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The start of 2003 finds ACORD alive with change both internally in terms of how we manage ourselves and externally in terms of our programming with others. This newsletter gives you a flavour of the exciting and innovative work that we are involved in.1. PROGRAMME
NEWS
With news of research, advocacy, debates and lesson
learning on the one hand, and plans, events, evaluations and reports on the
other, the programme news reflects the changes that programme staff have been
making in their work in recent months.
a) ANGOLA:
Impact research being undertaken into strengthening institutional and
organisational capacities in Southern Angola's Non-Governmental Sector.
b) ANGOLA,
MALI, NORTHERN UGANDA AND SUDAN: Participatory action research to strengthen the
capacity of marginalized people to resolve conflicts of interest and achieve
their rights without recourse to violence.
c) BOTSWANA:
Lessons learned from Community Based Natural Resources Management project in
western Ngamiland.
d) BOTSWANA:
Building the capacity of Community Based Organisations, Ngamiland.
e) BURUNDI,
TANZANIA, BURKINA FASO, UGANDA: Research into the contribution of Poverty
Reduction Strategy Programmes (PRSPs) to gender-equitable education.
f) BURUNDI: Two
new studies: peace-building and gender mainstreaming in programming.
g) BURUNDI:
Evidence of economic and social rehabilitation of Bujumbura communities affected
by war.
h) ETHIOPIA:
Participatory research to be undertaken into the use of Nile water in reducing
food insecurity in Ethiopia.
i) ERITREA:
ACORD’s new directions in Eritrea.
j) ERITREA:
Developing a new trust fund to provide first loans for the most marginalized.
k) KENYA,
UGANDA: Regional research into pastoralism and resource-based conflict.
l)
MAURITANIA: Developing lobbying and advocacy as vital tool in food safety and
security
m) MOZAMBIQUE:
Study being conducted on women and land: heritage rights, property rights and
traditional practices in the Panadana District.
n)
RWANDA: New collective programme to fight poverty and injustice
o)
SUDAN: Red Sea Hills programme acting as a focal point for a state-wide campaign
against all forms of Female Genital Mutilation
p)
SUDAN: Recent research on HIV and AIDS already showing already showing positive
results
r)
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN: New area programme in the making
s)
AIDS: Twenty-two UK charities come together at London Eye to campaign against
AIDS
t) AIDS: AIDS programme to develop own newsletter
u)
SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMME: What does it mean to support social movements?
a) Global programme finalised
b) Executive Director post
readvertised
c) Research remains at the
heart of ACORD's programmes
d) Staff changes at ACORD
e) Nairobi office expands
f) Two new policies being
finalised
g) Raising fundraising
capacity.
4. ACORD'S MEMBERS
5. NEWSLETTER & SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS.
ACORD is undertaking
participatory research into the impact of its work over the past three years in
strengthening institutional capacity in the non-governmental sector of Southern
Angola. Its research will focus on outcomes/impact generated, approach and
methodology used, challenges encountered, lessons learned, measures to be taken
forwards, and the relevance to the fight against poverty. For further
information on ACORD’s work in Angola, please contact Programme Manager
Guilherme Santos in Lubango at acord.guilhermes@netangola.com
1b) ANGOLA, MALI, NORTHERN UGANDA AND
SUDAN: Participatory action research to strengthen the capacity of marginalized
people to resolve conflicts of interest and achieve their rights without
recourse to violence.
This latest study focusing on
Angola, Mali, Northern Uganda and Sudan is aimed at furthering our learning in
working in and on conflict to strengthen the capacity of the targeted
communities to resolve conflicts and achieve their rights. It involves community
action research on conflict dynamics, management, prevention and peace-building,
and identifying the information, tools, material and other supports required to
assist community-led processes and strategies for making peace. The project will
develop capacity and synergy through partnerships and participatory processes
and utilise methods of critical enquiry, social exclusion analysis and
empowering action-oriented approaches. The outcomes of this project will lead
into a wider three-year thematic programme on conflict. For further information
on this research please contact Ibrahim Sahl, PDA Research in Nairobi at ibrahimsahl@acordnairobi.org
1c)
BOTSWANA:
Lessons learnt from Community Based
Natural Resources Management project in western Ngamiland.
