Group items tagged

"Le projet Insard (Including Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development), est un projet de recherche-action qui vise à assurer une participation d'Organisations de la Société Civile (OSC) d'Afrique et d'Europe dans la formulation et la mise en oeuvre des politiques de recherche agricole pour le développement. Il consiste en une mise en réseau d'opérateurs et d'instituts de recherche, d'organisations paysannes et d'OSC par un consortium d'ONG européennes et de plateformes africaines au sein de trois pays pilotes : le Sénégal, la Tanzanie et la Zambie. Dans le cadre du projet Insard « Inclure les petits exploitants dans la recherche agricole pour le développement », le Repaoc et le Gret ont organisé une table-ronde ce jeudi 1er août de 9h à 13h, à Dakar. Ce rendez-vous a été l'occasion d'échanger sur les expériences en matière de recherche-action avec les différentes partenaires du projet et invités. Lire le communiqué dans son intégralité"

"La conférence aura pour thème : "Tackling Inequalities in Development Policies"." 18/09 | 17h00 - A suivre en direct sur www.sciencespo.fr

"From 16 - 20 September, 2013, ADEA participated in the annual Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat Senior Officials and Education Ministers meeting held in Maputo, Mozambique. Ms. Angela Arnott, team leader from the ADEA Working Group on Education Management and Policy Support (WG EMPS) represented ADEA at the meeting. In addition to senior officials from SADC countries, there were also participants from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the African Union (AU), and UNESCO."

"The relationship between Tertiary Agricultural Education (TAE) and its siblings - Research, Policy and industry actors- can make or break Africa's agricultural sector. Participants who attended the workshop pose for a group photo Participants who attended the workshop pose for a group photo Strengthening the link between these four components not only ensures food security in the continent but also bolters - significantly - the continent's socio-economic development.Africa's agricultural potential can only be optimally harnessed if deliberate efforts are made to ensure that agricultural education is aligned to industry needs and research findings generate innovative products and approaches for industrial application and also feed into national and regional policies."

"La collaboration avec l'Afrique dans le domaine des sciences, de la technologie et de l'innovation s'est renforcée ces dernières années. Toutefois, la recherche reste encore souvent financée au titre de la coopération au développement et le dernier mot revient en fin de compte aux bailleurs de fonds extérieurs. L'intérêt augmente dès lors, en Afrique, en faveur du financement d'activités de recherche correspondant à des stratégies et priorités propres au continent. Le projet ERAfrica (European Research Area Network for Africa - Developing African-European joint collaboration for Science and Technology) de l'Union européenne répond à cette préoccupation. Il facilite la mise en réseau de bailleurs de fonds européens et africains en faveur de la recherche et encourage les appels à projets conjoints pour promouvoir des collaborations sur le long terme entre des États membres et/ou associés de l'UE et des Etats africains. "

"Experience from outside UNESCO-UNEVOC Regional Forum Europe and North America network enriches work of penultimate meeting ahead of next year's global forum in Bonn. The second session Tuesday (29 October) of the UNESCO-UNEVOC regional forum Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and North America on advancing, improving and greening TVET hosted by Moscow's National Observatory on Vocational Education/Centre for VET Studies, widened its scope to a broad international focus. The three-day event, attended by over 100 experts in training, system analysis and policy advice, opened Monday with the spotlight on two of UNEVOC's priorities - youth employment and skills development and bringing an ecological perspective to TVET. Tuesday's theme was regional and international harmonization in TVET. Delegates looked well beyond the regional boundaries of Europe, CIS and North America, which is one of the five regional clusters around which UNEVOC organizes its global work. Representatives of the Africa, Arab States, Asia and Pacific, and Latin America and Caribbean regions presented the progress in advancing UNESCO-UNEVOC's agenda, based on the Shanghai Consensus proposals identified last year at UNESCO's Third International Congress on TVET."

"Weak linkages between Tertiary Agricultural Education(TAE) institutions and business enterprises is stifling entrepreneurship and economic development in Africa. This theme dominated discussions during the international Agribusiness Education Fair currently underway at the World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. The three-day Fair, whose objective to improve Agribusiness teaching, research and practice through stronger linkages between Training/research institutions and the private sector' brings together academicians, the private sector, International Non-Governmental Organizations, policy makers, students and entrepreneurs drawn from across Africa. "

African Higher Education Week Celebrating the Contribution of Universities & Partners to Africa's Agricultural Development Please click here to download the Concept Note for the 4th Biennial Conference.The five day conference will be held at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre in Maputo, Mozambique, from 21st to 25th July 2014. The meeting will be co-organized by RUFORUM Secretariat, Government of Mozambique (led by Eduardo Mondlane University and IIAM) and CCARDESA. The Call for Papers will be issued shortly with guidelines on how to submit papers for this conference."

"Cooperation with Morocco in the field of fisheries is of importance to Russia and it will be developing, Ilya Shestakov, Russia's Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo), told ITAR-TASS on Tuesday in an interview after the ceremony marking the signing of a protocol on the results of the second session of the Russia-Morocco mixed commission for fisheries."

Let Girls Learn is an effort by the United States Government to provide the public with meaningful ways to help all girls to get a quality education. It is led by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the lead U.S. Government Agency working to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies.

