http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/fellowship.htm

The aim of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' Indigenous Fellowship Programme is to give indigenous women and men the opportunity to gain knowledge in the field of international human rights in general and on indigenous rights in particular in order to assist their organizations and communities in protecting and promoting the human rights of their people.
The Indigenous Fellowship Programme for 2006 will run from April to September. The Fellows will be based at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva , Switzerland for a period of five months. They will also have the opportunity to establish contacts with other inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.
After an introduction to relevant Geneva based bodies and human rights instruments and procedures, the Fellows have the opportunity to gain practical experience with OHCHR and its work with human rights through their practical work as part of the Indigenous Project Team.

It is expected that each Fellow at the end of the Programme will possess general knowledge about the overall United Nations system, and knowledge about the international human rights instruments and mechanisms, in particular those with relevance to indigenous peoples. Furthermore, each Fellow should also at the end of the Programme be capable of giving training within their communities and organizations in the fields of international human rights in general, and on indigenous peoples rights in particular, and be able to disseminate the information and knowledge gained during the Fellowship Programme.

Five Fellowships will be awarded for 2006 including the following :

1. An economy class air ticket from the country of residence to Geneva (return).

2. Modest accommodation in Geneva for the duration of the Programme.

3. Health insurance for the duration of the Programme.

4. A monthly grant to cover other living expenses in Geneva .

Selection process and criteria :
The final selection of successful candidates will be made by the consultative group for the Indigenous fellowship programme, which is composed of indigenous persons. In view of the large number of applications, we regret that only successful candidates will be contacted.

The Advisory Group of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People has adopted the following guidelines and general criteria pertaining to the selection of candidates for the Indigenous Fellowship Programme:

The individual candidate :

1. Age should not be a limitation to participation in the Fellowship Programme, although preference should be given to candidates in the age-bracket 25 - 35 years.

2. Formal education should not be a limitation to participation in the Fellowship Programme given the socio-economic barriers confronted by many indigenous peoples that limit access to formal educational institutions.

3. Candidates should have ability and willingness to train other indigenous persons after the return to their respective communities/organizations.

4. The candidate should be supported by their indigenous community or organization.

5. The Fellows should have a basic understanding of the English language.

The sponsoring organization/community :

6. The overall goal of the Programme is to give indigenous persons the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in the field of international human rights in order to assist their organizations and communities in protecting and promoting the human rights of their people. Therefore, it is important that the candidate is proposed and nominated by an indigenous organization or community.

7. It is desirable that the sponsoring organization has a firm constituency or membership and that it is representative.

Other guidelines and criteria :
8. The selection of fellows should reflect a regional balance.

9. The general human rights situation in the respective regions/countries should be taken into consideration in the selection process.

10. In accordance with the general practice of the United Nations, selection of Fellows should reflect a gender balance.

11. Ten alternates should be selected in the event that any of the first five preferences will not be available for the Fellowship period. Five alternates should be selected as first, second, third, fourth and fifth preferences in the event that any of the five first preferences will not be available. The remaining five alternates could be ungrouped.

Fellowship applications will only be taken into consideration if they are fully completed.

Fellowship applications must be faxed or sent by regular post. E-mailed applications will not be taken into consideration.

Fellowship applications or any questions pertaining to the Indigenous Fellowship Programme should be addressed to :

Indigenous Project Team
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNOG-OHCHR
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Telefax number: (+41 22) 917 90.08
E-mail: fellowship@ohchr.org

Deadline for the Indigenous Fellowship Programme for 2006 is 29 August 2005

From: Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh
Subject: Policy Researcher on international economic justice

Please forward this to anyone you know who would be interested. It's a great job.

Be a catalyst for new ideas

Policy Researcher on international economic justice in Oxford, UK.

Salary £29,880 - £37,770

Be incisive. Be thoughtful. And you can change the way decision makers and the public understand development.

Generating ideas with like-minded colleagues, you will lead core areas of research on the economics and political economy of development, and on making states and markets work for the poor.

You will be part of Oxfam's high-performing research team. You will conduct and commission research, both quantitative and qualitative, sometimes working with staff on the ground in developing countries. You will communicate your findings by writing high-impact briefing papers, campaign reports and occasional media op-eds.

You are excited by ideas and development debates, and want to get to the bottom of complex policy issues. You will need at least a Masters level degree in economics or social science (including a strong economics component) proven ability in writing for an economic policy audience and an ability to present complex arguments in a clear, accessible style. You will have good understanding of development issues with a strong gender perspective, and specialist knowledge in the field of trade, investment, market reform, social policy, aid, and/or poverty reduction.

Ref: C&P157
Closes: 23/09/05
Interviews: w/c 03/10/05

Please click on the link below if you are interested in finding out more. You will be offered the opportunity to apply on-line if you wish.

http://www.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_oxfam.asp?newms=jj&id=19503

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

*Govnet Annual Conference 2005

*Ethics, Governance, and the Professions

*Hosted by the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE*)

*Australian National University 28th - 30th November 2005

The central theme of the 2005 conference is Ethics, Governance, and the Professions.

