Volume 4, Issue 2, 1999
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Opportunities for Partnership

Zimbabwe

The Zvishavane Vocational Training Centre has recently opened in Zimbabwe. The Centre offers community-oriented, demand-driven courses, and would like to improve its effectiveness and efficiency by engaging in staff development programs. If you or your institution is interested in working with the Centre, please contact Mr. S. Mutisi, Principal, Zvishavane Vocational Training Centre, Ministry of Higher Education and Technology, Private Bag 647, Zvishavane, Zimbabwe, tel.:/fax: 263-051-3050.

Lebanon

Management Plus Consulting Services, a Lebanese consulting firm,.is looking for assistance in locating a Canadian college or an institution interested in working with the firm to establish a satellite campus in Lebanon. The campus would offfer a modified business administration program. For more information, please contact Dr. Sabbah El-Haj, Chairman, Management Plus Consulting Services, Sami – El – Solh, Rahal Bldg., 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 13, 6392 Beirut, Lebanon, tel.:/fax: 01-382713, 01-396309.

CIDA Awards Program for Canadians
Awards of up to $10,000 each
Deadline for Application: February 1, 2000

The CIDA Awards Program is for Canadian citizens and individuals with permanent resident status in Canada who would like to participate in international development through a project of their own initiative. The project is to be carried out in collaboration with an organization in a country eligible under Canada’s official development assistance and must address a specific field of endeavour within CIDA’s Aid Policy. To obtain more information on the three categories of awards, contact The Canadian Bureau for International Education, Canadian Awards Division, 220 Laurier Avenue W., Suite 1100, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5Z9. Tel.: (613) 237-4820 ext. 234 , fax: (613) 237-1073 or e-mail: smelanson@cbie.ca. Guidelines and application forms can also be found on the web at www.cbie.ca.

Partnerships for Tomorrow Program

With the assistance of Grant MacEwan Community College, the Institute of Voluntary Sector Management and Development, Ukraine, has revised, expanded and refined the curriculum for six specialized Non-Governmental Organization management courses, developed learning materials and trained teams to deliver the same courses. The funding of international travel for two Ukranian women who came to Canada for the purposes of this activity, was provided by the Partnerships for Tomorrow Program.

Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency and administered by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC), the Partnerships for Tomorrow Program (PTP), contributes to the enhancement of the democratic and economic reform process now underway in the countries of Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. The PTP’s flexible and effective small travel fund mechanism supports and strengthens new and pre-existing partnerships and linkages between Canadians and the people of Central and Eastern Europe. The travel funds support small projects to strengthen professional and institutional capacity in order to further the ongoing reform process in Central and Eastern Europe.

The PTP will cover the cost of international airfare of Canadian and CEE applicants. In a limited number of cases. larger funds will be considered to cover accommodation, per diems, communication costs, local transportation and the production of marketing materials.

Funds will be awarded based on a set of criteria that will enable recipients to actively participate in the following types of activities:

Applicants may apply via the Virtual PTP Office on the Internet at: ptp.accc.ca. Information about the PTP and the countries in the region is also available at this site. Interested parties may also send an e-mail to: Branka Gudelj, Project Officer, Partnerships for Tomorrow Program at bgudelj@accc.ca or tel.: (613) 746-2222 ext. 3142, fax: (613) 746-6721.

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