ACORD's experiences with the
Okavango Community Trust (OCT) in Botswana, provide a number of valuable lessons
for ACORD and other NGOs initiating, implementing and facilitating
community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) projects.
One of the main lessons is
that participatory methodologies are central to such projects. Not only do they
ensure that project recipients develop a sense of ownership of the process, but
they also increase levels of commitment with beneficiaries being involved at
every level of the project's development. Collaborating with stakeholders
through continuous dialogue and consultation is also crucial to a common
understanding of a project's development and stakeholders need to be active
participants if the project is to succeed. Other lessons learnt are that such
projects benefit from joint venture business partnerships with the private
sector and that the needs and priorities of communities are not necessary
synonymous. A detailed report is available on our website at www.acord.org.uk/b-resources.htm.
For further information, contact Cynthia Mwase, Programme Manager ACORD Botswana
in Gumare at pcacord@infor.bw
1d)
BOTSWANA: Building the capacity of Community Based Organisations, Ngamiland.
While there is considerable
literature on the process and progress of capacity building with large
institutions such as governments and NGO networks, there is very little
regarding capacity-building of community based organisations (CBO). With a
number of NGOs now working in this area, there are valuable lessons to be
learned from ACORD's experience in the Okavango.
One of the most important of
these lessons is recognising that capacity building should be practical as well
as strategic. Much capacity building work focuses on the practical needs of
participants; for example, learning to manage a community shop or a revolving
fund. However, supporting people's efforts to overcome poverty and
marginalisation also requires capacity-building work that helps them to pursue
their strategic interests; for example, protecting land rights, demanding more
accountability and accessibility in the management of local services or ensuring
greater ethnic equality in the control of resources.
This latest report, produced
by ACORD Botswana, explores the key issues in grassroots capacity building,
explores whose capacity to build, including steps for developing an outline
programme capacity-building strategy and steps for developing a group capacity
building plan. It also provides valuable lessons on methodology and ways of
developing a more strategic approach. The full report is available on our
website at www.acord.org.uk/b-resources.
For further information, contact Cynthia Mwase, Programme Manager ACORD Botswana
in Gumare at pcacord@infor.bw
1e) BURUNDI, TANZANIA, BURKINA FASO,
UGANDA: Undertaking research in the contribution of Poverty Reduction Strategy
Programmes (PRSPs) to gender-equitable education.
This latest gender research
aims to measure the level of participation in the design of PRSPs, to identify
the extent to which gender considerations have been taken into consideration, to
explore who is involved in the implementation and to evaluate the contribution
of PRSPs to gender-equitable education. For further information contact Ibrahim
Sahl, PDA Research in Nairobi at ibrahimsahl@acordnairobi.org
1f)
BURUNDI: Two new studies: peace-building and gender mainstreaming in
programming.
ACORD is undertaking
participatory research in Burundi aimed at advising the planning and programming
of organisations working on conflict resolution in the area. The research
entails working in partnership at the middle and grassroots level to include
members of private and public national universities, representatives from civil
society organisations, international organisations and those of the United
Nations system. It is hoped that the process of research will enable a broader
range of actors to be involved and lead to conflicts being resolved – or at
least addressed - with out recourse to violence.
Another study “Mainstreaming
of Gender in Programming: towards strategies and policies for rural development
in Burundi” seeks to identify gender disparities/gaps, prioritise needs of
rural women, and how to carry out advocacy for a systematic gender mainstreaming
in development programmes at local and national levels. The main areas of
analysis include, women’s access to basic services (health, education, clean
water), access to income, management/control of resources and participation in
decision-making. For further information, contact ACORD Burundi on acord@cbinf.com
1g)
BURUNDI: Evidence of economic and social rehabilitation of Bujumbura communities
affected by war.
