Social development
Open Data Sharing Risk Assessment Toolkit
This toolkit is for anyone intending to upload or share any datasets as open data on the Open Development Mekong’s (ODM) datahub. It is meant to be used to help guide users of ODM’s datahub through a process of assessing the risks and benefits involved with ...
2020 YSEALI Regional Workshop on Good Governance and Civil Society
The U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur, in partnership with TechSoup, will host the YSEALI Regional Workshop on Good Governance and Civil Society in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 19 – 23, 2020. The workshop aims to build capacity among 100 youth leaders across ASEAN and Timor Leste who are currently ...
2020 EarthRights School Applications
The EarthRights School prepares the next generation of earth rights defenders to draw on the power of their communities to protect their rights, resources and livelihoods. Most students come from indigenous and rural communities and have experienced environmental and human rights abuses firsthand in their ...
Mekong River Commission launches interactive and easy-to-use Mekong data portal
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) today launched a revitalised online data service platform that assembles, analyses, and visualises data about the health and condition of the Mekong River. The platform, called MRC’s Data and Information Services Portal or Data Portal, is designed to help governments, development practitioners, private ...
Shelter City Netherlands: Call for temporary relocation in 2020
Justice and Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for human rights defenders at risk to participate in the Shelter City initiative around March 2020. Shelter City offers human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk a possibility for rest and respite by letting them escape temporarily from a ...
Call for Applicants: Empowering young people in the green economy
UNESCO and UNICEF are embarking on a regional study to explore how young people can get ready for green economies, how they can participate as environmental leaders, and how they can prepare themselves to access green jobs. We are seeking expressions of interest from organizations and ...
Call for participants: Regional Dialogue on Indigenous Youth Social Entrepreneurship
Are you a young Indigenous person who is making a difference through social entrepreneurship and community building? Sign up for the Regional Dialogue on Indigenous Youth Social Entrepreneurship to be held on 20-22 January 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand! Join here: http://bit.ly/ISERD2020 by 27 November 2019. Applications are open to: Indigenous youth ...
The Small Grant for Training Course/ Field Trip on Mekong Youth and Agro-Ecology
Mekong Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) has been developed by enthusiastic youth from countries in the Mekong Region. Y-Farm focuses on five main fields/issues that relate to youth development and sustainable agriculture in the region including (i) training courses and farm improvement; (ii) youth exchange on farming ...
Webinar: The role of indigenous communities in reducing climate change through sustainable land use practices
The climate crisis demands urgent action, yet we live in a politically polarized and paralyzed world. As governments and other actors struggle over climate change, our environment is irreversibly changing. A United Nations report on the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services revealed that three-quarters of ...
IFF Community Empowerment Program
Application closes Friday, September 6, 2019 at 9 PM EST! At the IFF, we believe that the internet is a community of communities. As these communities grow, so does their demand for community development capacity and resources. Connecting and empowering diverse and inclusive communities is a fundamental ...