, Education;
Project News; Jobs; Current projects;
Address: Chemonics.com, 1717 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006, United States;
Contact.

About: Chemonics is an international development consulting company that helps governments, businesses, civil society groups, and communities promote meaningful change so people can live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives.  Continuer la lecture de « Chemonics.com »

Famine Early Warning Systems Network FEWS Net

(also in espanol, français, portugues)

Linked with US aid, with Chemonics.com, and with US aid Partners with Swedish Development Agency.

  • 1): Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET ) is a lead organization in the field of prediction and response to famines and other forms of food security. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (US aid) since its creation in 1985, it analyzes a variety of data and information, such as market prices of food, precipitation and crop failures to predict when and where food insecurity will occur, and issues alerts on predicted crises … (full long article on wikipedia)… (*);
  • 2): FEWS Net’s english Homepage on the US aid website;

Who; Why; Approach; Products, services and its Catalogue; Livelihoods; Markets, Trade; Login; Partners: NOAA and USGS;
Contacts and addresses of regionals and by countries;
Contact with US aid: Gary Eilerts, e-mail.

About: The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is a USAID-funded activity that collaborates with international, regional and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging and evolving food security issues.  Continuer la lecture de « Famine Early Warning Systems Network FEWS Net »

African Technology Development Forum ATDF

Of the world’s total population of 6.5 billion, 5.8 billion people, or 90%, have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have regular access to food, clean water, or shelter. Design for the Other 90% explores a growing movement among designers to design low-cost solutions for this “other 90%.” (about /online resources).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Steering group; Advisors; Partners; Trade; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Journal; Newsletter; Knowledge: Technical docs, Policy docs;
Addresses: ATDF, P.O. Box 31484, Lusaka 10101, Zambia; – Or: ATDF, Chemin de Précossy 17, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland;
Contacts.

About /Objectives: The African Technology Development Forum (ATDF) is a volunteer organisation that was established in 2002 by Constantine Bartel (UNCTAD), Victor Konde (UN African Commission) and Philipp Aerni (University of Bern and ETH Zurich). Continuer la lecture de « African Technology Development Forum ATDF »