The Global Development Awards Competition is administered by GDN, funded under the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) trust fund managed by the World Bank, and generously supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.

The competition will feature two categories:

I. The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (2021)

The Global Development Network (GDN) invites researchers from low-income or middle-income countries to submit research proposals within the theme, ‘International trade and the promotion of biodiversity.’ The three winning projects will receive grants worth US$ 45,000. Find out more.

Additionally, there is a Call for ORD Reviewers which ends on 19 May 2021 for individuals that would like to take part on the evaluation of proposals.

II. The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (2021)

The Global Development Network (GDN) invites non-profit NGOs and CSOs from low and lower-middle-income countries to submit project applications within the following three themes:

• Universal health coverage and COVID
• Community-driven climate-related disaster risk reduction in rural areas
• Quality urban infrastructure and community driven governance.

For each theme, the winning projects will receive grants worth US$ 45,000 and, in total, the MIDP category will award 9 grants worth US$ 135,000. This award provides assistance to exceptionally marginalized and disadvantaged groups by supporting innovative development projects in developing countries. Find out more.

Additionally, there is a Call for MIDP Reviewers which closes on 5 May 2021 for teams of individuals with experience in evaluating this sort of projects to pursue the evaluation of projects under this category.

Finally, there is a Call for a Communications Training consultant ending on 31 July 2021 from which we will select the individual(s) responsible for delivering the communications’ training to the finalists of both categories before their presentations to the High-level Jury that will define the final ranking

AWP 2021 – Plenary Session 2: Sustainability of small-scale fisheries: Community based resource management approach in Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh, Dewan Ahsan (SDU) & Plenary Session 3 – Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Theory and Application to Irrigation Technology,  Lionel Richefort (University of Nantes)

AWP 2021 – Plenary Session 4: Water rersources in the Mekong Delta – Nguyen Hieu Trung (Can Tho University) & Plenary Session 5: Bio-diversity vs Climate change in the Mekong Delta Duong Van Ni (Can Tho University)

AWP 2021 – Restitution of Inequalities and Environmental Changes Nexus Project – Huynh Thi Phuong Linh (IRD), Stéphane Lagrée (University of Nantes) (including a video introduction of ETIS project by CREED)

AWP 2021 – Innovative Research Competition –  results announcement and speeches from winners

AWP 2021 – Workshop Restitution

Join us online for Facilitation Skills and Moderation: April 12-16, 2021 or November 8-12, 2021 to learn how to effectively chair a meeting and facilitate teams and groups in a results-oriented manner while being provided with proven methods, tips and techniques for face-to-face as well as virtual meetings.

Join us online for Management of Development Projects: April 19-23, 2021 or October 04-08, 2021 to practice the concepts, processes and instruments for planning, monitoring and evaluating projects in international cooperation.

Join us online for Conflict Management and Conflict Transformation: May 31- June 03, 2021 or November 01-05, 2021 to get a sound understanding of the phenomenon of conflict, which we will explore on the personal and interpersonal level, as well as on the level of large groups and societies.

Join us online for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming: August 30-September 03, 2021 to successfully conceive and implement disaster risk reduction programs, grass-root actions as well as longer-term climate change adaptation.

Join us online for Climate Proofing of Infrastructure Investments: November 29-December 03, 2021 to successfully assess climate risks and related root causes when planning infrastructure investments by applying case studies.

Further information: https://www.sle-berlin.de/en/training

Apply now to join our online training courses. Please follow the link to enrol: https://www.sle-berlin.de/en/training/sle-training-courses/apply-now

Our online trainings enable you to participate in highly interactive sessions from your office or home. Our trainers facilitate collaborative activities and peer-learning exercises for a small group of professionals. This way, you’ll get the benefits of our renowned face-to-face trainings without the time and expenses involved in traveling to Berlin.

Our participants come from all around the globe: They include staff from development agencies, national and international NGOs, public institutions, university students and researchers as well as professionals from the private sector. This unique mix of different cultural backgrounds and professions enables a transdisciplinary exchange of experiences within an intercultural learning environment.

