World Summit Youth Award contest
The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is a unique global contest which brings together young developers and digital entrepreneurs – under 30 years of age – who use internet and mobile technology to…
Events & Opportunities
Bangkok: ComDev training by ADC
The Asia-Pacific Development Communication Centre (ADCC) in Bangkok, Thailand, offers a Communication for Development (C4D) course from 24 June to 05 July 2013 and from 21 October to 01 November 2013. This 10-days course is intended to clarify the concepts of C4D with emphasis on how cultural, social, economic and political factors influence the individual’s choices and behaviour in relation to health, prevention of diseases and health seeking behaviours. Learning Objectives Describe various components of Communication
Pacific Media Innovation Fund: call for applications
The Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (PACMAS) Innovation Fund has been established to provide funding support to Pacific stakeholders and development partners that play a role in media and communications in the region. It is designed to help build both technical and creative capacity of the Pacific media and communication sectors. PACMAS is looking for home-grown innovative activities that promote and support Communication for Development through: creation of new media content that
World Environment Day
June 5 is the World Environment Day. The theme for this year’s celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint. World Environment Day is an annual event aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. The event began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the
PhD scholarship in Communication and Social Change
Roskilde University (RUC) is offering a 3-year PhD scholarship in the research area of Communication for Social Change, starting September 2013. The scholarship is co-financed between RUC Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies (CBIT) and the Danish NGO ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). The successful candidate will research, analyse and position ADRA Denmark’s extensive experience with communication for social change vis-à-vis the current debates of how civil society in developing countries, particularly in Africa, make
The 2013 Conference on Communication and Environment in Uppsala
The 12th Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) will be held at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden from 6-10 June 2013. The conference theme is Environmental Communication: Participation Revisited – openings and closures for deliberations on the Commons. The Earth Summit in Rio 1992 declared that environmental issues should be “best handled by participation of all concerned citizens at the relevant level”. Twenty years after, improved institutional frameworks
Living in a multicultural world: Blog contest
Calling all bloggers! You are invited to join the blog contest about multiculturalism and win an invite to the 5th CAUX – Initiatives of Change conference on ‘Learning to live in a multicultural world (LLMW): Building trust for action across generations’ on 1-6 July 2013 in Caux, Switzerland. This competition is open to participants at least 18 years old and the submission deadline is May 31, 2013. To enter the competition: 1. Write a blog
Call for abstracts on ComDev
The 2nd Nordic Conference for Development Research will take place on 14-15 November 2013 in Helsinki, Finland. It provides a platform for researchers, government representatives and NGO-practitioners to discuss the role, methodologies and dilemmas of knowledge production in and for development. The conference invites submissions of abstracts to a number of thematic working groups. Among these: WG 15: Communications for development – the role of the media in achieving development goals With
Love Your Leftovers: recipe competition!
Got a recipe for leftovers? Join the Love Your Leftovers competition and submit your recipes until May 26, 2013. Love Your Leftovers is a competition that asks global citizens to show their love for leftovers, and submit a recipe that they use to clean out the fridge. Launched by GreenUp! the Love Your Leftovers competition’s overall winning recipe and contributor will be announced on World Environment Day on 5 June 2013 — with a top mystery first
Think.Eat.Save: UN food waste campaign
Many regional campaigns have recently been launched, echoing to the challenge of food waste at the national level and in major sectors, including hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and households. Perhaps surprisingly, one-third of all unused food in developed countries is wasted by households. The Think.Eat.Save campaign of the Save Food Initiative, is a partnership between UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Messe Düsseldorf, and in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge,