7 day training programme on "Disaster Risk Reduction" - 4th to 10th July 2009

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar has announced a 7 day training programme on "Disaster Risk Reduction" to be held during 4th to 10th July 2009. Only 25 seats are reserved for this programme. Those who are involved and interested in DRR and working with Government, Civil society, Educational, Corporate and Donor organizations could participate in this training programme. Please find enclosed, the broucher of the training programme. For further information about this programme, contact Ms. Niharika Panigrahy by email at mdpoffice@ximb.ac.in and by phone at 91-0674-3983850.

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Seventh Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration

The Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group popularly known as the Calcutta Research Group (CRG) is a public policy forum by a group of researchers, trade unionists, feminist thinkers and women's rights campaigners, academics, journalists, and lawyers. As a centre of mostly young public activists and socially committed researchers, CRG is now well known for its research, dialogues, and advocacy work in India and in the region of South Asia as a whole.

"Seventh Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration" is being organised by Calcutta Research Group(CRG) which is certified by the UNHCR and the CRG and supported by UNHCR, Government of Finland and the Brookings Institution. The course includes 'a 15-day orientation programme' on Forced Migration to be held in Kolkata, India (1-15 December 2009). It will be preceded by a two and a half month long programme of distance education.

The winter course is aimed at scholars and educationists working on isPsues of rights and justice, functionaries of humanitarian organisations, national human rights institutions, peace studies scholars and activists, and minority groups, refugee communities, and women’s rights activists.

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Announcement on four day training programme on Basic and Advanced Data Analysis using SPSS

In the SPSS series, Sambodhi is announcing a four day training programme on Basic and Advanced Data Analysis using SPSS from 20th —23rd January 2009 at New Delhi.

The programme is ninth in the SPSS series, the earlier programmes being subscribed by leading agencies and projects that include UNDP, UNICEF, CRS, Worldvision, Wateraid, Winrock, Actionaid, PHFI, PSI, CARE, BBC WST, HLF PPT, MPRLP etc.

This training has been designed as a participatory programme that would build-upon the experiential learning of participants. The pedagogy focuses on interactive group learning and aims both at knowledge development and skill upgradation through peer learning.

The fee for training programme is Rs. 12,000/- per participant that includes tuition fee, reading material, lunch at the training venue and other training expenses. For international participants the fees is USD 600. Outstation candidates are encouraged to make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging.

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Announcement for International Training Programme. on “Logical Framework Analysis for Designing Development Projects

In the Result-Based Management series, Sambodhi announces the International Training Programme. on “Logical Framework Analysis for Designing Development Projects” to be held at New Delhi from 23-27 February 2009. The aim of the training programme is to augment existing knowledge of the development practitioners on Logical Framework Approach with concurrent enhancement of skills for using the Logical Framework Approach for designing development projects.

Sambodhi’s earlier programmes have been subscribed by leading agencies and projects across the globe. Sambodhi clientele include bilateral and multi-lateral aid agencies, governments, projects, academic institutions and independent consultants including UNDP, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNESCO, CRS, GTZ, Worldvision, Actionaid, CARE, BBC WST, CRY, IGSSS, FHI, PSI, SNV Bhutan, Winrock, Norweigan Church Aid (NCA), Afghanistan , Royal Education Council Bhutan, Ministry of Education. Govt. of Botswana, Ministry of Plan Implementation Srilanka, State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Orrisa, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Maharastra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, IAMR, IWMI, NCAER, IDRC, ICMR etc.

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