Deadline: 24 March 2015 The Wageningen UR Center of Development Innovation (CDI) invites professionals interested in the promotion of farmer-included agribusiness to participate in the two-week short course entitled Organized Farmers as Partners in Agribusiness: Optimizing the performance of … [Read more...] about Organised Farmers as Partners in Agribusiness: Optimising the performance of producers’ organisations
Apply for the Netherlands Fellowship Program to participate in the Wageningen UR CDI Short Courses
Before beginning with this series of Short Courses designed by Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation (CDI), please read our previous article entitled The Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) on Wageningen UR Creating Capacities for Change - Courses 2015 published on 7 August 2014. This … [Read more...] about Apply for the Netherlands Fellowship Program to participate in the Wageningen UR CDI Short Courses
International course on Competing Claims on Natural Resources
Deadline: 21 October 2014 The two-week International Course on Competing Claims on natural resources: Reconciling agricultural development and biodiversity conservation at the landscape level to be held from 2-13 March 2015 in the Netherlands is open for application. The course aims to contribute … [Read more...] about International course on Competing Claims on Natural Resources
The Global Innovation Fund: Stages of Financing
The Global Innovation Fund has three stages of Financing – Pilot, Test & Transition and Scaling Up. Pilot At the Pilot stage, GIF provides seed capital to support the start up and field-testing of innovations. The goal of this stage is to refine the basic concept or business model and … [Read more...] about The Global Innovation Fund: Stages of Financing
Eligibility criteria to acquire the Global Innovation Fund
Following are the criteria to acquire the Global Innovation Fund and make your proposed solution to major global problem a success: The innovations should benefit people living on less than the equivalent of $5 per day (PPP) in developing countries, especially the people living on less than $2 … [Read more...] about Eligibility criteria to acquire the Global Innovation Fund
The Global Innovation Fund – £30,000 to £10 million Project Grants to invest in Developing Countries
Deadline: Ongoing Funders around the world are worried about the humanitarian problems in developing countries. Non-profit organizations, social enterprises, for-profit firms, researchers and government agencies around the world who have best approaches to solve any major development problem in … [Read more...] about The Global Innovation Fund – £30,000 to £10 million Project Grants to invest in Developing Countries
EuropeAid Changes Create New Opportunities for NGO Funding
The European Commission's international aid agency EuropeAid has announced a series of changes following the launch of a new strategy that will govern the organization up to 2020. At a time when the world order is changing rapidly and emerging economies like China, India and Brazil are asserting … [Read more...] about EuropeAid Changes Create New Opportunities for NGO Funding
2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Deadline: 5 November 2014 The Young African leaders between 25-35 years of age who are eligible to receive a United States J-1 Visa to apply for the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship, a merit-based open competition - the new flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative … [Read more...] about 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Enter the Think.Eat.Save Student Challenge of $10,000
All the school/university students around the globe are invited to participate in the Think.Eat.Save Student Challenge to fight against food waste and encourage children (as well as the elders) to help save people around the globe from hunger and malnutrition. If you are a school/university … [Read more...] about Enter the Think.Eat.Save Student Challenge of $10,000
Think.Eat.Save Student Challenge to Fight Food Waste and Reduce Hunger
Deadline: 16 November 2014 to submit the results of projects (project implementation 16 September – 16 November 2014) Do you know how much food is wasted everyday in the schools/universities around the globe? Do you know how much food is wasted everyday in your school/university? One third of all … [Read more...] about Think.Eat.Save Student Challenge to Fight Food Waste and Reduce Hunger
