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Special Survey Reminder

GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY SURVEY: Civil Society After
September 11: Any Change?

Eight and a half months have passed since the tragic attacks on
the United States. The effects these attacks have had on civil
society globally and locally, due to changes in government
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Contents

MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL
Civil society soldiers on in the midst of war talk

IN BRIEF: CIVIL SOCIETY 'ROUND THE GLOBE
World: WSSD goals unrealistic says EU commissioner
Africa: Outrage at Lesotho dam fraud; Food aid but no GMOs
please
North America: Women on the move in the Catholic church
Asia: AIDS legislation in Cambodia deemed sexist
Middle East: International Labour Organization warns of
economic meltdown in Palestine

FEATURE OF THE WEEK
The quick, easy fix makes a mess in the Solomon Islands

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH NO 8
No change overnight - Argentine crisis demands collective and
imaginative alternatives

WHAT'S UP ON THE WORD FRONT
Publications of interest
Call for papers; Call for comments
New and interesting websites; Internet news

CLASSIFIEDS
Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities
Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards
Training courses and Programmes
Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Institute for Development Research (IDR) merges with World
Education

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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL
Civil society soldiers on in the midst of war talk

Civil society activists in India and Pakistan continue to press for
peace, social and economic justice as talk of full scale war
thankfully appears to be waning.

I am writing this after spending several days in Pakistan working
with the NGO Resource Centre (a project of the Aka Khan
Foundation) and with the Pakistan NGO Forum. This visit
follows an earlier visit to India during the height of the religious-
based conflict in the state of Gujerat, when I attended the
Resource Alliance international meeting around promoting
indigenous resource mobilisation to strengthen civil society.

My visit this week to Pakistan was inspiring. It is very difficult to
keep your shoulder to the wheel and persevere in attempts to
address poverty and work for a stronger democracy and civil
society.This is exactly what I witnessed in every single
interaction I had with Pakistani civil society activists.

In Karachi, at a forum simply entitled, "Strengthening Civil
Society", delegates wanted to know how civil society
organisations elsewhere in the world were using their strengths to
promote peace and development in societies undergoing severe
political conflict. There was also much interest in the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission process in South Africa.

In Islamabad, where the draft Civil Society Index Country
Report was launched, there was a spirited debate about the
findings and many useful contributions were made on how to
improve the study further. The head of Action Aid in Pakistan
pointed out that the Index process provided an opportunity for
civil society in Pakistan to reflect on the current situation and will
hopefully provide a basis for strategies to advance the interests
of civil society.

I also attended a workshop on the challenge of setting standards
of excellence and promoting a code of ethical conduct for
NGOs. According to the newly launched Pakistan Centre for
Philanthropy, many positive moves were under way to improve
the legal and fiscal environment for civil society organisations.
There is optimism, and ongoing debate, about a more
progressive, enabling environment emerging before the next
parliamentary elections currently scheduled for October.

Qadeer Baig, the head of The NGO Resource Centre, who
played a key role in organising several of these meetings, and
who hosted my visit to Pakistan, pointed out several times that,
while the tension between India and Pakistan does cast a
shadow over the work to strengthen the "citizen sector" (a term
used often here in Pakistan), activists were trying their best to
keep focused on the very many urgent issues confronting
ordinary Pakistanis.

A session with the Pakistan NGO Forum looked at the building
of coalitions and the National Executive Committee was keen to
learn how their counterparts in other parts of the world were
meeting similar organisational challenges.

All in all, I left full of admiration and deeply grateful for the
opportunity to work with committed, skilled and experienced
leaders of civil society in Pakistan who are concerned about
ensuring that civil society prospers even during these difficult
times.

Best wishes,
Kumi Naidoo

For more information on the situation in Pakistan and on
Pakistani civil society organisations, go to:

http//:www.net-NGO.com
http//:www.idealist.org
http//:www.pak.gov.pk
http//:paknews.com

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IN BRIEF: CIVIL SOCIETY 'ROUND THE GLOBE

WORLD
The goals set for the World Summit in Johannesburg, South
Africa are unrealistic and its failure cannot be ruled out,
European Union environmental commissioner, Margot
Wallstrom, said at the WSSD Prep Com meeting in Bali this
week. While the Summit will focus directly on the fact that 1,2
billion people, mainly in the developing south, live in abject
poverty and have to eke out a living in conditions of worsening
ecological crisis, Wallstrom says if the draft action plan for the
event is not shorter and more focused, little will be achieved.

