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The International Center for Tropical Agriculture works to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the ecoefficiency of agriculture. CIAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership working many partners for a food secure future.

Date: 10 Fév 2015 - 11 Fév 2015 Ce poste est une invitation aux membres du public, à participer au programme de "Journées Jeunesse et Dèveloppement en Afrique : le numérique et les NTIC" qui se tiendra à l'UNESCO. Plus information Lieu: UNESCO Headquarters Paris France en lire plus

Date: 23 Mar 2015 - 27 Mar 2015 The International Training Centre (ITC) of the ILO will undertake a course on "Monitoring and impact evaluation of youth employment programmes" from the 23rd to the 27th of March 2015. The course aims to improve the capacity to build rigorous monitoring and impact evaluation plans for youth employment programmes. Lieu: International Training Centre of the ILO Turin Italia

Date: 23 Mar 2015 - 22 Mai 2015 Développé conjointement par l'UNITAR et l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), avec le support du Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale (CTA), la Collaboration innovante pour le développement (CIpD) est une formation en ligne tutorée et interactive sur les médias sociaux.

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à participer à la discussion en ligne: "Radio rurale et médias communautaires: autonomiser les jeunes pour construire des moyens d'existence résilients et améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition".

Date: 03 Juin 2015 - 04 Juin 2015 The Future Leaders Programme is looking for 12 extraordinary young people ages 21-26, from across the world with proven commitment and community engagement to represent the powerful impact that youth have in the development field. The winners will be 'movers and shakers' in their communities and countries who are helping to solve the universal challenges outlined in the EDD programme.

The Third International Conference on Youth (ICYOUTH) 2015, Youth as Global Leaders Today for a Better Tomorrow aims to provide a forum for the presentation of research findings, issues and trends related to these ideas. Diverse perspectives are sought from those who work with and on behalf of young people from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds including researchers, practitioners, teachers, youth program participants and policy makers.

The Agropolis Foundation in France engages in research on food and crop systems in the world's North and South. The present call for proposals will fund training and higher education in the theme "agronomy for sustainable development." The lead proponent should be from a research unit belonging to the Foundation's scientific network (Labex Agro).

Date: 18 Sep 2015 - 19 Sep 2015 The world faces a series of challenges that engage the food studies community. On the one hand, some regions of the world are increasingly plagued by food insecurity, hunger, and famine. On the other, questions about the environmental and economic sustainability of traditional input-heavy agriculture continue to encourage scholars and practitioners to think in terms of a return to local or community-based agriculture. Lieu: Blacksburg, Virginia, USA United States See map: Google Maps Appel à contribution: Call for proposal: FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD STUDIES

Al Idrisi II is a program of short-term academic mobility for nationals of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and the European Union. The program supports undergraduate, doctoral, post-doctoral, and staff mobility. The "International Cooperation Cells" define subject areas that include salinization of agricultural soils, non-conventional sources of irrigation water for olive growing, environment and renewable energy, and many others across the sciences and humanities. The application deadline is 12 January 2016.

The Pan African University (PAU) seeks to develop institutions of excellence in science, technology, innovation, social sciences, and governance in Africa. The African Union offers the Pan African University Scholarship for masters and PhD degree programs at four PAU Institutes (in Algeria, Cameroon, Kenya, and Nigeria). Subject areas for the postgraduate educational programs include agriculture, water resources, arid lands management, energy, environmental management, and many others -- varying among the PAU Institutes.

Le CIHEAM organise le 1er Forum Méditerranéen à l'intention des doctorants et jeunes chercheurs de la région méditerranéenne du 18 au 19 juillet 2016 au CIHEAM-IAM de Montpellier (France). Le CIHEAM organise à Montpellier le 1er Forum à l'intention des doctorants et jeunes chercheurs de la région méditerranéenne, pour favoriser la communication, le dialogue et la publication entre les différents partenaires de la recherche scientifique dans le domaine du développement rural dans les pays méditerranéens.

The "Communications Officer" position will be in charge of the communications activities reporting directly to the Secretary General.