Governance

Invitation for
Canada’s International Development Research Centre
Presents

India Social Science Research Panel Discussion & IDRC India Social Science Research Award 2009

Recognizing young talent in India & Celebrating it’s India Office’s Silver Jubilee

December 19, 2009

NCUI Auditorium, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi

[Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM]

Register at: http://idrcssra.defindia.net

Excella Orbit, a division of Sambodhi Research & Communications Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce the following bouquet of trainings during the month of January, February and March 2010.

Jan 05-07, 2010 - Process Documentation of Development Interventions, New Delhi

Annual Report is one of the key tools for ensuring transparency and accountability of any organisation. Recognising the significance of quality Annual Reports for ensuring credibility of Voluntary Sector Organisations, we are pleased to present ‘CSO Partners Outstanding Annual Report Awards 2010’ in association with Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF), Credibility Alliance (CA) and Spatial Access Advertising Consultancy (SAAC) on March 6, 2010 at New Delhi.

Thinking about giving back to society? Looking for an opportunity to do something meaningful and use your skills and experience to contribute to the lives of the disadvantaged?

Come and join a small team of like-minded individuals working together with people and groups across the country on the issue of water. 

Everyday more than 1000 children die of preventable, water related diseases in India. At least 30 million people don’t have access to safe drinking water in urban India, and 40 million live in slums without adequate sanitation facilities. And the situation is only going to worsen. Water is likened to oil, only much more central to our very lives and well-being. Globally, it is increasingly being seen as the burning issue of this century. 

The newsletter explores the ways in which national laws, court pronouncements and judgements and international commitments can be interpreted to imply a right to water and sanitation.

Specific articles cover:

-Individual court cases and Supreme Court pronouncements

Greenpeace is looking for a campaigner

Guest post by Stalin K

I’m writing to tell you about VIVIDH, a new program Video Volunteers (VV) is launching. I hope you can be part of it!

Imagine a journalist, activist or government official receiving a press release and a video in her inbox and it reads, “The practice of Untouchability in schools in India is a problem many people assume no longer happens. Well, last month, 60 community journalists investigated the issue in every state in India, and found troubling visual evidence of the practice across the country. These activist-journalists are rallying their communities to address this issue. Will you join them in speaking out? See the proof, realize the scale of the problem and take action!” 

Please see the letter addressed to Jairam Ramesh by Rajendra SInghji on Athirappilly Issue when he visited the river and the dam site on the 8th December. To read the letter Click Here.

Once it is known that the system of administration and management of water resources has grown in a manner which is not conducive to productivity and efficiency, then what options are we left with? How do we analyze the state of the system, so that the critical points are identified and improved upon?