The XIV International AIDS Conference (Barcelona, Spain, July 2002) has received almost 10 500 abstract submissions from the world's leading scientists, clinicians, community representatives and people living with HIV/AIDS. This is the highest number of submissions ever received in the history of the series of international AIDS conferences. All registrations (from regular participants, students, and accompanying persons) for the XIV International AIDS Conference must be submitted on the official Registration Forms. Use one form for each person registering. Please type or print clearly, completing the form in full. For additional registration forms contact Congrex, Sweden.

Niger. Under the general supervision of the Chief of the ECA’s West Africa Sub-Regional Development Centre (WA-SRDC), the incumbent undertakes activities, particularly in the areas of monetary and fiscal policy, debt, capital markets development, resource mobilization for financing development, international finance and trade, and sub-regional economic cooperation and integration. In the context of African countries, the incumbent will engage in the SRDC’s work that includes coordinating and conducting macroeconomic research and analysis; designing econometric models, proposing economic and social policies; analyzing trends and economic performance in African countries; assessing needs for human resources, financing, and institutional frameworks; and promoting sub-regional collaboration on data collection and exchange, conferences, and training. Closing date: 23 April, 2002.

CfBT, a leading provider of education services, is managing a DFID funded programme with the Government of Rwanda and other donors to improve education as part of an overall poverty reduction programme. CfBT seeks to appoint a Primary Education Planning and Management Adviser who will assist the Rwandan Ministry of Education in achieving its target of UPE by 2010, a key part of the national planning for achieving Education For All. Located in the Ministry of Education in Kigali, the role will involve working closely with the Director of Primary Education and other parties in providing professional advice and support, developing plans, programmes and targets to address the key issues of access, equity, quality and efficiency.