Olympic Values Essay Competition is going to be organized to spark a global online conversation in advance of the Olympic Values Symposium to be convened in London by Lord Colin Moynihan, Chair of the British Olympic Association (BOA), from June 29 to July 1, 2012. Worldwide Support for Development … [Read more...] about Olympic Values Essay Competition
Singapore-ASEAN Youth Fund
The Singapore-ASEAN Youth Fund was launched at the Fifth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth (AMMY V) in April 2007. Administered by the National Youth Council (NYC) of Singapore, the SGD$5 million fund goes towards funding joint youth activities in the ASEAN region. The Singapore-ASEAN Youth Fund is … [Read more...] about Singapore-ASEAN Youth Fund
BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants in Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadline- 30 May 2012 Countries/Region- All Countries Grants are not intended to support interchange between UK and overseas scholars where there is no planned programme of activity to meet a clearly specified research objective (dissemination of results of research conducted under the aegis of … [Read more...] about BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants in Humanities and Social Sciences
Global ReLeaf Grant Application
Deadline- May 15, 2012 American Forests partners with private organizations and the US Forest Service, and selects lands where additional funding can help create a new forest that would not be possible under existing programs and budgets. By expanding the area of healthy trees and forests, and … [Read more...] about Global ReLeaf Grant Application
Call for applications-PhD Fellowship for a national of Benin: Food Security and Nutrition
Deadline- 24 April 2012 Countries/Region- Benin, Finland Bioversity International and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC)/Benin; in collaboration with Helsinki University, Finland, are recruiting a talented scientist for a partial sponsored PhD fellowship on … [Read more...] about Call for applications-PhD Fellowship for a national of Benin: Food Security and Nutrition
Insights for Donors
A document containing insights for donors to strengthen monitoring and evaluation for women’s rights was published by Association For Women’s Rights in Development (AWID). The document, authored by Srilatha Batliwala, provides twelve specific insights for developing more effective M&E systems … [Read more...] about Insights for Donors
Report: Importance and Need of International Funding
‘International Fundraising: Now More Important Than Ever?’ is a report displaying the results of a small-scale survey that was conducted to gauge the importance of International funding for the NGOs. The report has been developed by Ankita Suri for Philantropia Inc, a consultancy firm that deals … [Read more...] about Report: Importance and Need of International Funding
Call for training workshop on Rural Poverty Reporting
Applications are invited for Thomson Reuters Foundation training course, aimed to support IFAD’s objective to highlight the issue of rising food prices and global food security. Journalists from countries where IFAD operates are welcome to apply. The workshop will focus on honing their reporting … [Read more...] about Call for training workshop on Rural Poverty Reporting
The Colombian Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Join Forces to Strengthen the Country’s Public Libraries
The Colombian Government, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched a new project, “Use and adoption of ICT in the National Network of Public Libraries,” on Sep. 27. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be funding the project, by providing US$ 3.2 million, and will … [Read more...] about The Colombian Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Join Forces to Strengthen the Country’s Public Libraries
Students from the Wharton School publish a research paper on Social Impact of Sports Teams
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania recently conducted a research study about social impact of sports teams. The study was conducted in collaboration with Beyond Sport. The findings of the study have now been published in the form of a paper which discusses about how sports teams … [Read more...] about Students from the Wharton School publish a research paper on Social Impact of Sports Teams
