Dec'02 December 2002 Environmental Decision-Making: Redesign and streamlining of front pages NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Kickstart an NGO - Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Now a partner of the Ocean Project. Gender and Development: Redesign and streamlining of front pages Gender and Development: Launch of GDRC's Framework on Gender and Development Urban Environmental Management: Water resources - International Year of Freshwater 2003 Urban Environmental Management: Environmental Education - pages were updated Urban Environmental Management: Water Resources - Water and sanitation Program Microfinance: Capacity building - Microfinance Capacity Building Programme in Africa Microfinance: Case Studies - comprehensive update, including addition of new country files. Sustainable Business: Redesign and streamlining of front pages Sustainable Business: New special feature on SMEs and the Environment Nov'02 November 2002 Environmental Decision-Making: Several documents, links and info were added to the programme's pages Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Pages on oceans, coasts and small islands were updated to improve navigability and design. Urban Environmental Management: Japan Urban Observatory extensively updated. Urban Environmental Management: Urban Energy Systems - GDRC is now a member of INforSE - the International Network for Sustainable Energy Urban Environmental Management: Sustainable Transportation - redesign and update of links and new resources Urban Heritage and Conservation: Full redesign and upgrading of programme's pages were undertaken Urban Heritage and Conservation: Research output - "Mediation and Urban Conservation: The Case of Imai-cho, Japan" Microfinance: Finance for Microenterprise - The Institute for SME Finance NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Bungee Jumps - The Japan NGO/NPO Scene was updated and improved. Technology Transfer: Link to UNEP-IETC's new maESTro II database on environmentally sound technologies Sustainable Business: Link to Sustainable Alternatives Network (SANet) Sustainable Business: Redesign and update of the programme's pages Oct'02 October 2002 Urban Heritage and Conservation: Link to Asia and West Pacific Network for Urban Conservation (AWPNUC) Microfinance: Main pages were redesigned Microfinance: Governance - Impact Assessment Centre Microfinance: Governance - Improving the Impact of Microfinance on Poverty Microfinance: Updated and new bibliographies on microfiance-related topics NGO Cafe: Kickstart an NGO - Online course on Project Management Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Islands - Problems in the Small Islands Environment NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Kickstart an NGO - Toolbox feature on on 'Dealing with the Media' was updated. Information Design: More Info-Ideas were added Sep'02 September 2002 Urban Environmental Management: Water resources - major upgrade and new info was added Urban Environmental Management: Water resources - New Special Feature on Gender and Water. Urban Environmental Management: EMS and Cities - EMS Principles for Local Governments Urban Environmental Management: Support Systems for EMS Development Knowledge Management: New special feature on Collaborative Learning! NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Kickstart an NGO - APC resources on "Managing your NGO" Aug'02 August 2002 All GDRC: GDRC endorses the Earth Charter! All GDRC: A document on GDRC's 'Information Constellation was added Environmental Decision-Making: Documents - Problem Solving Process Environmental Decision-Making: Document - Information for Decision-Making Microfinance: Women and Credit - Women in the Informal Sector Microfinance: Documents - The Development Gateway (Microfinance) Urban Environmental Management: Cities, EMS and Everything - Three Info Sheets added. Urban Environmental Management: Cities, EMS and Everything - Slide show on EMS and Commuity Participation Urban Environmental Management: Urban Networks - Kitakyushu Network Urban Environmental Management: Major upgrade to section on Urban Waste Management Urban Environmental Management: Major upgrade - reformulated theme page on Eco-tourism as "Sustainable Tourism" and added new resources NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Kickstart an NGO - NGO capacity building July'02 July 2002 Environmental Decision-Making: Documents - Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental Policy Environmental Decision-Making: Documents - Rethinking Environmental Decision Making and Risk Assessment Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Global Web Service on Integrated Coastal Management Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: International Ocean Institute Microfinance: Women and Credit - Role of Non-Govermental Organizations (NGOs) in Women’s Empowerment Urban Environmental Management: comprehensive update of 'EMS for Cities' feature NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Kick Start an NGO - Stagnation and Decline: Symptoms and Treatments