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knowledge, capacity building, networking

• IDEAS is an independent association of evaluation professionals, those interested in evaluation, and those who seek to bring credible information and knowledge to the development agenda.
• IDEAS was established in September of 2002 in Beijing, China. It is open worldwide to membership of both individuals and organizations. The mission of IDEAS is to: “improve and extend the practice of development evaluation by refining knowledge, strengthen capacity, and expanding networks for development evaluation, particularly in developing and transition countries” … (full text about /Overview).

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Current Projects; Upcoming; Resources; News; Conferences; Documents; Membership; FAQs;
Address: IDEAS Administrator, PostNet Suite #84, Private Bag X12, Cresta, Johannesburg 2118, South Africa;
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History: A Brief History of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS). IDEAS was  conceived to help build a community of development evaluators through a professional association that would be:  Continuer la lecture de « International Development Evaluation Association IDEAS »

3ie is seeking international impact evaluation expertise to evaluate development programs – ranging from credit guarantees to HIV/AIDS interventions – in Burundi, China, Fiji, Mexico, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda … (Homepage 1/2).

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What; Database; Experts; Advocacy; Archive; Grants; Joining; Workshops, conferences; Blog; Members;
Addresses: 1. -3ie Inc/GDN, Suite 1210, 1875 Conecticut Avenue, NW Washington DC 2009, USA; 2. -GDN 3ie Program, 2nd Floor, West Wing, ISID Complex, Plot No. 4, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110070, India; 3. – 3ie, London International Development Centre, 36 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD, UK;
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Homepage 2/2: … Launched in April, 3ie’s innovative Policy Window invited governmental and non-governmental agencies from around the world to submit proposals of interventions that needed to be evaluated.  Continuer la lecture de « International Initiative for Impact Evaluation 3IE »

(Found on Weitzenegger’s Newsletter/websites of the moment, June 2010)

IOCE is a loose alliance of regional and national evaluation organisations (associations, societies and networks) from around the world that collaborate to:

• build evaluation leadership and capacity in developing countries,
• foster the cross-fertilisation of evaluation theory and practice around the world,
• address international challenges in evaluation, and
• assist the evaluation profession to take a more global approach to contributing to the identification and solution of world problems … (Overview 1/2).

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Overview 2/2: … We invite all regional and national professional evaluation associations, societies and networks to join us!  We also invite everyone interested in evaluation to make use of our resources, to participate in our initiatives and to contribute to our goals through your evaluation organisation.   Continuer la lecture de « International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation IOCE »

together for a better world – also in german, french and italian

• VISION: We want a world in which all people can live self-determined lives in dignity and safety while respecting the environment.
• MISSION: We help disadvantaged people and communities in developing countries to actively improve their living conditions. (head of Frontpage).

english Welcome Page;
Programmes, projects; Professional Competences; Jobs; Membership; Donations; Major donors;
Addresses (1 of 3): Helvetas – The Swiss Association for International Cooperation, Weinbergstrasse 22a, P.O. Box, CH 8021 Zurich, Switzerland;
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About: Helvetas was founded in 1955 as the first private organisation for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 38’000 members, more than 40’000 sponsors and 15 regional volunteer groups.  Continuer la lecture de « Helvetas – Swiss Association for International Cooperation »

(Found on Weitzenegger’s Newsletter/websites).

• KM4Dev is a community of international development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge sharing issues and approaches, and who seek to share ideas and experiences in this domain.
• The community traces its origins back to two face-to-face workshops held respectively in February and June 2000. Participants from the two workshops wanted to continue discussing among themselves and asked Bellanet/IDRC to create an electronic forum where this could take place. The KM4Dev mailing list and website came to be in the summer of 2000. To subscribe to KM4Dev, send a blank email to km4dev.org. mailto:join.km4dev-l@dgroups.org … (about 1/2).

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Events; Groups; Core Group; Members; Community Knowledge; Workshops; Resources; Docs, Links; We on wiki;
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About 2/2: … A volunteer Core Group was created in May 2004 to further support the community and help respond to its needs. Continuer la lecture de « Knowledge Management for Development km4dev.org »

Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung – site mainly in german

• The Peace Research Institute Frankfurt PRIF was founded in 1970 by the government of the state of Hesse as an independent foundation. Its constitution guarantees PRIF full academic freedom. PRIF does not carry out any commissioned research. With more than 70 members of staff PRIF is the largest as well as the oldest peace research institute in Germany.
• PRIF´s work is directed towards identifying the causes of violent international and internal conflicts, carrying out research into the conditions necessary for peace, understood as a process of decreasing violence and increasing justice, and spreading the concepts of peace … (full text PRIF).

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Peace Education; Programmes; Press, events; Newsletter; Links; Member of the Leibniz Association;
Address: PRIF, c/o Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung HSFK, Baseler Str. 27-31, D-60329 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
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What is Peace Research: The hope that the end of the Cold War would bring about a peaceful period in world history has not been fulfilled. Instead, this period has seen numerous conflicts, previously suppressed by the Communist regime, confrontation with the Eastern Bloc and the fear of nuclear war.  Continuer la lecture de « Peace Research Institute Frankfurt PRIF »

Source is an International Information Support Centre designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability

• Vision: Source will be a key point of access to up-to-date, relevant information on international health and disability. It will be composed of a well-maintained, comprehensive, catalogued physical collection and regularly reviewed electronic material.
• Mission: … (about 1/2 /left column).