AFRICA

Lesotho
Civil society activists in southern Africa have responded with
outrage at the wide scale fraud within the controversial Lesotho
Highlands Water Project. Lesotho Highlands Development
Authority Chief Executive Officer, Masupha Sole, was recently
convicted and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment on 13 counts
of bribery and fraud for taking bribes from international
consultants and contractors to induce him to grant them lucrative
contracts in the project. Sole had collected bribes totalling
US$750,000 over a period of nine years. The Project has long
been criticised for its ecologically unsound approach.

South Africa
A special two-day meeting of the United Nations World Food
Programme is being held this week in Johannesburg, South
Africa, to speed up and expand the response to the food crisis in
Southern Africa. This follows a warning from the UN agency,
which arranges emergency food aid, of the growing possibility of
southern Africa's food crisis developing into a wider
humanitarian disaster. In a related development, the
Zimbabwean government rejected a US donation of 10 000
tonnes of maize last week because the incoming shipment was
not certified as entirely non-GMO (genetically modified origin) in
line with Zimbabwe's agricultural policy. The shipment was
diverted to Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.

NORTH AMERICA

Washington
Eleven women are planning to be ordained as Roman Catholic
priests later this month. Defying threats of excommunication,
three Austrian, three German and five US women are to be
ordained in secret on June 29. "Half of all Christians are women
and we want them to enrich the Church with their service," a
spokesperson for the group said last week.

ASIA

Cambodia
As Cambodia attempts to enact its first ever HIV/AIDS
legislation aimed at promoting information about the disease and
outlawing the sale of fake drugs to cure it, there has been harsh
criticism from women parliamentarians. It has been argued that
the legislation, with consistent references to young women and
housewives, is sexist and fails to take into account the spread of
AIDS by men. Government MP Ly Kimleang spoke on behalf
of 14 female MPs regardless of political affiliation, and said
women were victims of the disease spread by men. She argued
that men and women should be written into the legislation as
equals. Official Cambodian surveys have shown a solid decline
in AIDS deaths from 2000 onwards, but critics are sceptical.
"The number of people infected or who have died of AIDS is
more than the numbers provided by the government," opposition
leader Sam Rainsy said. "In fact if not dealt with, AIDS will kill
more Cambodians than the Khmer Rouge ever did."

MIDDLE EAST

Palestine
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has made an
urgent plea for peace talks in Palestine. Warning of a "socio-
economic meltdown" in the occupied territories, it has called on
Israel to ease movement restrictions on Palestinians and urged
the world community to support a dialogue between the two
sides. The ILO maintains that all systems are collapsing and the
territory is in a crisis situation, and needs urgent international
intervention.

Sources:
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.oneworld.net"
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.planetark.org"
http://www.africaonline.org
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.worldsummit.org"
http://www.reuters.com
http://www.afp.com

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FEATURE OF THE WEEK

The quick, easy fix makes a mess in the Solomon Islands
by John Roughan, Solomon Islands Development Trust
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:jroughan@solomon.com.sb" }jroughan@solomon.com.sb

Solomon Islands Development Trust (SIDT) reflects on the
destruction caused to the South Pacific nation's natural wealth
through the age-old, quick fix approach to economic
development

Solomon Islands most recent history of resorting to the quick,
easy solution to its many deep, structural problems once again
reared its ugly head when government announced the proposed
toxic waste dumping on Makira's Weather Coast. It is difficult to
understand how national leaders could be so blind to the long-
lasting, deadly effects of dumping wastes laced with heavy,
disease-causing metals onto particularly fragile lands until the
nation's brief 24 year history of independence is taken into
account. Over the past two-and-half decades, national leaders
have consistently reached for quick fix solutions to difficult
problems rather than facing the painful task of searching for the
local and sustainable responses.

1978 - 1986 Golden Era
During its first eight years of independence, the Solomons made
steady, if slow, progress in carving out for itself a place in the
sun. At independence, for instance, there were no war wounds
to heal - the United Kingdom had handed over the country to its
leaders in a peaceful and dignified manner; there was little ethnic
strife among people of different islands, and the country's
economy was basically robust, with few debts hanging over its
head. It was gently launched on its way with a US$35 million
dollar golden handshake from the departing colonial power.

