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National Consultation: classification systems for monitoring and assessment of natural resources
02 March 2013 | assessment, forest management, land governance, monitoring, natural resources, un-reddA national Consultation on classification systems for monitoring and assessment of natural resources especially forest resources in the context of REDD + will be held in Bangladesh, Dhaka, 18-22...
Honduras: Nuevo mecanismo de auditoría social en el sector seguridad
01 March 2013 | anti-corruption measures, blogpost, latin america, monitoring, securityCentroamérica es una de las regiones más violentas del mundo. Honduras lidera el ranking mundial de países más violentos con una tasa de 82 homicidios cada 100.000 habitantes. En esta región hay...
Philippines: Check-My-School: Monitoring Made Easy with Dedicated Volunteers and ICT Tools
27 February 2013 | asia pacific, education, ict, monitoring, public serviceThe quality of education in the public sector often suffers due to poor services like lack of classrooms, textbooks and toilets. A project called Check My School uses mobile and Internet technology...
Launch l Congo Basin Forest Fund Launches Forest Monitoring Systems
20 February 2013 | africa, forest governance, monitoring, un-reddThe Congo Basin Forest Fund, launched by the Governments of Norway and the UK, through the African Development Bank (AfDB), is funding a regional initiative to help ten Central African countries to...
UN-REDD l DRC and Tanzania to share experiences on National Forest Monitoring Systems
19 February 2013 | africa, forest governance, forest management, monitoring, un-reddThe National REDD+ Coordination team of Tanzania will be visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 13-15 February, to better understand the basic elements and foundations of DRC’s...
UN-REDD l Forest Experts Collaborate to Develop New Forest Governance Guide
02 February 2013 | expert meeting, forest governance, monitoring, un-reddThe UN-REDD Programme recently convened a group of experts from around the world to start developing a new resource to help collect and measure data related to forest governance. This small...
Promoting Citizen-Centred Security through South-South Cooperation I Brasilia 2012
14 December 2012 | Brasilia, brazil, citizen security, data, event, events, governance assessments, monitoring, security, south south cooperation, south-south, workshop, workshopsFrom national security to citizen security For decades, the term “security” in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was synonymous with national security, where the army and police had...
Launch l Making All Voices Count | A Grand Challenge For Development
06 December 2012 | citizen empowerment, funding, launch, monitoring, political accountability, service deliveryYesterday (05.12.2012), a new government transparency and accountability funding mechanism was launched– Making All Voices Count. Held at USAID headquarters. Making All Voices Count (MAVC) is a $45...
Goals for science in the post-2015 development agenda
23 November 2012 | benchmarks, evidence-based, governance and mdgs, monitoring, post-2015The UN Secretary-General's high-level panel on life after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — the Post-2015 Development Agenda — held its second meeting in London at the beginning of November....
Vacancy: Senior Advisor for Organization-wide Monitoring (position originally posted 15.11.2012)
16 November 2012 | conflict, m&e, migration, monitoring, ngo, vacancyThe International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the...