AFRO-NETS> The Drum Beat - Training Special - Apr. 25, 2001

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The Drum Beat - Training Special - Apr. 25, 2001
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from THE COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE partnership
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Many people have requested regular information on training opportuni-
ties. This Drum Beat Special responds to that demand. For a more ex-
tensive listing, organised by development issue, please see the new 
Training section on The Communication Initiative web site. 
http://www.comminit.com/training.html

The full listing of Training opportunities is designed to provide you 
with a 'one-stop' place to review training possibilities that meet 
your skill and knowledge development needs. It is updated on a con-
tinual basis.

Access URL associated with each post below for more details.

For inclusion in this service, we welcome information on Training op-
portunities you may be organising. Please send to:
Janice Innes
mailto:jinnes@comminit.com


TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

1. Caribbean Communications Workshop - May 5th - Antigua - This is a 
communications workshop involving environment and health communica-
tions experts from the Caribbean including international and regional 
inter-governmental agencies operating in the Caribbean...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/66-event.html
Contact Wesley Gibbings 
mailto:wgibbings@yahoo.com


2. Gender, Health & Communicable Disease Course - May 7th to 25th - 
Liverpool, UK - Course aim: To enhance the capacity of policy makers 
and planners to analyse and address gender inequities in health and 
health care in developing countries. The course will have a specific 
focus on gender in infectious diseases such as TB, malaria and Sexu-
ally Transmitted Infections and the implications for Health Systems 
Development...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/71-event.html
Contact Philomena Hinds 
mailto:Hinds@liv.ac.uk


3. Second Research Workshop on Gender & Tuberculosis - May 7th to 
11th - Goeteborg, Sweden - The main aim of the workshop is to improve 
the tuberculosis control world-wide through improved understanding of 
gender aspects of tuberculosis disease, its treatment and gender spe-
cific control strategies...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/111-event.html
Contact Vinod K Diwan 
mailto:vinod@nhv.se


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4. Hostile Environment Training for Journalists - May 14th to 18th - 
Hampshire, United Kingdom - The Reuters Foundation offersa new Hos-
tile Environment Training course, for journalists from the developing 
world who may have to work in war zones or other dangerous areas...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/74-event.html
Contact Jo Weir 
mailto:jo.weir@reuters.com


5. 2nd International Innovative Marketing Communications Promoting & 
Selling Training in a Competitive Global Market Workshop - May 14th 
to 21st - Cairo, Egypt - This IMC-2 Workshop is jointly organized by 
World Bank Institute, the Institute of Management Development, and 
SPAAC/Human Empowerment Center. This workshop provides a collabora-
tive learning opportunity for training executives and managers to 
discuss and master the State-of-the-Art promotion and communication 
methods for training institutions to effectively market their prod-
ucts and services...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/65-event.html
Contact Ms. Rosa L. Abdel Malek 
mailto:spaac@ritsec1.com.eg


6. The Art of Getting Attention - May 14th to 15th - Washington, D.C. 
USA - Effective Public Service Communication - by the Ad Council. The 
media has an extraordinary power to inspire positive social change. 
This event is presented by the organization that brought you such 
slogans as "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste" and "Only You Can 
Prevent Forest Fires."...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/99-event.html
Contact 
mailto:seminar@adcouncil.org 


7. Management & Training for Community Radio & Television Stations: 
International Course - May 14th to June 8th - The Royal Netherlands 
Radio Training Centre - Hilversum, The Netherlands - The course ob-
jective is to strengthen the capacity of community radio and televi-
sion stations in the areas of training/coaching and management. Rapid 
technological change inside and outside the broadcast industry is 
creating opportunities worldwide for the development of affordable 
and effective radio and television services at community level 
whether as part of a network or as an individual initiative...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/72-event.html
Contact Lem van Eupen 
mailto:lem.vaneupen@rntc.rnw.nl


8. Basic Course in Participatory Methods: Vision, Mission, Values & 
Identity - June 4th to 6th - to equip participants with methods for 
developing vision, mission and values.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/139-event.html
Contact 
mailto:neelamuk@del2.vsnl.net.in 
or 
mailto:amimuk@nda.vsnl.net.in 


9. 2001 Environmental Journalism Academy - June 14th to 18th - Ameri-
can University in Washington, DC, USA - Join 60 other young journal-
ists from across the country for a five-day intensive programme on 
how to dig up stories that matter most... 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/102-event.html
Contact Jessica 
mailto:eja@envirocitizen.org


10. Health Education & Health Promotion Course - June 25th to 29th - 
Maastricht University, The Netherlands - course offers an overview of 
theoretical perspectives for planning health promotion, motivating 
stake-holders to participate, planning interventions for changing 
health risk behaviour and evaluating their effectiveness. ..
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/76-event.html
Contact Annie Simon 
mailto:annie.simon@facburfdgw.unimaas.nl


11. Cuba AIDS Project Humanitarian Workshop - June 29th to 30th - Ha-
vana, Cuba - The workshop programme will be presented by profession-
als involved with HIV/AIDS care in Cuba and the USA. The workshop 
promotes full time people to people interaction between healthcare 
and humanitarian providers in the USA and their counterparts in 
Cuba...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/23-event.html
Contact 
mailto:InternetDoctors@aol.com


12. Intervention Mapping: Designing Theory & Evidence-based Health 
Education Programmes - July 2th to 6th - Intervention Mapping is a 
new process for the creation of health education programmes. The em-
phasis of the course will be on applying this process to the real 
life health education programmes of the course participants. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/77-event.html
Contact Annie Simon 
mailto:annie.simon@facburfdgw.unimaas.nl


13. Dynamics of Self-Help Groups, Institution Building & Learning Or-
ganization - July 16th to 20th - learn to apply participatory ap-
proaches to organization building, supporting group activities and 
ways of building group linkages. Intended for Managers, programme of-
ficers and other officials.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/142-event.html
Contact 
mailto:neelamuk@del2.vsnl.net.in 
or 
mailto:amimuk@nda.vsnl.net.in 


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14. Participatory Development: Concepts, Tools & Application in 
PLA/PRA Methods - July 16th to 21st - Ottawa, Canada - a workshop fo-
cusing on core participatory concepts, tools and their application. 
This is an intensive practical and experiential workshop set in the 
community to maximize learning, group interaction and networking.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/146-event.html
Contact 
mailto:workshop@mosaic-net-intl.ca


15. Action Research Geared Towards Reproductive Health of Young Peo-
ple - August 1st to 22nd - Bamenda, Cameroon - The training aims to 
equip participants with expertise that will allow them to design ap-
proaches suitable for young people, and thus help this vulnerable 
group avoid infections, unwanted pregnancies and sexual violence...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/43-event.html
Contact Dr. Flavien Ndonko 
mailto:gtz-ssp.ong@camnet.cm


16. Broadcast Drama for Education (Radio & Television) - September 
24th to December 14th - Radio Netherlands - The theme is Children and 
Development. It builds on drama's proven success in captivating audi-
ences, particularly children and young people, and in informing and 
educating them. It will consist of a series of workshops with a tar-
get audience approach to the design and production of programmes...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/119-event.html
Contact 
mailto:secr.centrehsum@rntc.rnw.nl


17. Partnering for Results 2001 - Johns Hopkins University - October 
5th to 8th - Baltimore, MD, USA - An opportunity for non profit staff 
and board members, corporate philanthropy professionals, government 
managers, business professionals, and community leaders worldwide in-
terested in creating effective partnerships...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/42-event.html
Contact Carol M. Wessner 
mailto:cwessner@jhu.edu


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