• Sustainable Development:
  • UN-DESD - Added link to Global Partnership for Education
• Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands:
  • Oceans - A number of links were added, including the 'World Oceans Radio'
  • Oceans - Link to GRID-Arendal Marine Newsletter added
• Urban Heritage and Conservation:
  • Conventions, Conclusions, Citations: Added resources related to the World Heritage Convention
• Gender and Development:
  • Women and Development: Added a lin to wikigender.org
• Microfinance:
  • Programme pages were overhauled and updated. The process is continuing ...
• Knowledge Management:
  • Programme pages were overhauled and updated. The process is continuing ...

Check out International Days and Observances for February

Jan'12

• All GDRC:
  • GDRC wishes all its friends, Virtual Fellows, Institutional Partners and visitors a very Happy New Year!
  • GDRC is now a partner of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)
  • Learning Lab - Pages were cleaned up and enhanced
• Environmental Decision-Making:
  • Documents - Added doc, "Framework for Responsible Environmental Decision-Making (FRED)"
• Sustainable Development:
  • GDRC is now a Partner of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity.
  • UN Decade on Biodiversity - Information on biodiversity-related conventions added
  • Poverty - aded resource, "Linking Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management" by DFID et al.
• Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands:
  • Oceans - added doc, "The Ocean and Climate Change" by IUCN
• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Launch of new theme: GDRC is pleased to announce the launch of a new theme on Sustainable Sanitation
  • Water Resources - Added link to UN Water and other resources in the 'Organizations' section
  • Urban Energy - Added information on the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all (2012)
  • Networks - Resource links were added to the pages and cleaned up
  • Slums and Squatter Settlements - Resource links were added to the pages and cleaned up
  • Capacity Building - Added document on "Capacity Building - The UNDP Approach"
• Urban Governance:
  • Documents - added collections on urban governance from MOST and ELDIS databases
• Urban Heritage and Conservation:
  • Programmes, Initiatives and Networks - Added list of newsletters and bulletins
  • International Institutions and Organizations - Added and updated links to resource institutions
• NGO Cafe:
  • Kickstart an NGO - Added legal details in 'Registering an NGO'
• Gender and Development:
  • Gender Analysis Framework - Added several documents and reports
  • Gender and Environment - Added two documents on gender and urban environmental management by Kyoko Kusakabe et al.

Read the January 2012 issue of GDRC's newsletter - MOSAIC

Check out International Days and Observances for January