*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 19-20 March-April 2007
PRGA Program New Strategy
The PRGA Program Advisory Board Meeting was held in Rome, Italy at IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) premises between February 28 - March 1, 2007. The meeting’s main objective was to define PRGA's new program concept and indicative funding strategy.
The new program is the outcome of successive discussions at PRGA-AB meetings, and with the External Review Panel. It comprises three thematic areas, and five supporting actions for mainstreaming gender research. Impact Assessment research is built into the program as a cross-cutting activity.
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PRGA Program Annual Report and Annual Report Summary 2006
From September 2006 to February 2007, the PRGA Program underwent its first External Review, which looked at the period from the Program’s inception in April 1997 to date. Although the final report of the External Review Panel will not be submitted to the CGIAR Science Council until April 2007, this 2006 Annual Report comprises the Panel’s draft main recommendations.
Audience Study on PRGA Program Listservs
In order to improve the PRGA Program information services, the PRGA Program Communications office decided to conduct an Audience Study, to learn more about how the subscribers are using PRGA Program's on-line tools (listservs and web site) and how they can be further improved.
Women Empowered on ICT Tools
Over 100 women received end of course certificates last Thursday in Yaounde. End of course certificates were yesterday handed to some 100 female personnel from five ministries in the country who successfully completed studies in the information and communication technologies organised by the African Institute of Computer Sciences as part of 8th March activities.
Women's economic empowerment as smart economics
Women play a key role in economic growth and development. World Bank and IMF studies have shown that the economies of the developing countries are losing billions of US dollars because women are still discriminated against in economic life or even excluded from it.
Now is the time for international action on patents
Pressure is growing for a major shift in international intellectual property rules that addresses the interests of the poor.
For the last two years, members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have been discussing, somewhat acrimoniously, the so-called 'development agenda'.
Manual de juegos económicos para el análisis del uso colectivo de los recursos naturales
Cárdenas, Juan Camilo; Ramos, Pablo Andrés. 2006
This handbook is designed for field practitioners, policy designers, analysts, and academia, interested in the analysis of the use and management of natural resources, local ecosystems and local public goods in general. The handbook resulted from more than seven years of experience conducting experiments in the field with thousands of villagers of Colombia who depend on cooperation and the use of local resources. Using tools from experimental economics, the handbook offers a set of games that can be applied in the field and the classroom for the study of human behavior and its interactions with institutions and social norms.
Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR)
June 24-30, 2007. Manila, Philippines.
This is a generic course that can be adapted and modified to suit the needs of the different countries in Asia-Pacific. The initial training module was developed by the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), with funding support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its Asia-Pacific Gender Equality Network (UNDP-APGEN) and the Regional Governance Programme for Asia and the Pacific (UNDP-PARAGON).
Social Analysis Systems2 a new approach to collaborative inquiry and social Innovation
Social Analysis Systems2 (SAS2) is an original model for collaborative research and social action that supports the careful analysis of multiple social and natural factors by the people involved. The challenge posed by this model is to elevate all forms of diagnostic thinking to the power of two: making them both socially relevant and doing them socially. Also SAS² offers concepts and tools designed to support collaborative research and social action in a wide range of fields. Its purpose is to broaden and deepen diagnostic thinking about real-life situations so that the people involved may creatively solve problems and increase the effectiveness of decision-making.
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