While there is no application deadline, there is only a limited number of places available for each course. We are looking forward to receiving your application!

MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD

2021 Flyer – SLE Online Training Humboldt – University of Berlin

“Saigon Social Sciences Hub” (SSSH)

The Hub gathers in HCMC, normally twice a month, for presentations and seminars (streamed via Zoom for non-members and people who are not based in HCMC). These events are opportunities to network, collaborate, learn and share our own research.

Within the cycle of research of SSSH organized at EFEO Center in HCM city, a series of seminars and presentations will be held from January until April 2021. A detailed calendar can be found below. Please note that titles are temporary and might change before the event. To join the Hub or invite external guests, please contact us at: saigonssh@gmail.com

Time, place and Zoom link to join these workshops will be communicated before the event via email and/or on SSSH facebook group. Workshops’ indicative time: 5.30pm – 8.00pm (Vietnam time).

Final Workshop

On 18^th December 2020, IRD, AFD and WANASEA⁽¹⁾ organized the workshop of the research program: Inequalities and Environmental Changes in the Mekong River Basin⁽²⁾. This one-year project is part of the European Facility for a research program on Inequalities in Developing and Emerging Countries, which is coordinated by the AFD⁽³⁾.

The workshop gathered participants from development, research institutions, and NGOs, both in Hanoi and through video conference. Project researchers presented the structure of the project, and on-progress results of the systematic analysis of the inequality-environmental change nexus in 5 countries of the Mekong region including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. By collecting comprehensive database and transparent and systematic mapping, the program provides a pool of resources for future analyses, identifies uninvestigated research questions and will provide scientific base for policy action on the theme of tenure rights and inequalities (systematic review with narrative synthesis).

The collective book with case studies on the link between environmental changes and inequalities is introduced. It is planned to be published in the first quarter of 2021.

The workshop also took the change to introduce and discuss with the stakeholders the proposal for a project: Environmental Transition and Inequalities in South-East Asia (ETIS, 2021-2027), developed under the collaboration of CREED and WANASEA. The objective of this research and capacity building project is to contribute to building the next generation of policymakers for the environmental transition, as well a network of leading sustainability science experts in South East Asia. It aims at building local interdisciplinary scientific knowledge, guide evidence-based public policies, and foster scientific and policy regional coordination that ultimately bring about the socioeconomic conditions for ecologically resilient economies in Southeast Asia. Drawing on the lessons drawn from 15 years of experience in research and capacity building programs, this six-year project aims to contribute to the design of a groundbreaking, virtuous and sustainable model of development for the region⁽⁴⁾

Mekong Research Project Final Restitution – Dec 2020

MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD

Introduction Activities (ppt)

Mekong Equality (ppt)

Collective book (ppt)

ETIS – Concept Note (pdf)

A research facility – To better understand inequalities (English)(pdf)

A research facility – To better understand inequalities (French)(pdf)

¹ WANASEA – “Strenghten the Production, Management and Outreach Capacities of Research in the Field of WAter and NAtural Resources in South-Est Asia
² https://www.afd.fr/en/carte-des-projets/inequalities-and-environmental-changes-lower-mekong-river-basin
³ https://www.afd.fr/en/une-facilite-de-recherche-pour-mieux-comprendre-les-inegalites
⁴ ETIS will be implemented by the Center for Research and Expertise on Education and Development (CREED, Bordeaux, France, www.creedev.org), a private organization that promotes research for
development. ETIS will be coordinated jointly by Benjamin BUCLET in Europe and Stéphane LAGRÉE in
South-East Asia.

WATER AND ITS MANY ISSUES.
METHODS AND CROSS-CUTTING ANALYSIS (WP4, 3/3)

22^nd February – 6^th March 2021
In Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

The first goal of the Annual ASEAN Water Platform (AWP) is to build capacity in research into water natural resource management (WNRM) within the partner countries’ institutions, by means of gathering researchers from different backgrounds for multidisciplinary methodological approaches related to the analysis of WNRM sector.