Unfortunately by the early 1980s, the Solomons' cash crops of
copra, cocoa and tuna fish were weakening on world markets.
Cyclone Namu in 1986 was another turning point, hitting hard
the major oil palm plantation and devastating the rice growing
industry. Political leaders scrambled for ways to stimulate the
economy, claiming that the pace of development had been too
slow and the country had experienced little progress. They
turned their eyes to large scale logging and the ensuing frenzy
over the next decade was to permanently damage the natural
forest resources of the Islands.

1987 - 1997 Leaden Period
During this period the nation witnessed a significant cash flow
through the sale of round logs, and millions of dollars for the
national revenue in the form of duty remissions to logging
companies – US$109 million from 1994 to 1997 alone.

Behind this massive 'Money Curtain' a few people became very
rich, at the expense of the majority of citizens of the Solomon
Islands. Businesses, especially logging companies and those
closely associated with them, were subsidised by government at
the expense of rural development. Although regularly warned by
environmental groups and other civil society stakeholders that
the rate of logging exports could not be sustained, those in
charge believed it was the only way to keep a constant flow of
income into the country.

However, the day of reckoning for the majority of parliament
came during the national elections of 1997 when more than half
of sitting parliamentarians were dismissed, the first time so many
members had been thrown out of office in a national election. In
hindsight, it is evident that the 20th century's last national election
was a wake up call to the nation: reform yourself, stop
depending on the quick, easy answer or face the consequences.
Unfortunately, the quick and easy solution remained the status
quo of the future.

1998 -1999 Toxic Period
The Guadalcanal people were the first to rebel after waiting for
more than 20 years for their grievances to be responded to.
They had asked as far back as 1986 to have greater control
over their resource base but their pleas fell on deaf ears. Despite
voting in a new parliament, it turned out to be business as usual.
The villagers of the Weather Coast and those inland, who had
suffered the most over the two decades of independence with
poor schools and decaying clinics, were now in a worse
condition. The quick, easy solution had turned on them and bit
them terribly.

2002 and into the future
The present toxic waste solution to deepening and fundamental
problems repeats the pattern of leadership and behaviour of the
last 16 years. A quick fix is embraced, rather than wrestling with
the deep rooted problems of over-population, ever-growing
economic disparity, decline in quality education, weakening
medical services, and the low morale within the civil service.

The list of the quick, easy solutions, whether Asian logging or
military coups are added to politicians' previous brainstorms of
swapping Solomon Islands tree wealth for oil, bottling bush
oxygen, and manufacturing petrol from sea water. Today the
toxic importers are willing to continue the destruction for much
the same purpose. The list of the quick and easy seems endless!
Only by studying and addressing the nation's structural
weaknesses, as painful as this will be, will help bring back the
Solomon Islands to a responsible way of living.

For more information, go to:
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.unep.ch/islands/CLU.htm"
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.commerce.gov.sb"
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.peoplefirst.net.sb"

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CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH NO. 8

No change overnight - Argentine crisis demands collective and
imaginative alternatives

In December 2001, the economy of Argentina collapsed under
enormous debts, virtually bankrupting the government and the
economy. This crisis has received coverage around the world
and the economic backlash has highlighted the plight of the
government, the economy itself, and fears that the crisis will have
a domino effect throughout the continent. A good deal of
Northern media has covered the political and economic events
of this crisis seemingly for the benefit of the international business
community. This misses an opportunity to highlight the movement
of people power and the strength people have when they
assemble, which, in turn, is creating a demand for a new style of
government.

The crisis has hit home for many ordinary Argentines. Poverty is
a major problem and people are trying to find their own
solutions. Some media reports present coverage of stores and
overturned transport trucks with livestock cargo being looted by
the poor and jobless while members of the middle class queue
outside banks hoping to buy dollars. According to Argentine
Economy Minister, Remes Lenicov, in March almost one third
of the population had employment problems and over 40
percent of Argentines were living below the poverty line.
Addressing the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the
minister stated that the strategy of the government for recovery is
to proceed by careful measures founded on political support and
acceptance by the society as a whole.

