According to the RIMAAL website (Red de Investigación Interdisciplinaria sobre el Mundo Arabe y América Latina - Network of Interdisciplinary Research about the Arab World and Latin America)
“Created in 2011, RIMAAL is a transnational academic network which brings together researchers and PhD candidates who work on the interactions between the Arab World and Latin America. …” Continue reading
The Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project
Revamped and upgraded into K4Health’s new Drupal 7 Toolkits application.
Website: http://bit.ly/TS3mB1
According to the K4Health Project: “The purpose of this toolkit – which was originally launched in July 2011 – is to provide Knowledge Management (KM) practitioners and others with KM resources and tools that are practical and easily adaptable. In addition to a fresh new look, we have added features that we hope will make visiting the toolkit a more engaging experience. …”
New publication available from the Iberoamerican Program to Strengthen South-South Cooperation, which is entitled “Sistematizar para aprender: Lecciones de nueve experiencias de Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular” (translated into English: “Sistematize to learn: Lessons from nine South-South and Triangular Cooperation Experiences”). Currently the publication is only available in Spanish.
You can see more information in the Spanish version of this blog post, or by visiting the Iberoamerican Program to Strengthen South-South Cooperation website: http://www.cooperacionsursur.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188%3Anueva-publicacion-del-programa-sistematizar-para-aprender&catid=10&Itemid=126
The Spanish language document is available here: http://www.cooperacionsursur.org/portal/images/descargas/Doc_Sistematizar_para_aprender.pdf
The Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) 2012, hosted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), will take place at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria, from 19 to 23 November 2012. This year’s GSSD Expo will focus on renewable energy and climate change. Continue reading
(article available in Spanish only)
Según la oficina de la OPS en Honduras: “Comayagua, 6-8 julio 2012. El Dr. Jesús Marín, Director Nacional de Salud Ambiental y Toxicología de la Secretaría de Salud de Nicaragua fue movilizado por la OPS/OMS en Honduras para apoyar en el tratamiento de los pacientes afectados por la ingesta de alcohol adulterado con metanol en la zona central del país. Este brote registró hasta la actualidad, 52 personas afectadas, (98% hombres), 25 vivos y 27 fallecidos. La procedencia de los pacientes afectados incluye a los municipios de: Taulabé, Siguatepeque, Comayagua, El Rosario. …”
Leer más en la página web de la OPS en Honduras: http://new.paho.org/hon/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=664&Itemid=1
After graduating more than 12,000 doctors since its founding in 1999, Cuba’s Latin American Medical School is tackling one of its greatest challenges to date: how to track graduates from over 65 countries and measure their impact on health outcomes and policy in their local contexts? Read the compelling stories of graduates making a difference in Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador and Argentina. http://bit.ly/QzxZL5
Brazil is launching a new program to identify and finance international cooperation projects that will be implemented by states and municipalities of Brazil with other developing countries. It is South-South Cooperation, but a decentralized version. The project aims to share successful public policies at sub-national levels. Brazilian states and municipalites can submit project proposals, based on requests from beneficiary countries, from June 29th to August 31st. Continue reading
According to the UNDP: “During ECOSOC’s Development Cooperation Forum (DCF), on 5-6 July 2012 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, UNDP sponsored a side event on ‘Country Strategies of Southern Cooperation Agencies: a Knowledge Exchange’. The aim was to highlight mechanisms for decision-making, as well as innovative partnership models and development approaches.”…
Also described on South-South Opportunity: http://www.southsouth.info/DCF2012
