Governance
Deshpande Foundation invites applications for Program Associates, Hubli – Apply by October 30, 2011
Posted on 27 Oct, 2011 08:06 AMContent courtesy: DevNetJobs
The Deshpande Foundation is based in US and North Western Karnataka, India and is working rigorously in areas of social entrepreneurship and self sustaining solutions in areas like Education, Livelihood, Health and Agriculture.
FES invites applications for a fellowship on ‘Communities in Conservation'
Posted on 26 Oct, 2011 01:43 PMThe crux of Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) efforts lie in locating forests and other natural resources within the prevailing economic, social and ecological dynamics in rural landscapes and in intertwining principles of conservation and local self governance for the protection of the natural surroundings and improvement in the living conditions of the poor.
Piloting Knowledge Swaraj - A hand book on Indian science and technology - KICS
Posted on 24 Oct, 2011 04:23 PMThis hand book on Indian science and technology was produced at the end of a project entitled “Science, Ethics and Technological Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Countries” (SET DEV) by Knowledge in Civil Society (KICS). The project aimed at:
- Activating processes of building institutional capacities and skills on science,ethics and STR socialization
- Defining and understanding perspectives of socialization of science and technology that take into consideration local needs in a multilateral dialogue.
The need for a sound flood management policy and not another dam
Posted on 24 Oct, 2011 12:58 AMArticle Courtesy : Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO)
Author : Ranjan Panda
These large structural engineering solutions not only are obsolete but undermine the importance of ‘integrated flood management’. Time we grow up and design ways to live with floods again.
Live feed: WSSCC Global Forum on Sanitation & Hygiene - 9-14 October 2011, Mumbai
Posted on 13 Oct, 2011 10:22 AMWe all know the statistics: 2.6 billion people around the world are without access to a basic toilet. Diarrhoea – the vast majority of it due to poor sanitation and hygiene – is the second biggest killer of children worldwide.
Between us, we also have many of the answers. We have experiences of low-cost technologies that are acceptable and affordable for poor communities in rural areas. We have been involved in designing communications programmes that have contributed to sustained behaviour change.
We have seen governments and civil society working together to set up policies and programmes that ensure access to better sanitation in challenging settings, such as crowded informal settlements in fast-growing megacities. We have also seen businesses grow up around sanitation and hygiene, allowing individuals to make a dignified living and clients to buy the sorts of products and services they want and need.
DJRC invites applications for Research Associate (Socio-Economic), Bhubaneswar – Apply by October 15, 2011
Posted on 12 Oct, 2011 05:11 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobs
D.J. Research and Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. (DJRC) was formed by team of nationally and internationally experienced professionals in the year 2002. DJRC has its headquarters in Bhubaneswar, India with resident offices in every region of India and many parts of the world. With this reach we are able to provide timely and quality service to our valued clients.
Social exclusion and policy recommendations for the 12th Plan - WASH News and policy update
Posted on 11 Oct, 2011 09:52 PMContent courtesy: India WASH Forum
Thirupporur and Vadakkuppattu: Eighteenth century locality accounts – A report by Centre for Policy Studies
Posted on 10 Oct, 2011 08:26 PMThis research monograph on Thirupporur and Vadakkuppatu: Eighteenth Century Locality Accounts, prepared jointly by the Centre for Policy Studies, Chennai and Tamil University, Thanjavur, presents a graphic picture of the society and polity of eighteenth century Tamil Nadu.
Janaagraha invites applications for Advocacy Manager & Advocacy Associate, Bangalore – Apply by October 14, 2010
Posted on 10 Oct, 2011 02:45 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobs
Janaagraha is a non-profit organisation based in Bangalore, India. It works with citizens and the government to improve the quality of life in Indian cities and towns.
SIRCA calls for proposal on for research projects on information societies and ICT in development – Apply by October 14, 2011
Posted on 10 Oct, 2011 02:41 PMThe The Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance (SIRCA) Program establishes and brings together the endeavors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) and the Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC, Singapore) to identify future research leaders, particularly emerging researchers who are relatively new to ICTD/Information Society research and to facilitate their development through the support of research grants.