A good-faith move on the part of the government has been the
reversal of the corralito, (freezing of accounts), three months
after its imposition on 10 December 2001. The freeze increased
discontent and can be counted as a contributing factor to the
protests that brought down the government in December. By 20
February 2002, more than 20 000 depositors filed challenges on
the constitutionality of the corralito with many individuals lining
up for more than a kilometre outside of the courthouse to
complete their challenges. The court's overruling of the freeze
has caused an internal banking crisis with the banks reportedly
losing $300 million a week. In a futile attempt to provide
liquidity, the central bank has been printing money, "burning up
its dollar reserves in a vain attempt to stop the peso from
plunging."

The government has been in financial trouble since 1994, when
US interest rates increased from 3 to 6 percent. Argentina's
peso was fixed to the dollar, and high interest payments led to
devaluation and default. Social services were cut with the
institutionalisation of neo-liberal market policies to retain
International Monetary Fund (IMF) support, a risky venture
given the economic recession Argentina was experiencing. IMF
officials are trying to pass responsibility for these policies to the
government: "For better or for worse, all of the key policies
were fully owned by the Argentine authorities," says Michael
Mussa, who was the Fund's chief economist until last summer.

The people of Argentina face competition when it comes to
influencing change. Daily reports highlight the IMF loan
regulations. The IMF has refused to lend money to Argentina
since December 2001, making it difficult for the government to
fund social programmes to help those most affected. The US,
the dominant member of the 183-nation IMF, was reportedly
pressuring Argentina for "concessions including commitments to
back the US military policy in Colombia's war against leftist
guerrillas and to vote against Cuba in the United Nations." Still
hoping for a bailout package from the IMF, on 4 April 2002,
Argentine President Duhalde announced new social plans to
"help the nation's most needy”. The funding is from the IADB
and from monies raised through increased export taxes.

The consensus within the government and the populous is that
recovery will take time. Frustrated with the economic and social
situation in Argentina, a collective is coming together to debate
and discuss new ideas, with strong representation from all areas
of the socio-economic spectrum. They see the current political
and economic system as full of patronage and corruption and
have spontaneously developed an Assembly Movement to
ensure their voices are heard. People are there because they
desire political change and see participatory democracy as the
only way to it.

In a radio interview with Alternatives, a Canadian based NGO,
Emilio Taddeo from the Buenos Aires-based NGO, CLASCO,
said that it will take time to alter the current model. It has taken
three decades to form the current neo-liberal regime and change
will not take place overnight. He adds that there is a new social
ideal developing to get past the recent political and economic
tragedies. This ideal necessitates people coming together as a
collective. The climate at the Assemblies that are taking place is
one of open discussion and debate. They are complex and
heterogeneous, an expression of the collective anger felt both
toward their elected representatives and toward government
policies, neither of which have been effective. The general mood
supports a shift of away from autonomy of elected government
officials toward a system supporting public involvement in key
decisions.

The protests against current policy were not instigated
because of the economic collapse in December 2001; they
contributed to it. In August and September of 2001, "the
unemployed were able to organise massive highway blockades
throughout the capital of Buenos Aires, and a successful general
strike in association with sectors of the trade unions, blocking
government activity and the entrances of all the major private
industries." These actions drew widespread support from labour
organisations, local merchants, government employees, and
human rights groups, principally the Madres de Plaza de Mayo.
The Madres, who have demonstrated against their government's
actions with regard to the death and disappearance of thirty
thousand Argentines since 1976, are now demonstrating against
the government for reversing the social legislation and
exonerating the military officials responsible for those crimes.

There is a steep learning curve for the people of Argentina. They
have had years of success economically and, in comparison to
the current situation, have been lax in their political participation.
What is happening in the Assemblies is a form of popular
education. For a successful outcome, the people require
solidarity. They also need to realise that the road to change will
be a difficult and long one. To assist with the journey, the
Assemblies are creating their own initiatives to help people.
According to the representative of CLASCO, Assemblies have
opened canteens and developed other social programmes for
people in need.

Comments and observations from media are that the Assemblies
have no organisation and therefore no direction. But while the
movement for active democracy is spontaneous, and sparks
debate at many levels, it can be argued this is not chaos but true
democracy. Democracy goes further than participation in
democratic elections and then leaving politics to those who were
elected. There is no title that can be given to the changing system
in Argentina. It is a movement of the people, and as long as
debate and dialogue continue at all levels, the end result could be
a system of democracy that is truly democratic.

