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Free training sessions provided by VDIC

Location: VDIC, Ground Floor, 63 Ly Thai To, Hanoi

IMPORTANT NOTICES FOR PARTICIPANTS: Please read the course materials available online at http://www.vdic.org.vn/?name=library&op=viewDetailNews&id=339&mid=322&cmid=361 before attending the class. It is useful to take them to the class for additional notes since we do not provide participants with printed course materials.

“Searching the Internet” class

Date: Friday, March 16, 2007 -- Time: 10:00am to 12:00am

Aims: After the workshop, participants should: (i) have a better understanding of information-finding possibilities on the Internet (ii) have a broad overview of different search tools (iii) be able to phrase search queries effectively.

“Referencing skills” class

Date: Friday, March 23, 2007 -- Time: 10:00am to 12:00am

Aims: After the workshop, participants should know how to: (i) manage their references (ii) cite the references appropriately (iii) create a reference list or bibliography.

Everyone is welcome - please visit the VDIC to sign up at the front desk, or send an email to nvu2@worldbank.org with your name, organisation, and telephone number and specify the class(es) you want to participate. Acceptance of registration will be done on first come first serve basis.

Exhibitions at VDIC

Please see Library section for lists of selected resources on the exhibition themes below.

22 March 2007 – World Water Day: Coping with Water Scarcity

'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on 22 March. This year's theme highlights the increasing significance of water scarcity worldwide and the need for increased integration and cooperation to ensure sustainable, efficient and equitable management of scarce water resources, both at international and local levels.

Equity and rights, cultural and ethical issues are essential to be addressed when dealing with limited water resources. Imbalances between availability and demand, the degradation of groundwater and surface water quality, intersectoral competition, interregional and international disputes, all center around the question of how to cope with scarce water resources.

Small exhibition at VDIC on this occasion provides brief information on this topic as well as a number of publications on water resources.

Library

Selected resources on water in Vietnam from VDIC library

363.61 VAN. Van den Berg, Caroline. World Bank. EAP. Vietnam : evolving management models for small towns water supply in a transitional economy. S.l.: s.n., 2002-05-31. Full text http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDS_IBank_Servlet?pcont=details&eid=000094946_03010804060761

363.61 WAT. Ngan hang the gioi tai Viet Nam. Chien luoc cap nuoc va ve sinh: xay dung tren mot nen mong ben vung = Water supply and sanitation strategy: building on a solid foundation. Hanoi, Vietnam: World Bank, 2006.

363.61 WAT. World Bank. Water supply and sanitation strategy: building on a solid foundation. Hanoi, Vietnam: World Bank, 2006. Full text http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPINFRASTRUCT/Resources/watereng.pdf

363.72 MAR. MARD. MOC. National rural clean water supply and sanitation strategy up to year 2020 = Chien luoc quoc gia cap nuoc sach va ve sinh nong thon den nam 2020. Vietnam: Ministry of Construction and MARD, 2000-08.

363.72 SEI. Soussan, John. Bao cao hien trang nganh danh gia phoi hop chinh phu Viet Nam va cac nha tai tro ve cap nuoc, ve sinh va suc khoe nong thon Viet Nam [Sector Status Report of Joint Government – Donor Sector Review of Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Health in Viet Nam]. Hanoi, Vietnam: Stockhom Environment Institute, 2005-05.

363.72 SEI. Soussan, John. Sector Status Report of Joint Government – Donor Sector Review of Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Health in Viet Nam = Bao cao hien trang nganh danh gia phoi hop chinh phu Viet Nam va cac nha tai tro ve cap nuoc, ve sinh va suc khoe nong thon Viet Nam. Hanoi, Vietnam: Stockhom Environment Institute, 2005-05.

363.7394 FOS. World Bank. Groundwater quality protection : a guide for water utilities, municipal authorities, and environment agencies / Stephen Foster ... [et al.] ; Groundwater Management Advisory Team (GW-MATE) in association with the Global Water Partnership ; co-sponsored by WHO-PAHO-CEPIS & UNESCO-ROSTLAC-PHI. Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2002.

ENV 1. Vietnam. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. World Bank. Danish International Development Assistance. Vietnam environment monitor 2003 : water. S.l.: s.n., 2003.

