La Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) lance en 2008 la première édition du concours biennal dénommé « Prix Abdoulaye FADIGA» , pour la promotion de la recherche sur un sujet d'ordre économique, monétaire ou financier présentant un intérêt scientifique avéré pour les Etats membres de l'UEMOA et pour la BCEAO , d 'une valeur de dix (10) millions de francs CFA .
Peut faire acte de candidature, tout chercheur ressortissant de l'un des  8 Etats membres de l'UEMOA (Bénin, Burkina, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sénégal, Togo), résidant ou non sur le territoire de l'Union et âgé de 45 ans au plus au 31 décembre 2008.

Pour toutes informations complémentaires, écrire à : courrier.drs@bceao.int ou consulter le site internet de la BCEAO : http://www.bceao.int/prix/ . Le formulaire de candidature peut y être également téléchargé. La date limite de dépôt des candidatures est fixée au 30 septembre 2008.

The purpose of the Ginetta Sagan Fund of Amnesty International USA is to recognize and assist women who are working to protect the liberty and lives of women and children in areas where human rights violations are widespread. The 2009 award will be given to a woman who works on behalf of the human rights of women .

Have you or your organization recently produced a book on women and socio-economic and political change in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central and Eastern Europe? Are you in interested in marketing and selling your publication? Both practical and academic, the Women, Ink. collection seeks books on various aspects of gender and development, including women's human rights; conflict and peace processes; training; economics and globalization; health, sexuality and reproductive rights; political process; information communication; policy and political process an women organizing.

If you are interested in having your book considered for this opportunity, please send a review copy to Joeyta Bose, Women, Ink., 777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017. In addition, please write to reviewbooks@womenink.org so that Women, Ink. is aware that you will be sending the publication.

Please visit http://www.womenink.org/ to explore the collection further.

The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association is pleased to announce its Small Grants Program for the year 2008.
Deadline 30 August 2008.

The award details may be viewed below or in the News List Archive at http://gsdi.org

SUMMARY:

* Awards for spatial data infrastructure-related activities in less developed nations,
* Application deadline of 30 August 2008,
* 2500 words maximum,
* Awards of $2500 US in professional services and/or $2500 US in cash

BACKGROUND

The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association is dedicated to international cooperation and collaboration in support of local, national, and international spatial data infrastructure developments that would allow nations to better address social, economic, and environmental issues of pressing importance. We are committed to bringing about an infrastructure that will allow users globally to access spatial data at a variety of scales from multiple sources that ultimately will appear seamless to all users.

The GSDI Association supports the work of organizations to develop their own SDI initiatives, nationally and regionally, and collaborates with local, national, and international organizations to ensure that spatial data, services, and metadata are accessible through interoperable standards-based services, systems, software, and products that operate in a web-enabled environment.  The success of the GSDI Association depends on the quality of its partnerships with public, industry, academic, and non-governmental organizations.

DESCRIPTION

The GSDI is being advanced through the leadership of many nations and organizations represented by a GSDI Association Council and Board of Directors. The multi-national Board includes representatives from all continents and all sectors: government, academia, and industry as well as regional SDI initiatives referred to as permanent committees:

* Africa: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Committee on Development Information Science and Technology: Geo Subcommittee

(CODIST-GEO)
* Americas: Pan-American Institute for Geography and History (PAIGH)
* Asia and Pacific: Permanent Committee for Geographic Information for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP) (ex-officio)
* Europe: European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information (EUROGI)

Please visit the GSDI Association website ( http://gsdi.org ) to familiarize yourself with the mission, goals, programs, accomplishments and priorities of the organization.

