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SEED FUNDING FACILITY: CALL FOR PROJECT CONCEPTS
Wetlands International’s Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project will support partnerships to prepare project proposals that address poverty-environment issues in wetlands.
The Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project (WPRP) is a 4-year project that aims to influence policy and practice at all levels to enhance the recognition of the interconnection between human well-being and wetland management. Through activities focused on local demonstration, capacity building and awareness-raising, the WPRP will contribute to the wise-use of wetlands and poverty reduction. Over the next 2.5 years, the WPRP’s Seed Funding Facility will make €350,000 available to support partnership processes in Africa , Asia and Latin America . Additional details on the Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project are available from Wetlands International’s website at http://www.wetlands.org/WPRP
What is the Seed Funding Facility?
The Seed Funding Facility will provide funds to support conservation and development sectoral organizations to work collaboratively together and engage with local and regional actors in the development of project proposals that address wetlands-poverty issues. Supporting these processes and partnerships will result in up to 20 new project proposals being submitted to donors (i.e. bi-lateral and multi-lateral development agencies, conservation and/or development NGOs, private foundations and/or the corporate sector) for future funding consideration.
The Seed Funding Facility will not fund projects – only the development of project proposals.
The maximum amount that can be requested from the Seed Funding Facility is €25.000. The maximum amount under the Seed Funding Facility will be granted only in exceptional cases.
When to submit a project concept to the Seed Funding Facility 2007 : June 15 th 2007 (Third call)
Applicants wishing to submit a project concept should visit the website for details and requirements, or contact:
Maria Stolk, Seed Funding Facility Coordinator
Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project
Wetlands International
P.O. Box 471
6700 AL Wageningen
The Netherlands
Email: maria.stolk@wetlands.org
Phone: +31-317-478854 / 8864 (direct)
Fax: +31-317-478850
ERASMUS MUNDUS MSC SCHOLARSHIPS WITH SUTROFOR AND SUFONAMA
We would like to draw your attention to two Erasmus Mundus MSc programmes that may be of interest to students at your own institution or at institutions within your professional net-work. Both programmes are two-year integrated Masters Courses in Forestry but with a different profile:
SUFONAMA (Sustainable Forest and Nature Management): The overall objective is to qualify graduates to deal with the challenges of modern natural resources management in Europe and other temperate regions, that is, sustainable management of forests and nature areas in an integrated landscape context.
SUTROFOR (Sustainable Tropical Forestry): The overall objective is to qualify graduates to deal with the challenges in contemporary tropical forestry, that is, sustainable tropical forestry management is becoming increasingly complex due to improved knowledge and a growing demand for products and services.
Full descriptions of the two Erasmus Mundus MSc programmes, inclusive of application procedure and forms, are found on:
http://www.sufonama.net
http://www.sutrofor.net
There are fifty scholarships available: each of € 42,000 (€ 21,000 annually for two years). Application deadline for non-EU students is 1 February 2007 , for EU students 17 August 2007.
We would appreciate if you distribute this information about the two new MSc programmes as widely as possible. They have a different profile but both of them offers great opportunities to highly motivated and internationally minded students.
Dr. Carsten Smith Olsen
Director of SUTROFOR
Dr. Niels Strange
Director of SUFONAMA
Centre for Forest , Landscape and Planning
Rolighedsvej 23
DK-1958 Frederiksberg C
Denmark
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