ENV 2. World Bank. Danida. Bao cao dien bien moi truong Viet Nam 2003: moi truong nuoc = Vietnam environment monitor 2003: water. Hanoi, Vietnam: World Bank: Danida, 2003.

INTERNET 333.91 ADB. Asian Development Bank. Asia Water Watch 2015: Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals. Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2006. Full text http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Asia-Water-Watch/default.asp

Sustainable Groundwater Management in Asian Cities: A summary report of Research on Sustainable Water Management in Asia. Groundwater resource management in Ho Chi Minh City. Kanagawa, Japan: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, 2005. Full text http://www.iges.or.jp/en/fw/pdf/report01/full.pdf

Le, Huu Ti. Good practice on strategic planning and management of water resources in Asia and the Pacific. New York: United Nations, 2005. Full text http://www.unescap.org/esd/water/publications/water/wrs/85/wrs85.pdf

WAT-RES 5. MONRE (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment). National water resources strategy towards the year 2020. Chien luoc quoc gia ve tai nguyen nuoc den nam 2020. Hanoi: Cultural Information Publishing House, 2006.

WAT-RES 7. Institute of Meteology and Hydrology. UNESCO. So tay pho bien kien thuc tai nguyen nuoc Viet Nam [A handbook on water resources in Vietnam]. Hanoi: Nong Nghiep, 2006.

WAT-RES 8. Chien luoc quoc gia ve tai nguyen nuoc den nam 2020 = National water resources strategy towards the year 2020. Hanoi: Cultural Information Publishing House, 2006.

WAT-RES 9. The multi-governance of water : four case studies / edited by Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche. Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005001460.html

Selected Publications for Sale at VDIC

Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery

by David Warsh

English -- Published May 2006 by W. W. Norton -- ISBN: 0-393-05996-0

Price: $ 22.00

A stimulating and inviting tour of modern economics centered on the story of one of its most important breakthroughs.

In 1980, the twenty-four-year-old graduate student Paul Romer tackled one of the oldest puzzles in economics. Eight years later he solved it. This book tells the story of what has come to be called the new growth theory: the paradox identified by Adam Smith more than two hundred years earlier, its disappearance and occasional resurfacing in the nineteenth century, the development of new technical tools in the twentieth century, and finally the student who could see further than his teachers.

Fascinating in its own right, new growth theory helps to explain dominant first-mover firms like IBM or Microsoft, underscores the value of intellectual property, and provides essential advice to those concerned with the expansion of the economy. Like James Gleick's Chaos or Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe, this revealing book takes us to the frontlines of scientific research; not since Robert Heilbroner's classic work The Worldly Philosophers have we had as attractive a glimpse of the essential science of economics.

Corporate Governance Lessons from Transition Economy Reforms

Edited by Merritt B. Fox , Michael A. Heller

English -- Published September 2006 by Princeton University Press -- ISBN: 0-691-12561-9

Price: $ 34.00

Corporate Governance Lessons from Transition Economy Reforms explores a timely topic at the intersection of economics, law, and policy reform. To date, most sophisticated theoretical work on corporate governance has focused on advanced market economies. In post-socialist countries, corporate finance and transition economics scholars have often done little more than convey the received theory to transition policymakers.

This volume focuses, for the first time, on the reverse concern: what, if anything, do the reform experiences of transition countries teach about corporate governance theory more generally? To investigate this question, Merritt Fox and Michael Heller have assembled a stellar group of corporate governance theorists. The answers are startling.

The principal essays approach the problem from three complementary perspectives that form the organizing themes of the book. The first part refines core corporate theory terms. The second presents important empirical work that explores the channels through which "good corporate governance" may link to the real economy. The final part links corporate governance theory to practical reforms. After fifteen years of experience, practice can now inform theory.

Together, these essays present a comprehensive new view on a provocative theme. Written in an accessible style, they will be of interest to a broad range of scholars, commentators, and policymakers.

Vietnam's Children in a Changing World

by Rachel Burr

English -- Published March 2006 by Rutgers University Press -- ISBN: 0-8135-3796-7

Price: $ 19.00

Like the majority of children living in the global South today, a large number of Vietnamese youths work to help support their families. International human rights organizations have focused on these children, seeking to bring their lives into line with an understanding of childhood that is generally accepted in the developed world.

