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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:…

Call for Abstract and Research Proposals on Government Development Strategies in the Pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa

Feb 3, 2014 | Institute for Peace and Security Studies

IPSS is calling for Abstract and Research Proposals on Government Development Strategies in the Pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa: lessons learned.

The research findings…

Elephant Campaign: How Africa’s ‘white gold’ funds the al-Shabaab militants

Feb 3, 2014 | The Independent

Transporting “jihad’s white gold” from the African bush to Asian cities is no small feat, but under the watchful eyes of the Somali Islamist militant…

Water Dimensions of ‘Land Grabbing’

Feb 2, 2014 | Africa UP Close

In recent years, arable land has become a highly coveted commodity in the global market. Emphasizing land as the issue at stake, water dimensions of…

Saving More Than Just Snow Leopards

Feb 1, 2014 | New York Times

THE cold and rugged mountains of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and China seem an unlikely place to find a flourishing combination of new community institutions and…

Initial assessment by the UK National Contact Point for the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises

Feb 1, 2014 | UK National Contact Point

Insight: Surge in Cocaine Trade Undermines Conde's Bid to Revive Guinea

Jan 31, 2014 | Reuters

A surge in cocaine trafficking has transformed Guinea into West Africa's latest drug hot spot, jeopardizing President Alpha Conde's efforts to rebuild state institutions after…

Conflict Mitigation and Resource Management Program Manager - Nepal

Jan 30, 2014 | Mercy Corps

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

The Program Manager for CMM (Conflict Management and Mitigation) and IRMI (Inclusive Resource Management Initiative) will have responsibility for the overall achievement of…

Gaza Warned of Looming Water Crisis

Jan 30, 2014 | The Guardian

Residents of Tel Aviv will wake up in February to discover a huge hourglass full of polluted water standing in the city's central Rabin Square.…

Security Council Adopts Resolution 2136 (2014), Renewing Amocratic Republic of Congorms Embargo, Related Measures Imposed on De

Jan 30, 2014 | United Nations

The Security Council today renewed until 1 February 2015 the arms embargo and related sanctions imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also requesting the…

TA WASH Emergency Coordinator, P-4, 364 Days, Bangui, CAR (SURGE)

Jan 29, 2014 | UNICEF

TA WASH Emergency Coordinator

Purpose of the Position

Under the guidance of the Chief of WASH, accountable for the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of UNICEF’s…

Peace on the ground, through ecological conservation

Jan 28, 2014 | The Jerusalem Post

To Prof. Saleem Ali, transforming a slab of greenery sandwiched between northern Israel and Jordan into a shared ecological park would be nothing less than…

Israeli-Palestinian Agreement on Water Within Sight

Jan 28, 2014 | International Institute for Sustainable Development

Many people have said that the last thing on which Israelis and Palestinians will be able to agree is fresh water. They are very likely…

Security Council Grants Year-long Mandate Extension for United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Central African Republic

Jan 28, 2014 | United Nations

The Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) for one year today, deciding also…