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Photography for social change - Audience Engagement Grant
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The Open Society Foundation is looking for photography projects on social justice or human rights issues that provide concrete ways for photographers, organizations and their target audiences to create a positive social impact.  Five to eight grants will be provided, ranging from $10,000 to $30,000. However, funds cannot be used to shoot new imagery. Photographers are expected to devise an innovative and effective way of using an existing body of work as

8th ITU Symposium on ICTs, Environment and Climate Change
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Turin, Italy, will host the 8th Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It will be held on 6-7 May 2013 at Telecom Italia’s innovation laboratories. Following the successful events held between 2008 and 2012 in Kyoto, London, Quito, Seoul, Cairo, Accra and Montreal, this years’ edition will be dedicated to the theme of Smart Sustainable Cities and will focus on the need for smart green ICT

Call for papers: AMIC 22nd Annual Conference
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The Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) is calling for abstracts for its 22nd Annual Conference on July 4-7, 2013, Melia Purosani Hotel, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Deadline for submission is on April 30, 2013. The theme of the conference is ‘Transformational Communication and the New Asia’. The conference proposes to take stock of Asian media and communication studies, keeping in mind the challenges and opportunities arising out of globalisation, new media

Global Voices on Poverty – live blog and webcast
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You are invited to participate in an interactive conversation on ending poverty on April 19, 2013, 11:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EDT (15:00-16:10 GMT) at the Online and World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington, DC. Global Voices on Poverty will bring together world leaders, opinion makers, and a global online audience to discuss what it takes to end poverty. The discussion will be with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.   You

Call for women-led activities addressing Climate Change
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The United Nations Climate Change secretariat is calling for women-led activities that address climate change to be selected and showcased under an initiative called Momentum for Change: Women for Results. These “lighthouse activities” will demonstrate measurable impact on the ground, and the potential for replicability and scaleability at the local, national and international levels. Momentum for Change: Women for Results is implemented with the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation. The deadline

Community media at the World Social Forum 2013
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The 2013 World Social Forum (WSF) took place from 26 to 30 March 2013, in Tunisia. The World Social Forum is an open space where social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society debate on contemporary issues such as biodiversity, climate change, ethnic and cultural diversity, colonialism, militarism and relations between labor and production. A delegation of more than 30 journalists of community radios from Tunisia, MENA, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America

Call for chapters: Handbook on ICT for agricultural development
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Mohen Singh Naorem (Manipur University, India) and Telem Matouleibi Chanu (Central Agricultural University, India) are inviting researchers and practitioners to submit a 2-3 chapter proposals for the Handbook of Research on ICT for Agricultural Development on or before March 30, 2013.  e-Agriculture is an emerging field focusing on the enhancement of agricultural and rural development through improved information and communication processes. More specifically, e-Agriculture involves the conceptualization, design, development, evaluation and application of

C4D Capacity Development Day
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The C4D Network in partnership with UNICEF, Reading University & Westminster University will host a Communication for Development (C4D) Capacity Development Seminar March 15 at Westminster University, London.  This seminar is part the first C4D Capacity Development Day which aims to present an update on and examples of current practice, offerings and lessons learned in the area of C4D Capacity Development.  Participants will discuss and assess the C4D capacity development landscape, broad trends

Centennial Innovation Challenge:Transforming Livelihoods
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The Rockefeller Foundation in its centennial celebration, is looking for ideas to transform livelihoods in the informal economy— the business enterprises and jobs that exist partially or outside of government regulation. Deadline of submission is on April 1, 2013. There are billions working in informal economies across the globe. People may benefit from working in the informal economy, in both urban and rural settings. However, many poor or vulnerable individuals working

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In obsevance of the International Women’s Day (IWD), UNESCO joins forces with international and regional partners to launch the annual Women Make the News on March 8. UNESCO and its partners are inviting media organizations, professional associations, journalists’ unions, women and men working in the media and civil society to share their experiences and best practices in reporting or advocating for the end of violence against women. With the theme Towards a