The Senior Programme Manager/Representative will represent Ibis towards authorities and partners and will be driving our partnering/fundraising work support. He/she will supervise existing programs in terms of general management, administrative and programmatic issues and will spearhead program development, synergy and coherence within the Angola program and integration of crosscutting issues. He/she will refer to the Regional Director based in Windhoek and will be a part of the regional senior management structure.

We are looking for an operations manager to begin work early January 2006. The person will be responsible for overall daily management of Kufunda, including: team management, work plans and performance management, finances - including financial management, budgeting and overseeing our accounts, logistics and scheduling - including programming, shopping, transport, fundraising, high level involvement in key operational projects – including overseeing community outreach and projects development.

The Nigerian Social Forum (NSF) is an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a Nigeria dominated by capital and liberal thinking congregate. It is a space that opposes any form of imperialism, unbridled capitalism, but engaged in building a Nigerian society centered on the human person. The Forum will be holding a meeting in the near future. Monitor their website for more details.

QuickGuides are 24 page books, readable in an hour, covering the fundraising and management needs of both large and small organisations. QuickGuides are the perfect way to learn about a subject quickly and easily, and because they are written and reviewed by knowledgeable professionals from all around the world they will be useful wherever you operate as they are not country specific. At £8 or US$14 per book, QuickGuides are accessible to all, and you can build your own library of expertise. And as a reader of Pambazuka News, you can take advantage of a special promotion of 3 books for the price of 2 until the end of March 2006. QuickGuides are a resource you can’t afford not to have. Quote ref: pambazuka and order online now at our online bookshop www.quickguidesonline.com

The East-West Center announces its 37th annual Summer Seminar on Population from May 30-June 29, 2006 at the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The objective of this workshop is to increase the use of research findings and professional knowledge and experience to improve population and health policies and programs.

Over three quarters of the parents of new graduates are now urging their offspring to leave, mainly because their families depend on remittances from abroad. The prospects of Zimbabwe's economy bouncing back from its current crisis are likely to be dim if the results of a new survey of university and college graduates are taken into account. Over three quarters of the parents of new graduates are now urging their offspring to leave, mainly because their families depend on remittances from abroad. Tens of thousands of Zimbabwean doctors, nurses, pharmacists, teachers and other professionals have already left the country.

A UNESCO-led joint programme on basic education in Madagascar has proven extremely successful. A series of stakeholders shared their experience on the programme’s innovative methodologies and approaches on November 3 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. High level government officials, UNDP and programme staff will provide a rich testimony on their varied experiences on this successful programme.

According to the Rwandan New Times, The State Minister in charge of Primary Education, Joseph Murekeraho, recently met and held discussions with five hundred heads of schools at Lycee de Kigali School to review Rwanda’s education system. While opening the workshop, Murekeraho appealed to the school heads to address the problems like language that hinder the students’ performances and urged them to recruit qualified teachers. “How do you expect someone who does not know that particular language to teach it? You can never teach something you have never been trained for,” Murekeraho said and called upon the school heads to be vigilant in addressing the issue of bilingualism. “Some people think that when we are giving scholarships, we consider those who can speak the language of the host country, that is wrong,” Murekeraho disclosed adding that all students are given equal chances.

The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Madame Abena Catherine, paid an impromptu visit to secondary schools in the Nyong et Kelle Division in the Centre Province. The visit mainly aimed at evaluating the first sequence (six weeks) of the 2005/2006 academic year, with respect to infrastructure, curricular programming, students’ and teachers’ welfare, etc., according to the Cameroon Tribune.

Nearly 600 Kenyatta University lecturers rushed to beat a deadline to sign back-to-work forms the week of October 31. Those who signed the forms included many officials of the local chapter of the Universities Academic Staff Union, Uasu. But about 100 lecturers had not signed to indicate they were ready to resume duty when the university reopens. They were away from campus on official duties, including study leave and leave of absence. Public relations officer Ken Ramani confirmed the figures, adding that the senate - the main university governing organ - would meet to discuss reopening.

St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, is offering a scholarship to a student from Southern Africa for the academic year 2006-7. The scholarship is available only for study on the MSc in African Studies. Details of the degree are outlined on the University of Oxford African Studies web site www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk and in the University postgraduate prospectus or can be obtained by email from [email protected]

Agenda is a feminist media project based in Durban that is committed to giving women a forum, a voice and skills to articulate their needs and interests towards transforming unequal gender relations. In order to meet our vision, we offer an annual internship programme with the aim of contributing towards a pool of gender-sensitive and gender-aware writers, who will practice the skills acquired at Agenda in the mainstream media and other environments.

L'Europe se ferme et impose aux pays de l'Afrique sub-saharienne l'ouverture. L'OMC (organisation mondiale du commerce) et l'AMI (accord multilatéral sur les investissements) porteurs de cette ouverture sont deux institutions au service des multinationales depuis les années 1990. Les pays de l'Afrique Subsaharienne, malgré leur potentialité en ressources naturelles, sont en majorité classés PPTE (pays pauvre très endettés) par la Banque Mondiale et PMA (pays moins avancés) par l'ONU suivant des critériologies donnant l'illusion que l'Occident peut proposer/imposer sa manière de vivre, de penser, de produire, de consommer…

DPK Consulting seeks anticorruption experts for anticipated Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)-funded projects in Malawi and Tanzania. These projects will focus on issues of government integrity, accountability, and transparency.

This management position is a newly created role that will drive our organization's expansion into Africa. The Africa Regional Director's primary responsibilities will include spearheading our expansion into new countries, providing leadership and assistance with strategic and tactical execution on all in-country programs, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, accounting, human resources, and administrative initiatives in Africa.

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: Children First! A case study on PRSP processes in Ethiopia, Keny and Zambia
Author(s): Heidel, K.
Produced by: Kindernothilfe (KNH) (2005)

This study aims to contribute to an assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) processes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia from a child rights perspective. It links up with a previous study, titled 'Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: blind to the rights of the (working) child?', which showed that the majority of the PRSPs did not deal with child labour. The study in 2004 called for a case study with a wider scope that also goes beyond a mere text analysis. This report aims to address this gap.

In the past two days riot police reportedly shot dead over 30 protestors in the capital Addis Ababa and began systematic arrests of leaders and members of the main opposition party, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), as well as several journalists of the private press. The riot police used live ammunition to target protestors in the central Mercato and other districts. The demonstrations reportedly started peacefully but turned into stone-throwing, building of barricades and burning of vehicles when police started shooting. At least 150 people are also reported to have been wounded in the shootings. Police said two police officers had been killed by the protestors.

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) is pleased to announce the launch of a new Internet portal for and about the NGO sector in South Africa. This portal is primed to become the gateway to the South African NGO sector, boasting the most comprehensive, validated and easily searchable NGO directory in the country, containing information about more than 2 500 organisations. This directory is augmented by wide ranging and diverse information for and about the NGO sector, including general news, press releases, campaigns, vacancies, event calendars, case studies, toolkits and research reports.

The UK Government has backed down in the face of demands that it stop using aid money to fund privatization of public relations in the world's second poorest country. The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has written to all eight companies short listed for a contract to provide communication support to the Sierra Leone Commission for Privatisation stating they will not fund a campaign to "promote privatisation". This reverses the terms of the original contract.

The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Open Society Justice Initiative (the Justice Initiative) are pleased to invite applications for the Human Rights Fellows Program for the 2006-2008 session. The deadline for applications is November 21, 2005. This program was launched in 2003 by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Open Society Justice Initiative, in collaboration with Conectas Human Rights, the Open Society Foundation (South Africa) and South African, Mozambican and Angolan Civic organizations.