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(Archives for 2004)

Dec'04

December 2004

Environmental Decision-Making: Three documents added: (1) Expertise and the Policy Cycle - Jack Barkenbus; (2) Participatory Decision-Making Indicators - UN HABITAT; and (3) Building Bridges between Citizens and Local Governments - Fred Fisher
Sustainable Development: Innovative Communities feature - added bibliography
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Small Islands - The Barbados Programme of Action
Urban Environmental Management: Disasters - new section on documents added.
Urban Environmental Management: City Networks - Unión de Ciudades Capitales Iberoamericanas
NGO Cafe: Kickstart an NGO - NGO Credibility and Legitimacy

Read the December 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for December 2004

Nov'04

November 2004

Microfinance: Documents - added a large section on Microfinance and Migrant Remittances
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: GDRC becomes a member of the Global Islands Network (GIN)
NGO Cafe: Wise words - new feature on the UN Millennium Development Goals
Technology Transfer: Document - Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development

Read the November 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for November 2004

Oct'04

October 2004

Sustainable Development: New Focus page on 'Innovative Communities'
Microfinance: Bibliography - Microfinance bibliography updated with 1,083 entries.
Urban Environmental Management: Sustainable Tourism - GDRC becomes a member of the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)
Urban Environmental Management: Insights - Sustainable World Cities Programme
Urban Governance: Eight new documents were added to the Documents and Reports section
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Links on Oceans and Small Islands were updated and expanded
NGO Cafe: NGO Pigeon Holes - NGO Membership Models
NGO Cafe: Kickstart an NGO - Added several documents to the special feature on "NGO Fund Raising Strategies"
Gender and Development: GDRC Research Output - "Towards a Gender Analysis Framework to assist the application, adoption and use of Environmentally Sound Technologies "
Informal Sector: Definitions - Concept of the Informal Sector
Technology Transfer: One pager - The Technology Transfer Process
Technology Transfer: Documents - Seven "C"s for the Transfer and Uptake of Environmentally Sound Technologies
Sustainable Business: Documents - Sustainability is Good Business
Internet and ICTs: Link to the Dot.Com Alliance

Read the October 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for October 2004

Sep'04

September 2004

All GDRC: Critical "So What" questions were added to each of the 15 programme's web pages.
Environmental Decision-Making: Documents and Reports - The Decision Making Pyramid
Gender and Development: Gender and Environment - Link to IUCN's initiative on gender and environment.
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Importance of Community Networking to Preserve Local Rivers
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Small Islands - Link to Pacific Islands Forum added
Urban Environmental Management: Water Management - added 'Gender and Water Alliance' to GDRC's Gender Perspective pages.
Urban Environmental Management: Water - Initiatives: Capacity Building Network For Integrated Water Resource Management

Read the September 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for September 2004

Aug'04

August 2004

Urban Environmental Management: EMS and Cities - Info Sheet: "7+1 Models of Urban EMSs"
Microfinance: Case Studies - Bolivia, Asociacion de Entidades Financieras Especializadas en Micro Finanzas
Urban Environmental Management: Resources on Disaster Management were updated

Read the August 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for August 2004

Jul'04

July 2004

Urban Environmental Management: Ecological Footprints - updated water footprints page, and linked to 'The Water Foorprint'
Urban Environmental Management: Guide to City Networks - linked to the new organization - "United Cities and Local Governments" and other links added/updated.
Internet and ICTs: ICTs for Development - Case Studies from India
Internet and ICTs: African Women and the Information Age: A Rare Opportunity
Sustainable Development: Poverty - Three Aspects of Poverty
Urban Environmental Management: Sustainable Tourism - resources updated and added
NGO Cafe: Bungee jumps - the section on 'NGO Scene in Japan' was updated and many websites on Japanese NGOs/NPOs were added.

Read the July 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for July 2004

Jun'04

June 2004

Urban Environmental Management: Ecological Footprints - Many new resources and documents were added to this special feature.
Urban Environmental Management: Water - Information on the International Water Decade - 2005-2015 was updated and new information added.
Urban Environmental Management: Sustainable Transportation - "The Demand for Public Transit: A Practical Guide"
NGO Cafe: Kickstart an NGO - Special feature on NGO Accountability
Informal Sector: Love-hate relationships with Governments - "Yes, but … " Local Government Attitudes towards the Informal Sector
Sustainable Development: UN Decade of Education for Sustaiable Development (Online Resources) - ESD Toolkit
Microfinance: Case Studies - Added Country page for Burundi
Microfinance: Kenya Country Page - "An Evaluation of Micro-Finance Programmes in Kenya as Supported through the Dutch Co-Financing Programme" [180 pages, 500 kb]
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Small Islands - Links were updated and new ones added
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Oceans - Link to the "Hilltops-to-Oceans" Partnership Initiative added.

