FUNDING for Innovative Sustainable Development Projects
Calling entrepreneurs for sustainable development:
SEED Awards 2009 is open for submissions (deadline 16 March 2009; funds up to $40,000)
Apply now if:
– you are finding new ways of simultaneously improving incomes and strengthening livelihoods; tackling poverty and marginalisation; and managing and conserving natural resources and ecosystems; and
– you are developing a new concept that brings together people and organizations from different backgrounds to work in partnership, and partners are pooling their commitment and human, financial, and natural resources; and
– your project or enterprise is in the early stages of development and keen to increase its impacts; and
– your project or enterprise is locally-led, with strong community engagement, and takes place in a country or countries with a developing economy or economy in transition; and
– your project or enterprise displays entrepreneurship in its broadest sense and shows a proven concept that has market potential; it must demonstrate financial sustainability in the long term and should have a draft business plan.
Detailed eligibility criteria are available at www.seedinit.org. Before submitting your application, you will be asked to complete an eligibility checklist.
Winners of the 2009 SEED Awards for entrepreneurship in sustainable development receive a tailored package of support services, worth up to $40,000, to help their venture to become established and to increase their impact. This includes access to relevant expertise and technical assistance, meeting new partners and building networks, developing business plans and identifying sources of finance.
The deadline for applications is 16 March 2009. Application forms can be filled in online or downloaded from the SEED Initiative website at www.seedinit.org.
The SEED Initiative was founded by IUCN, UNDP and UNEP to deliver concrete progress towards the internationally- agreed, aspirational goals in the UN’s Millennium Declaration and the commitments made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002.
Best regards,
Dr Helen Marquard
Executive Director
The SEED Initiative
For information about the SEED Awards:
www.seedinit.org
seedawards@seedinit.org
Tel: +49 30 89 00068 99
For any other queries about the SEED Initiative:
helen.marquard@seedinit.org
Tel: +44 1420 488 544
SEED Initiative
Supporting entrepreneurs for sustainable development
hosted by:
Division of Communications and Public Information (DCPI)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
P.O. Box 30552
00100 Nairobi
Kenya
[Note to We Can Do readers: As you can see from the information provided above, this award is not restricted to disability-oriented initiatives. However, disability-run organizations and disability advocates could make the argument to them that people with disabilities would very much count as a population that faces "marginalization" and is at high risk of poverty. This funding competition could be an opportunity to build upon an idea for a project meant to reduce poverty among people with disabilities.]
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CALL FOR PAPERS on Water and Sanitation Deadline Extended
Thanks to the many of you who have submitted papers for the 34th WEDC International Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multisectoral Approaches which is to be held 18th – 22nd May 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These are currently being reviewed.
We have received numerous requests to extend the deadline, and we have considered our review and production processes accordingly. As a result, we have extended the deadlines as follows:
- Refereed papers (to be refereed by the International Scientific Committee): 5 Dec 2008
- Reviewed papers (to be reviewed by WEDC): 5 Jan 2009
- Poster presentations and alternative formats (to be reviewed by WEDC): 5 Jan 2009
Please note that the later papers are submitted, the tighter the timescale that authors will have for making revisions to meet the reviewers’ comments as we will not be able to alter the final deadline for this. You are therefore advised to submit your paper as soon as possible.
Please see
http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/index.php
for further details.
With best regards
The WEDC International Conference Team
Thank you to the WEDC team for passing along this announcement. Note that this deadline extension refers to a Call for Papers previously posted at We Can Do at
http://wecando.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/call-for-papers-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-conference-may-18-22-2009-addis-ababa-ethiopia/
. However, as always, any queries, applications, or submissions should be directed to the conference organizers, NOT We Can Do. See their web site at
http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/index.php
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CONFERENCE: Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development, December 2-3, 2008, Berlin
Bezev (disability and development cooperation in Essen, Germany) would appreciate very much if you could spread this invitation within your networks, and send it to people you think could be interested.
Thank you very much for your attention, and cooperation,
with warm regards,
Mareike Bübl
www.bezev.de
International Congress in Berlin „´Nothing About Us Without Us´ – Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development”
On 3rd December, the worldwide Day of Persons with Disabilities, the international congress „´Nothing about us without us´ – Persons with Disabilities as Actors of Sustainable Development”, will take place from 2-3 December 2008 in Berlin/Germany.
The purpose of the congress is to make its contribution towards the implementation of the UN Convention marking a paradigm shift in the role of persons with disabilities.
It aims to show how persons with disabilities can be included to take an active part in development activities. The congress will conclude with a discussion by a panel of politicians and representatives of non-government organisations and associations about their contribution towards the realisation of the UN Convention and the demand for inclusive development implicated therein.
Speakers from all over the world will share their experiences with us, and we will discuss the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
We are very glad to welcome Mrs Evers-Meyer, the federal government comissioner for persons with disabilities in Germany, Mrs Venus M. Ilagan from the USA (Rehabilitation International), Dorothy Musakanya from Zimbabwe (Southern African Federation of Disabled People SAFOD), Mrs Tuija Halmari from Finland (Finnish Disabled People´s International Development Association FIDIDA), Mr Shikuku Obosi from Great Britain (Action on Disability and Development ADD), Mr Raghavan Ramachandran from India (ebenfalls ADD) and many other interesting guests.
The congress is directed to actors working in the areas of development and disability, as well as anyone interested in these issues.
It is organised jointly by Disability and Development Cooperation (bezev), CBM (Christian Blind Mission), Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW), Interessenvertretung Selbstbestimmt Leben in Deutschland (ISL) and Misereor.
Learn more about the conference and how to participate at
http://bezev.de/bezev/aktuelles/index.htm
Thank you to Mareike Bübl at bezev for submitting this announcement to We Can Do.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Call for Papers: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene CONFERENCE, May 18-22, 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[Note to We Can Do readers: you will note that this conference is not specifically disability focused. But it could be an opportunity to submit papers that could help enlighten colleagues who might otherwise forget to account for the needs of people with disabilities in accessing clean water and sanitation. If your disability-oriented paper is accepted at the WEDC International conference, I hope you will consider also submitting it for publication at We Can Do.]
34th WEDC International Conference : CALL FOR PAPERS
The Call for Papers for the 34th WEDC International Conference is now available. For further information, please see
http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/call_for_papers.php
or email wedc.conf@Lboro.ac.uk
The Conference will be held at the United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa from 18 to 22 May 2009, by invitation of the Ministry of Water Resources, Ethiopia and WEDC, UK.
The title of the Conference will be
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multisectoral Approaches.
The WEDC International Conference is a week long, practitioner and research focused conference, exchanging knowledge and experiences in the water and sanitation sector. Papers are invited for review or for refereeing by the International Scientific Committee, and there will also be poster presentations, discussion sessions and side events.
Sponsorship Opportunity:
The 34th WEDC International Conference would also like to offer the opportunity for international organisations to sponsor the conference. For further details, please contact S.Sargent@lboro.ac.uk or see
http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/sponsorship.php
With kind regards
Ian Smout (Chair of Conference Advisory Committee)
Julie Fisher (Conference Manager)
I received this announcement via email from Julia Fisher. Inquiries related to the call for papers, or to the conference in general, should be directed to the conference organizers, NOT We Can Do. This includes inquiries regarding what accommodations they are prepared to make for participants with disabilities.
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