Jun'02 June 2002 Urban Environmental Management: IUWRM - in the Urban Water Resources section, was updated and new documents added. NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Resources on How to Start an NGO was enhanced. Microfinance: CRISIL's Ratings and other info added to Microfinance Governance - new subtheme under "Microfinance Rating Systems" Urban Environmental Management: Urban Water - Water Resources Management Bulletin NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Wise Words - 'NGOs at WSSD' was updated Gender and Development: Redesign of main page and new feature on 'Gender Analysis Frameworks' Sustainable Business: Link to the Virtual Exhibition Urban Heritage and Conservation: Cultural Heritage Search Engine Urban Heritage and Conservation: Several Heritage Convention texts were added Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Link to the new UN Oceans Atlas Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: 10 things you should know of Islands Information Design: Created a special feature on 'Instructional Design' Information Design: Added 'Mind Mapping' in Web Resources May'02 May 2002 Microfinance: Documents - The Income Generating Activities Financing Model Technology Transfer: Updates on online technology databases added Sustainable Business: Link to the Virtual Exhibition Urban Environmental Management: Urban Energy pages were updated and expanded. Apr'02 April 2002 All GDRC: Monthly web access statistics were added to the What's New page (click on the small chart icon on the right) All GDRC: A new feature - 'GDRC Highlight' was added to the main index page - to highlight key subthemes and topics within the 15 themes of GDRC Urban Environmental Management: MEAs and Cities - Paper on "Diversity and Homogeneity: Fostering Innovativeness in Local Environmental Management" Urban Environmental Management: Insights - Six Blind Men and the Urban Elephant Information Design: More 'InfoIdeas' were added; current total: 20. Mar'02 March 2002 NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): New info added to the 'NGO Management and Development Courses' page Microfinance: Country pages and case studies were updated with many new items All GDRC: Website access statistics was added to the Whats New page (click on the small bar-graph on the right of each month) Urban Environmental Management: Water - GDRC has become a member of the Global Water Partnership!! Urban Environmental Management: Water documents - IWRM at a Glance Urban Environmental Management: Links - Urban Managers Gateway Internet and ICTs: World Summit on the Information Society Information Design: Several 'InfoIdeas' were added; current total: 18. Feb'02 February 2002 Microfinance: Documents - Calmeadow's Microfinance Reference Guide Microfinance: Newsletters - 'Post Conflict Microfinance' Microfinance: Internet Resources - Post-Conflict Microfinance Project's website Microfinance: Case Studies/Nepal: Women’s Empowerment Program in Nepal NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Bungee Jumps - The Directory of Development Organizations 2002 NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Kick Start - British Overseas NGOs for Development: Statement of Principles Urban Heritage and Conservation: Many new links and resources were added to the programme. Urban Environmental Management: Water - International Office for Water Urban Environmental Management: Water - International Water Law Project Urban Environmental Management: Links - Sustainable Cities Research Institute Urban Environmental Management: Links - URBANET: Network for Decentralization and Municipal Development Jan'02 January 2002 All GDRC: A comprehensive sitemap was created for all key pages available on GDRC's 15 programmes. All GDRC: A longer introduction, covering some of the conceptual issues behind GDRC's setup was added to the 'Info' section. All GDRC: The 'Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)' section was finally completed and made available online :-) Urban Environmental Management: Water Resources - many new resources were added, including the Water Observatory, Water Manifesto, etc. Urban Environmental Management: Water Resources - Special focus on Integrated Urban Water Resources Management Urban Environmental Management: Chronicles pages was updated and upgraded, with dynamic UEM news from moreover.com Urban Environmental Management: Features - UEMRI Guide to City Networks Urban Environmental Management: Themes - new theme on Life cycle assessment was added Urban Governance: Special themes on Precautionary Principles and two others were updated and enhanced. NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Bungee Jumps - Links in the Japan NGO Scene were updated. NGOs and the Civil Society (NGO Cafe): Wise Words - Subsection on the upcoming WSSD was added Internet and ICTs: New feature on 'Information Overload' was created, and links updated Check What's New for 2000-2001. While many of the programmes of GDRC were available since 1995 at a different web location, www.gdrc.org itself went online on 25 May 2000.