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News, projects; Add Resource; Publications; Newsletter; Supports; Partners; Librarty;
Address: Source International Information Support Centre, 2nd Floor, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK;
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About 2/2: Source is a collaborative venture of the Centre for International Health and Development (formerly CICH), a department within an academic institution; Healthlink Worldwide, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to strengthen information and communication on health and disability; Handicap International, a disability and development NGO; and Exchange, a networking and learning programme on health communications for development. Continuer la lecture de « SOURCE – International Information Support Center »

• Vision: Be the leader for generating and disseminating knowledge for sustainable agrarian and rural development.
• Mission: To strengthen agrarian and rural sector through conducting research and training activities.
• Goals: … (about /Overview 1/2).

english Homepage;
Divisions; Publications; Newsletter; Facilities; Hot Topics; many downloads in english: Retail Market Situation, … and many more … ;
many downloads in Sinhala: Retail Market at a Glance, … and many more … ;
Address: Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute HARTI, 114, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka;
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About /Overview 2/2: … Goals:   Continuer la lecture de « Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute HARTI »

The Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes operates on multiple scales. CSPO is an independent unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, with university-wide faculty appointments, faculty affiliates, staff, programs and projects, as detailed on this website. CSPO also collaborates with an array of other units at ASU, including: the Biodesign Institute; the Global Institute of Sustainability; the Center for Biology and Society; the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing; and the Center for the Study of the Law, Science, and Technology … (full text The Consortium).

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Projects; Education, outreach; Library; People;
Addresses (1 of 3): Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University, 1834 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA;
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About /who we are: The Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes is an intellectual network aimed at enhancing the contribution of science and technology to society’s pursuit of equality, justice, freedom, and overall quality of life. Continuer la lecture de « Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes CSPO »

• The Change Facilitation Associates Network (CFAN) is a global network of more than 60 people from around the world who enjoy exploring, creating, and celebrating change.
• CFAN’s Mission: We aim to refine and co‐create change facilitation and share the knowledge with change makers around the world.
• CFAN’s Vision: CFAN is a global community of people who explore and advance change facilitation collaborative to collectively create profound change in a profit and non for profit manner. This connects us deeply, both within ourselves and within this changing world.
• CFAN’s Identity: … (Global Network).

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News; Cases; Network;
Address: Change Facilitation s.r.o., Galvaniho 7/D, 821 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic;
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About Us: Change Facilitation s.r.o. was established in 2005 to facilitate the formation of a network composed of international experts and teams for consulting and training assignments, focusing on organizational and individual change processes. Continuer la lecture de « Change Facilitation »

Do you want to improve the creativity and innovation of you and your team?  We can help.  Paul Sloane, the UK’s leading speaker on innovation, can provide these services:

• Keynote and after-dinner speeches
• Leadership and Strategy Workshops
• Meeting Facilitation
• Ideas Workshops
• Link Presenter at Conferences … (Homepage 1/2).

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Speaking; Workshops; Videos; Testimonials; Products; Laterals; Downloads; Test;
Address: Destination Innovation, Darroch House, 3 Castle Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2DS, UK;
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Homepage 2/2: … At Destination Innovation we help improve lateral thinking for leaders.  This results in better creativity, more ideas and successful innovation.  Our talks and workshops help you to find better ways to do things – saving money and giving you competitive advantage. Continuer la lecture de « Destination Innovation »

also in german, in spanisch.

• The assistance provided by Medico is more than the supply of relief goods in emergency situations. We see our work as an element within comprehensive social action that aims at the implementation of the right to health.
• In this effort we are not focused on short-term « interventionist aid missions ». Our concern is to cooperate in a spirit of solidarity and trust with people who are our autonomous partners and anything but mere recipients of aid … (about 1/2 /Medico works … with partners).

english Homepage;
Health; Health Projects; Human Rights; War, violence; Psycho Social Work; Emergency Relief; Network; Publications; Donations;
Address: Medico International, Burgstr. 106, 60389 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
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About 2/2: … Our common point of departure is marked by the political and social aims that we share with our partner organizations in the South. The continuous exchange of experiences, openness in our interactions with the partners and a constant reflection of existing dependencies and individual interests also form part of these aims.  Continuer la lecture de « Medico International »

Tume ya Haki za Binadamu na Utawala Bora – Linked with Request for Information: 05 – 18 July 2010.

The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) is an independent government department, established as the national focal point institution for the promotion and protection of human rights and duties as well as good governance in Tanzania. CHRAGG was established under Article 129(1) of the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977 as amended by Act No. 3 of 2000 … (Homepage 1/2).

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Address: Head office, Executive Secretary, Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance CHRAGG, Plot No.8, Luthuli Street (Haki House), P.O.Box 2643, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
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Homepage 2/2: … The Commission became operational on the 1st July 2001 after the coming into force of the Commission the Human Rights and Good Governance Act No7 of 2001 as amended by Act No 16 of 2001 and Government Notice No. 311 of 8th June 2001. Continuer la lecture de « The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance CHRAGG »