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Beca en asistencia técnica para planificación y diseño ambiental.

EDAW tiene el placer de anunciar una oportunidad de beca que consiste en asistencia técnica para planificación y diseño ambiental. La asistencia será otorgada en la forma de un taller de dos semanas que se realizará durante el mes de junio de 2004. El taller, conocido como el Programa de Verano para Estudiantes (SSP en Inglés), es parte de un programa de interinos que se ha realizado durante los últimos 23 años. EDAW recluta algunos de los mejores estudiantes de planificación y diseño provenientes de todo el mundo para participar en el SSP. Los estudiantesuniversitarios, personal senior de EDAW, ademas de otros expertos
invitados, asistirán una organización en un proceso de planificación y diseño. El uso de SIG y GPS será un enfoque del taller.

Durante el taller todos los participantes trabajarán juntos para buscar soluciones innovadoras a problemas complejos de planificación y diseño ambiental. EDAW está en el proceso de seleccionar un lugar en América
Latina para realizar el taller del año próximo. La organización que auspicié el evento se beneficiará del proceso de planificación y diseño, y también de los resultados del taller serán publicados en un documento y en el "World Wide Web."

Es fácil aplicar para la beca. Secillamente visite nuestra página web para adquirir más información, registre su organización, y envié una carta de interés. Sigue esta dirección en la pagina web: http://www.edaw.com,
seleccione "Summer Student Program," y seleccione 2004. Estas materiales estan disponibles en Inglés y Español.

EDAW y sus colaboradores estamos trabajando juntos para ofrecer este taller de calidad mundial y experiencia educacional para la organización anfitriona, los estudiantes, y otros participantes. Usted puede
compartir esta información con otras organizaciones que se pueden beneficiar de la beca. El tiempo es corto. Vamos a considerar solamente cartas de interés que se reciban antes del 7 de septiembre del 2003.

Esperamos recibir su carta tan pronto como sea posible.

Drew Stoll
Coordinador del SSP del 2004

EDAW es una empresa de planificación y arquitectura paisajista con más de 900 empleados en 23 oficinas ubicadas en Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Asia, y Australia.

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Design, Planning, and Environments Worldwide
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Tel: 970-494-5707
Fax: 970-484-8518
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The NORAD Fellowship Programme is designed for students from developing countries. Candidates from the following countries may apply:

- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua

Agriculture for Peace Fellowship Competition - New

International Foundation for Science
Agriculture for Peace Fellowship Competition
Application Deadline: 15 August, 2003

What is it?
The International Foundation for Science (IFS) and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS) invite applications containing high-quality research proposals from eligible researchers interested in competing for a fellowship under the Agriculture for
Peace Programme. Applications for fellowships should be made using a standard
application form downloaded by clicking the following link:

Download application form

Researchers awarded a fellowship under this program will receive up to USD 12,000 for the period of one year to carry out their research; will be invited to participate in a mentorship programme that includes a one-month research stay at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in Japan in August/September 2004; and will benefit from a range
of other supporting services described in the guidelines that accompany the application form.

What kind of research is eligible?

Six fellowships are offered in 2004 for research proposals addressing one or more of the following themes:

• Post-conflict Agriculture's potential for contributing to the post-conflict reconstruction and maintenance of peace.
  
• Governance The empowerment of small-scale farmers, particularly women farmers, and methods for increasing their participation in decision making processes
• Poverty Agricultural policies that contribute to the maintenance and strengthening of peace in conflict prone, poverty-stricken areas.
  
• Globalization The use of market tools in the agriculture sector for maintaining peace and preventing conflicts.
  
• Environment The implications of natural resources scarcity, man-made or natural, on agriculture and its link to conflicts.
• Security The links between agriculture and human security, and their implications for peace building and conflict avoidance.
  

Who is eligible to apply?

Applicants must be citizens of a Sub-Saharan African country (to see list of eligible countries, click on link below), 45 years of age or younger, holders of at minimum an MA degree or the equivalent, and at the beginning of their research career. The majority of the proposed research must be carried out in Africa. Preference is given to researchers whose grant
will be administered by a national research institute (eg university, research centre, NGO) in Africa. Researchers with temporary positions at international research institutes, whom also have an affiliation with a national research institute are eligible to apply.

List of eligible countries

Why "Agriculture for Peace"?

Agriculture is the major source of income in many African countries, most of which are also struggling in poverty. Socio - economic consequences of wide spread poverty creates an environment prone to civil unrest and conflicts, and in general a threat to peace. Agriculture sector as the biggest social and economical sector in most of Africa can play a significant role in reinforcing the societal and economical institutions in support of peace. To realize this latent potential in agriculture, a new vision is required that looks at agriculture beyond an engine of
food production alone, but as an instrument in support of peace and prevention of conflicts. Developing this vision into action requires policy research at the interface of agricultural science with social, political and economics sciences.

What is the timeline?

The timeline of activities will be as follows:

• Advertisement of the Fellowships programme, begin April 2003;
  
• Deadline for applications from researchers, August 15, 2003;
  
• Evaluation of fellowship applications, completed November/December 2003;
  
• Disbursement of research grants, January 2004;
  
• Fellows begin their research, January 2004;
  
• Mentors make short visits to Fellows in the field, early 2004;
  
• Fellows visit the UNU/IAS campus in Japan, August/September 2004;
  
• Fellows complete their research and submit final reports, January 2005; and
  
• Stakeholder Workshop held, early 2005.
  

What is the Stakeholder Workshop?

During the first half of 2005 a Stakeholder Workshop will be organised in Africa that brings together fellowship recipients, local researchers, policy makers, and representatives from the agriculture sector. The Stakeholder Workshops will:

• Include capacity-enhancing exercises such as research methods seminars;
  
• Provide an opportunity for fellows to establish new contacts and present their research to and receive feedback from an audience of stakeholders;
  
• Include a session where fellows that have concluded research projects can present their results, recommendations, and lessons learned to other stakeholders.
  
• Provide a forum for diverse stakeholders to meet and adopt recommendations for future research priorities in the field of Agriculture for Peace.
  

How does one apply?

Applications should be made on a standard form downloaded from:

Completed applications should be emailed to ag.peace@ifs.se or mailed to:
International Foundation for Science,
Grev Turegatan 19,
SE-114 38 Stockholm,
Sweden.

Where can one find more information?

The Agriculture for Peace Split Fellowship Programme (SFP) is a joint initiative of the International Foundation for Science (IFS) and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS). For further information about IFS you are referred to http://www.ifs.se, or for information about UNU/IAS please refer to http://www.ias.unu.edu.