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.

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/16/45155914.pdf

Promoting Security through Diplomacy and Development

A post (video) from the US Department of State on the importance of the 3 Ds. Secretary Clinton testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Promoting Security through Diplomacy and Development: The Fiscal Year 2011 International Affairs Budget (Feb. 25). You also can read the full statement.
http://www.state.gov/video/?videoid=68869987001

Another speech, a day before, on the priorities of the US government: D, D , D!
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/02/137256.htm

GREEN PROPHET BLOG

We met yesterday with a representative of the blog "green prophet". I would like to share with you the following link:

http://www.greenprophet.com/

"Green Prophet" is dealing with issues such as development and environment, in Israel and the Middle East, and brings to a wide public discussions and articles on environement and related issues.

They are doing a great job!

Hebrew University receives $5 million grant to research disease in Ethiopia

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases a $5 million grant for research into visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. The project is a collaborative effort with Addis Ababa University.

http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/5-m-for-disease-control-in-ethiopia