For more information, go to:

{ HYPERLINK "http://www.zmag.org/content/LatinAmerica/plath_argentina.cfm"
Conexion - Labour in Argentina - February 2002 No.1 for
copies e-mail: { HYPERLINK "mailto:CTAcanada@hotmail.com" }CTAcanada@hotmail.com

{ HYPERLINK "http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_1894000/1"

{ HYPERLINK "http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1721000/1721061.stm"
061.stm
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.iadb.org/exr/PRENSA/2002/cp6702e.htm" }
http://www.iadb.org/exr/PRENSA/2002/cp6702e.htm
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.econmomist.co.uk/printedition" }http://www.econmomist.co.uk/printedition
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.americas.org/news/nir/20020223_banks_attacked_picketers_split.asp" }http://www.americas.org/news/nir/20020223_banks_attacked_p
icketers_split.asp
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.economist.co.uk/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=1061195" }http://www.economist.co.uk/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Sto
ry_ID=1061195
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.alternet.org/print.html?StoryID=12416" }http://www.alternet.org/print.html?StoryID=12416

{ HYPERLINK "http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/NEWS/DEVNEWS.NSF/46773469c477da9285256716000f7221/" }http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/NEWS/DEVNEWS.NSF/4677
3469c477da9285256716000f7221/
db19acde3fc0534885256b9000524c53?OpenDocument
{ HYPERLINK "http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/NEWS/DEVNEWS.NSF/1a3beeaf8ef89e2085256704004d5972/" }http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/NEWS/DEVNEWS.NSF/1a3b
eeaf8ef89e2085256704004d5972/
db19acde3fc0534885256b9000524c53?OpenDocument
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.americas.org/news/nir/20020324_u_s_blesses_imf_loan_talks.asp" }http://www.americas.org/news/nir/20020324_u_s_blesses_imf_l
oan_talks.asp
{ HYPERLINK "http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/NEWS/DEVNEWS.NSF/1a3beeaf8ef89e2085256704004d5972/" }http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/NEWS/DEVNEWS.NSF/1a3b
eeaf8ef89e2085256704004d5972/
ba1c481a321c442685256b9100554c68?OpenDocument
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.alternatives.ca/eng/index.html" }http://www.alternatives.ca/eng/index.html Alternatives Radio.
Lessons from
Argentina Radio-March-19.mp3
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.zmag.org/content/LatinAmerica/plath_argentina.cfm" }http://www.zmag.org/content/LatinAmerica/plath_argentina.cfm
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.alternatives.ca/eng/index.html" }http://www.alternatives.ca/eng/index.html Alternatives' Radio.
Lessons from Argentina Radio-March-19.mp3
{ HYPERLINK "http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PET201A.html" }http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PET201A.html
{ HYPERLINK "http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PET201A.html" }http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PET201A.html
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.alternatives.ca/eng/index.html" }http://www.alternatives.ca/eng/index.html Alternatives' Radio.
Lessons from Argentina Radio-March-19.mp3
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20666&group=webcast" }http://www.nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20666&gro
up=webcast

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WHAT'S UP ON THE WORD FRONT

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

Stigma, HIV/AIDS & prevention of mother-to-child transmission
PANOS London
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.panos.org.uk/aids/stigma_countries_study.htm" }http://www.panos.org.uk/aids/stigma_countries_study.htm

An in-depth study commissioned by UNICEF that explores the
wide ranging issues around stigma and HIV/AIDS as well as
recommendations for improving communication and education
strategies that address stigma and prevention of mother to child
transmission.

The Earthscan Reader on NGO Management
edited by Michael Edwards and Alan Fowler.
Order from any online bookshop or direct from the publishers:
Earthscan UK : { HYPERLINK "http://www.earthscan.co.uk" }http://www.earthscan.co.uk
Stylus, USA : { HYPERLINK "http://www.styluspub.com" }http://www.styluspub.com

This publication brings together a range of key readings on all
aspects of the management of nonprofits - vision and values,
scaling up, governance and accountability, structure and
function, leadership and human resources, fundraising and
diversity, and many more.

The Reader provides a veritable "library between covers" that
will be a useful resource for those in the nonprofit sector who
are searching for guidance but too busy to look for it in many
different places.

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CALL FOR PAPERS; CALL FOR COMMENTS

International Rule of Law Directory - Call for entries

The International Bar Association (IBA) is creating a worldwide
directory of organisations offering assistance to the rule of law.
The proposed directory will consist of an online database from
which the user will be able to access each organisation's
website, identify its area of focus, geographical reach and
contact details. The database will be searchable.

