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E-BulletinGEF IW:LEARN e-bulletin #9, July 2008
29-Aug-2008
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In This Issue
| Lead Stories |  |
| Project News | |
| Most popular documents on IW:LEARN (July) | |
| Calendar of Events for September 2008 | |
| Vacancies and Requests for Proposals | |
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Visitor
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Lead Stories
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IW:LEARN Online User SurveyOne of the aims of the IW:LEARN team is to help GEF IW projects do business better. In pursuit of this goal, an online survey was developed to determine the needs and preferences of its stakeholders and users, and to assess the effectiveness of its services, including its knowledge base, http://www.iwlearn.net, and knowledge products. Everyone is invited to participate by filling out the online questionnaire which consists of only 12 questions about iwlearn.net, and an additional 3 questions for GEF IW project managers and 11 questions for users of the IW:LEARN Web Toolkit. The survey will run from 25 August to 15 September only. As a way of expressing appreciation, IW:LEARN will distribute a free 2-gigabyte flash memory stick to the first 50 respondents. The online survey is accessible at http://iwlearn.net/websitetoolkit/survey/iwlearn-survey-2008. |
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The purpose of this
TOR is to carry
out activities to implement GEF IW:LEARN Activity B1.1, namely a
regional consultative process, the main objective of which is to test
the effectiveness of cross focal area networking among
a regional
cluster of ongoing and pipeline GEF projects in the Wider Caribbean.
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Africa:
Atlas of our Changing Environment There are more than 300 satellite images, 300 ground photographs and 150 maps, along with informative graphs and charts that give a vivid visual portrayal of Africa and its changing environment. |
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FAO
Training Manual for International Watercourses/River Basins
including Law, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Simulation Training
Exercises This training manual aims to provide the reader with practical and learner-centered training materials on international water law issues. |
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Welcome
to IW:LEARN's New Technical Specialist At the beginning of July, Jean Jordaan joined the IW:LEARN project as Technical Specialist at IW:LEARN's Bangkok office. Besides keeping an eye on system administration issues, Jean is providing support for IW:LEARN's Plone-based webhosting infrastructure. |
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UNESCO
Bangkok releases new publication on ICT literacy in the Asia-Pacific The UNESCO Office in Bangkok, Thailand, has released a new e-publication entitled Strategy Framework for Promoting ICT Literacy in the Asia-Pacific Region. |
Project News
New Publication from UNEP/GEF YSLME Project - 'Guideline for Economic Analyses of Environmental Management Actions for the Yellow Sea.'
This document discusses the basics of environmental valuation, addressing economic value, negative externalities, and valuation techniques. While focusing on the Yellow Sea ecosystem, the concepts and techniques may be applicable to other regions.
Regional TDA-SAP Workshop in Mombasa, Kenya, 25-26 August 2008
The WIO-LaB project is organising a regional workshop of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) for the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) developed under the project. The workshop will take place in Mombasa, Kenya, on 25th and 26th August 2008.
Nile-COM Endorses Initiative to Address Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in the Nile basin
The Nile Basin Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) has endorsed a concept note for the development of a project to address climate change impacts and adaptation in the Nile basin and given a go ahead to the Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat (Nile-SEC) for full project proposal development and mobilization of funds for the project.
ReefBase Pacific project working with Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
The ReefBase Pacific project is the first regional focus for the global ReefBase project, which maintains an online database of information on reef resource management and monitoring.
Integrated Water Resources Management in Pacific Island Countries: A Synopsis
The Pacific IWRM Synopsis contains on overview of Small Island Developing States water issues and the application of IWRM in Pacific SIDS, through the GEF-funded demonstrations.
Most Popular Documents on IW:LEARN.NET (July)
The Top Five Documents in July:
Capabilities and Limitations of Decision Support Systems in Facilitating Access to Information (453 KB). [39 unique pageviews]Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for GEF International Waters Projects - Working Paper 10. (308 KB). [26 unique pageviews].
Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe - TDA. 2005. (646 KB). [26 unique pageviews]
Aral Sea: Experience and Lessons Learned Brief (Lake Basin Management Initiative). 2005. (636 KB) [16 unique pageviews]
Bermejo - Programa estrategico de accion para la cuenca binacional del rio Bermejo. 2000. (Spanish; 1.7 MB) [15 unique pageviews].
Calendar of Events for September 2008
Events in September:
6th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology, Kochi, Japan, 29 Aug to 1 Sep 2008
International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, 31 Aug to 5 Sep 2008
UNEP/IW:LEARN Regional IT Workshop (Athens,) Athens, Greece, 22 to 26 September 2008
13th World Water Congress: Global Changes & Water Resources, Montpellier, France, 1 to 4 september 2008
IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Austria, Vienna, 7 to 12 September 2008
2nd IASTED Africa Conference on Water Resource Management, Gaborone, Botswana, 8 to 10 September 2008
Pacific Water Conference, Samoa, 9 to 11 September 2008
SWRM'08 - 5th International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management, Heidelberg, Germany, 24 to 26 September 2008
International Interdisciplinary Conference on Predictions for Hydrology, Ecology and Water Resources Management: Using Data and Models to Benefit Society, Prague, Czech Republic, 15 to 18 September 2008
1st Central Asian International Water Technology Exhibition & Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 16 to 18 September 2008
12th Biennial Conference of Euromediterranean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins (ERB), Cracow, Poland 18 to 20 September 2008
IFAT CHINA 2008 - 3rd International Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Refuse, Recycling and Natural Energy Sources, Shanghai, China, 23 to 25 September 2008
Managing and Restoring Human-Manipulated Large River Ecosystems, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA, 25 to 26 September 2008
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Vacancies and Requests for Proposals
TERMS
OF REFERENCE - GEF Inter-focal Regional Consultative Process with
existing and pipeline GEF Projects in the Wider Caribbean Region.
The purpose of this
TOR is to carry
out activities to implement GEF IW:LEARN Activity B1.1, namely a
regional consultative process, the main objective of which is to test
the effectiveness of cross focal area networking among
a regional
cluster of ongoing and pipeline GEF projects in the Wider Caribbean.
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