UNRISD invites expressions of interest from researchers for two further research papers for its ongoing project case study on Zimbabwe from researchers with extensive expertise on Zimbabwe, either on taxation or social policy. Two papers will be commissioned as a result of this call: The Political Economy of Taxation and Fiscal Governance in Zimbabwe and Social Policy and Social Spending in Zimbabwe.
Jobs and Announcements
Call of Expressions of Interest: Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development: Zimbabwe Case Study
Project from: 2011 to 2015
Call to join Oxfam’s Big Promise campaign
Oxfam: 23 July 2009
Poverty and inequality are getting worse in developing countries as a result of the global economic crisis. Poor families are eating less, being evicted from their homes, and having to pull children out of school. All of this is exacerbated by the effects of high food prices, the failure of rich countries to deliver on their aid promises, and the growing harmful impacts of climate change. Oxfam was at the G8 Summit in Italy lobbying to get rich country heads of state to boost development aid, tackle climate change, and invest in developing country agriculture so that poor countries are less reliant on food aid. Once again, the G8 leaders let down the world's poorest by reneging on the promises made at the previous Summit. Take action – join Oxfam's Big Promise and let's all show world leaders how to keep a promise!
Call to Rebuild BRICS Bottom Up
Centre for Civil Society, Durban, 23-27 March 2013
Durban’s hosting of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-SA summit in March 2013 requires critical civil society to share views ranging from local to global. the Durban 'counter-summit' supports bottom-up unity of peoples in these countries and their hinterlands, collaborating on analysis, advocacy and activism, including a community/labour/environmental teach-in on 23 March, reality tours on 24 March, a university-based conference on 25-26 March, and a rally outside the International Convention Centre on 27 March.
Calling for examples of great research on human resources for health
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Do you know of excellent health policy and systems research publications on human resources for health (HRH)? Health Systems Global at the University of Western Cape are looking for submissions for a reader that provides guidance on and examples of excellent HRH research within the broader rubric of people-centred health policy and systems research. Please see the blog post for more detail and submit your suggestions using the google sheet. Submit publication suggestions here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18B7QW5Xv-RLyiz0i-oxLigvtecJObhbyaW3lEffUXvI/edit#gid=0
Can health evidence work to save lives?
Walgate R: Real Health News, 21 May 2008
Writers and journalists are invited to submit articles for a 44-page magazine for the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health in Bamako later this year, with support from IDRC (Canada), on the connection - or lack of connection - between research for health, health policy-making, and health action, mainly (but not entirely) in Africa. Article proposals should be submitted immediately and articles must be submitted by latest, end July 2008.
Further details: /newsletter/id/33099
Capacity-building courses in health, HIV & AIDS, population and development
Centre for African Family Studies Kenya
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is an African institution dedicated to strengthening the capacities of organisations and individuals working in the field of health, HIV & AIDS, population and development in order to contribute to improving the quality of life of families in sub-Saharan Africa.
To achieve its mission, CAFS conducts courses and provides research and consultancy services from strategically located bases in East and West Africa, with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a regional office in Lom, Togo. Highly qualified professionals, who form a multi-disciplinary team within the fields of reproductive health, HIV & AIDS and population & development, provide its services. The list of courses is as follows:
o Resource Mobilization & Proposal Writing, 11 - 15 May 2009
o Advocacy for Reproductive Health and HIV & AIDS, 8 -19 June 2009
o Supervising HIV & AIDS Services, 6 - 17 July 2009
o Advances in Behavior Change Communication for HIV & AIDS, TB and Malaria Programmes, 20 - 31 July 2009
o Promoting Gender and Rights in Reproductive Health and HIV&AIDS, 27 July -14 August 2009
o Impact Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV & AIDS Programmes, 10 - 21 August 2009
o Developing and Implementing an Effective Knowledge Management Strategy, 21 -25 September 2009
o Leadership and Management of Reproductive Health, and HIV & AIDS Programmes, 5 -16 October 2009
o Strengthening Multi-sectoral Prevention and Response Interventions to Sexual and Gender Based Violence, 9 -20 November 2009
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (ADF) Programme
Call closes: March 17, 2014
Applications are now being accepted for the first round of fellowships for the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (ADF) Programme. Public and private higher education institutions in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda are eligible to apply to host a Fellow, an African-born scholar who lives and works in a college or university in the United States or Canada.
Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP)
Deadline for applications: 9 December 2019
The CADFP is a scholar exchange program for African higher education institutions to host a diaspora scholar for 14-90 days for projects in curriculum co-development, research collaboration and graduate student teaching and mentoring. Accredited universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda and member institutions of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) can submit a project request to host a scholar. Scholars born in Africa, who live in the United States or Canada and work in an accredited college or university in either of those two countries, can apply online to be placed on a roster of candidates for a fellowship. Scholars must hold a terminal degree in their field and may hold any academic rank. Links and information about the African host institution project request application, scholar roster application, and review guidelines are posted on the CADFP website.
CARTA PhD Fellowships
Deadline: 15 April 2013
The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) is an initiative of nine African universities, four African research institutes, and selected northern partners. CARTA offers an innovative model for doctoral training in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen the capacity of participating institutions to conduct and lead internationally competitive research. Applications are now open for fellowships.
CDRA: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Course
Cape Town, March and November; Johannesburg, July
The Community Development Resource Association (CDRA), a civil society organisation, established in 1987, based in Cape Town, South Africa, is conducting courses on Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning between 9 March - 27 November 2015 in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The pressure that organisations face for external accountability leave many tasked with ticking the boxes and filling in the blanks with a sense of unease. The same questions tend to plague researchers. Does the evaluation framework represent what the project is about? Are researchers bringing learning into practice adequately? Are partners learning and growing? This five-day course is for those keen to design monitoring and evaluation processes that foster learning.