In this ethnographic study, Rachel Burr draws on her daily observations of working children in Hanoi and argues that these youngsters are misunderstood by the majority of agencies that seek to help them. Most aid programs embrace a model of childhood that is based on Western notions of individualism and bountiful resources. They further assume that this model is universally applicable even in cultures that advocate a collective sense of self and in countries that do not share the same economic advantages.

Burr presents the voices and experiences of Vietnamese children in the streets, in a reform school, and in an orphanage to show that workable solutions have become lost within the rhetoric propagated by aid organizations. The reality of providing primary education or adequate healthcare for all children, for instance, does not stand a chance of being achieved until adequate resources are put in place. Yet, organizations preoccupied with the child rights agenda are failing to acknowledge the distorted global distribution of wealth in favor of Western nations.

Offering a unique, firsthand look at the experiences of children in contemporary Vietnam, this book also provides a broad analysis of how internationally led human rights agendas are often received at the local level.

Using Economic Indicators to Improve Investment Analysis, 3^rd edition

by Evalina M. Tainer

English -- Published March 2006 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc. -- ISBN: 0-471-74096-9

Price: $ 37.00

Praise for Using Economic Indicators to Improve Investment Analysis THIRD EDITION

"Once again, Evelina Tainer has cleared the fog of economic confusion. Her work deciphers and encapsulates the metrics employed by professional speculators in the magnitude of George Soros and Edwin Lefevre. This thesis is a requisite desktop reference for every market participant." -John Alda, Managing Director, Alda Macro Fund Management

"Tainer's latest book is a tour de force through the world of esoteric economic numbers and jargon. Written in layman's terms, her latest book can be understood by anyone interested in navigating the world of professional economics." -Kathleen Camilli, founder and Principal of Camilli Economics, LLC

"A virtual bible of how economic indicators are constructed and used. Important tidbits of history are mixed with present-day nuances to explain why we should care about all the economic indicators." -Allen Grommet, Senior Economist, Cambridge Consumer Credit Index

"Tainer has produced an essential reference source for any economist and public policy analyst interested in the careful review of economic releases and their impact on capital markets. This work reflects her long experience in the profession and her feel for the financial market. I especially enjoyed her market reaction and key points sections on some of my favorite and sometimes infamous indicators." -John E. Silvia, Chief Economist, Wachovia Corporation

"This book is an indispensable resource for anyone that wants a practical understanding of the economy and how it is measured. The information is clear, concise, and will help investors at all levels leverage the vast amount of economic data available." -Jesse Harriott, PhD, Vice President of Research, Monster Worldwide, Inc.

Transforming the Development Landscape: The Role of the Private Sector

Edited by Lael Brainard

English -- Published August 2006 by Brookings Institution Press -- ISBN: 0-8157-1124-7

Price: $ 16.00

Private sector activity is an essential element of any successful economic development plan. It shapes the investment climate, mobilizes innovation and financing, and can increase or decrease the level of harm that might accompany development projects. This volume, emerging from the Brookings Blum Roundtable, investigates ways to galvanize the private sector and bring its resources to bear in the war against global poverty. The authors describe how the private sector affects growth and poverty alleviation, and they examine the social and environmental impact of private sector activities. In addition to offering a clear overview of the current issues, Lael Brainard and her colleagues assess current initiatives and provide guidance on new activities and partnerships that could potentially improve global economic conditions.

The Next Great Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial Systems to Get Rich

by Frederic S. Mishkin

English -- Published September 2006 by Princeton University Press -- ISBN: 0-691-12154-0

Price: $ 22.00

Many prominent critics regard the international financial system as the dark side of globalization, threatening disadvantaged nations near and far. But in The Next Great Globalization, eminent economist Frederic Mishkin argues the opposite: that financial globalization today is essential for poor nations to become rich. Mishkin argues that an effectively managed financial globalization promises benefits on the scale of the hugely successful trade and information globalizations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This financial revolution can lift developing nations out of squalor and increase the wealth and stability of emerging and industrialized nations alike. By presenting an unprecedented picture of the potential benefits of financial globalization, and by showing in clear and hard-headed terms how these gains can be realized, Mishkin provides a hopeful vision of the next phase of globalization.

