The Chief of Party will direct the implementation and oversee all management aspects of a new five-year USAID-funded program, designed to strengthen civil society capacity to promote good governance at the federal and selected state and local levels through advocacy, awareness-building and citizen empowerment. The incumbent will serve as principal liaison with all implementing partners, the donor, and host government counterparts on all matters related to the program. Qualified candidates send resume with salary history to: Human Resources CEDPA 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20036 Fax: 202-667-1900

Botswana has unveiled plans to build an additional centre to house the growing numbers of illegal immigrants crossing into the country, mainly from neighbouring Zimbabwe. The new centre, expected to be situated in Molepolole, a village 60 km west of the capital, Gaborone, is meant to ease the pressure on a similar facility in Francistown, which is already stretched to capacity. Tension between the two countries has been simmering in recent years as increasing numbers of Zimbabweans entered Botswana, both legally and illegally, in a bid to escape the economic crisis at home.

ACORD, an Africa-based development organization is seeking nominations to its Board of Trustees. We are looking for candidates who are African nationals, bilingual (French, English, or Portuguese) with an understanding of the African political/social/economic context and experience working in development. Knowledge of African NGO networks would be an asset. Although this is an unpaid position, it is an opportunity to make a contribution to the development of an African voluntary organization where the board and members are drawn from a number of countries. If you would like more information about ACORD please visit our website www.acord.org.uk or for more information about becoming a trustee contact, Betty Plewes [email protected]. A more detailed outline of Board duties and responsibilities is available.

The Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims in Copenhagen, Denmark, has initiated work towards creating the Thesaurus of Torture Terminology (T3); a thesaurus of terminology related to torture, prevention of torture, and rehabilitation of torture victims. The T3 project aims to create a structured vocabulary sufficiently extensive and detailed to facilitate indexing and retrieval of documents on torture, at a level suited to specialists in the fields of torture prevention and rehabilitation of victims. The thesaurus will be created in English; it is hoped that translations/adaptations into other languages can be undertaken subsequently, possibly in cooperation with interested organisations in the human rights field. Anyone interested in further information on the project, in particular organisations and individuals who would be willing to comment on drafts of the thesaurus, or are engaged in similar initiatives within the work field of torture prevention and rehabilitation of victims, can write to [email protected]