The bids should include: a cover letter expressing interest to undertake the consultancy, profile of consulting firm together with CV(s) of the proposed team members, proposed workplan, and indicative budget to undertake the assignment. 

The bids and their supporting documents should be submitted to the Executive Secretary, WIOMSA by email to secretary@wiomsa.org no later than 15 September 2010.

The full terms of reference can be downloaded from http://www.wiomsa.org/?id=695&cid=3607

Deadline for submission of applications is 15 October 2010.

Download the Announcement and the Application form from http://www.wiomsa.org/?id=696&cid=3605

The purpose of these members meetings is to promote interactions and collaborations between WIOMSA members. We hope to be able to have a talk from members involved in WIOMSA funded research during each meeting. More information on WIOMSA activities may be obtained from the website www.wiomsa.org

In recognition of the fact that WIOMSA members are distributed throughout Kenya and several are unable to make it to the bi-monthly meetings, following the meeting a short one page brief of project highlights and discussion points will be circulated to members to provide those who did not attend with an overview of discussions that transpired.

For more information read the announcement and the application form http://www.wiomsa.org/?id=695&cid=3602

This call is open to visual artists, creative writers and musicians between 25 and 35 years old.

To consult the list of bursaries available for 2011 please visit our website at www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg. You will find direct links to institutions and full instructions on the application procedures and necessary dates.

For all questions or enquiries that have not been addressed on our website’s FAQ section please contact us via email at Aschberg@unesco.org.

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The programme, which is being funded under the International Climate Protection Initiative by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, includes a preparatory intensive language course in Germany, a several-week introductory seminar, a two-week training course and a final meeting in Berlin. These activities will enable you to gain additional insights into academic, social, cultural, economic and political life in Germany.

In addition to applicants who have been trained in the natural and engineering sciences, candidates who have been engaged in legal, economic and societal issues relating to climate change are encouraged to apply for this programme. Every year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is granting up to 20 International Climate Protection Fellowships to prospective leaders from the countries named. The programme is currently scheduled to run until 2012.

Closing date (date of receipt at Humboldt Foundation): 15 December 2010

Other important details

*       Complete application package <http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=1125821> 
*       Programme information <http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=1125829>

Further information

*       Members of the selection committee for the allocation of International Climate Protection Fellowships <http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=1127351> 
*       Information for hosts <http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=1127332>  
*       Information for expert reviewers <http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=1127336>

The documentary are in two parts: Part I  Beaches under Siege_Part Iand Part II Beaches under Siege_Part II

Scientists at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on 11 August that there is no doubt that higher global temperatures were behind the floods.

“There’s no doubt that clearly the climate change is contributing, a major contributing factor,” Ghassem Asrar, director of the World Climate Research Programme and the WMO, said in an interview with Climatewire.

Read the full article from: http://www.scidev.net/en/news/pakistan-floods-driven-by-climate-change-say-un-officials.html

Blue Ventures has secured a UNFPA partnership to continue its public health work in southern Madagascar, supporting villagers to develop strategies to safeguard the threatened marine environment on which their livelihoods and culture depend.

Working with regional health institutions and NGOs, the project provides clinical sexual and reproductive health services to 24 villages along the south western coast of Madagascar. These services empower and enable individuals to make their own reproductive health choices, and protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections.

Blue Ventures’ conservation director, Dr. Alasdair Harris, said: “The UNFPA’s support is a hugely symbolic step. A human rights and health based organisation is supporting a marine conservation charity for the first time because of its recognition of the inter-relationship between marine resource sustainability, maternal and infant health, and population growth.”

The news has received a similarly warm welcome from the organisation’s clinical technician. “It’s wonderful news and great recognition for the project,” said Fanja Rakotozafy. “Now the sexual and reproductive health team here is part of the UNFPA family, we have the support to expand and develop our work within Velondriake, the country’s largest marine conservation region. This is good for the community here.”

The UN’s Population Fund promotes universal access to reproductive healthcare, and strategically selects NGO partners where appropriate. Access to reproductive healthcare in southern Madagascar is lagging behind the rest of the country. Blue Ventures’ established presence in the area makes it an attractive partner.

Victor Rakoto, the UN Population Fund assistant representative in Madagascar, says: “The UNFPA has found that collaboration between the two organisations could significantly increase access to reproductive health services including family planning services in the targeted region. Another very important development is that this partnership will make a link between the interventions in population and environmental protection.”

Overfishing and temperature-related coral-bleaching have rendered ancient fishing practices ineffective at feeding the rapidly growing local population in Andavadoaka. An influx of migrants using destructive fishing practices has added to pressure on fish stocks.

In this area of rural Madagascar women typically have their first child in their early teens. Family sizes far exceed the national average of 5 children, and are estimated at 6.7 children per family.