AFRO-NETS> Training, Materials, Conferences - DB Classifieds, July 4, 2001

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Training, Materials, Conferences - DB Classifieds, July 4, 2001
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TRAINING 
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1. Working with the Media - A strategic communications workshop for 
NGOs (July 11-13 2001) - Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria

Media Resource and Advocacy Centre (MRAC), announces it's three-day 
strategic communications training workshop aimed at providing insight 
into strategies in health promotion, advocacy and general publicity 
for development programs and projects. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/282-event.html


2. Field Diplomacy & Peacebuilding Training (Aug 29 - Sep 2 2001) - 
Leuven, Belgium

Issues covered include: What are the tools and strategies available 
for the 'field diplomat'? How to assess the impact of an interven-
tion? What are the specific mechanisms at work in reconciliation? 
What is the difference between a problem solving and a solution fo-
cused approach? How to deal with stress in the field?
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/284-event.html


3. Culture, Communication & Health (December 8-10 2001) - London, UK

The aim of this course is to improve communication skills and under-
standing of local cultures while working overseas.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/225-event.html


4. Social Marketing Course (Jul 30 - Aug 3 2001) - Locarno, Switzer-
land

...a one-week introductory course on social marketing in the Health 
Administration Department at the Summer University in Switzerland.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/180-event.html


5. Information & Communication Technologies for Developing Countries 
- Virtual Course

Key concepts and specific examples of activities in this emerging 
field will be explored through lectures, assigned readings, an elec-
tronic forum with invited guests and/or moderators...
http://www.comminit.com/Training/sld-1516.html


To place your training events in DB Classifieds please contact 
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See other training events listed at:
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with a page of information on each event.

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BOOKS and other MATERIALS
http://www.comminit.com/materials.html


6. Debating Development: NGOs & the Future - by Deborah Eade and 
Ernst Ligteringen

While NGOs have enjoyed a high profile in recent years, there are 
signs that their heyday is over... 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2081.html


7. The Pacific Journalist: A Practical Guide - edited by David Robie

"The Pacific is littered with instances of publishers and journalists 
being chastised and chased." 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2082.html


8. Making Policy, Making Change: How Communities are Taking Law into 
Their Own Hands - by Makani N. Themba

...[uses] case studies... to provide a practical guidebook for activ-
ists... 
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2086.html


9. A Future for the Excluded - Edited by Carmen Raff and Miguel So-
brado

Job creation and Income Generation by the Poor
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1913.html


10. Fissures in the Mediascape. An International Study of Citizens' 
Media - by Clemencia Rodriguez

...a comparative study of four cases of electronic media in the hands 
of citizens (Nicaragua, Catalonia, Colombia, Latino/as in the US). 
Each case study is based on fieldwork...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1809.html


11. Communicating Through Story Characters by Pam Brooke

 From Aesop's fables to Christ's parables to the Grimm Brother's 
fairytales, storytelling has been a valuable teaching tool throughout 
history...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1912.html


12. The Daily Globe: Environmental Change, the Public & the Media - 
Edited by Joe Smith

...about media treatment and public understanding of key environ-
mental issues around the world...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1896.html


13. The Pengiun Atlas of Human Sexual Behavior: Sexuality and Sexual 
Practice around the World by Dr. Judith Mackay et al.

Chapters on Sexuality, Mating, Reproduction, Sexual Health, The Busi-
ness of Sex, Sexual Rites, Sex Crimes, and Evolution...
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-552.html  


To inform people about your Books and other Materials through DB 
Classifieds please contact Warren Feek <wfeek@comminit.com>


Visit - http://www.comminit.com/materials.html - for introductory in-
formation on over 200 books and other materials. Do a key word search 
of the Materials section of the web site to identify materials that 
meet your interests. For example: 

14. South Asian Atlas of Children & Women
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2136.html

15.Telecentres: Case Studies & Key Issues
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2137.html

16. Audio for Distance Education and Open Learning: A Practical Guide 
for Planners and Producers
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2138.html

17. Case Studies of Non-Formal Education by Distance and Open Learn-
ing
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2139.html

18. Lessons from MSH: Strategic Planning: Reflections on Process & 
Practice
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2140.html

19. HIV/AIDS in China and its Implications for Tibetans and other Mi-
norities
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2142.html

20. Reproductive Health Sample Curricula
http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-2080.html


VACANCIES
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21. Find details on new posts in the Vacancies section of the web 
site. Go to:
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22. To have your vacant posts included in the next Vacancies - DB 
Classifieds please contact Carey Hooge <chooge@comminit.com>


CONFERENCES and other EVENTS 
http://www.comminit.com/2001-events.html

23. 10th World Congress on Health & Medical Informatics Towards 
Global Health: the Informatics Route to Knowledge (Sep 2-5 2001) - 
London, UK

A Programme of scientific papers, posters, scientific demonstrations, 
panels and workshops will be delivered by world experts...through 10 
parallel streams...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/294-event.html


24. International Global Knowledge Russia Conference (Sep 28-29 2001) 
- Moscow, Russia

Objectives: to raise awareness of Russian decision makers; to involve 
the Russian Federation; to demonstrate and to discuss GK related Rus-
sian and overseas programs and projects
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/297-event.html


25. 2nd International Conference of the Association of Internet Re-
searchers (Oct 10-14 2001) - Minneapolis-St.Paul, USA

...will bring together scholars, researchers, practitioners, and stu-
dents from many disciplines and fields for a program of keynote ad-
dresses, paper presentations, formal discussions, and informal ex-
changes. 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/298-event.html


26. Sustainability in the Information Society - 15th International 
Symposium Informatics for Environmental Protection (Oct 10-12 2001) - 
Zuerich, Switzerland

...bringing together people from the scientific, public administra-
tion and business communities who develop or use informatics applica-
tions in the environmental field...
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/299-event.html


27. 12th International Conference on AIDS & STDs in Africa (Dec 9-13 
2001) - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

Conference aims include: [a] Review major advances in understanding 
the HIV/AIDS/STD epidemic from a community, socio-economic, cultural, 
political, epidemiological, clinical and basic science standpoint. 
[b] Provide a forum for a critical analysis [c] discuss the extent to 
which these responses have impacted on the course and status of the 
epidemic.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/281-event.html


28. International Union of Health Education & Promotion Conference 
(Jul 15-20 2001) - Paris, France

Three major goals: [a] Advocate for health [b] Improve effectiveness 
[c] Build capacity - to contribute to the development of capacity in 
countries to undertake health promotion and health education activi-
ties 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/283-event.html


29. 2001 CIVICUS World Assembly Aug 19-23 2001 - Vancouver, Canada

Thematic Streams: Citizen Action and Volunteering: Building a Move-
ment for Social and Economic Change Cross Sectoral Collaboration to 
Promote Sustainable Change 
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2001/245-event.html


Summaries of over 250 upcoming conferences and meetings. Organised by 
Month. Searchable by key word. Check it out!
http://www.comminit.com/2001-events.html    


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CONSULTANTS
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