DB Classifieds - Training, Materials, Events
July 2 2008
from The Communication Initiative partnership
...where communication and media are central to social and economic development...
DB Classifieds includes material for which organisations have paid for placement. As part of the Classifieds service, organisations can now post training and events related to international development in the Classifieds section of the CI website as well as within the DB Classifieds - TME. For more information on posting training and events within the Classifieds section of The CI, please click here [0].
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DB Classifieds - TME - Training, Materials, Events is issued on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Please contact Jennifer Savidge jsavidge@comminit.com [1] to feature your material.
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Please click here [1] for instructions on submitting Training Events
1. The 2008 Summer Institute on Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioural Impact in Health and Social Development - Jul 6-26 2008 - New York, NY, United States [1]
This course focuses on strategic communication planning in health and social development and stresses that behavioural impact comes from effective communication programmes planned for behavioural results. The course is intended for health and social development professionals who have the responsibility for designing, supervising, or managing health education and health promotion programmes.
Contact dy14@nyu.edu [2] and Everold.Hosein@wmc.who.int [3]
2. Second Intensive Course on Health, Development, and Human Rights - Dec 8-12 2008 - Sydney, Australia [3]
The learning objectives of this unique multi-disciplinary intensive course include defining underlying principles and prominent approaches applied to the fields of health, development, and human rights. This course is intended for those working internationally or locally in the health, development, or human rights sectors.
Contact ihhr@unsw.edu.au [4]
3. Health Policy Planning and Management - Jul 14-19 2008 - Jaipur, India [4]
This course, organised by the Institute of Health Management Research, is designed to develop an understanding of health planning and management especially in low resource settings. The programme is designed for senior health professionals engaged in planning, managing, and implementing health policy and programmes.
Contact sodani@iihmr.org [5]
4. Gender Mainstreaming and Human Rights 2008 - Aug 18-22 2008 - Arusha, Tanzania [5]
This course will provide participants with an understanding of the key principles of a rights-based approach to gender. This course is designed for programme, management, and technical staff working in development organisations and local governments.
Contact mstcdc@mstcdc.or.tz [6]
5. Women's Edition Training Programme - Oct 2008 - Washington, DC, United States [6]
Women's Edition offers the opportunity to become part of an international network of leading women journalists interested in women's health and development. This training programme is open to women journalists who reside in a developing region (Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, or the Middle East). Application deadline: August 1, 2008.
Contact dmesce@prb.org [6]
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How do you submit active vacancies for posting on the CI website and through the DB Classifieds e-publication?
Please email Jennifer Savidge at jsavidge@comminit.com [7]
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MATERIALS [7]
Please click here [7] for instructions on submitting Books and Publications
6. Collection of Domestic Measures to Prevent, Control, and Respond to Avian Influenza among APEC Member Economies [7]
This document provides a compilation of 17 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members' domestic measures in response to avian influenza. The data is collected by country and presented as measures for control and prevention.
Contact apec.japan@oregano.ocn.ne.jp [8]
7. Training and Reference Guides for Family Planning Screening Checklists [8]
This series of publications is designed for programme managers, administrators, trainers, and service providers interested in learning how to use the checklists to screen women wishing to initiate use of family planning methods. The publications can serve both as training and reference tools.
Contact publications@fhi.org [9]
8. "Life 101, The Journey" Photo Comic Book [9]
This photo comic book forms part of the Addis Ababa University - Modelling and Reinforcement to Combat HIV/AIDS (MARCH) Project. Written in Amharic, this photo comic series seeks to use drama, humour, and heartbreak to explore the challenges facing Addis Ababa university students today.
Contact arc@etharc.org [10]
9. Evil Doesn't Live Here: Posters of the Bosnian War [10]
This book, now out of print and available from used booksellers, is a pictorial approach to the subject of conflict. Former Bosnian aid workers have gathered over 180 wartime posters, largely created by Bosnian artists and graphic designers at the height of the war in the 1990s.
Contact daoudsarhandi@yahoo.co.uk [11]
10. Community Media - International Perspectives [11]
by Linda K. Fuller (ed.)
This collection of writing on community media describes attempts at local media development, case studies of functioning projects, and presents a range of perspectives on topics such as grassroots media originating from community groups and research representing participant observation.
Contact lfuller@worcester.edu [12]
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EVENTS [12]
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11. 17th International AIDS Conference - Aug 3-8 2008 - Mexico City, Mexico [12]
Organised by the International AIDS Society, the 17th International AIDS Conference, also known as "AIDS 2008," will promote scientific excellence and inquiry, and encourage individual and collective action and dialogue, around HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and treatment.
Contact see individual post page for details
12. Gender and Media (GEM) Summit 2008 - Aug 11-12 2008 - Johannesburg, South Africa [12]
The goal of the third GEM Summit is to take stock of progress made since the first and second Gender and Media Summits, share best practices in gender and the media in Southern Africa and globally, and provide an opportunity for developing strategic partnerships.
Contact please see individual post page for details.
13. Engaging the Other: The Power of Compassion - Sep 4-7 2008 - San Francisco (San Mateo), CA, United States [12]
Hosted by the Common Bond Institute, this international, multidisciplinary, and multicultural conference will examine the concepts of "The Other" to promote wider public dialogue about images of "Us and Them." The conference will challenge embedded negative belief systems regarding "The Other."
Contact SOlweean@aol.com [13]
14. WACC Congress 2008 - Oct 6-10 2008 - Cape Town, South Africa [13]
The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)'s fourth global Congress on communication will focus on the theme "Communication is Peace: Building Viable Communities". The conference will offer professional development and networking opportunities.
Contact KG@waccglobal.org [14]
15. World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse - Nov 19 2008 - Global [14]
Launched in 2000 by the Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF), this day is a global call for action to prevent child abuse worldwide. Events and activities are organised globally to increase prevention education about child abuse.
Contact wdpca@wwsf.ch and wwsf@wwsf.ch
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