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Africa: Effective Water Management Can Prevent Conflict, USAID Says

Feb 25, 2014 | Kathryn McConnell, AllAfrica

Washington — Countries with unreliable supplies of water are more vulnerable to conflict, according to a new report from the U.S. Agency for International Development…


East & Southern Africa Coordinator

Feb 24, 2014 | Publish What You Pay

Publish What You Pay seeks an East & Southern Africa Coordinator to provide dedicated support for coalition-building, advocacy, communications and outreach in the region. 

The primary…


Costa Rica: Ongoing Conflict Over Water in Guanacaste Turns Political

Feb 23, 2014 | Costa Rica News

Guanacaste is the province with the most water difficulties in Costa Rica, and the beach community of Playa Potrero is currently one of the most…


Call for Applications: 2014 Media Course on Oil, Gas, and Minerals

Feb 18, 2014 | Revenue Watch Institute

The Revenue Watch Institute-Natural Resource Charter is rolling out this year’s training program for African journalists interested in improving their knowledge of and skills in…


The University of California Berkeley (UCB) and the University for Peace (UPEACE): Summer Peace Institute

Feb 18, 2014 | University for Peace

The University of California Berkeley (UCB) and the University for Peace (UPEACE) jointly offer the summer course on Human Security and Peacebuilding

Deepen your understanding of…


Resource Flows and Trends in Fragile States

Feb 16, 2014 | OECD

Aid has declined by 2.4% in 2011 and will continue its downward trend. Meanwhile, the share of the world’s poor found in fragile states is…


Ivory Coast Joins the African Gold Rush – But It's No Quick Fix for the Economy

Feb 16, 2014 | The Guardian

From the sky, Ivory Coast looks like a patchwork quilt, with fields of varying shapes and shades of green and brown woven together. In the…


UK Government Set to Examine Soco’s Activities in Virunga National Park

Feb 14, 2014 | World Wildlife Fund

It was announced today that a complaint filed by WWF has been accepted, and issues related to respect for human rights and the environment in…


Apple in Conflict Mineral 'Name and Shame' Crackdown

Feb 13, 2014 | BBC

Conflict minerals, as they are known, are mined in areas of fighting or human rights abuses, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The first published…


International Consultant - New Deal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, Kabul, Afghanistan

Feb 12, 2014 | United Nations Development Programme

UNDP International Consultant - New Deal Peacebuilding and Statebuilding, Kabul, Afghanistan  

Under the direct supervision of Ministry of Finance, Director of Aid Management Directorate and…


Nigeria Bank Governor Alleges Oil Subsidy Racket

Feb 12, 2014 | The Financial Times

Nigeria's central bank governor has exposed a multibillion-dollar subsidy racket inside the state-owned oil company that may partly explain huge shortfalls in what Africa’s leading…


Whose Garbage Is This Anyway?

Feb 11, 2014 | Thomas Friedman, in The New York Times (Op-Ed)

Thomas Friedman's NY Times Op-Ed  HEBRON, West Bank — It was not your usual Holy Land tour, but surely one of the most revealing I’ve…


Water, People, Agriculture: PhD Scholarship Information

Feb 11, 2014 | Anton & Petra Ehrmann-Stiftung Research Training Group

WPA PhD scholarship

The application is only possible by completing WPA’s PhD scholarship application form, which can be down-loaded here. Besides the application form, the…


SodaStream: conflict bubbles or bridge to peace?

Feb 11, 2014 | On Line Opinion

That Scarlett Johansson is unable to be both the face of SodaStream – an Israeli drinks company with operations in a West Bank settlement, and…


Oil, Libyans’ Bargaining Chip

Feb 11, 2014 | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

There was great hope in early 2012 that oil and gas revenues, which had rebounded fairly quickly after the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi, would allow…


2014 Call for Proposals: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone (Deadline: 30 May)

Feb 10, 2014 | Open Society Initiative for West Africa

OSIWA seeks proposals aimed at achieving the following specific objectives in the priority countries listed beside each objective: - See more at: http://osiwa.org/en/portal/grants/79/Call-for-proposals.htm#sthash.xRg3yQNP.dpuf OSIWA seeks…


Request for Qualifications: Humanitarian Assistance Thematic Window, DRC

Feb 10, 2014 | International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation will soon issue a Request for Qualifications from researchers for proposed impact evaluations of humanitarian assistance interventions in the Democratic…


Research Intern - Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management

Feb 10, 2014 | The Environmental Law Institute

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI), a non-profit policy research and education organization, seeks an off-site intern to conduct research and assist in editing on a…


Why global water shortages pose threat of terror and war

Feb 8, 2014 | The Guardian

On 17 January, scientists downloaded fresh data from a pair of Nasa satellites and distributed the findings among the small group of researchers who track…


Pillars of Peace: Understanding the key attitudes and institutions that underpin peaceful societies

Feb 5, 2014 | Institute for Economics and Peace

The Pillars of Peace is a new conceptual framework for understanding and describing the factors that create peaceful societies. This framework defines the national characteristics…


Regional Humanitarian Affairs Officers - Disasters & Conflicts

Feb 4, 2014 | United Nations Environment Programme

Job Title

Regional Humanitarian Affairs Officers; Disasters & Conflicts (3 posts), P4

Duty Station

NAIROBI; PANAMA CITY

Organizational Setting and Reporting

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United…


Specialists Required - Peacebuilding Sector

Feb 4, 2014 | International Alert

Application deadline: Tuesday 4 February 2014 to Sunday 23 February 2014

Recruitment type: Consultant

Alert is requesting ‘Expression of Interests’ from qualified and experienced specialists available for…


Research Assistant – Natural Resource Management

Feb 4, 2014 | Center for Global Development

The Center for Global Development, an independent, non-partisan research organization in Washington, DC, seeks a Research Assistant to support the work of a fellow on…


Emergency Response Coordinator - International Rescue Committee

Feb 4, 2014 | International Rescue Committee

SCOPE OF WORK:

The Emergency Response Coordinator (ERC) will report to the Deputy Director for Programs, and will oversee the emergency response program in mainly in…


Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor internship

Feb 4, 2014 | Relief Web

The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor is currently looking for interns in its Geneva-based office to provide support to a small and dynamic team.

Landmine and…


Program Officer - Environment and Natural Resources- Water Resources Management

Feb 4, 2014 | Relief Web

Act Change Transform (Act!) is a local Non-Governmental Organization whose mission is to facilitate the empowerment of marginalized people and communities, in Kenya and neighboring…


Haiti's wealth of untapped mining resources must benefit the poor

Feb 4, 2014 | The Guardian

In 2012 I wrote about the mining situation in Haiti and the vast potential for this sector. Mining companies could provide an increase in tax…


Senior Vice President - Center for Environment and Peace

Feb 3, 2014 | Conservation International

About the Senior Vice President, Center for Environment and Peace

The Senior Vice President for the Center for Environment and Peace will implement an ambitious strategy…


Terms of Reference Communications Assistant

Feb 3, 2014 | UNEP Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch (PCDMB)

Issuing organization: UNEP Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch (PCDMB)
Start date: February - July 2014
Duration: 6 months
Monthly Salary: 3,000 CHF per month
Duty…


Programme Manager - West Africa

Feb 3, 2014 | Fauna & Flora International

Programme Manager, West Africa

Fauna & Flora International

Full-time Staff - United Kingdom, Western Europe

Apply by: 16th February 2014

Salary: Negotiable, depending on skills and experience

Start Date:…