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With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ( http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ ), Ashoka's Changemakers ( http://www.changemakers.net/ ) has launched "Cultivating Innovation:

Solutions for Rural Communities," a new collaborative competition designed to find innovative solutions that help to improve the quality of life in rural and farming communities.

Press Release, 3rd March 2009

New Distance Learning Courses Launched for Ireland and East Africa

Students in Dublin, Nairobi and Arusha will soon be able sit side by side at the same class through the wonders of the internet and Kimmage Development Studies Centre.

Aims of the scholarship:

The scheme aims to help young professionals prepare for a role in national and regional policy development and decision-making to resolve biodiversity-related challenges. Over a period of one year, and with support from the Centre's staff, they will:

We would like to draw you attention to the international IMPETUS Africa Conference called "Global Change in Africa - Projections, Mitigation and Adaptation" which will be held from June 2nd to 5th 2009 at the University of Cologne in Germany.

Support for African and student participants is envisaged: African and student participants are eligible to travel support and conference fee deduction