July 2006: featuring resources on urban development

• Impact Alliance Regional Meeting for Africa: On 13 and 14 July, representatives of Impact Alliance partner organisations affirmed their support for the network and discussed ways that can help it grow stronger. Read on...
• Reflections from the CIVICUS World Assembly 2006: The Deputy Director of SANGONeT recorded daily briefs and an overall assessment of this international gathering. Read on...
• CAFS hosts the Network of African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians: The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) hosted the third in a series of capacity building workshops for women leaders from 29 May to 2 June 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. Read on...
• Idasa prepares for its 20th anniversary: In 2007, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa will celebrate two decades of projects, events and partnerships. Read on...
• The President of Ireland visits MS TCDC: During an official visit to Tanzania in June, the Irish President, Mary McAleese, visited the campus of MS TCDC near Arusha. Read on...
• Sudan-Reach launches the Nimule Women’s Coop Project: Women in South Sudan are receiving training to produce traditional African clothing. Read on...
• New Praxis publications from INTRAC: In their additions to the Praxis Paper Series, Catherine Squire, Bill Sterland and John Hailey consider the issues and priorities for capacity building in different contexts. Read on...

• Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Processes and Social Learning: Wageningen International is hosting an international course for development facilitators in the Netherlands from 11 to 29 September 2006. Read on...
• Resource Alliance and CARM to host South Asia workshop: The 2006 South Asia Regional Workshop for NGOs will be organised in partnership with the Centre for Advancement of Resource Mobilisation (CARM) in Sri Lanka during November. Read on...
• New dates for EASUN-MWENGO Annual OD/ID Networking Meeting: Read on...
• Transformative effects of HIV/AIDS! Survival of the fittest! Idasa and INTRAC are among the hosts of satellite meetings at AIDS 2006. Read on...
• XVI International AIDS Conference: Toronto, Canada, 13-18 August 2006. Read on...
• World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD): The first World Congress on Communication for Development will focus on demonstrating that communication for development is an essential ingredient for meeting today’s most pressing development challenges and, as such, should be more fully integrated in development policy and practice. Read on...
• New announcements for training events: Visit the Training Events site for the latest on international training being organized by Impact Alliance members and other service providers. Read on...

• Open Society Institute grant guidelines: The Information Program of the Open Society Institute has announced new guidelines for unsolicited grants. Read on...
• DGIS looks back and ahead after 50 years of the Associate Expert program. Were you astute and adventurous enough to join the DGIS Associate Expert program? MDF is looking for you! Read on...
• Global Prize for IT Benefiting Youth in Developing Countries: The Development Gateway Foundation is calling for nominations for its US$100,000 prize for outstanding achievement in the use of information and communication technologies to improve lives in developing countries. Read on...
• Opportunity for Training Specialist: ACTED has a short-term opportunity in Afghanistan for a person with experience in national staff training and capacity building. Read on...

• UN HABITAT releases a report on the World Urban Forum III: Approximately 10,000 people participated in the third session of the World Urban Forum (WUF3) which was held in Vancouver, Canada, from 19 to 23 June 2006. Read on...
• State of the World’s Cities 2006/7: The Millennium Goals and Urban Sustainability: A publication by UN-HABITAT that was launched during WUF3. Read on...
• The role of urban grassroots organizations and their national federations in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals: An article by Celine d’Cruz and David Satterthwaite in Global Urban Development Volume 2 Issue 1. Read on...
• More urban, less poor: an introduction to urban development and management: A book that examines how cities grow and the challenges of economic development and poverty. Read on...
• Tools for Pro-poor Municipal Public Private Partnerships: An online toolkit produced by the UNDP Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment Programme to develop capacity at the municipal level. Read on...
• Re-interpreting the rights-based approach: a grassroots perspective on rights and development: A working paper from the ESRC Global Poverty Research Group. Read on...
• Urban Governance Index: A tool developed by UN-HABITAT to assist cities in improving local governance. Read on...
• The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries: Special Issue June 2006: Volume 25 of the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC) ventures into new ground for the journal, with a special issue devoted to Participatory Geographical Information Systems and Participatory Mapping. Read on...
• Mapping for change: practice, technologies and communication: Participatory Learning and Action 54. Read on...

Cities Alliance § Global Campaign on Urban Governance § Global Campaign for Secure Tenure
Global Urban Development § id21 Urban Development § IIED Human Settlements
Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI) § SPARC § UN-HABITAT Training and Capacity Building