Offers of papers are invited on any aspect of this theme, including, but not limited to: how professional standards, governance and regulatory frameworks are faring across a range of professions (including law, medicine, journalism, accounting, engineering, social work) and how they may be better addressed, in thecontext of professional practice within settings including large corporations, the public sector, and non-government organisations. In what ways might traditional methods of regulation need to be tailored to these settings?

Addressing this question might involve providing some analysis of the proper nature of particular professional roles and practice; of gaining some understanding of the operation and values of the large organisations within which many professionals are embedded, and; then providing some descriptive and normative analysis of the impact of latter upon the former.

In particular the relationship between duty to client, duty to employer, and duty to wider public interests (justice, health, the public good) bears fresh examination.

This leads to a range of issues dealing with governance of professions and governance of the institutions where professionals work, as seen in cases such as James Hardie, the Bundaberg Hospital, and the UK Joint Intelligence Committee.

Another area on which papers are invited will be Professionalism in the Global Context. There are many issues that might be covered under this area.

One set of issues is raised by the changing political environment including the weakening of many states and the rise of non-state actors. Just as the rise of sovereign states affected many professions (including the law, the military and the public service) so their weakening may generate change. In examining the effect of shifts toward a global context on professionalism it would also be of interest to look at the technological/electronic environments. These contexts represent a rapidly growing, relatively new global context within which a range of professional activity is now being undertaken and with respect to which proper governance and regulatory arrangements face new and distinctive challenges.

We are also interested in receiving suggestions for workshops and symposia on related governance topics

Offers of papers and suggestions for symposia to jeanette.kennett@anu.edu.au

Govnet members are encouraged to suggest potential keynote speakers, especially if they can provide partial funding for them.

*About Govnet

*The Governance Research Network (GovNet) is an ARC funded network. It seeks to tackle issues of institutional governance, from small firms to global institutions - recognising both common governance issues and radically differing contexts. The extensive Network will analyse bad governance and institutional failures, from ineffectiveness and maladministration, to corruption, to state failure. Our concern is primarily to understand the ways institutions can be structured to ensure, as far as possible, that they further the values that justify their existence through innovative interdisciplinary solutions involving ethical standard setting, legal regulation and institutional reform.

Govnet has 5 streams.
1. Global, International and Transnational Governance.
2. Asia Pacific Insitituional Reform.
3. Public Sector Governance.
4. Corporate Governance and Regulation.
5. Civil Society Governance: professions, religious institutions and NGO’s.

Further information about Govnet streams and their activities may be found at http://www.griffith.edu.au/govnet/

(i've looked on the Plan website, but i can't find this report online as yet)

Half of Asia's children live in poverty: report

http://smh.com.au/news/world/half-of-asias-children-live-in-poverty-report/2005/08/22/1124562788019.html

August 22, 2005 - 1:45PM

600 million children under the age of 18 in Asia live in poverty - deprived of food, safe drinking water, health or shelter, a development agency said in a report released today.

While 600 million children under the age of 18 lack access to one of these basic human needs, more than 350 million are deprived of two or more of these needs, said Growing up in Asia, a report from the child humanitarian organisation Plan.

Plan said half of Asia's families are not benefiting from economic growth and globalisation. It blamed the pressure of rapid population growth on scarce resources; lack of access to education, healthcare, clean water and sanitation; caste discrimination; and weak governance and corruption.

"Asia has more than twice as many severely deprived children as sub-Saharan Africa. This scale of child poverty will have a serious impact on Asia's future prospects, unless it is addressed now," said Michael Diamond, Plan's Asia regional director.

The report said that to combat poverty, the international community needs to reduce subsidies given to US, European and Japanese farmers and forgive billions of dollars in debt. It also said richer countries could help by paying more for the goods they buy from developing countries.
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Plan has pledged to invest $US1 billion ($1.33 billion) on poverty reduction across 12 Asian countries over the next decade.

FTAANZ -Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand- is seeking a Market Development Coordinator and a Producer Support Coordinator to be based in Auckland New Zealand or Melbourne Australia.

The internationally recognised systems of Fair Trade have the potential to deliver benefits to poor and disadvantaged producers in the developing world. The Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ) is working to facilitate the development of fair trade and increase the benefits to developing country producers.

FTAANZ is recruiting two positions Market Development Coordinator and a Producer Support Coordinator, to be based either in Auckland or Melbourne. For more details see www.fta.org.nz or www.fta.org.au

The closing date for applications is 31st August 2005

Please direct all applications to: nz@fta.org.nz

Applications should include:
- a covering letter
- an up to date curriculum vitae
- a document outlining your relevant skills and experience in relation to the competencies outlined in the job description

You can download a job description from here:

http://www.fta.org.au/FTAANZ/jobs/ICCO