Buterere,
an area on the periphery of Bujumbura, is home to the Batwa, one of Burundi’s
ethnic minority groups and one of the three major groups of displaced people in
the Bujumbura district. The area straddles the rural-urban divide, has no access
to electricity and is one of the areas covered by ACORD’s programme aimed at
the economic and social rehabilitation of Bujumbura communities affected by war.
The zone’s leader, Mr Bernard Bangirimbereka, also a member and councillor of
the programme’s steering committee, commented on the impact of ACORD’s
intervention on the Batwa and neighbouring communities. See his testimony at www.acord.org.uk/e-news/No6/Art2.htm.
1h)
ETHIOPIA: Participatory research to be undertaken into the use of Nile water in
reducing food insecurity in Ethiopia.
ACORD is planning a participative research in partnership with local
communities, civil society organisations, government, NGOs, and research
institutions into the value of increasing Ethiopia's share of Nile water to
increase food security in the area and ways of ensuring an equitable share for
the areas most marginalised communities. The research will be one of the three
project components which include information dissemination and advocacy. For
further information contact ACORD Ethiopia at acord.eth@telecom.net.et
1i)
ERITREA: ACORD develops new directions for its work in Eritrea
Having successfully managed to do meaningful development work in the first post-war period after independence (1993), during the years of peace, during the new war with Ethiopia and during the war’s aftermath, ACORD has now developed a new strategic direction for its future work in Eritrea which builds the institutional capacities that will take the current micro-finance work into the future as well as address issues of such as conflict, gender rights and AIDS outside the microfinance field.. A summary of the developments are available here
1j)
ERITREA: Developing trust fund to provide first loans for the most marginalized.
Habitat International (UN) recently approached ACORD regarding a partnership in
Eritrea. It has shown interest in working with ACORD to develop a trust fund for
women, single mothers, the poor and marginalised and the internally displaced by
providing small loans and which would provide them with the first step in
supporting them to emerge from poverty. For further details, please contact
Hasebenebi Kaffel at ACORD Eritrea in Asmara at acord@gemel.com.er
or Tel: 291 (1) 184 272
1k)
KENYA, UGANDA: Regional research on pastoralism and resource-based conflict.
A cross-cultural study is planned for 2003 on pastoralism and resource-based conflict amongst the Karimonjong of North-eastern Uganda and the Turkana of North-western Kenya. The research is aimed at understanding why previous attempts at achieving sustainable peace in the region have failed. The study will contribute to ACORD's Conflict theme to better understand the dynamics of resource-based conflict, as well as generate viable links between traditional “customary” and modern “statutory” conflict transformation and resolution models.
1l) MAURITANIA: Developing lobbying and advocacy as vital tool in food safety and security
ACORD has seen significant impact of its lobbying and advocacy support work
in its food security programme in Mauritania. The programme is aimed at
improving the living standards of the most marginalised communities in
Mauritania. Awareness-raising with local government officials and the
mobilisation of community leaders in communicating their needs to the Ministry
of Health and Social Affairs has resulted in the construction of a health centre
in Gneïba. The village's 3000 inhabitants were previously 100km from the
nearest health station.
On another level, advocacy
aimed at the local UN system and other international organisations has resulted
in the World Food Program (WFP) financing two aid programmes aimed at ensuring
food security and safety in the drought stricken area. Five water retention dams
have been built to assist crop production and the impact on the environment is
already evident: there is an increase in ground water and the area's vegetation
has begun to regenerate. Local government has divided and distributed arable
land amongst the poor and excluded who would otherwise have had little hope of
ever becoming land owners. The Food Safety Security Programme is financed by the
EU, NOVIB and the Stromme Foundation. For further information on ACORD's support
in Mauritania, contact Mohamed Aly Ag Hamana on acord@opt.mr
or Mamadou Goita at acord@datatech.toolnet.org
1m) MOZAMBIQUE: Study being conducted on women and land: heritage rights, property rights and traditional practices in the Panadana District of Mozambique.
