Announcements
ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION: Haze and Social (In)Justice in Southeast Asia: Past Experience and What Next?
In this our first Political Ecology in Asia Seminar, coinciding with the International Conference on New Research in International Development, Human Rights, and International Relations at a Time of Disruption, we focus on the issue of social justice and air pollution. The discussion will examine ...
2020 United Nations E-Government Survey
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces lockdowns, most countries and municipalities are pursuing digital government strategies, many with innovative initiatives – but vast numbers of people still do not have access to online services, according to the 2020 edition of the United Nations E‑Government Survey, released ...
Open Call: ICTs for socioeconomic empowerment
This is a call for projects that directly target socioeconomic empowerment of marginalised groups. The proposed project could be related to SPIDER programme areas, with the primary focus on economic empowerment using ICT. Eligibility of Applicants SPIDER will grant funds to local civil society organisations that have ...
Webinar: Migrants in Thailand - Information needs, flow and access
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 | 2.30 PM Bangkok Time In a crisis, access to trustworthy, timely and reliable information can empower people to make better decisions for themselves and their families. Migrants in Thailand face multiple barriers accessing quality information about COVID-19 and their healthcare and ...
Fostering Solutions and Collaboration for a Sustainable Mekong River Delta
When: Tuesday, Jul. 14, 2020 at 10:00 PM – 11:30 PM EDT As part of the U.S. Vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific the U.S. government is committed to providing a platform that encourages information sharing, dialogue, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement for cooperative, responsible management of ...
Coordinator - Ethnic Governance of Land and Resources - FOREST TREND
FOREST TRENDS JOB DESCRIPTION Title: Coordinator – Ethnic Governance of Land and Resources Location: Yangon, Myanmar Term: Annual consultant contract, with possibility for extension Summary: Forest Trends (FT) seeks a Yangon-based Coordinator – Ethnic Governance of Land and Resources to support its work in Myanmar. For two decades, FT has worked ...
Grant calls now open: COVID-19 and water insecurity research in the Mekong Region
SUMERNET announces 2 calls for 2020: 1. Expression of Interest (EoI) for rapid response grants. SUMERNET will award three grants in total over the period of its fourth phase under “SUMERNET 4 All” (2018-2023). Funding support will not exceed US$ 42,000 per research project to be completed ...
Call for participation to the Mekong Media Initiative
CFI, the French Media Development agency, is offering service contracts to interested newsrooms in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to boost reporting on environment and sustainable development, with a focus on scientific reporting. The contracts will support the production of multimedia stories on the subject, ...
Support RECOFTC Lao PDR's Facebook Campaign for Lao Tree Planting Day on 1 June and World Environment Day on 5 June 2020
Did you know trees can mitigate climate change? Celebrate Lao Tree Planting Day on 1 June and World Environment Day on 5 June 2020! Share your favourite tree and why and be entered to win a RECOFTC shirt and notebook by following these rules: – Like ...
Launch of the State of the World's Forests - Forests, Biodiversity and People
As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011–2020 comes to a close and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, this edition of The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) examines the contributions of forests, and of the people who use and manage ...
