WBI Catalog of Learning Programs: Calendar of Learning Activities

Catalog of Learning Activities

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Climate Change
- Capacity Development of Youth on Climate Change
  Climate change is one of the major challenges facing the world. Many countries have already been impacted by climate change and this has affected their development as a result of adverse impacts on sectors such as agriculture, water, human health and More Information »
  Location: , Abuja, Nigeria
  Dates: November 16 2009 to November 27 2009
- SNC Capacity Development Assessment
  WBICC-SNC Team will visit training institutions in Burkina Faso (2IE), Cameroon (University of BUEA and University of Dschang-CRESA), Senegal (University Cheikh Anta Diop) to assess their capacity to deliver training courses on SNC. Based to the selection More Information »
  Location: Dakar, Senegal
  Dates: November 16 2009 to December 11 2009
- Youth Master Trainers for Climate Change
  Climate change is one of the major challenges facing the world. Many countries have already been impacted by climate change and this has affected their development as a result of adverse impacts on sectors such as agriculture, water, human health and More Information »
  Location: Ankara, Turkey
  Dates: November 23 2009 to November 27 2009
Governance
- The Role of Parliaments in Encouraging an Information Rich Society
  This module focuses on parliaments and ATI and will help parliaments to facilitate the flow of information between parliaments and the community via the media. More Information »
  Location: , Washington, DC, United States of America
  Dates: November 02 2009 to December 10 2009
Growth and Crisis
- 13th International Business Forum: 'Global Crises-African Challenges
  The Forum is part of the long term collaboration between InWent and WBI on business engagement in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. WBI and InWent have organized together the last 3 editions of the Forum. The Forum is structured into plenary More Information »
  Location: Ghana
  Dates: November 04 2009 to November 06 2009
- Green Growth and Regional Development
  This forum intends to strengthen capacity of policy makers in “green growth” – in pursuit of economic growth and eco efficiency. It aims to promote regional knowledge sharing in fostering low carbon economic development. It will include eco efficient More Information »
  Location: Seoul, Korea Republic of
  Dates: November 09 2009 to November 11 2009
- Impact of the Financial Crisis on Poverty and Analytical Tools E-Learning Course
  Over a period of three weeks, this ten-session on-line course on poverty analysis will emphasize the measurement and interpretation of poverty dynamics, or how poverty changes over time, and the concept of vulnerability to poverty. More Information »
  Location: Online, World Wide
  Dates: November 30 2009 to December 19 2009
- Preferential Trade Agreements for Development: Issues and Implications (joint with TRAPCA)
  Preferential trade agreements are an increasingly present feature in trade policy making, with many countries belonging to more than two agreements. Agreements are also becoming more complex as the scope of cooperation covered goes well beyond industrial More Information »
  Location: Arusha, Tanzania
  Dates: November 30 2009 to December 04 2009
- UNICEF Strategic Choices for Education Reform (English)
  The course will provide a unique opportunity to interact with UNICEF Education Officers from all regions on key issues of education reform, and helped the participants develop an understanding of the economic and rights-based approaches to improving More Information »
  Location: Washington, DC, United States of America
  Dates: November 30 2009 to December 11 2009
Health Systems
- Séminaire Régional Francophone sur « Ressources Humaines et Financement Basé sur les Résultats en Santé : Enjeux et Perspectives » (Burkina Faso)
  Ce séminaire se veut essentiellement axé sur la pratique et vise les trois objectifs suivants : 1) Renforcer la capacité des décideurs en matière de planification et de gestion des Ressources Humaines en Santé (RHS), en (i) offrant un aperçu des meilleurs More Information »
  Location: , Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  Dates: November 09 2009 to November 14 2009
- Learning Activity Web Site Basics of Health Economics, cohort 2
  This e-learning program trained policy and operational decision makers on how health economics can contribute to strengthening the effectiveness of health systems by efficiently and equitably addressing the needs of the population. Course participants More Information »
  Location: Washington DC, United States of America
  Dates: November 18 2009 to December 22 2009
Public Private Partnership
- GDLN on Railways: Brazil-Nigeria
  Legal and institutional framework for the regulation of railway concessions in Brazil; Key lessons learned in contracting Transaction Advisors and readying transaction for market; Key elements of Brazilian concession contracts (types of concession More Information »
  Location: , Abuja, Nigeria
  Dates: November 03 2009 to November 03 2009
- GDLN on Railways: Brazil-Nigeria
  Legal and institutional framework for the regulation of railway concessions in Brazil; Key lessons learned in contracting Transaction Advisors and readying transaction for market; Key elements of Brazilian concession contracts (types of concession More Information »
  Location: Brasilia, Brazil
  Dates: November 03 2009 to November 03 2009
- GDLN on Railways: Brazil-Nigeria
  Legal and institutional framework for the regulation of railway concessions in Brazil; Key lessons learned in contracting Transaction Advisors and readying transaction for market; Key elements of Brazilian concession contracts (types of concession More Information »
  Location: Washington, United States of America
  Dates: November 03 2009 to November 03 2009
Urban
- Earthquake Risk Mitigation Online Course
  Earthquakes are a major source of death and devastation, but with appropriate risk reduction measures the destructions can be avoided. In order to reduce earthquake risk it is important to understand how earthquakes cause destruction, and how such destruction More Information »
  Location: India
  Dates: November 09 2009 to December 06 2009
- Financial Strategies for Managing the Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters, Online Course : Philippines
  Global economic losses due to natural disasters are growing. Both direct and insured losses have increased at a faster rate than the number of events, revealing that the same hazard on average is causing larger damages. If disaster impacts are not anticipated More Information »
  Location: Philippines
  Dates: November 16 2009 to December 13 2009

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