This latest ACORD study in Mozambique is an attempt to research women’s
(especially heads of households) rights regarding access, management and control
over their heritage and property rights in rural areas. The main focus is on
land and its use with regard to traditional practices, distribution and
right/inheritance mechanisms in both ‘customary’ and ‘statutory’
legislation.
Another study is planned into
food insecurity and malnutrition in Niassa Province, from a gender perspective.
The main focus will be household food security and nutritional aspects, the
status of women with regard to agricultural incomes (access and control), and
use of and/or knowledge of sustainable technologies. It will use ‘causal
analysis’, ‘role/obligation analysis’ and ‘resource analysis’
respectively. For further information on ACORD’s work in Mozambique, please
contact Celeste Guambe at acordmoz@teledata.mz
1n)
RWANDA: New collective programme to fight poverty and injustice
ACORD has developed a new
programme in Rwanda aimed at raising the capacity of poor and marginalised
communites to engage in collective action against poverty and social injustice.
The programme works with the poor and excluded to explore ways of developing
social fora which can feed into larger civil society social movements in Rwanda.
Research is currently being carried out into mechanisms for developing such
social fora. Read the latest programme developments (in French)
here. For further information regarding our work in Rwanda, please contact Francois
Munyantwani, Programme Manager ACORD Rwanda at acordrw@rwanda1.com
1o) SUDAN: Red Sea Hills programme acting as a focal point for a state-wide campaign against all forms of Female Genital Mutilation
Research
on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), conducted by ACORD in the Red Sea Hills, has
resulted in the programme acting as a focal point for a state-wide campaign
against all forms of FGM. ACORD has witnessed some very impressive results from
its work which includes numerous tribal leaders abandoning the practice
completely. The group is now working towards influencing the state’s
legislative body.
Joint
research on HIV and AIDS by ACORD’s programmes in Khartoum, Kassala and Juba
is currently being finalised and the joint analysis should
be complete by March . The dissemination of the Kassala research findings
has already lead to the creation of an extremely conducive environment for
further discussions and action, especially with regard to the state. An HIV/AIDS
network has been formed which is active in formulating strategies and activities
around the issue. It includes all the International NGOs in Kassala, as well as
UN agencies, government ministries, local NGOs and students' groups.
1r)
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN: New area programme in the making
1r)
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN: New area programme in the making
1r)
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN: New area programme in the making
In line with ACORD’s change
process aimed at creating greater impact, coupled with the spirit of linking
issues at micro-to macro level, and also building upon the opportunities
provided by the East African Community, ACORD has moved its programming to focus
on the Lake Victoria Basin. The initial programme, The Lake Victoria Area
Programme (LVAP), incorporates N.W Tanzania and S.W Uganda. ACORD’s
programming in these areas began in 1987-89,with most of the interventions
responding to service delivery needs in remote and marginalised areas least
supported by mainstream government support.
The goal of the new programme will be to contribute to building the capacity of marginalised people living in the Lake Victoria area through strengthening realisation of their rights and achieving basic needs in a sustainable manner. Research is currently being carried out into the role of institutional capacity building in the promotion of decentralisation in poverty reduction through a comparative analysis of the experiences in remote districts of North Western Tanzania and South Western Uganda. The research will investigate the effectiveness and added-value of capacity building for decentralisation among local government and civil society organisations in translating pro-poor policies into practice. For further details, read this article.
1s)
Twenty-two UK charities come together at London Eye to campaign against AIDS
ACORD
and other development activists working on HIV and AIDS joined UK and
international politicians, UN representatives and celebrities at the London Eye
to highlight the ongoing fight against AIDS. Read the full report by Carolyne
Culver, writing on behalf of the Stop AIDS Campaign.
