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Announcement — Upcoming WWF Online Learning Session: Expectations for REDD+ at UNFCCC COP20, 17 November @ 10am EST

Dear Community of Educators,

Prior to COP 20 in Lima, Peru, WWF is holding a learning session on REDD+, November 17th, 10:00 am EST/ 16:00 pm CET, details below. You need to register online in advance.

All the best,

Pam Puntenney and Bremley Lyngdoh

UN SD Education Caucus Co-Chairs

Co-Coordinators Climate Change

Subject: Upcoming WWF Learning Session: Expectations for REDD+ at UNFCCC COP20, 17 November @ 10am EST

Dear All,

Please join us for the next WWF Forest and Climate Programme online REDD+ Learning Session on Monday, November 17 at 10:00am EST/4:00pm CET.

Topic: Expectations for REDD+ at UNFCCC COP20

When: Monday, November 17 at 10:00am EST/4:00pm CET

What: In this learning session, Josefina Braña-Varela, Policy Director of WWF’s Forest and Climate Programme, will discuss the challenges and opportunities for REDD+ at the upcoming UNFCCC COP20 in Lima, Peru. Josefina will cover WWF’s REDD+ asks related to safeguard information systems, the joint mitigation and adaptation mechanism and coordination of support around the national entities/focal points who serve as liaisons with the UNFCCC Secretariat and other bodies of the Convention, among other topics.
A Q+A session will follow the presentation.

Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9198585008853248002

This is a free, open event. Please help us spread the word by sharing this announcement with any contacts who may be interested.

Thanks,

Breen Byrnes | Manager, Communications + Learning

WWF Forest & Climate Programme | Washington, DC

direct: +1-202-495-4518 | | skype: breen.byrnes

breen.byrnes@wwfus.org | panda.org/forestclimate

twitter.com/wwfforestcarbon | wwfforestandclimate.tumblr.com

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Africa 2.0 Annual Symposium 2014 -2015

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Mr. Ibrahim Ceesay

Head of Programmes- African Youth Panel (AYP) Chair- African Youth Alliance on Post-2015 (AYAP) Email: ibrahim.ceesay@africanyouthpanel.org

Website: www.africanyouthpanel.org Subject: Call for the 10th Africa-Europe Training Course

(AYICC) Call for the 10th Africa-Europe Training Course

Dear friends

Following the inspiring University on Youth & Development in Mollina, the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is happy to launch the call for the 10th Africa-Europe Training Course for Youth Organisations, in partnership with the European Youth Forum, the Pan African Youth Union and the Network of International Youth organisations.

The training will take place from 25th January to 1st February 2015 in Nairobi-Kenya.

We will kindly ask you to disseminate the call, which you can find on the North-South Center website or by clicking the following link:

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/nscentre/News/2014/Call_10th_AETC_051114_en.asp

I remain at your disposal for any further clarification you may need.

Thank you in advance and best regards,

António Saraiva Lima

Trainee – Youth Co-operation

North-South Centre of the Council of Europe

Rua São Caetano, nº 32 | 1200-829 Lisboa | Portugal

Tel : +351 21 358 40 35 Fax : +351 21 358 40 72

www.nscentre.org

www.coe.int

Ibrahim Ceesay Head of Programmes- African Youth Panel (AYP) Chair- African Youth Alliance on Post-2015 (AYAP)

Email: ibrahim.ceesay@africanyouthpanel.org

Website: www.africanyouthpanel.org 4 Kanifing Industrial Estate, Julbrew Road P.O BOX 2545 Serre Kunda / KMC-The Gambia / Tel: +220 9932685 or 7675977 Skype:ceesaydelight

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[GGCA] Free eCourse: Gender-sensitive Governance: what does it look like and how can we work towards it?

Registration Deadline October 30th

Dear Colleagues,

Gender Hub, a new online service providing information and knowledge resources on Gender for Nigeria, is offering a free online course‘Gender-sensitive Governance: what does it look like and how can we work towards it?‘ between Monday, 3 November 2014 at 09:30 – Friday, 28 November 2014 at 17:00 (WAT). Deadline to register is Thursday, 30 October, 2014.

Details are below for those interested.

Best,

Cara Beasley | Coordinator | Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) http://www.gender-climate.org

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Event Details

This free web-based course provides participants with a general grounding in the current concepts of governance from a gender perspective and offers some examples and resources for applying these within key governance institutions, with a focus on governments.

Note – this is the second in-take for this course. The first was in September 2014. A third may be offered in February 2015, subject to demand.

Overview:

Why does gender matter for governance? How can we expose gender-blind institutions and processes? What strategies have enhanced the opportunities and outcomes for women and girls in government processes? What can we learn from this and how can we integrate this into our own work?

This pilot course aims to support development practitioners who are working to strengthen gender equality in relation to governance processes in their workplace. To support them this course seeks to equip participants with an introductory knowledge that can help them to take forward strategies for positive change.

Who the course is for:

The course has been designed for a broad range of people, including: gender focal points within ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), gender leads in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and those working in new and traditional media roles.

However anyone interested in understanding the challenges relating to gender and governance, such as non-gender specialist policy advisors, academics and students would also benefit. Although the course is intented to be most useful for people in Nigeria, it could be valuable for people from any region.

What the course contains: The course contains four main modules. Each module presents key messages, learning activities, and includes an interesting collection of resources.

Assessment: Learners are assessed on the knowledge acquired throughout the course via web-based quizzes. There are no assignments or final exams and no trick questions. This course aims to build knowledge and reward participation.

Learning outcomes: By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Appreciate the differing understandings of governance and how the concept has evolved over time
Understand why governance needs to be gender-sensitive despite the barriers and challenges to this goal
Be able to analyse governance institutions, particularly government institutions, from a gender perspective to expose gender-blind policy and discriminatory practices
Appreciate the context of gender and governance in Nigeria
Understand how change can happen in government institutions themselves so they respond better to the needs of women, challenge gender inequality and promote women’s rights
Be aware of the mechanisms that need to be in place to ensure government institutions are held to account for their record on promoting gender equality by civil society and citizen
Understand what gender-sensitive governance could and should look like, and understand the practical actions to progress towards this goals
Know about the real-world challenges to change that are commonly faced, be inspired by other stories of practical action, and be aware of useful guides and toolkits

Certificate of Completion

On successful completion of the course learners will receive a ‘certificate of completion’ that will be issued jointly by BRIDGE, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK, and Gender Hub.

When the course takes place

The course starts on Monday 3rd November and runs until Friday 28th November. During this time facilitators from the Gender Hub team will actively support participants in problem solving and answer questions related to the course.

What you’ll need to take part

In order to take the course learners will need:

· access to a computer or device with Internet connection

· a modern web-browser installed. We recommend Google Chrome*, for best performance.

· access to an active email address

· understand English as a working language

* Google Chrome is available to download, for free, at:https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

What you’ll be expected to do

We expect learners to invest a minimum of 4 hours study time for this course (1 hour per module). However, to get the maximum from this course we recommend that participants read at least an additional 4 hours’ worth of the many additional readings provided.

We expect individuals to be self-lead and manage their own time within the 4 week period, so that they progress to completion of the course during this time. The course enables learning to be undertaken flexibly and the amount of study hours given by participants may vary depending on how much they want to engage with the additional materials.

Course authors This course is made available by Gender Hub – a new free-at-point-of-use online service providing information and knowledge resources on Gender for Nigeria. For more information, see the ‘Organiser description’.

Register

Complete the registration form at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-sensitive-governance-what-does-it-look-like-and-how-can-we-work-towards-it-registration-12810421315 by 30 October 2014

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