Activity Subject # msgs Started by Start date October today Copyright and development of cultural industries in Africa (moderation pending) Awoumou Ma... 2014-10-02 today [L&W] Latest news on European research in learning and work - October 2014 Sabine Man... 2014-10-02 today Ambassador (moderation pending) ahmed loqm... 2014-10-02 yesterday Invitation to join online discussion on ESD and TVET on UNESTEAMS platform UNESCO-UNE... 2014-10-01 yesterday [Creative Industries] Le droit d'auteur et le développement des industries créatives en Afrique Awoumou Ma... 2014-10-01 yesterday Deadline extended: Call for Papers - Transversal Skills in TVET: Focus on Pedagogies and Assessment in the Asia-Pacific Region Barbara Tr... 2014-10-01

"The largest European Commission research project is being developed to enhance the European aquaculture production by removing production bottlenecks of emerging species, producing new products and accessing new markets. It is Diversify project, which is funded under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission and had its kickoff meeting at the Hellenic Center for Marine Research in Greece in January 2014. Coordinated by Dr. Constantinos C Mylonas of the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, a total of 38 partners from Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Israel, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, the United Kingdom, Germany and Hungary have participated in this 5-year-long research. The Netherlands is represented by Wageningen University's DLO, The National Institute for Fisheries Studies and the Technical University of Eindhoven."

TAIEX REGIO PEER 2 PEER is designed to share expertise between bodies that manage funding under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. What exchanges are supported? TAIEX REGIO PEER 2 PEER finances: Expert Missions: EU Member State experts can be sent to institutions in other Member States that have requested peer advice and exchange of experience on a specific topic. Expert missions can last between 2 to 5 days. Study Visits: employees (maximum 3) from a requesting institution can be sent on a working visit to other EU Member State institutions to learn from peers and exchange good practices. Study visits can last between 2 to 5 days. Workshops: single or multi-country workshops can be organised in a requesting institution. Workshops would normally last 2 days.

Visiting the agricultural development projects supported by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in Mozambique, I was amazed by the number of young faces I saw in the villages. However, the resounding sentiment is that young people do not want to be farmers. This is causing deep concern amongst many over how to keep the growing youth of Mozambique in agriculture. With the 11th highest birth rate in the world, and a growth rate of 2.45% a year, the population of Mozambique is growing, fast. More food will soon be needed to sustain the expanding population.

"On 21st September 2015, the Republic of Madagascar signed the Charter Establishing the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA). The signing ceremony took place in the capital city of Madagascar Antananarivo. During the signing ceremony, the government of Madagascar was represented by the Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Roland Ravatomanga, while CCARDESA was represented by the Programmes and Grants Manager, Dr. Simon Mwale. By signing the Charter, Madagascar joined the rest of the SADC Member States which already signed the CCARDESA Charter."

"University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, 14-16 October 2015 Around the world far too many young people are not in employment, education or training (NEET). Roughly one third of the world's youth are unemployed, looking for work or they are discouraged and therefore inactive. Unemployment rates among young people are particularly high in the Middle East and North Africa. In general, the youth is more vulnerable in economic crises and is disadvantaged on the labour market because they have less working experience and are less skilful in application processes than adults. Besides, one cause for high rates of youth unemployment is the mismatch between labour supply and labour demand. This goes along with a lack of labour market services focussed on the needs of young people. In this context the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), has developed the new Global Initiative on Innovative Labour Market Services for Youth."

"The programme aims to trigger a seismic shift in development and delivery of agricultural education programmes in Africa. Africa urgently needs adequate number of quality agricultural graduates to actualize her potential in Agriculture. However, for this to be achieved, Tertiary Agricultural Education (TAE) stakeholders in the continent must work closely to leverage on their respective strengths."

"FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIAFEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SKILLS TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROJECT Invitation for Bids (IFB) Supply ofClassroom, Hostel and Library FurnitureLoan No: 2100150010394 SPN No.:STVEP/ICB/FNT/13/01 1. ThisInvitation for Bidsfollows the publication of the General Procurement Notice(GPN)forthis projectthatappeared inUnited NationsDevelopment Business Issue No 662, of 16thSeptember2005.2.TheFederalGovernment of Nigeriahas received a loan from the African Development Fund in various currencies towards the cost of the Skills Training and Vocational Education Project. It is intendedthat part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for theSupply of Classroom,Hostel and Library furnitureto some of the beneficiary institutions.3.TheProjectCoordinating Unit on the behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education now invitessealed bids from eligible bidders for the Supply ofclassroom, hostel and library furniturepackaged into three lots. Each lot forms a separate contract as follows"

On August 24-28, 2015, 100 young leaders from around the world gathered at the Global Youth Ag-Summit in Canberra, Australia to discuss ideas, develop a vision and deliver action. An initiative of Bayer CropScience, the Summit was held in conjunction with Australia's only national youth agricultural network "Future Famers Network" (FFN) Australia. Operating since 2002, Future Farmers Network connects and supports young Australians involved in all facets of agriculture and provides members with access to the latest news, events, scholarships, wards and information from across all aspects of the Australian agricultural sector.

La réalité de l'entrepreneuriat dans le Monde Parler des limites de l'entrepreneuriat en Afrique fait tout de suite référence aux problématiques d'accès au financement. Il... Cet article L'illusion de l'entrepreneuriat en Afrique est apparu en premier sur Ideas for development.