1t) AIDS programme to develop
own newsletter
ACORD’s first fully-fledged
thematic programme, the HIV and AIDS Support and Advocacy Programme (HASAP) will
shortly be publishing its own thematic newsletter. For further details, please
contact Dennis Ndhua on eaf@afsat.com or
Angela Hadjipateras on an
1u) SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMME: What does it mean to support social movements?
ACORD’s Strategic Plan 2003
– 2006 says that we will work with and be part of African Social Movements. To
explore what this should mean and how we and other agencies might put it in to
practice, the ACORD Board, its Assembly members and a cross-section of
participants from various organizations and agencies met in Nairobi early last
November to explore the relevance and viability of social movements in fighting
social exclusion in Africa.
Read
a summary of the three excellent presentations on this topic by Prof. Peter
Anyang N’yongo, academic and politician (since named as Minister of Planning
in the new Kenyan government), Murtaza Jaffer, Novib's Project Coordinator for
Somalia and Opiyo Makoude, ACORD’s Assistant Programming Director for
Advocacy. It was clear from the debate that there were no simple answers but as
Molly Kane, ACORD’s Chair put it, “may be the debate itself is the
answer.”
2. ORGANISATIONAL NEWS
2a) Global Programme finalised
ACORD's Global Programme document has undergone considerable drafting in the
past few months, and now captures the way in which ACORD is aligning all aspects
of its work, both internally and externally.
- The geographically based Area
Programmes that are bringing together ACORD's traditional interventions into
more coherent and manageable programmes integrating practical activities,
research, communications, influencing/advocacy and networking/alliancing.
- Four cross cutting Thematic
Programmes which pull together ACORD’s work on Conflict, Gender, HIV and
AIDS and Livelihoods. These programmes are at varying states of evolution but
all will be fully operational by the end of 2003.
- A Social Action Programme that brings together all the Geographical
and Thematic programmes as vehicles for strengthening leaders, organisations and
alliances as well as undertaking advocacy to influence how other development
actors (NGOs, government administrations and donors, local, national and
international) interact with those individuals, organisations and
alliances/movements on the margins of African societies.
- The Organisational
Development Programme that puts the development of the capacity of ACORD and
its staff at the centre of its programme of developing leadership,
organisational and network/movement capacity. It will make ACORD itself a place
in which staff can develop their skills and confidence as activist citizens as
well as skilled technicians.
The document is available on
our web site at www.acord.org.uk/b-resources.htm
A summarising brochure is also available from most ACORD offices or by e-mailing
ACORD at info@acord.org.uk
2b)
Executive Director post readvertised.
Having been unable to appoint
an Executive Director in the first round of recruitment last November, ACORD has
refined the job description and has readvertised the post. For full details, see
http://www.acord.org.uk/b-newvacancies.htm.
Closing date for all application is 24 January 2002 with interviews to be held
in the first week of March.
2c)
Research remains at the heart of ACORD's programmes
Acknowledging
the vital role of research in its new Programming, ACORD has developed an
advisory desk in its Programming Directorate in Nairobi led by a Programme
Development Advisor (PDA) for Research who works with other advisors, field
programmes, and other relevant partners in the implementation of the research
strategy. Not only is ACORD's research closely linked to its advocacy, it also
provides links between the Area and Thematic Programmes through a learning
process of reflection-action-reflection.