For more information on the directory and how to send entries:
Web: { HYPERLINK "http://www.roldirectory.org/" }http://www.roldirectory.org/
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:Valentina.Zoghbi@int-bar.org" }Valentina.Zoghbi@int-bar.org
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7629 1206
Fax:+44 (0) 20 7409 0456

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NEW AND INTERESTING WEBSITES; INTERNET NEWS

Breast Cancer site - Donate a mammogram
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.thebreastcancersite.com" }http://www.thebreastcancersite.com

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people
to visit the site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one
free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes
less than a minute to log on and click on the link "donating a
mammogram for free". The Breast Cancer site's corporate
sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate a
mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Health Development Network (HDN) - e-Forum on HIV/AIDS
and Food insecurity
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:intaids@healthdev.net" }intaids@healthdev.net
archives of discussions: { HYPERLINK "http://www.hdnet.org" }http://www.hdnet.org

HDN is presently hosting an ongoing INTAIDS e-forum about
the relationship between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS. Topics
for discussion include small-scale approaches that are working
and might be replicated elsewhere; why institutional
collaboration and new policies in the area are vital; and
suggestions about practical ways the HIV/AIDS-related impact
of the current food shortage in southern Africa might be
mitigated.

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CLASSIFIEDS

JOBS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Creative Associates International, Inc. (CAII) - International
Development Consultants

CAII has upgraded its On-Line Consultant Registry, and seeks
interested and eligible applicants to serve as consultants for a
variety of long- and short-term international projects. The new
registry will serve as CAII's primary tool for the recruitment of
capable professionals with international development experience.

CAII seeks consultants with interest and experience in all
regions of the world. Among the areas of expertise that are of
particular relevance to
CAII projects are:
1. Civil Society Strengthening
2. Transparency and Anti-Corruption
3. Judicial Reform and Rule of Law
4. Civic Education
5. Electoral Reform
6. Research and Evaluation
7. Participatory Government
8. Demobilisation of Combatants
9. Basic Education
10. Gender & Equity
11. Curriculum Development
12. Teacher Training
13. Information Systems for Education
14. Youth Education/Mobilisation
15. Early Childhood Development and Care

The registry can be accessed directly at
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.caii-dc.com/Registry/default.htm" }http://www.caii-dc.com/Registry/default.htm

CIPE Latin America - Programme Assistant
Deadline for applications: 22 June 2002
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:jamselle@cipe.org" }jamselle@cipe.org (attention: Jorge Amselle)

Successful applicant will be responsible for providing
programme and administrative support to the Latin America and
Caribbean division of CIPE.
Duties include:
*creating and maintaining a variety of program, financial,
correspondence and contract files, both in paper form and
electronically; processing and tracking of payment requests,
grant modifications, documents for signature, narrative and
financial reports;
*preparing routine correspondence and mailings;
*assisting in writing and compiling quarterly reports, proposals
and budgets;
* handling international travel arrangements and local meeting
logistics; and
* adherence to appropriate office procedures, CIPE and
USAID policies and procedures.

Fluency in Spanish, and a bachelor's degree is essential.
The following will be considered assets: at least one year of
administrative office experience; background in international
affairs or Latin American affairs with an emphasis on political
and economic issues;
computer knowledge, preferably MS Office, Excel and Internet;
strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills;
and the ability to handle multiple, detailed tasks with limited
supervision.

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TRAINING COURSES AND PROGRAMMES

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation
University of Malta
Deadline for applications: 30 June 2002

The University of Malta, with the support of the European
Commission will be coordinating the third Mediterranean
Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation. The
course is open to graduates in law, the social sciences, the
political sciences, international relations or humanities. A number
of scholarships, covering tuition, travel and subsistence, are
available to students from the Mediterranean region.

For more information and application forms:
Web: { HYPERLINK "http://www.um.edu.mt/hrd" }http://www.um.edu.mt/hrd
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:hrights@maltanet.net" }hrights@maltanet.net
Tel: +356 212 42791; 212 31975
Fax: +356 212 30538; 212 30551

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SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Association for Progressive Communication (APC) - Africa
Hafkin
Communications Prize
Deadline for nominations: September 15, 2002
Prize: USD$7,500.00 to be shared amongst up to three winning
initiatives.

