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The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit
The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is an easy-to-use manual for individuals and organizations from both the education and community sectors. This resource addresses the potentially powerful alliance of school systems and communities working together to reach local sustainability goals.
Tools for Development: A Handbook for Those Engaged in Development Activity
Tools for Development draws together a range of techniques designed to help community development workers undertake development activities and interventions of any size and kind.
Vocational Training and Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Pakistan
BHP Billiton, the Canadian International Development Agency, the Child Development Organization and the Women Skills Development Organization have facilitated a process for promoting women’s empowerment through income generation and socio-economic development in southern Pakistan since 2001;the partnership work has benefited the wider community.
Education-Gender Disaggregated Data
This module offers multi-level education data differentiated by gender. It covers primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education and an overall literacy of the population. It also provides educational access trends for individual countries and comparative graphs for countries within the same income group.
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InterAction
InterAction is the largest coalition of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people.InterAction’s more than 165 members work in every developing country. Members meet people halfway in expanding opportunities and supporting gender equality in education, health care, agriculture, small business, and other areas.Lighting Africa
Lighting Africa is a World Bank Group initiative aimed at providing up to 250 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa with access to non-fossil fuel based, low cost, safe, and reliable lighting products with associated basic energy services by the year 2030.
World NGO Resource Page
In order for NGO's to connect on a worldwide basis www.nonprofitexpert.com has developed the following resource pages listed below. Please follow links for countries and donors.
Soros Foundation
Soros foundations are autonomous institutions established in particular countries or regions to initiate and support open society activities.The foundations network consists of national foundations in 29 countries, foundations in Kosovo and Montenegro, and two regional foundations, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).
UC RUSAL launches large-scale social investment programme in Nigeria
Ikot Abasi, Nigeria September 18, 2007 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, launched an extensive social investment programme designed to support development of the local communities of UC RUSAL ALSCON, the aluminium smelter in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State which was acquired by UC RUSAL in February 2007.
Barrick Allies with NGOs to Alleviate Poverty in Chile's Atacama Region
Barrick Gold Corporation and Teleton, Un Techo para Chile and America Solidaria, three non-governmental organizations (NGOs), announced the creation of an alliance to assist the most impoverished communities in northern Chile's Atacama Region. Through the Atacama Commitment, the company and its partners will implement a series of targeted programs and initiatives to improve housing and education for people living in poverty, provide services for disabled children and support socio-economic development in the region.
World Bank Institute Learning Design
This web site is designed to help you meet the specific needs of adult learners within the development community around the world.
World Bank Institute: Capacity Development Resource Center Toolkits
This section assembles tools to assist in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of capacity development programs and projects. These tools are intended to help countries and country teams streamline tasks, utilize resources fully, maximize productivity and achieve national goals.
Toolkit: Proposal Writing and Fundraising
This toolkit provides tips and practical suggestions for applying for funding and proposal writing. It is based on interviews with experienced research fundraisers. Obtaining funding for your research is a difficult achievement, so it is hoped that this guide will help give your proposal the best possible chance of success.
The Role of the Extractive Sector in Expanding Economic Opportunity
This report explores four key strategies companies can use to expand economic opportunity: 1) creating inclusive business models; 2) developing human capital; 3) building institutional capacity; and 4) helping to optimize the "Rules of the Game."
