Vacancy at ICIMOD

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is currently seeking qualified persons for the following vacant professional level positions:

1. Senior Economist
A proven background in natural resource economics, development economics, and/or applied economics with a Ph.D. in the relevant field; 6 years experiences in micro credit and micro enterprise, value chains are desired, specific works on remittances, micro-credits, and migration is an additional asset; experience in poverty reduction initiatives through livelihood development in the rural communities preferable in rural mountainous areas.

2. Information and Knowledge Management Coordinator
An advanced degree in a relevant discipline with specialization in knowledge management; 10 years of experience in the field of knowledge management and development communication, of which part preferably has been gained in the region

3. Capacity Development Officer
Post graduate academic background in social sciences, psychology, pedagogy, adult education, training management or institutional development; 10 years' professional experience in managing training programs, unit or facility, part of which should be in mountain related-field: natural resources management, livelihood development, poverty alleviation, etc, preferably in the HKH region.

4. Environmental Change Specialist
Preferably a PhD. academic background or equivalent experience, in environmental change or climate change with an up-to-date research knowledge and expertise in networking, multi-disciplinary research and institutional coordination.

5. Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist
A post-graduate academic degree or equivalent in natural resource management or social sciences with a thrust towards natural resources management; 5 years of work experience in the field of disaster risk reduction, of which part preferably has been gained in the HKH region.

6. Programme Manager, Integrated Water & Land Management
Post-graduate academic degree or equivalent in water, land, or natural resource management or related fields; 10 years of work experience in integrated research and development work, of which part preferably has been gained in the HKH region.

Details of the announcement is also available at: http://www.icimod.org/home/vacancies/

Conference on Environmental Toxicology

Second International Conference on Environmental Toxicology is going to be held in Spain. The conference calls for Papers and the program is as follows:

Date: From 4 - 6 June, 2008
Place: Granada, Spain.
Organisers:
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK; The University of Granada, Spain;Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece
Sponsores:
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment; The International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning

View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/toxic2008cfp.html

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT

Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University (CDES/TU) in collaboration with Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MoEST/GoN) are going to organize a three-day NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT in 22, 23 and 24 June 2007 in Kathamandu. 1, 2 and 3 June 2007.

http://www.cdes-tu.edu.np/nat_con_env_07.php

NOTE: The date of the conference is 22, 23, and 24 June 2007 though the first paragraph of the site has mentioned 1, 2 and 3 June 2007.

Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium

Sixth IPSF - Asia Pacific Pharmaceutical Symposium is going to held at Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal from 18th – 25th July 2007.

For more information:
http://www.ku.edu.np/apps2007/index.php

Call for papers for NFU conference

Call for Papers for the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU) Annual Conference entitled "Making Institutions Work for the Poor?" at Bergen, Norway from 5-7 November 2007.

For more information please see the conference website:
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Protected Areas Officers

Vacancy for two highly talented and dynamic people to join as the staff in the Protected Areas Programme at UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre. One is for a Senior Programme Officer, the other is for Programme Officer.

The details:
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/jobs/index.shtml

WIDER Conferences

WIDER Development Conference on Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil, and South Africa (CIBS), 7-8 September 2007, Helsinki, Finland.
Deadline for call for papers is 14 May 2007; http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2007-2/conference-2007-2.htm

WIDER Project Workshop: Beyond the Tipping Point: Development in an Urban World, London School of Economics, 19-20 October 2007.
Deadline for call for papers is 30 June 2007; http://www.wider.unu.edu/events/wider-events-2007/urbanization-callforpapers.pdf

The Small Grants Program for Civil Society

The Small Grants Program is one of the few global programs of the World Bank that directly funds Civil Society Organizations. The program supports the organizations in their activities to enhance partnerships and promote dialogue and dissemination of information on development, focusing on civic engagement for the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups. By involving citizens who are often excluded from the public arena and by increasing their capacity to influence policy and program decisions, the bank helps a broader sector of society take ownership of development initiatives. These grants are limited and usually managed through the bank's country offices. Read more at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/EXTSMALLGRANTS/0,,menuPK:952550~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:952535,00.html

TWAS fellowships

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) offers a number of postgraduate and postdoctoral fellowships to young scientists from developing countries. Three new programmes follow agreements with: the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India; the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), Lahore, Pakistan; and the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi, Pakistan, which includes the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research.These new programmes complement TWAS's current South-South fellowship programme, which already provides for fellowships to be undertaken in institutions in India, Brazil and China.
For terms and conditions, closing dates and to download application forms, please visit the website at http://www.twas.org/

Junior Professional Officers

The Bank’s Junior Professional Officers Program is a donor-funded program that provides professionals from donor countries an opportunity to gain experience in an international organization. Currently the donor countries are Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. The age eligibility is 32 years old or younger, with Masters Degree and a minimum of two years' experience in related field.Fluency in English is required. Depending on the donor Agreement, Junior Professional Officers are hired for two or three years, assigned in Washington, or a Bank country office. Positions are advertised by individual donors on a yearly basis.
Read more at http://go.worldbank.org/W4VASE3WM0