Please welcome new staff at AGEG’s Head Office

30 September 2009 in Development, Directories, Economy, European Union, Germany, News

AGEG Consultants eG has two new Managing Directors, who share general management tasks. Both are experienced Consultants and are named Harald, but are not relatives. Harald Himsel will lead the business development, while Harald Speidel looks more on the administration and financial management. Martina Jacobson joined the team as Project Manager for Training, E-Learning, and [...]

Weitzenegger’s International Development Job Market

30 September 2009 in Africa, Asia, Development, Directories, Economy, Employment, Networks, News
Tags: Jobs

Looking for a job in development cooperation? This Website gives you a list of professional opportunities around the world. Updated as you arrive. I am still working on updates, so come back soon.
http://www.weitzenegger.de/new/jobmarket.php

Networks you can use for poverty impact assessment

14 March 2009 in Development, Directories, Economy, Links, Methods, OECD, Poverty

African Parliamentary Poverty Reduction Network – (APRN)
http://www.parlcent.ca/africa/prnetwork/pr_network_e.php
The APRN was created in 2003 in response to demands by African parliamentarians for a network that would bring together Members of Parliament from all over Africa interested in central issues such as poverty reduction to discuss and share best practices, lessons learned and experiences in that area; as [...]

Websites of the Month, April 2008

1 April 2008 in Africa, Development, Directories, European Union, Links, Networks

African Voices in Europe demand more effective aid for Africa’s poorest
http://practicalaction.org/?id=africanvoices
Practical Action has launched a new website – African Voices in Europe – to expose the failures of European aid and set out a new agenda for Improving aid for Africa’s poorest communities. African Voices in Europe exposes the failures of EC aid to reach [...]

EC Vice President Verheugen launches Enterprise Europe Network

11 February 2008 in Clusters, Development, Directories, Entrepreneurship, European Union, Networks

European Commission Vice President Gunter Verheugen launched Enterprise Europe Network, a new and powerful European support network for enterprises. All major players of the business support community in Europe have united to offer a one-stop service to assist especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop their full potential and innovative capacity. With more [...]

Directory of Research Centres at International Poverty Centre

11 February 2008 in Directories, Links, Research

The Directory currently covers 540 institutions doing research on poverty, inequality and development in 27 countries in Latin America and 200 institutions in 38 sub-Saharan African countries. This directory is an effort to strengthen links among research centres in developing countries and foster South-South Cooperation on poverty research and training. http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/site/CentreSearch.do