Based on its current and
future direction, ACORD's research now encompasses five distinct but
interrelated main themes, namely Conflict, Livelihoods, Civil Society and
Governance, HIV/AIDS, and Gender and other forms of Social Exclusion. Its 2003
Research and Advocacy strategy is primarily guided by these themes and previous
research experience. The various research projects are outlined above in the
Programmes section. Though ACORD is attempting to finance these proposals and
has submitted some to donors, it is seeking additional support from interested
donors or partners. For further information regarding ACORD's research, please
contact Ibrahim Sahl, PDA Research in Nairobi at ibrahimsahl@acordnairobi.org
2d)
Staff Changes at ACORD
Patricia
Aquino
has joined ACORD London as Funding Assistant. She comes from an
Economics/Research background and has experience of preparing proposals for DFID,
MIF and other such organisations. Alan
Warburton, Funding Officer based in London, will be moving permanently to
ACORD’s office in Nairobi on February 7. He will be joining Sylvia Mwichuli as
the second member of the Fundraising Department in Nairobi. Sakeel
Toraub, who has been working for ACORD as a temporary Finance Officer since
April this year, has been appointed a permanent post as Finance Officer. Laban
Mutwiwa has been promoted to Operations Manager for the Southern Sudan
programme. Florence Kiff,
Communications and Memberships Manager, and editor of this newsletter and the
ACORD web site, will be leaving ACORD in March. She will be moving to
Johannesburg to start up a Communications Consultancy. Niki Kandirikirira will be leaving at the end of January to join the
Scottish Human Services Trust in Edinburgh who work on social inclusion advocacy
in Scotland. She will work as their senior research consultant. Niki has been
with ACORD for 11 years, having worked in Uganda from 1988-92, in Namibia from
1992 to 2001 and more recently as a consultant in London.
Advance Notice: ACORD’s
chief accountant, Mamode
Galamgouse, will be retiring in April after more than 22 years with
the organisation. Given the huge role Mamode has played in ACORD’s life, we
are planning to make it a special leaving party that celebrates his time with
ACORD and all the changes that the organisation has been through during those
years. To do this we would like to get in touch with as many former ACORD staff
as possible for any stories about working with Mamode as well as what ACORD was
like in the past. If you have any tales to share, please get in touch with Marie
Aziz at mariea@acord.org.uk . Many
thanks.
2e)
ACORD Nairobi office expands as London office relocates
ACORD Nairobi has taken on an
additional 3,400sq.ft of office space at ACK house. Besides creating additional
room for staff and archives, it will provide space for the staff recruited in
Nairobi as the London office is reduced to just three or four people by the end of this
year.
2f)
Two new policies being finalised
Proposals are being finalised and are currently out for consultation with
regards to a) ACORD wide salary and pay policy review and b) managing the
process of relocation to Nairobi.
2g)
Planning the conflict programme and raising fundraising capacity; East African
Workshop, Kampala.
Programme staff from Tanzania,
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Eritrea and DRC attended a weeklong workshop in
Kampala in November to learn skills in fundraising and develop the programme
document for the conflict theme. Using the concept note that had been developed
for the conflict programme as a case study the participants worked to develop
both the programme document and the strategies necessary to fund it. This was a
first step in the Funding Department capacity-building process and was aimed at
sharing information and learning on raising funds from local sources. It was
also an opportunity for ACORD staff to share their fundraising experiences. One
of the major outputs was the pledge to produce a regular Fundraising newsletter
to provide information, share knowledge and keep staff informed of donor
deadlines, priorities and policy shifts. The Funding Department is planning two
further workshops on a similar theme in Southern and Western Africa in close
conjunction with the Programming Department in Nairobi. The redrafted conflict
programme document is currently being finalised: contact Ibrahim Sahl at ibrahimsahl@acordnairobi.org
3.
USEFUL RESOURCES
3a)
Web Sites
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/women.html
http://www.euronet.nl/%7Efullmoon/womlist/womlist.html
Useful lists of women's civil
society groups.
Urban Poverty Reduction -
Papers from World Bank symposium
Organizations, networks, and
individuals, working at the forefront of research on issues of urban poverty in
developing and transition countries met in Washington DC in December to exchange
knowledge and broaden the scope for international research in urban poverty.
Insights #4: RESPONDING TO DISPLACEMENT: BALANCING NEEDS AND
RIGHT http://www.id21.org/insights/insights44/
The latest issue of Insights, published by ID21 focuses on displacement
and refugee issues from thematic and regional perspectives.