The second objective is to disseminate knowledge on WNRM and enhance collaboration between the participants. The platform must be able to increase the research collaboration between participants and to set the basis future long-term partnership between the representatives of different institutions in EU and in ASEAN. Then, the institutions partners must be able to set up and run projects on a bigger international scale.

In order to achieve those goals, AWP relies on the following working principles:

• Transfer of methodological tools;
• Multidisciplinary approaches (social sciences, sciences);
• Good balance between theories and practical work;
• Interactivity among participants;
• Disseminate knowledge;
• Build a collaborative network (academic and non-academic);Intercultural exchanges.

The training will gather more than 100 participants from different countries and backgrounds. AWP is the only training within Wanasea project that is open to participants from outside the consortium, mainly from Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, thanks to co-funding sources from AUF, IRD, AFD and University of Nantes.

The AWP was initially planned to be held in Chiang Mai University in July 2020 and therefore, the project team had worked together in February 2020 in Chiang Mai discussing logistic and academic issues. Details are available in the Meeting Minutes below (available for download). However, due to the Covid 19 restrictions, it will be organised in parallel in three member countries: Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Thailand (Chiang Mai) and Vietnam (Can Tho) from 22^nd Feb – 6^th Mar 2021.

The general programme (updating) of this unique AWP, workshop programmes of AWP Chiang Mai and AWP Can Tho as well as related application forms are available for download below (Materials for download).

This year, participants will also have a chance to attend the Innovative Research Competition. The Grant award for the winner of each country is 1.000 EUR. The Term of Reference and Application of this competition is available for download too.

Follow us on Facebook or this website for more updates.

Videos of previous trainings are available at the project’s official Youtube channel.

MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD

AWP 2021 – Programme – All countries

P1 – Qualitative methodologies in social science, Ruth Banomyong (TU)

P2 – Sustainability of small-scale fisheries-Community based resource management approach in Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh, Dewan Ahsan (SDU)

P3 – Technology Adoption in Agriculture-Theory and Application to Irrigation Technology, Lionel Richefort (UN)

P4 – Water rersources in the Mekong Delta, Nguyen Hieu Trung (CTU)

P5 – Bio-diversity vs Climate change in the Mekong Delta, Duong Van Ni (CTU)

Mekong project – Collective book

Mekong project – Introduction activities

Mekong Project – Procedures and Outcomes

AWP2021 Report

AWP 2021 VIDEO

AWP 2021 – Opening and Plenary Session 1: Qualitative methodologies in social sciences, Ruth Banomyong (Thammasat University)

AWP 2021 – Plenary Session 2: Sustainability of small-scale fisheries: Community based resource management approach in Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh, Dewan Ahsan (SDU) & Plenary Session 3 – Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Theory and Application to Irrigation Technology,  Lionel Richefort (University of Nantes)

AWP 2021 – Plenary Session 4: Water rersources in the Mekong Delta – Nguyen Hieu Trung (Can Tho University) & Plenary Session 5: Bio-diversity vs Climate change in the Mekong Delta Duong Van Ni (Can Tho University)

AWP 2021 – Restitution of Inequalities and Environmental Changes Nexus Project – Huynh Thi Phuong Linh (IRD), Stéphane Lagrée (University of Nantes) (including a video introduction of ETIS project by CREED)

AWP 2021 – Innovative Research Competition –  results announcement and speeches from winners

AWP 2021 – Workshop Restitution

This meeting was held in the context of Covid 19 and was joint by representatives of all project’s members via Zoom.

AGENDA

1. ASEAN Water Platform: Three possible scenarios in 2021
2. Training Session 5 (TS5) / Work Package 3 (CREED)
3. The third grant transfer – timing and requirements
4. External quality audit
5. Impact and Sustainability of WANASEA Project

MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD

Meeting Minutes

Webinar 2: The research question; presentation of the hypothesis.

Webinar 3: Description of the methodology and experimental activities; analysis of data.

Webinar 4: Intellectual property and plagiarism; discussion of the data in a wider scientific context; conclusions.

Webinar 5: Abstract; bibliography; conclusions of phase 1 and presentation of phase 2 and expected outputs.