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The UK’s BBSRC is collaborating with partner organizations in China, the Philippines, and Thailand on research of microbiological diseases in swine and poultry. Proposals should have a UK Principal Investigator, in addition to a Principal Investigator from one or more of the partner countries. BBSRC offers up to £6 million for this research, and partner organizations in China, the Philippines, and Thailand will provide matched funding. Each country provides eligibility rules for applicants. The deadline for letters of intent is 22 June 2017. Link

Future Earth’s global hub in Montreal has announced several openings for talented people to join its team. The hub is seeking a full-time, fixed-term Urban Project Assistant and two interns focusing on Communications & Events and Coordination & Information Technology. There are also numerous opportunities for interested individuals in the Montreal area to volunteer for Future Earth and contribute to research for global sustainability.

Sida funds short-term training in selected development topics for participants from developing countries. The Africa program includes a course on Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation – Integrated Processes. Candidates may be nominated by authorities, institutions, universities, NGOs, water utilities, and other private companies active in the water and sanitation sector. The following countries are invited to nominate candidates: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.. The training will be provided in two parts, first in Sweden and then in Uganda. The closing date for applications is 02 June 2017.  Link

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU). Its mission is to advance food security, resilience and inclusive economic growth in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific through innovations in sustainable agriculture.

CTA's envisions agriculture in ACP countries as a vibrant, modern and sustainable business that creates value for smallholder farmers, entrepreneurs, youth and women, and produces affordable, nutritious and healthy food for all.

myAgro is an award-winning social enterprise working in Mali and Senegal, West Africa. The North Star is to reach 1 million small-scale farmers to increase their income by $1.50 per day to move out of poverty. We’re doing that by using an innovative digital layaway platform that helps farmers save up for fertilizer, seed, and training to increase the profit they earn from their farm. We are proud to have received recognition for our work from Echoing Green, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, One Acre Fund, Mulago Foundation, The Salesforce Foundation and The Tech Museum, among others. Learn more about our model or what it takes to work at myAgro. myAgro aims to reach 1 million farmers by 2025 and has recently launched a partnerships program to achieve its ambitious target. The partnerships team develops, tests and scales an easily replicable yet impactful model that can be implemented together with partners across Africa.

The Regional Partnerships Program Manager role is a newly created position crucial for the team and myAgro’s vision. Reporting to the Director of Partnerships, and working closing with teams across the organization, you will be in charge of developing, managing and scaling 2-3 key partnerships for myAgro in Mali. Together with the partnerships team, you will work towards collecting trial learnings and refining the partnerships model for scale.

Welthungerhilfe has been working in Ethiopia and Somaliland for many years, focused on ending hunger and empowering people against poverty. Recurrent droughts in 2015-16 and 2016-17 have led to scaling-up of assistance to meet the needs of the most vulnerable and has reached out to more than 100.000 people across Ethiopia and Somaliland with life-saving humanitarian assistance. Welthungerhilfe’s humanitarian programme is implemented by our partners and is currently mainly focused in the southern region of Borena in Ethiopia and Awdal and Gabiley in Somaliland. Contingent on funding, Welthungerhilfe may start operations in other locations where there are gaps in response by other humanitarian actors. In Ethiopia Welthungerhilfe implements their projects through national and international partner organisations.

The main objective of the position is to lead the design, implementation, management and coordination of effective and appropriate large-scale humanitarian intervention. Furthermore to increase the capacity of the partner organizations in the field of humanitarian response through the development of a humanitarian strategy and joint preparedness planning.

• Contribute to the capacity of the Country office to plan for and submit high quality proposals, ensure a consistent monitoring of progress and effects of our work
• Develop a Humanitarian Response Strategy for Ethiopia and Somaliland and assure regular updating and adjustments
• Lead the design and development of appropriate contingency plans, and related preparedness and mitigation strategies, including capacity building initiatives
• Develop need-based high quality proposals for emergency response.
• Oversee the implementation of emergency response projects ensuring compliance with internal and external quality standards through a consistent monitoring.
• Ensure reporting on project implementation and documentation
• Ensure the implementation of a complaints response mechanism.
• In close cooperation with the Country Director, liaise with humanitarian donors and actively seek humanitarian funding opportunities
• Assure Welthungerhilfe and partners are adequately represented in relevant humanitarian coordination bodies
• Alignment of Emergency Response activities with longer term projects/programs aiming at strengthening resilience and development in cooperation with the Head of Programs
• Screening and Monitoring of national and international funding opportunities in line with the Country Office strategy
• Coordinate the process of regularly reviewing technical and organizational capacities of partner organizations and contributing to the process of selecting new implementation partners where gaps are identified
• Support the process of development of an improved MEAL framework in the country programme

The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is a grant-giving organisation that supports civil society actors struggling for democratic change in their countries in the European Neighbourhood. A joint effort of the Member States and European Union institutions, EED is an independent private law foundation with its seat in Brussels.

• Administratively and financially managing, and monitoring EED grants in close coordination with the Programmes team;
• Providing strategic guidance to the funds management from a grants perspective;
• Drafting project proposals and reports for a wide range of EED donors (including EU and public donors).

Would you like to be at the heart of the organic movement, and have the opportunity to make a huge difference to the natural world and the health of the people around you? You're in luck, as we're recruiting for a Chair of Trustees.

The Soil Association was formed in 1946 to create a better world – one where we farm responsibly, eat healthily and live in balance with the environment. Over the intervening 70 years we have championed organic farming and food, campaigned on a wide range of issues, innovated and delivered real change in the world. And now as a result of the EU referendum, our country faces crucial choices about how to shape the future of food, farming and the countryside. 

The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) is an international non-profit research and development center committed to alleviating poverty and malnutrition in developing countries through the increased production and consumption of nutritious and health-promoting vegetables.  Founded in 1971 with headquarters in Taiwan, the Center’s global network today covers East and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Central and West Asia and North Africa.  

The ActImpact Foundation, Toronto Canada is currently seeking Development Interns to work closely with the Business Development Manager and CEO on prospective Research and Implementation project opportunities,Grant funders and the submission of proposals to foundations and other funding sources.

The primary responsibility will be conducting a detailed search of applicable potential projects (with university, federal agencies, multilateral and foundation) and grant funding opportunities to help with management and administration expansion. Also Drafting of Letters of Inquiry and Grant Proposals and engaging as per donor requirement leading things to a closure.This internship provides the opportunity to learn non-profit development and fundraising skills. 

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort, Germany, offers an innovative and international academic atmosphere combined with first-rate teaching and over 30 interdisciplinary bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes, the majority of which are taught in English. Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences is committed to excellence in research in engineering, technology, the natural and social sciences, and is home to some 6,000 students hailing from over 100 different nations.

The Climate Co-Lab aims to gather and apply collective intelligence from around the world to address global climate change. The Co-Lab invites the best ideas to prevent and adapt to climate change. Some contests pose social and political questions, while others focus on issues in science and technology. The Climate Co-Lab posts new contests on a continuing basis. The contest winners each year compete for a prize of US$10 thousand. Link

SLU   Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is an international university, providing world-class education and research in the fields of life and environmental sciences.  In fact, SLU is ranked amongst the top 100 of approximately 5 000 European universities.  Each year, more than 100 new students begin their PhD at SLU.

This position is offered by the Department of Economics, Rural Entrepreneurship Group (REG). REG conducts research to develop understanding of the interaction between rural entrepreneurial activities and the contexts in which they take place.

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