August 2006: featuring resources on HIV/AIDS & capacity development

• SNV hosts the third Technical Design Meeting for the Local Governance Barometer: Impact Alliance collaborators meet to discuss their progress and challenges in an initiative for local governance monitoring and MDG localization. Read on
• Pact Tanzania launches the Jali Watoto Anti- Stigma and Discrimination campaign for youth and children: Pact, USAID, and Roots and Shoots begin an anti-stigma and discrimination campaign for youth and children in Tanzania.
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• LWATI - The SANGONet Newsletter, August 2006: The monthly e-newsletter of the Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT). Read on
• Facilitating multi-stakeholder processes and social learning: Application deadline extended. Wageningen International is hosting an international course for development facilitators in the Netherlands from 11 to 29 September 2006 (Applications accepted until 31 August). Read on

• Africities 4 Summit, 18-22 September in Nairobi, Kenya: The theme for this international gathering is “Building joint actions for the effective realization of the Millennium Development Goals in African Local Governments”. Read on
• Capacity building workshops during the Youth Employment Summit, 13-16 September 2006: YES 2006 is being organized as a learning event to build capacity to conceptualize programs and policies, and build partnerships to combat youth unemployment. Read on
• Peace building: Christian Organisations Research and Advisory Trust (CORAT) of Africa and Nairobi Peace Initiative (NPI-Africa) will jointly run this modular training course from 18 September to 13 October 2006. Read on
• Managing HIV/AIDS Programmes: The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) announces a modular training course to take place from 13 November to 1 December, 2006. Read on
• MDF-ESA releases 2007 training calendar: MDF Training & Consultancy has planned several courses in English and French for development practitioners in 2007, in Eastern and Southern Africa. Read on
• New announcements for training events: Visit the Events page for the latest on international training being organized by Impact Alliance members and other service providers. Read on

• The Google Grants Program: An opportunity for non-profit organisations to benefit from global advertising services. Read on
• Consulting opportunities with an AMREF/UNAIDS Programme: The new Technical Support Facility for Eastern Africa (TSF EA) is seeking talented professionals based in Africa and with a specialist background in HIV and AIDS. Read on
• Proposals invited for small-scale water projects: Foundation Ensemble is inviting proposals for projects that include components of environmental education and gender mainstreaming. Read on
• The Netherlands Fellowship Programme for short courses, Nuffic: This programme provides funds for three courses organised by MDF Training and Consultancy. Read on

• Tools Together Now! A toolkit on how to mobilise communities for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support, and treatment and impact mitigation from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. Read on
• Understanding and Challenging HIV/AIDS Stigma: A handbook to encourage individuals, groups and communities to think and talk about stigma and its causes. Read on
• Mentoring Leaders of HIV/AIDS Community Based Organisations: Reflecting on The Barnabus Trust’s approach in South Africa. Praxis Note 24 by Camilla Symes. Read on
• Building Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (MER) Systems for HIV/AIDS Programs: This Pact publication is an easy-to-use manual designed to assist NGOs/FBOs/CBOs in developing a monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) framework for HIV programming. Read on
• Rewriting the Rules? Capacity Building in Times of HIV/AIDS: PSO/INTRAC paper on the response to HIV/AIDS by Civil Society Organisations involved in providing capacity building services and funding support. Read on
• Programme performance in times of HIV/AIDS: Implications for capacity building. PSO report that explores the relation between HIV/AIDS and capacity building. Read on
• Trainers’ Handbook on HIV and AIDS Mainstreaming: A publication from the Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development (ACORD). Read on
• We are one but we are many: New thinking from the Panos Institute on how communication can support HIV social movements to achieve inclusive social change. Read on
• Good Donorship in a time of AIDS: Guidelines from the Stop AIDS Now! network on support to partners to manage HIV/AIDS in the workplace. Read on
• Family Health International (FHI) tools and publications on HIV/AIDS: More than 3,000 publications on HIV/AIDS can be downloaded as full- text documents from the website. Read on
• UNDP HIV/AIDS Practice: Compendium of Resources 2005. A guide to HIV/AIDS related resources from UNDP. Read on

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