Read the June 2004 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for June 2004

May'04

May 2004

GDRC celebrates its 3^rd year this month!!

All GDRC: The 'UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development' was given a prominant profile in all of GDRC's programmes and activities. Resources and outputs were also updated.
Urban Environmental Management: Chronicles - emagazine.com: OurPlanet
Urban Environmental Management: Sustainable Tourism - World Tourism Forum
Urban Environmental Management: Transportation - The New Mobility Agenda
Urban Environmental Management: Energy - Asia Pacific Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Agenda 2004
Urban Environmental Management: Water - GDRC becomes a member of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC).
Urban Heritage and Conservation: Institutions and Organizations - Asian Academy for Heritage Management
Urban Governance: Programmes and Institutions - UNESCO's Ethics and Corruption in Education
Microfinance: Documents - Proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Electronic Banking for the Poor
NGO Cafe: Bungee Jumps - Special section on Human Rights was edited and updated with many new links.*
Sustainable Business: Organizations and Institutions - Business for Social Responsibility
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*Also see GDRC's pages on Human Security

Read the May 2004 issue of
GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Apr'04

April 2004

Sustainable Development: Several additions to 'Sustained Voices' were added.
Sustainable Development: Stories - Link to Global Citizen newsletter.
Urban Environmental Management: Redesign and updating of the main front pages of the UEM Programme.
Urban Environmental Management: Transportation - ACCESS, a Eurocities Initiative
Urban Environmental Management: EMS and Cities - a number of Info Sheets were added.
Microfinance: Environmental Colours - Microcredit and Sanitation

Read the April 2004 issue of
GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Mar'04

March 2004

All GDRC: Information on the five spheres of GDRC was updated and expanded!
All GDRC: Do your bit - 7 April is World Health Day
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Pacific Island Nations' Regional Action Plan
Environmental Decision-Making: To do or not to do - Facilitating Decision-Making for Sustainable Building and Construction
Urban Environmental Management: Green Construction - Looking at the Big Picture: Life Cycle Thinking for the Building and Construction Sector
Urban Environmental Management: Chronicles - Added Earth Wire-Africa, Environmental News for Africa
Urban Environmental Management: Cities and MEAs - Selected Global Environmental Assessments
Urban Heritage and Conservation: Programmes, Initiatives and Networks - modern Asian Architecture Network (mAAN)
Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands: Importance of Community Networking to Preserve Rivers
NGO Cafe: Kickstart an NGO - Management Accounting for NGOs
NGO Cafe: Kickstart an NGO - Setting up an NGO's By-Laws
NGO Cafe: Flash! - Aid Workers Forum
Knowledge Management: Global Convergence and Local Divergence - Implications of Online Information Explosion
Knowledge Management: One-pagers - Types of Knowledge

Read the March 2004 issue of
GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Feb'04

February 2004

All GDRC: A new feature, "Do your bit ..." focussing on International Days that highlight global development issues.
Urban Environmental Management: Resources on Sustainable Tourism were edited and updated!
Urban Environmental Management: Japan Urban Observatory - information was added and updated
NGO Cafe: Flash! - Info on UNV Online Volunteering Service added
NGO Cafe: Bungee Jumps - The Access Initiative
NGO Cafe: Bungee Jumps (Human Rights) - Project for Global Democracy and Human Rights
Gender and Development: Gender and Good Governance - SURF Knowledge Map on Gender

Read the February 2004 issue of
GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Jan'04

January 2004

Sustainable Development: Added a new feature, "Sustained VOICES"
Technology Transfer: Technology databases were expanded and updated
Urban Environmental Management: New UEMRI Theme page on "Disaster Mitigation and Management"!
Urban Environmental Management: The Energy Management pages were enhanced and updated.
Urban Environmental Management: Ecological Footprints > Water Footprints and Virtual Water > Virtual Water Trade Research Programme
Urban Environmental Management: Ecological Footprints > EF Network Initiative
Urban Environmental Management: Water - Info on International Water Decade (2005-2015) added.
Urban Governance: Community governance - additional resources on the Ombudsman system were collated.
Microfinance: India country page - new article added, "Mainstreaming Microfinance: Bridging the NGO-Banker Divide" by Bibhudutt Padhi
Microfinance: Intl. Year of Microcredit 2005 - the pages were updated with new information and links.

Read the January 2004 issue of
GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

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