Mishkin draws on historical examples to caution that mismanagement of financial globalization, often aided and abetted by rich elites, can wreak havoc in developing countries, but he uses these examples to demonstrate how better policies can help poor nations to open up their economies to the benefits of global investment. According to Mishkin, the international community must provide incentives for developing countries to establish effective property rights, banking regulations, accounting practices, and corporate governance--the institutions necessary to attract and manage global investment. And the West must be a partner in integrating the financial systems of rich and poor countries--to the benefit of both.

The Next Great Globalization makes the case that finance will be a driving force in the twenty-first-century economy, and demonstrates how this force can and should be shaped to the benefit of all, especially the disadvantaged nations most in need of growth and prosperity.

Reengaging in Agricultural Water Management: Challenges and Options

by World Bank

English -- Published February 2006 -- ISBN: 0-8213-6498-7

Price: $ 8.00

In order to face the challenge of disappointing returns on public investment in irrigation and drainage new solutions have emerged. These solutions are based on widely available technology and new management and governance options.

The main message of Re-engaging in Agricultural Water Management is that the irrigation and drainage sector should not continue to be dealt with as a standalone sector, but should be integrated into a broader perspective, one that embraces the objectives of productivity growth, poverty reduction, natural resources management and environmental protection.

Reforming Agricultural Trade for Developing Countries

by Alex F. McCalla , John Nash

English -- Published November 2006 -- ISBN: 0-8213-6496-0

Price: $ 13.00

In the ongoing Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations, developing countries have had much greater leverage, due at least in part to their large and growing share of world trade. But will the increased influence of developing countries translate into a final agreement that is truly more development-friendly? What would be key ingredients in such a final outcome of the negotiations, and what would the developing countries really get out of it. This two volume set seeks to answer these questions.

Volume 1 is issues-oriented. It takes up some key questions in the negotiations, setting the stage with a historical overview of the Doha Development Agenda to help identify issues of most significance to developing countries, and then explores select issues in greater depth.

Volume 2 addresses the question of how a development-friendly outcome to the talks would affect developing countries by quantifying the impact of multilateral trade reform. It presents several different approaches to modeling the effects of the outcome of negotiations, and then investigates why these (and other) modeling efforts produce such divergent results.

Aimed at policymakers and stakeholders, this two-volume effort puts into the public domain important analytical work that will improve the chance for a pro-development outcomes of the Doha round negotiations.

Distance Learning Center Events in March 2007

March 1 - 2: Institutional Design and Development Strategy for Capital Markets

This 2-day workshop is co-organized by the World Bank Institute, the Korean Securities Research Institute, Korea's Financial Supervisory Commission and the State Securities Commission of Vietnam with a view to providing policy-makers in East Asian transition economies such as China, Cambodia, Mongolia and Vietnam with updated perspectives on developing capital markets. Korean experience with its capital markets reform will be used as the case study at the workshop in the following areas: (i) institutional development and regulation system at an early stage of market development; (ii) adjusting the role of the state in the capital market, and (iii) responding to globalization and financial innovations.

March 14 - 15: Videoconference consultation for "Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships" Conference, Brussels, March 14 - 15, 2007

This is a 24 hour videoconference discussion, connecting over 30 leading business and public policy schools around the world in 12 sequential two-hour sessions and progressing region-by-region around the globe as the day advances. This series is organized by the World Bank Insitute in collaboration with the Belgian Government and the OECD to complement the "Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships" Conference in Brussels, March 14-15, 2007.

March 22: Le Rendez-vous Entrepreneurial de la Francophonie 2007

This international videoconference seminar connects 11 French-speaking countries, i.e. Canada, France, Belgium, Haiti, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Maurice, Madagascar, Vietnam, Senegal, and Guinee, to share experience and discuss the development of entrepreneurial culture and practice in such respective countries.

March 27: Research Workshop on Beyond the WTO program

As part of the World Bank Institute to help build research capacity of Vietnam Academy of Social Studies (VASS), this research workshop is organized to help VASS review, discuss, and improve the quality of research papers and reports over the past 3 years of collaboration, and help with the dissemination.