3b)
Publications
GLOBALISATION: A CONFLICT
BETWEEN FREEDOM & TRADITION
by Carlos Arboleda Gonzalez
(from The Drum Beat, www.comminit.com
"There is much debate
whether terms such as culture and identity can be applied in certain contexts.
For example, is it permissible to speak of "the culture of violence"?
Can we define anthropologically the identity of gangs, assassins for hire, self
defense groups, or any of the other nonofficial factions which exist? This issue
highlights a very important part of the study of culture: its reference to
language itself..."
THE LUSAKA PEACE AGREEMENT:
The Conceptual Crisis in Understanding Peace in the DRC
This paper was initially
presented at a seminar entitled, “The Role of Academics and Popular Forces,”
held in Nairobi in June 2001. The author uses the 1999 Lusaka Ceasefire
Agreement for the DRC as a reference and raises a number of questions on the
“realist-militarist” conception of peace and popular participation in peace
processes in Africa.
UNCERTAIN POWER: The Changing
Role of Official Donors in Humanitarian Action
This set of publications
analyzes the ways in which official donor behaviour is changing and assesses the
implications. The Humanitarian Policy Group has completed a major study
examining the implications of the apparent ‘biliateralisation’ of
humanitarian response. This study examines the increasingly active role of
donors in humanitarian decision-making and operations. For more info contact
Joanna Macrae, Overseas Development Institute. Details: Available online www.odihpn.org
or Julie Bygraves, Projects Administrator, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas
Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JD, UK. Email: publications@odi.org.uk
3c)
Events, training, conferences
EADI Gender and Development
Working Group Workshop on: ‘Sexuality, Gender and Development; a feminist
challenge to policy and research.
The Hague, March 20-22 2003, hosted by the
Institute of Social Studies, Dr Saskia E. Wieringa, Associate Professor
Women’s Studies, Wieringa@iss.nl, saskiaew@hotmail.com.
Deadline for abstracts of papers is 30 January 2003.
1 - 2 February 2003, United
Nations Office, Nairobi, Kenya.
An opportunity for civil
society organisations to share experiences and ideas. The forum will focus on
the Environment Initiative of the New Partnership for Africa's Development and
the role of Civil Society in the implementation of the outcomes of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development.
UNU/INCORE International
Summer School , 9-14 June 2003
The International Summer
School provides an intensive week of training, networking and discussion in the
field of conflict resolution. Facilitated by leading experts, the school is
aimed at mid to senior level policy makers, practitioners, academics, members of
the media, military and religious organisations. It provides an interactive
learning environment and attempts to bridge the gap between policy, practice and
research. Three courses are on offer for 2003:
1) Managing Peace Processes
2) Track Two Diplomacy and
Conflict Transformation
3) Evaluation and Impact
Assessment of Peacebuilding Projects
Further details about the
Summer School can be found at:
World Leprosy Week , 20 –26
January, www.lepra.org.uk
World Book Day, 6 March, 2003
European-wide Action Week
Against Racism, 15 –23 March, 2003 www.unitedagianstracism.org
Day for Women’s Rights and
International Peace, 8 March, 2003
International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination., 21 March, 2003
Week of Solidarity with People
Struggling Against Racial Discrimination, 21 – 27 March, 2003, www.un.org/events
World Day for Water, 22 March,
2003
World Tuberculosis Day , 24
March, 2003 www.stoptb.org
UN International Year of
Freshwater 2003
4.
ACORD MEMBERS
ACORD is currently made up of
10 institutional members and six individual members:
1. Comité Catholique contre
la Faim et pour le Développement (CCFD)
2. Groupe Devéloppement
3. HEKS http://www.heks.ch
4. Inter Pares
5. Mani Tese http://www.manitese.it/manitese.htm
6. NOVIB http://www.novib.nl/
7. Oxfam GB http://www.oxfam.org.uk
8. Oxfam Hong Kong http://www.oxfam.org.hk
9. Stromme Foundation http://www.stromme.org
10. Vredeseilanden http://www.vredeseilanden.be
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Editor: Sylvia Mwichuli
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