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Water Hackathon: Tapping innovation in water and sanitation, World Bank, October 21 - 23, 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 23 Sep, 2011 03:03 PMOrganiser: World Bank
Venue: IIITB, Electronic City, Bangalore
After the World Bank’s Water Resource Strategy was created, the Bank’s water lending commitments have increased significantly, the quality of the water portfolio has been turned around, and the outcome project rating now outperforms the Bank average. The 2010 mid-cycle implementation progress report, Water for All in a Changing Climate, and the Sustainable Infrastructure Action Plan continue to guide the Bank’s strategy for managing water resources.
Call for papers - 53rd Annual Conference, Indian Society of Labour Economics, December 17-19, 2011, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Posted on 19 Sep, 2011 09:16 AM
Organisation: Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE)
Venue: Udaipur, Rajasthan
Description:
The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) is a broad based organization, which promotes comprehensive scientific studies of labour and related matters, provides a forum for free and frank exchange of views on various aspects of labour and related issues among all the people concerned, and disseminates information and knowledge for a wider debate.
Bangalore World Water Summit, February 1 to 3, 2012, Bangalore
Posted on 17 Sep, 2011 09:12 PMOrganizers:
- Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD), Bangalore
- Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB)
- Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB)
- Indian Water Works Association (IWWA)
- Triple Tree Exhibitions & Sports
Venue: The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore
The World Water Summit is slated to take place at Bangalore, India during February 1-3, 2012. The world's leading water innovators, investors, thinkers, catalysts, technocrats, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academicians and researchers will participate in a meaningful and interactive dialogue on the future of innovation in the water sector.
Networking, idea development and panel discussions will ensure that participants from multiple perspectives leave the conference with new ideas, investment opportunities and information. Space is limited and participation is by invitation.
Tata Institute of Social Sciences invites papers for a three-day Conference on Globalisation and Social Transformation in Mumbai – Apply by September 30, 2011
Posted on 17 Sep, 2011 08:50 PMOrganizer: Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Venue: Mumbai
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai is a reputed institution that has influenced the direction of social work education and social research in India. It has earned recognition as an institution of repute from different Ministries of the Government of India, various State Governments, international agencies such as the United Nations, and the non-government sector, both national and international.
SCaN invites applications for ToT course on Integrated Urban Flood Management in the context of IWRM, Brazil – Apply by September 25, 2011
Posted on 17 Sep, 2011 08:33 PMOrganizers: Cap-Net/UNDP
Venue: Brazil
The SaciWATERs joined the Cap-Net Global Network in 2009 as one of its South Asian partners to create the SaciWATERs-CapNet Network (SCaN). SCaN is a platform for partnership towards capacity building in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) across the South Asia region. It consists of autonomous regional and national institutions and individuals committed to capacity building in the water sector. It aims to strengthen the human and institutional capacity by adopting an integrated approach within the water sector in South Asia region through education & training, research, knowledge based development, advocacy and networking.
Symposium on sustainable water development, DHAN Foundation, September 14-18, 2011 at Madurai
Posted on 14 Sep, 2011 08:56 AMOrganizer: DHAN Foundation
Date: September 14-18, 2011
Venue: Madurai
Development of Humane Action (DHAN) Foundation, a professional development organisation, based at Madurai was set up in 1997 with the idea of building people and institutions for development innovations and scaling up to enable the poor communities for poverty reduction and self-reliance.
It brings highly motivated, educated young women and men to the development sector to make new innovations in development to root out poverty from the country. The Foundation works to make significant changes in the livelihoods of the poor through innovative themes and institutions.
Water and food: Agricultural flows and water markets , The Water Channel, Webinar, September 28, 2011
Posted on 13 Sep, 2011 11:33 PMOrganizer: The Water Channel
Date: September 28, 2011 (Click here to check what time that would be in your time zone.)
The Water Channel was launched at the World Water Forum in 2009 in Istanbul as a partnership of MetaMeta Communications, Nymphaea, UNESCO-IHE, and Cap-Net. The idea was to support education and awareness in water by making video material available that is often scattered and easily lost. It wanted to 'touch' its visitors and to help inspire them to work towards a world of better water management. The first year exceeded the expectations in terms of uptake and content! Joint projects were carried out with a wide variety of organizations and new partners joined in.
Update on new low cost water technologies for drinking, domestic use and irrigation, Webinar, The Water Channel, September 14, 2011
Posted on 13 Sep, 2011 11:31 PMOrganizer: The Water Channel
Date: September 14, 2011 (Click here to check what time that would be in your time zone.)
The Water Channel was launched at the World Water Forum in 2009 in Istanbul as a partnership of MetaMeta Communications, Nymphaea, UNESCO-IHE, and Cap-Net. The idea was to support education and awareness in water by making video material available that is often scattered and easily lost. It wanted to 'touch' its visitors and to help inspire them to work towards a world of better water management. The first year exceeded the expectation in terms of uptake and content! Joint projects were carried out with a wide variety of organizations and new partners joined in.
TROPMET 2011, Indian Meteorological Society, December 14 – 16, 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 13 Sep, 2011 01:15 PMOrganization: Indian Meteorological Society (IMS)
Date: December 14 – 16, 2011
Venue: Hyderabad
The Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) is an Indian non profit organization that promotes the advancement, dissemination of knowledge, and the application of meteorology and related sciences. It was formed in 1956 during one of the sessions of Indian Science Congress in Calcutta.
Release of the book ‘Rising Utthan’ by Utthan, September 17, 2011, Ahmedabad
Posted on 12 Sep, 2011 12:38 AMOrganization: Utthan
Venue: Ahimsa Shodh Bhavan Hall, Gujarat Vidyapith
Utthan envisions a society that imbibes and ensures the values of gender justice, equality, peace and happiness, in practice. It brings together a group of professional development workers, committed to working with communities towards an India free of inequalities and discrimination with equal opportunities, security and freedom for all.
Its efforts to translate this vision into reality is focused on its mission to serve those most vulnerable such as women, adivasi communities, dalits, minorities and the poor.