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Health and sanitation: Animation video of how Anand and the doctor transform their village
Posted on 14 Jul, 2009 02:39 PMTime: 1:46 minutes
Climate change treaty : The deal of our life
Posted on 16 Jun, 2009 12:49 AMDecember this year in Copenhagen the countries of the world are going to sign a treaty that will change our life as we know it. Their commitments today will affect our quality of life tomorrow.
Groundwater in India: Conference on groundwater hosted by ACWADAM
Posted on 12 Jun, 2009 09:20 AMA sharing workshop on groundwater organised by ACWADAM (Advanced Center for Water Development and Management) in Pune on 21/22nd May 2009 saw some very good presentations being made. Dr Tushaar's Shah's keynote speech provided an amazing big picture of groundwater use in agriculture. The presentation can be viewed on slideshare and the entire speech is available on YouTube in 4 parts.
Access Livelihoods Consulting (ALC) : Annual training calendar
Posted on 06 Jun, 2009 10:06 AMForwarded to the Portal by:Priyanka Kohli, ALC Image and Content Courtesy: ALC Access Livelihoods Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. is a development management organisation comprising a group of self motivated and passionate consultants with prime focus on enabling the promotion of Sustainable livelihoods for poor. ALC India organises as well as conducts Capacity building programmes for various organisations. ALC has published the Capacity Building programme Calendar for the financial year 2009-2010. The annual training calendar can be accessed here:ALC Annual Training Calendar
National level training programme by ALC in Patna : Risk management for promotion of sustainable livelihoods, 7th - 10th July 2009
Posted on 04 Jun, 2009 11:45 PMImage & Content Courtesy: ALC India ALC India has announced a 4-day National Level Training Program on "Risk Management For Promotion of Sustainable Livelihoods"from 07th - 10th July 2009 at Patna (Bihar).This program targets the middle & senior level functionaries of NGOs, CBOs and development professionals. The medium of instruction during the program is English.
The overall objective of training is to address the rural and urban poor risks at household and individual levels. The focus is to address the vulnerability caused by the agriculture losses, improper decision making process at household and community level, market instability, losses due to natural disaster, illness and wage loss. The overall objective is to sensitize the participants about the risk management practices for existing /emerging livelihoods of poor.
The expected outcomes of the training are: 1. To develop clear understanding of livelihood risk & vulnerability in development context. 2. To enhance skills in designing program strategies to better cope with risks of poor. 3. To help develop capacities related to business planning and enterprise risk management for promoting livelihoods of poor.
Changing geohydrological scenario in the hard rock terrain in India – A national seminar by the Geological Society of India
Posted on 04 Jun, 2009 03:20 PMThe national seminar on “Changing geohydrological scenario in the hard rock terrain in India”, was jointly organised by the Geological Society of India, Department of Mines and Geology, Central Ground Water Board, Karnataka Jal Biradari and Karnataka Institute of Cooperative Management.
Water Alternatives , Volume 2 Issue 2 : Scholarly articles on water management in Africa
Posted on 03 Jun, 2009 09:56 AMImage and Content Courtesy: Water Alternatives (WaA)
Report of steering committee on drinking water supply and sanitation for tenth five year plan and report of working group on natural resource management and water resources for 11th five year plan
Posted on 02 Jun, 2009 02:29 PMReport of steering committee on drinking water supply and sanitation for tenth five year plan
International summit on "Water Governance- Critical Issues For All" by ASSOCHAM
Posted on 02 Jun, 2009 09:57 AMGuest Post by: D. S. Rawat,ASSOCHAM
Image and Content Courtesy: ASSOCHAM It is our great privilege to inform you that ASSOCHAM under its Cool The Earth , Initiative is organizing International Summit on "Water Governance , Critical Issues For All"at 9.00 a.m. on June 24, 2009 at ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi. Our initiative is supported by the Ministry of Water Resources, UNESCO, International Water Management Institute, and Water Technology Centre, (IARI), KPMG (as knowledge partner) and other prominent organizations in water sector. As is evident, Water is going to be of increasing critical importance to countries like India in the coming years. ASSOCHAM has been carrying out special studies and surveys on water conservation and related issues. Our view is that water is going to be as integral part of whole infrastructure system as roads, power, etc in the development process in future. During informal consultations with government officials, experts and NGO's, we have been advised to raise awareness about water management among the consumers, industrial houses, agriculturists, environmentalists, NGO's, media, etc. so as to generate priority concern for all and to help find right solutions.