Seven hundred participants gathered in the virtual 2021 Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI) on 8-12 February from trade unions, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, civil society organizations, mining companies, academics and other stakeholders. The AMI, which supports a “just and people centred” approach to mining, started as a civil society and community grassroots organizations platform to engage with the business-oriented African Mining Indaba, held annually in Cape Town, South Africa. This year, both events were hosted virtually. The sessions under the AMI theme 'Building forward together pivoting the extractives sector for adaptation and resilience against Covid-19' can be viewed online.
Jobs and Announcements
Recorded sessions at the Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI)
AMI, February 2021
Recruitment campaign
United Nations Centre for Economic Reform and Development (UNCERD)
UNCERD is currently looking for dynamic, creative, dedicated and results-oriented senior managers, financial experts, health specialists, environmental experts, agricultural scientists and other related professionals with outstanding leadership qualities, a track record of succeeding in a multi-cultural environment, the capacity to bring together and respond to work place challenges in our various work area and other partner organisations in creating opportunities and solutions for sustainable socio-economic development.
Regional Conference on Youth and HIV/AIDS
'Youth Net and Counselling' will be hosting a conference on youth, children and HIV/AIDS. Below is the synopsis of the conference between August 24 - 27, 2004 at the Sun and Sand Holiday Resort, on the Shores of Lake Malawi, Malawi.
Further details: /newsletter/id/30508
Regional meeting on HIV/AIDS, Human Rights and Law
The AIDS Law Unit of the Legal Assistance Centre in Windhoek, Namibia, is planning to host a meeting of organisations in sub-Saharan Africa which work on HIV/AIDS, human rights and law with a view to providing a forum for sharing experiences and ideas, and to establishing a regional network of organisations working in this field. Organisations in the region which are interested in getting involved, should contact: Michaela.
Regional Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is looking for a Regional Technical Advisor for HIV/AIDS. The top priority for this post is to provide assistance to the South Africa HIV/AIDS Programme Office, which is responsible for programmes in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. For more information contact: Dawn Sheckells. Include req. no. I 01 009 and source code DRUMBEAT.
Contact: CRS@rpc.webhire.com
Regional workshop on Strengthening responses to the Triple Threat in Southern Africa - Learning from field programmes
Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), 2 Jul 2007
A study identifying how project activities have responded to long-term livelihood insecurity and short-term acute need will be discussed at a SARPN, CW and OI two-day experience-sharing workshop to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on 1-2 July 2007. The workshop is targeted at policy makers and influencers, practitioners and researchers from national, regional and international government and non-governmental organisations from the region.
Register for a Certificate course on HIV/AIDS and the law!
Section 27: Closing date for registration 8 July 2011;
Are you a lawyer in government, civil society or private practice? Do you have an interest in understanding or using the law and human rights in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Or are you a senior manager in government, a health activist, a health journalist or a health care provider with a similar interest? If yes, then consider registering for a certificate course in HIV/AIDS and the law offered by the Mandela Institute (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) in collaboration with SECTION27. Act fast: the closing date for registration is Friday, 8 July 2011; classes start on Monday, 25 July 2011 at 17h30.
Register for Forum 2012: 24-26 April 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
COHRED and the Global Forum
Forum 2012 will bring together key actors to make research and innovation work for health, equity and development: governments, industry, social enterprise, non-governmental organisations, researchers, media, funders , international organisations and others. Partipcipants will explore who will explore ways to go ‘beyond aid’ by building on the rapidly expanding research and innovation capacity of low- and middle-income countries as basis for development. The Forum has three main themes: improving and increasing investments in research and innovation; networking and partnerships in research, technological innovations, social innovations and delivery of better health care; and improvement of health, equity and development of low-income countries by creating a supportive environment, including priority setting in research for health, fair research contracting, research cooperation and ethics, nanotechnologies, technological and social innovations, and using the web as a tool for planning research.
Contact: info@forum2012.org
Register for the Global Climate and Health Summit
Durban, South Africa: 4 December 2011
The First Global Climate and Health Summit aims to bring together key health sector actors to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health and economic equity between and within nations. The Summit is geared to build the profile of the health sector vis-à-vis the COP17 negotiations in Durban, and to also help build a broader, longer lasting global movement for a healthy climate. Objectives of the Summit include: raise the profile of public health and the health sector vis-à-vis the public debate and global negotiations on climate change; catalyse greater health sector engagement on climate issues in a broad diversity of countries; build a common, more coordinated approach to addressing the health impacts of climate change; and develop shared advocacy strategies for strong national and global policy measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Register for the Shaping health session: Grounding health action in community cultures and systems
9 October 1330-1700 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research Liverpool Conference Room 11C
Join us in this participatory satellite session at the Global Symposium on Health System Research where we will be sharing experiences from diverse countries globally on how social participation and power can make health systems more holistic, responsive and inclusive, and how to facilitate such practice. In this session we will share evidence and learning from a multi-country Shaping health consortium on social participation in local health systems, and use participatory approaches to draw also on the experiences of those participating. These experiences show how social participation and power can make health systems more holistic in approach, more responsive and more inclusive. We will discuss and draw recommendations on practices that ground health action and services within community cultures and systems, what challenges they face, and how to facilitate and encourage such practice. For more information see the website below and sign up at admin@tarsc.org.