May 25, 2010

Further to our previous post...

Vey good material I just found on the website of Web2forDev! exactly fits the issues we will deal with next week.
"Talking with the audience: Development organisations and social media": http://web2fordev.net/component/content/article/1-latest-news/111-talking-with-the-audience

Haifa workshop 31/5 - 1/6


Next week Mashav is hosting a two-day workshop on "Maximizing Outcomes with Minimum Resources for Development Communication". The workshop will be held in Haifa, Mount Carmel Training Center (the very first branch of MASHAV, this years turning 50!). Jointly organized by MASHAV and DevCom, OECD Development Centre, the seminair will deal with communication issues regarding development and the role of the new media in dispatching development messages.


May 20, 2010

Accession : Estonia, Israel and Slovenia invited to join OECD


10/05/2010 – OECD countries agreed today to invite Estonia, Israel and Slovenia to become members of the Organisation, paving the way for the Organisation’s membership to grow to 34 countries.
“Estonia, Israel and Slovenia, along with Chile that has just deposited its instrument to become a full member, will contribute to a more plural and open OECD that is playing an increasingly important role in the global economic architecture,” OECD Secretary-General Angel GurrĂ­a said.

By the way, MASHAV is organizing a seminar on development 2.0 for OECD-DEVCOM participants in Haifa at the end of the months.



Cooperation agreement between Israel (MASHAV) and the Organization of American States (OAS)


Israel and the Organization of American States signed a memorandum of understanding consolidating decades of development cooperation.
The agreement signed Monday at OAS headquarters in Washington pledges to advance existing collaboration on education, environment, economic and social development, poverty, gender equity, disaster prevention and relief, agriculture and crisis management. from JTA two days ago.



May 10, 2010

A potential to break cycles of hunger? by David Lewis



Nice article from Reuters published a few days ago about the TIPA project in Senegal. This is all about a drip irrigation system, made up of water tanks and rows of black pipes! An Israeli innovation that some predict could end the area's aid dependency.

May 4, 2010

AKUT- Turkey- Israel cooperation - emergency unit visits Israel 25-30/4/2010


AKUT- Turkey- Israel cooperation - emergency unit visits Israel 25-30/4/2010.
AKUT, the "Search and Rescue Association" in Turkey visited Israel last week for a 5 days trip and training, on the invitation of the Israeli Rescue Team "Arava".