The Centre for Development Innovation at the Wageningen University is organizing the 'Climate change governance: adaptation and mitigation as institutional change processes' from 2 September 2013 to 13 September 2013 in the Netherlands. The course provides participants a full understanding of … [Read more...] about Short Course on Climate Change Governance: Netherlands Fellowships available
Short Course on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security: Netherlands Fellowships available
The Centre for Development Innovation at the Wageningen University is organizing the 'Climate change governance: adaptation and mitigation as institutional change processes' from 23 September 2013 to 11 October 2013 in the Netherlands. In this course, participants will learn from expert … [Read more...] about Short Course on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security: Netherlands Fellowships available
Short Course on Governance for forest, nature and people: Netherlands Fellowships available
The Centre for Development Innovation at the Wageningen University is organizing the 'Governance for forests, nature & people: managing multistakeholder learning in sector programmes and policy processes' from 2 September 2013 to 13 September 2013 in the Netherlands. This course challenges … [Read more...] about Short Course on Governance for forest, nature and people: Netherlands Fellowships available
Short Course on Local Economic Development: Netherlands Fellowships available
The Centre for Development Innovation at the Wageningen University is organizing the 'Local Economic Development' from 23 September 2013 to 4 October 2013 in the Netherlands. The course is aimed at catalysing vibrant rural economies. It focuses on the changing roles of rural policies and services … [Read more...] about Short Course on Local Economic Development: Netherlands Fellowships available
Imagine Cup World Citizenship Competition
If your goal is to make the world a better place through technology, this is the competition for you. The Imagine Cup World Citizenship Competition recognizes software apps that have the greatest potential to improve the world we live in. Is there a global issue that speaks to you? Follow your heart … [Read more...] about Imagine Cup World Citizenship Competition
European Commission-funded EXPERTS III Scholarship for South Asia and Southeast Asia
EXPERTS I and its successors, EXPERTS II and EXPERTS III are scholarship projects funded by the European Commission targeted at citizens of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The project provides scholarship opportunities for … [Read more...] about European Commission-funded EXPERTS III Scholarship for South Asia and Southeast Asia
Overseas Development Institute’s Fellowship Scheme 2013
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is accepting applications for the ODI Fellowship Scheme 2013. The scheme aims to provide governments of developing countries with high calibre junior professional economists where gaps in local expertise exist. To provide recent postgraduate economists with … [Read more...] about Overseas Development Institute’s Fellowship Scheme 2013
The Hague Academy’s Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Finance Training: Netherlands Fellowship available
The Hague Academy is organizing the 'Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Finance' in The Hague in The Netherlands from 16 – 27 September, 2013. This course, developed in cooperation with the Urban Institute in Washington, helps you in answering questions such as: How can spending responsibilities and … [Read more...] about The Hague Academy’s Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Finance Training: Netherlands Fellowship available
What is matching contribution in a budget and how can NGOs arrange it?
[...continued from the main page] Many donors insist that projects provide details on matching contribution in their proposal budgets. It is usually 10-20% of the total budget you propose. Matching contributions are financial contributions made by the NGO to the overall grant of the project. If … [Read more...] about What is matching contribution in a budget and how can NGOs arrange it?
Opportunity to Participate as the “Leaders of Tomorrow” in the St. Gallen Symposium, Switzerland
The 43rd St. Gallen Symposium will be held from 2-3 May 2013 at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. There is an opportunity for an expenses covered participation for students as 'Leaders of Tomorrow' at this symposium through the Student Essay Competition. Students enter into a challenging … [Read more...] about Opportunity to Participate as the “Leaders of Tomorrow” in the St. Gallen Symposium, Switzerland
