Call for proposals for resource mobilisation workshops

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Dec 02, 2004

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) as part of its mandate to support the community and small commercial media in South Africa has initiated a process to develop the skills of such projects to mobilise resources from a range of organisations and structures. To this end, the Agency is now inviting proposals from individuals and organisations to design and implement resource mobilisation workshops.

Tanzania: "Dira" newspaper will remain closed despite High Court Ruling

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Dec 02, 2004

On November 24 2004, the High Court of Tanzania, in Zanzibar, delivered its ruling on the long awaited case launched by the 'Dira' newspaper management team to challenge the Act used to close the only independent weekly in the Isles. According to sources from Zanzibar, the paper will remain closed because the High Court ruling has discovered that it violated registration procedures. "The result is zero-zero," Sports Editor of the then Dira newspaper, who is also BBC Kiswahili Correspondent in...read more

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African Guest Researchers' Scholarship Programme 2006

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Dec 02, 2004

One important task of the Nordic Africa Institute is to establish and maintain relations with African research communities. This is inter alia carried out through a Guest Researchers' Programme, the aim of which is to provide opportunities for its participants to pursue their own research projects, thereby indirectly strengthening the academic milieux in African countries, and promoting scholarly exchange with Nordic research communities.

New action learning research initiative

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Dec 02, 2004

The Disability and Rehabilitation team of WHO (WHO/DAR) and AIFO/Italy invite projects involved in disability and rehabilitation activities to be part of a multi-country action learning research initiative. Selected projects will be invited to a preliminary meeting to be held in Rome from 6 to 8 April 2005. For reading details about the initiative and for downloading the application form, click on the following link: http://www.aifo.it/english/resources/announcements.htm

Africa: A commonwealth teacher recruitment protocol?

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Dec 02, 2004

This Commonwealth Secretariat document provides the full text of the Commonwealth teacher recruitment Protocol, adopted by Ministers of Education on September 1st, 2004. The Protocol aims to balance the rights of teachers to migrate internationally, on a temporary or permanent basis, against the need to protect the integrity of national education systems, and to prevent the exploitation of the scarce human resources of poor countries. Starting by outlining the background and purpose of the ...read more

South Africa: Membership Coordinator

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Dec 02, 2004

Reporting directly to the Communications Manager, and working closely with other CIVICUS departments, the Membership Coordinator is responsible for refining and implementing an effective membership strategy and plan aimed at building CIVICUS membership and citizen participation worldwide. This is a one year fixed-term position, with the possibility of extension.

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Rwanda: The challenges of educational reconstruction

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Dec 02, 2004

The Rwandan curriculum has been the subject of much controversy, with Rwandan history still not taught in schools and the difficulty of developing a peace education programme in the country. Despite challenges faced after the war, the Rwandan government prioritised the education sector development after the war, and budgetary allocations have increased. This is according to a UNESCO study that documents the management strategies in the education sector in Rwanda since 1994.

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Zimbabwe: Ethno-based writers’ scheme seeks Zimbabwean ethos

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Nov 25, 2004

Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Herbert Murerwa announced recently that the government had embarked on an Ethno-based Writers’ Scheme that would, ideally, facilitate the development of education curricula in the country. Under the scheme, both lecturers and students at tertiary level would contribute in the writing of literature relevant to Zimbabwe’s political, economic and cultural realities. Murerwa said that the project was ostensibly aimed at promoting the production of learning...read more

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Find what you're looking for with google scholar

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Nov 25, 2004

Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

Tenth international cultural studies symposium

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Nov 25, 2004

The Ege University International Cultural Studies Symposium seeks paper proposals for its 10th annual conference to be held at Ege University , Faculty of Letters, Izmir , Turkey . This year's topic aims to explore a wide range of experiences associated with migration, immigration, movement, and mixing of cultures/peoples.

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