March 30: Community-driven Development Seminar (date to be confirmed)

This is the first session of the inter-regional Community-driven Development (CDD) Seminar Series, which is developed by the World Bank and its partners to share experiences and discuss detailed design choices, operational and analytical issues in apply CDD principles in a portfolio of operations in 3 thematic areas: (a) Decentralization, (b) Livelihoods, and (c) Governance and Anti-corruption.

For further information, please contact the training coordinator at nnguyen2@worldbank.org; tel.: 934 6600 - ext. 706.

Funding Opportunities

For further information on the news provided below, please contact the organization directly.

Basic Tips for Fund-raising for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

http://www.wougnet.org/Links/docs/Basic_NGO_funding_final-JCravens.pdf

Essay competition on “Equitable access: research challenges for health in developing countries”

The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their second joint essay competition on the occasion of Forum 11 - the 2007 annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research in Beijing, People's Republic of China, 29 October to 2 November 2007.

Entries relating to some aspect of the overall theme of Forum 11: Equitable access, research challenges for health in developing countries are invited from young professionals working in or interested in the broad spectrum of health research for development.

Deadline for submissions is 20 April 2007.

http://www.globalforumhealth.org

The IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program

This program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), OCLC Online Computer Library Center and OCLC PICA, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies.

On an annual basis, up to five individuals, including a theological librarian, are selected for participation in this intensive five-week Fellowship program. Four weeks are based at OCLC’s headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA; one week is based at OCLC PICA in Leiden, Netherlands. The program includes lectures, seminars and mentoring and gives Fellows opportunities to explore topics including information technologies, library operations and management, and global cooperative librarianship.

Application deadline: 16 March 2007

http://www.oclc.org/education/earlycareer/default.htm

Alcoa Foundation Practitioner Fellowship conservation and sustainability

WWF is pleased to announce the third round of Alcoa Foundation Practitioner Fellowship competition has begun and applications are now being accepted. Practitioner Fellowships provide a non-degree opportunity for qualified mid-level professionals from NGOs (and in some cases, government) to conduct approved six- to twelve-month intensive applied research projects in conservation and sustainability. Full-time students and consultants, full-time employees of an academic institution (such as a professor, researcher or similar) conducting research of an academic nature, are not eligible for this fellowship.

Fellows work from their home organization and are mentored remotely by an expert from a selected Sustainability Institute - WWF-US, IUCN, or Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM). WWF will mentor Practitioner Fellows with research projects in any of four broad fields: (i) Sustainable fisheries and marine sciences; (ii) Climate change (iii) Sustainable livelihoods (iv) Ecosystem services

Applications will be accepted until May 31, 2007.

www.alcoafoundationfellows.org/page/pf2007/

Women's International Networking (W.I.N.) 2007 - Scholarship Program

This scholarship provides women worldwide opportunities to attend W.I.N. 2007 Global Forum (Inspiring Women – Women Inspiring), Oslo Norway, (26) 27-29 September 2007 - the annual global forum providing women leaders with the vision, strategies, environment, skills… and network needed to succeed in today’s world.

Be a part of W.I.N. 2007 - “Inspiring Women – Women Inspiring”, as outstanding professionals and senior executive women from across the globe, working internationally, embracing and leading change get together to look at the critical role women have to play in shaping the future and elevating leadership to the next level.

This year there are up to 20-40 scholarships. 10 will receive free tickets to the conference and 10 individuals will qualify for a special rate of euro 500.

The deadline for scholarship applications is August 1, 2007.

http://www.winconference.net/apply_scholarship.asp

2007 International Essay Competition: Engaging Youth in Reform - The Center for International Private Enterprise

CIPE’s essay contest gives you the opportunity to share your ideas about citizenship, democratic and market-oriented reform, youth leadership, and the ways that your country can create avenues for youth to participate in the political and economic spheres. We encourage you to get thinking, get involved, and use your own experiences to develop concrete solutions to these development issues.

This competition is open to students and young professionals aged 18-30. Special weight will be given to essays submitted by citizens of non-OECD countries.

Topic Categories

· Citizenship in a Democratic Society

· Educational Reform and Employment Opportunities

· Entrepreneurship and Leadership

All essays (between 2,000-4,000 words) must be written in English, be original and unpublished.

