Consolidated Mail - Reports, Jobs, Articles, Survey, etc.
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SPHERE INDIA
INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
CONSOLIDATED EMAIL : 9
COMPETITIONS/ EVENTS
1. ‘CSO Partners Outstanding Annual Report Awards 2010’
Annual Report is one of the key tools for ensuring transparency and accountability of any organisation. Recognising the significance of quality Annual Reports for ensuring credibility of Voluntary Sector Organisations, CSO partners in association with Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF), Credibility Alliance (CA) and Spatial Access Advertising Consultancy (SAAC) will be presenting ‘CSO Partners Outstanding Annual Report Awards 2010’ on March 6, 2010 at New Delhi. Last date for submission is 31st December, 2009.
To participate in the process and submit for entries, please log on to – www.annualreportawards.org .
ARTICLES / REPORTS
1. Humanitarian Response Index: First published in 2007, Humanitarian Response Index is the world’s first independent instrument for measuring the individual performance of humanitarian donors and the Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative (DRRI). The index examines donor commitments to improve the quality and effectiveness of their humanitarian relief initiatives by looking at 60 indicators that are based in part on the "Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship,. This year's HRI ranks Norway and Sweden highest in their humanitarian relief strategies, with the European Commission at fifth and the United States at fourteenth out of 23 donors.
To read the article click on http://devex.com/articles/heroes-or-zeroes-dara-s-hri-breaks-down-aid-effectiveness/ . For more information on Humanitarian Response Index please log on to - http://www.daraint.org/node/31
2. Vulnerability in Developing Countries :
This volume brings together essays from leading scholars to study the critical dimensions of vulnerability in developing countries, including the relationship between poverty and vulnerability arising from ill-health and external shocks. Case studies focus on major developing countries like China and India, countries in transition, small island states and failing states.
For more information log on to - https://unp.un.org/Details.aspx?entry=E09107
3. Climate change, Conflict and Fragility : Understanding the linkages and shaping effective responses
The report updates the scene since Alert's widely quoted 2007 publication, A Climate of Conflict, and reveals the alarming consequences of continued inaction to enable affected countries to adapt to the consequences of climate driven changes on their populations.
To read more log on to - http://www.international-alert.org/press/Climate_change_conflict_and_fragility_Nov09.pdf
4. Asia-Pacific Aid Effectiveness Portal
The Aid Effectiveness Portal is an initiative of the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness (CDDE) Facility. It is a collection of information and resources on Aid effectiveness in the Asia- Pacific region.
For more information log on to http://www.aideffectiveness.org/index.html
5. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
The study is focused on the impact food insecurity on the Asia-Pacific region and how to deal with it. Access to food and not the supply of food is central to food security. Thus, Governments need to develop and strengthen social protection programmes and improve the availability of food at the national and local levels. In the medium term, it is critical to support the revitalization of small-scale sustainable food production. The study examines the environmental, economic and social challenges that are the roots of the region’s food insecurity and suggests a regional framework of action to be taken by governments and the international community in order to create greater food security.
For more information log on to - https://unp.un.org/Details.aspx?entry=E09045
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Community-based adaptation to climate
change (Participatory Learning and Action Notes, no. 60)
This book is a special issue on Participatory Learning and Action focuses on recent approaches to climate change adaptation which are community-based and participatory, building on the priorities, knowledge, and capacities of local people. It discusses how community-based approaches to climate change have emerged, and the similarities and differences between CBA and other participatory development and disaster risk reduction approaches. It highlights innovative participatory methods which are developing to help communities analyse the causes and effects of climate change, integrate scientific and community knowledge of climate change, and plan adaptation measures.
For more information log on to - http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/14573IIED.pdf
SURVEY
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5th Annual Perceptions of Humanitarian
Accountability Survey by Humanitarian Accountability Partnership International
(HAP)
HAP International is preparing 2009’s Humanitarian Accountability Report,
that will include data from our perceptions of humanitarian accountability survey.
The analysis of survey data will feature in the Report, alongside a chapter on
voices of beneficiaries, a synthesis of HAP member agencies' accountability
progress reports, and an overview of humanitarian accountability developments
in 2009.
The survey will only take 3 minutes of your time and consists of a dozen short
questions. Click http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QDMXN8K
to complete the Survey before it closes on 25 January 2010.
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Technical and Marketing Advisor, Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) |
Skill Share International, India
Kalahandi, Orissa with travel to other states
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Liaison Officer India |
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, India |
27 December, 2009 |
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Parimita Routray
Focal Point, Info & KM
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