Theme for 2002: People-Centred Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) Policy in Africa

The prize is open to civil society organisations, government
institutions, educational organisations, community-based groups,
networks, social movements and individuals anywhere in Africa

Nominated initiatives should:
· be people-centred and mobilise participation
· raise awareness and build capacity
· be Africa-driven and develop Africa
· have positive community impact at community level

For more information:
Web: { HYPERLINK "http://www.apc.org/english/hafkin/2002.shtml" }http://www.apc.org/english/hafkin/2002.shtml
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:hafkin-prize@apc.org" }hafkin-prize@apc.org

Prix du Prix APC Hafkin pour les Communications Africaines
2002
Date limite de candidature: 15 septembre 2002
Le prix: un montant de 7,500 USD$ sera partagé entre les trois
lauréats

Le theme de 2002: Programme d'actions centrées sur les
personnes dans le domaine des Technologies de l'Information et
de la Communication (TIC) en Afrique

Le prix est ouvert aux organisations de la société civile,
institutions gouvernementales, organisations liées à l'éducation,
groupes communautaires, réseaux, tout mouvement social ou
personne en Afrique.

Nous recherchons des programmes dans le domaine des tic qui:
· sont Ciblées sur les personnes et mobilisent leur participation
· sensibilisent et créent des capacités
· sont centrées sur l'Afrique et favorisent son développement
· ont un impact positif au niveau communautaire

Plus d'informations:
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.apc.org/francais/hafkin/2002.shtml" }http://www.apc.org/francais/hafkin/2002.shtml
{ HYPERLINK "mailto:hafkin-prize@apc.org" }hafkin-prize@apc.org

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CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS

Conference on Global Ethics for a Humane World III
20 June 2002
Peace Palace
The Hague

This one-day conference will focus on:
*Rights, Duties and Responsibilities for the Third Millennium
* The Duty and Responsibility to promote an Equitable
International Order (towards the enjoyment of sustainable
human, economic, social, cultural, political, scientific and
technological development)

With special participation by Justice Richard Goldstone. Invited
guests include participants from the Virtual Conferences: Global
Ethics for a Humane World I and II, the Experts Group of the
Declaration of Human Duties and Responsibilities and the
National Platform for Johannesburg.

For more information
Web: { HYPERLINK "http://fsw.kub.nl/globus/conference" }http://fsw.kub.nl/globus/conference
{ HYPERLINK "http://www.nationaalplatformjohannesburg.nl" }http://www.nationaalplatformjohannesburg.nl
e-mail: { HYPERLINK "mailto:ahumaneworld@kub.nl" }ahumaneworld@kub.nl

National HIV/AIDS Treatment Congress - Prevent New
Infections! Save Lives!
Improve Access to Treatment!
27-29 June 2002
Durban, South Africa

Hosted by the Congress of South African Trade Unions
(COSATU) and the Treatment Action Campaign , the Congress
aims to unify trade unions, NGO's, AIDS service organisations,
faith-based organisations, health-care workers, scientists,
businesses and government on the need for an emergency
treatment plan to deal with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It further
aims to build common purpose between civil society and
government.

The congress is also supported by the Aids Consortium,
Medecins Sans Frontieres, the Southern African HIV/AIDS
Clinicians Society and the Anglican Church.

For more information:
Web: { HYPERLINK "http://www.tac.org.za" }http://www.tac.org.za or { HYPERLINK "http://www.cosatu.org.za" }http://www.cosatu.org.za
email: { HYPERLINK "mailto:treatment@mweb.co.za" }treatment@mweb.co.za (attention Joyce)
Tel:+ 27 12 460 6451
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Institute for Development Research (IDR) merges with World
Education

The merger between these two international development
organisations took effect on May 7, 2002.

World Education is a Boston-based, nonprofit organisation
dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through economic
and social development programs. It is known for its work in
education in the workplace, micro-enterprise development, and
integrated literacy and health programs, including HIV/AIDS
education, prevention and care.

IDR is known for its work with civil society organisations to find
practical solutions to real challenges and to develop new
understanding that guides future thinking and action. Its work
includes civil society strategic thinking and organisational
development, NGO policy advocacy and transnational
advocacy alliances.

As a part of World Education, IDR will continue to support the
evolution of civil society through research, knowledge
dissemination, and capacity building. It will also support and
enhance World Education's ongoing civil society programmes.

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