All essays must be submitted by May 31, 2007.

http://www.cipe.org/programs/women/essay.php

Olle Hansson Award 2007 for promotion of the rational use of drugs

The Award is named in honour of Olle Hansson, a Swedish paediatric neurologist internationally known as a powerful campaigner against unethical promotion and marketing of drugs. The award recognizes the work of an individual from a developing country who best demonstrates the qualities of Olle Hansson in promoting the rational use of drugs.

Nominations are invited for the Olle Hansson Award. This Award for 2007 recognizes the work of an individual from a developing country who has contributed the most to:

· Promoting the concepts of essential drugs and their rational use, and

· Increasing the awareness among consumers of the dangers of irrational and hazardous drugs.

Nominations will close on 30th March 2007.

http://www.haiap.org

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award

The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations from around the world for its 2007 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Courage in Journalism Awards honor women working in the news media who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances. These women show a commitment to journalism exemplified by a willingness to continually put their lives or their freedom at risk to produce a body of work in the face of government oppression, political pressure, physical danger or other intimidating obstacles.

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a woman journalist who has a pioneering spirit and whose determination has paved the way for future generations of women in the media. Recipients also demonstrate a strong commitment to freedom of the press and a solid record of accomplishments in journalism.

For both awards, candidates can be full-time, part-time or freelance women journalists working in print, broadcast or online media in any country. For the Courage Awards, candidates employed by organizations whose main objective is not journalism will not be considered for this award. Candidates for the Lifetime Achievement Award can be retired journalists.

Deadline: March 15, 2007.

http://www.iwmf.org/courage/nominate.php

Herman Kahn Fellowship in International Political Economy and Security Studies - Hudson Institute

This fellowship is designed to support a policy-oriented research dissertation in international political economy or international security studies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

· economic development in both advanced and developing countries;

· macroeconomic policies in the new world economy;

· the interactions of political, social, and economic factors in the Balkans and former communist states;

· transnational terrorism and the international community's response to it;

· alliance relationships; postwar development and stabilization in Central Asia and the Middle East;

· third World security issues; and

· analysis of choices in military planning and national security.

Fellowships are available to Ph.D. candidates who have completed their course work, and have only the dissertation remaining. Applicants must have completed their course work within the last five years and must provide evidence that they have been formally admitted to candidacy for doctoral degrees.

Deadline: April 1, 2007

http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=position_details&pid=HermanKahn

Thesiger-Oman International Research Fellowships - Royal Geographical Society; Grants for Research and Fieldwork

Through the generosity of His Majesty Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) offers annual fellowships for geographical research in the Middle East and other arid regions of the world as a memorial to Sir Wilfred Thesiger. The fellowships will reflect Sir Wilfred Thesiger's interests in the desert environment and indigenous peoples. The first fellowship will focus predominantly on the physical aspects of the desert environment and the second on the human dimension of arid and semi-arid environments.

Applicants must hold a doctorate and have a proven research record beyond their Ph.D., with at least three years' experience at postgraduate level or above. Applicants must be affiliated to a higher Education institution.

Deadline: May 12, 2007

http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/Research/Thesiger-Oman+Fellowships.htm

Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DELPHE) - British Council

The UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) will invest up to £3 million a year in a new Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE), which will run for a seven year period, from June 2006 to March 2013. In addition to addressing core areas such as health, education, gender equality, DELPHE will also encourage projects aiming to promote science and technology in Africa and Asia.

Higher education institutions from 25 DFID bilateral focus countries will be eligible to apply. A broad definition of higher education institutions has been adopted; it includes universities, colleges, research institutes, medical institutions, and other specialized agencies supporting advanced education and skills development.

Deadline: March 16, 2007

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-delphe-application-process.htm

Canada-Asia-Pacific Awards - International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS)

The Canada-Asia-Pacific Awards program, formerly the Canada-Asia-Pacific Award in Canadian Studies (CAPA), is administered for Foreign Affairs Canada by the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS). Eligible topics will be within the areas of social sciences and the humanities, as well as some professional schools, such as business studies, economics, law, international relations, public administration, history, politics, sociology, geography, arts, literature, linguistics, education, communications policy, media studies, planning, science policy, social administration, environmental studies, architecture, and other related fields.