The GSDI Association, along with partners and participants, has allocated resources from the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee and the GISCorps of URISA, to fund a Small Grants Program to support national or sub-national activities that foster partnerships, develop in-country technical capacity, improve data compatibility and access, and increase political support for spatial data infrastructure development. These resources will be used to offer two types of grants this year:

* Financial assistance - cash up to 2,500 USD
* Technical assistance - professional services up to the value of 2,500 USD

Professional Services will be coordinated by the GISCorps, an international initiative that offers GIS services by qualified professionals.  Support may focus on technical or institutional projects, as long as tangible outputs

and several institutions collaborate on the effort.      A list of typical
projects follows but this list is not exhaustive:

* Convening of national or sub-national seminars or workshops related to SDI
* Producing SDI- related training manuals and modules (these materials must not duplicate existing materials)
* Establishing metadata and clearinghouse nodes
* Establishing web mapping services and applications
* Accomplishing geodata and/or SDI surveys or inventories
* Producing and disseminating newsletters and awareness-raising materials about SDI
* Drafting policy and legislation related to SDI

Priority will be given to projects in developing nations and countries with economies in transition.  Grants can be awarded to SDI coordinating bodies (councils, committees) and GIS user groups, but the GSDI Association asks that one institution take responsibility for receiving/depositing the funds.

Grants will not cover organization overhead expenses.

Proposals should be structured to include information under the following
headings:

1. Title of Project/Activity
2. Focal Point Institution
3. Contact Person (physical business address, phone/fax, email, and website) 4. Introduction and Background (include a description of the national or local institutional framework and what has been achieved thus far) 5. Project Description 6. Summary of Deliverables 7. Period of Performance (time-line for overall project, deadline dates for deliverables, date of final project report to be submitted to grants08@gsdi.org 8. Indicate your preference for an award of cash or professional services.

9. Budget (itemize how the money is to be spent or the predicated extent of services needed for specific tasks) 10. Details of additional or in-kind funds to co-finance the activity 11. List of Collaborators (with contact information) 12. Envisioned Follow-up Activities 13. Appendix: May include the Final Reports from any previous GSDI Small Grant Awards

Proposals must be submitted digitally to grants08@gsdi.org in English and should be preferably two pages in length but no more than five pages or 2500 words (excluding any appendices). Please submit your proposal as a .pdf file (or alternatively .doc or .rtf file) using 12-point Times Roman or Arial font.  A fax is also acceptable.

We anticipate funding up to 12 Grants in Cash, and 4 Grants or more in Professional Services.  Grant funds will be issued as paper checks in US dollars drawn on US Banks or as wire transfers.  If the recipient chooses to receive funds by wire transfer, $50 US will be deducted from the award amount to cover the processing costs for the wire transfer. The recipient institution will be required to provide a project report and an expense report upon completion of the project.  The GSDI Association may include excerpts of the project reports in GSDI newsletters or on its website.

Awardees are encouraged to publish a local press release highlighting the award from the GSDI Association as well as the proposed activities, and to send copies of these to the GSDI Association.

  Please either e-mail or fax them to:

Sponsored Projects Committee
GSDI Association
grants08@gsdi.org
Fax +1-703-852-7917

The Latin American and the Caribbean Program of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy announces its annual request for research proposals to be developed/concluded through January 2010.
The deadline for presentation of proposals is August 25, 2008 .
The terms of reference (in English) are posted on Lincoln's website in the following link:
Land Policy and Urban Development in Latin America
If you have any questions, please send us an email to: lacinvestigacion@lincolninst.edu

El Programa para América Latina y el Caribe del Lincoln Institute of Land Policy anuncia su convocatoria anual para recibir propuestas de investigación con plazo de desarrollo/ejecución hasta enero de 2010.
La fecha límite para presentación de propuestas es el 25 de agosto de 2008 .
Los términos de referencia (en español) para esta convocatoria se encuentran en el sitio de Lincoln en el siguiente link:
Política de Suelo y Desarrollo Urbano en Latino América
Si tiene usted alguna pregunta, por favor contáctenos en: lacinvestigación@lincolninst.edu

With funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) will be implementing the first phase of a regional program to strengthen research capacity in environmental economics and policy in Africa over the next three years. Under this program, Research Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to research projects annually to increase capacity in research in environmental economics in the region. Eligible candidates include all researchers working in the field of environmental economics in Africa.