Applicants must be full-time members of the academic staff of a recognized institution of higher education or equivalent degree-granting institution in the Asia-Pacific region, or scholars at research and policy planning institutes who undertake significant Canadian bilateral or multilateral relations research projects. Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a master's or better, and must have a working knowledge of either English or French.

Deadline: December 31, 2007

http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/pages/5_govprogs/e_capacaw.html

Feldman Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Development

The Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development (SID) program is pleased to announce the 2007 Feldman Fellowship, to be awarded to an early- to mid-career development professional interested in integrated conservation and development.

The Fellow will complete a year-in-residence at SID, and then work at a field conservation site during the second year of the degree program.

The fellowship includes full tuition, fees, airfare and living expenses for the year-in-residence at Brandeis, and airfare and subsistence allowance for the second year fieldwork. Nominations are encouraged from international and governmental development institutions and NGOs. Self-nominations are accepted, and women are especially encouraged to apply.

Deadline: March 31, 2007.

http://heller.brandeis.edu/sid/downloads/feldmanannouncement2007-1.pdf

Lorentz Fellowships - Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS)

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study's (NIAS's) basic mission is to advance the study of the humanities and social sciences. Its primary objective is to offer a carefully chosen group of scholars an opportunity to devote themselves entirely to research. The programme was established in 2005 to promote interdisciplinary research in the fields of the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Lorentz Fellowships are awarded to scholars who are engaged in fundamental research across the bounderies of these fields. Holding a Ph.D. degree is a prerequisite for eligibility.

The Lorentz Fellowship carries a stipend, of which the exact amount will vary according to the rank, academic position, and present salary of the recipient, and also depends on other sources of income available to the fellow.

Deadline: Continuous

http://www.nias.knaw.nl/en/fellowships/mellon_fellowships/

Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities and Arts, Sciences and Professions - University of Michigan

The Michigan Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was established in 1970 with endowment grants from the Ford Foundation and the Horace H. and Mary Rackham Funds. The society selects applicants for appointment to fellowships in the arts and humanities, in the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional schools.

The society invites applications from qualified candidates who are at the beginning of their academic careers, having received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree between June 1, 2004, and September 1, 2007.

Deadline: October 6, 2007

http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html

Fellowships - National Humanities Center

The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2007 through May 2008. Most of the center's fellowships are unrestricted. For the academic year 2007-2008, however, candidates with an interest in the impact of recent scientific research on the human attributes of autonomy, singularity, and creativity are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must hold a doctorate or have equivalent scholarly credentials, and a record of publication is expected. Both senior and younger scholars are eligible for fellowships, but the latter should be engaged in research well beyond the revision of a doctoral dissertation.

Deadline: October 15, 2007

http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowships/appltoc.htm

Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkey - American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)

The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) offers ARIT fellowships for research in Turkey for the academic year 2007-2008. These fellowships fund individuals engaged in research on ancient, medieval, or modern times in Turkey, in any field of the humanities and social sciences.

Scholars and advanced graduate students are eligible. Student applicants must have fulfilled all requirements for the doctorate except the dissertation by June 2007, and before beginning any ARIT-sponsored research. Non-U.S. applicants are expected to maintain an affiliation with an educational institution in the United States or Canada.

Deadline: November 1, 2007

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/ARITFellowships.htm

UQ Postdoctoral Fellowships - University of Queensland

The University of Queensland invites applications for a limited number of Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in 2007, to be awarded to persons wishing to conduct full-time research at the university in any of its disciplines.

An applicant must not have had more than five years' full-time professional research experience or equivalent part-time experience since the award of a Ph.D., as at June 30, 2006.

Deadline: May 1, 2007

http://www.uq.edu.au/research/orps/index.html?id=4812

Full Scholarships by Japanese Government for Graduate Program at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)

These scholarships are available from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) under the collective name, International Priority Graduate Programs.

· Japan-Germany Dual Master's Degree Program in International Material Flow Management (IMAT).

· Comparative Institution Design for Transition Economy and Business Management program under APU's Graduate School of Management.

Application deadline is March 26th, 2007.

http://www.apu.ac.jp/graduate

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