Proposals submitted before 31 July 2008 will be considered for presentation at the Sixth Biannual CEEPA Research Workshop to be held in 2 - 7 November 2008. The full announcement can be  downloaded at http://www.ceepa.co.za/docs/rgfrseeiia.pdf

The CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program warmly invites applications from qualified African agricultural women scientists for this innovative and exciting fellowship program.  The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) program offers specially tailored 2-year career development fellowships, available at three levels:  post-Bachelors, post- Masters and post-PhD. 

African women from qualifying countries and conducting research in the following disciplines are strongly encouraged to apply: Crop sciences (including horticulture), soil sciences, animal and livestock sciences, plant and animal virology, agroforestry, agricultural economics, aquatic resources and fisheries, food sciences and nutrition, natural resource management and ecology, biodiversity conservation, entomology, agricultural extension education, molecular biology (applied to plant/animal breeding), and water and irrigation management.

The deadline for all applications:  18 July 2008. 

Details and application forms can be downloaded here: http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/resource/award.asp

Alternatively, you may write to AWARDFellows@cgiar.org to request a copy of the application forms.

For each of the 60 African women scientists selected in this first round (20 at each level), AWARD offers a challenging but rewarding package aimed at increasing her contributions in the service of fighting hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. It includes a series of career development resources designed to:

» PLAAS (Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies) is commissioning research on various aspects of poverty in South Africa, and calling for proposals for working papers on chronic and structural poverty in relation to:

Each paper can be funded up to R50 000 and will be presented at a policy and research seminar in March 2009. For detailed information please   go to http://www.plaas.org.za/research/poverty/proposals . The closing date for proposals is 11 July 2008.

The Association of African Universities (AAU) has issued a Call for Proposals from their “Mobilizing Regional Capacity Initiatives” (MRCI) program. The program aims to build regional capacity to support African higher education institutions, research networks, and associations in Africa to act as catalyst for poverty reduction and sustainable development on the continent. The overall goal is for Higher Education Institutions (HEls) and networks in Africa to make a significant contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and poverty reduction.

The deadline for applications is May 30, 2008 . More details and information are available at http://www.aau.org/mrci/proposal.htm .

Are you confronting religious fundamentalisms or regressive political-religious movements in your daily life and work? Are you witnessing important links between different types of fundamentalisms (economic, national, social, cultural and religious) and seeing similarities in how these work across religions and regions? Have you or your organization been involved in actions to resist and challenge religious fundamentalisms?

As part of it's initiative on “Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms” AWID is is gathering insights into the contemporary workings of religious fundamentalist movements and previously undocumented strategies employed by women's rights activists to successfully challenge them.   We are  seeking proposals for case studies from a variety of contexts and regions of the world.

Proposal submissions may be made in English, Spanish, French or Arabic by 13th June, 2008 at the latest. . They must be no longer than 1000 words (approximately two and a half pages).
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Vous êtes confronté(e)s au fondamentalisme religieux ou à des mouvements politiques et religieux régressifs dans votre travail et votre vie quotidienne?  AWID réunit des contributions relatives au fonctionnement actuel des mouvements fondamentalistes régressifs et aux stratégies non encore documentées , appliquées par les militant(e)s des droits des femmes pour s'y opposer avec succès. 

Nous recherchons des propositions d'études de cas dans un large éventail de contextes et régions du monde.  Les propositions peuvent être présentées pour le 13 juin 2008 au plus tard en anglais, en espagnol, en français ou en arabe. 

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The total budget of the fund is € 50 million, available for multi-year proposals. Applications are to be submitted from 15 March 2008 up to and including 14 May 2008 .

The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UNIFEM on behalf of the UN system, issued its 2008 global annual call for proposals to support national and local initiatives working to end violence against women in the developing world and countries in transition. The UN Trust Fund awards grants based on an annual, open and competitive process. Its focus is on implementing national commitments to ending violence against women and girls, in line with leading international agreements, recommendations and General Assembly Resolutions. In order to serve as a source of global knowledge on what approaches work best, the UN Trust Fund places particular emphasis on documentation, monitoring and evaluation.

The complete Call for Proposals detailing eligibility requirements and complete guidelines on how to apply by the 26 May deadline is available in English, French, Spanish and portuguese here: http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/trust_fund_guidelines.php