Social and environmental considerations in public procurement need to be vamped up. This is the conclusion of the latest ProcureITFair publication ‘Sustainable Procurement in a European Context: practices of IT procurement in five EU countries’. The NGO coalition is calling on European governments to give sustainability a prominent place in their procurement mechanisms.

'The impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the economic, social, cultural, political and individual spheres of life has dramatically transformed societies the world over. And in this evolving world, the younger generation seems to be more comfortable and adept at using ICTs to further expand their knowledge. Demographically, about 85% of the world’s youth (between 15 and 25 years of age) currently reside in developing countries, and the numbers are growing in many parts more...

This site provides links to a number of resources that could be useful to individuals and companies intending to implement telework programmes. Telework is about people, how they work, how they interact, and how they prepare for an increasingly uncertain future. And it's about flexibility: flexible work locations and work times, flexible management structures, and flexible responses to the challenges of change. Once it is appropriately and sensitively implemented, telework delivers benefits to i more...

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Background and context: Rural Uganda is a difficult place for women. Many women are the primary providers for households, either responsible for doing much of the agriculture work, or running a small business. Despite this role as providers, men, not women, usually have access to credit and local business exchanges.

The Uganda chapter of the Council for the Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa (CEEWA) tries to rectify this problem and help women find the financial resources t more...

From the start of the 21st century, a new form of employment has emerged in developing countries. It employs hundreds of thousands of people and earns hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Yet it has been almost invisible to both the academic and development communities. It is the phenomenon of 'gold farming': This paper reviews what we know so far about gold farming, seeking to provide the first systematic analysis of the sub-sector. It assembles available data at the sectoral, enterprise a more...

Job title: Hands On IT Manager
Location: Wageningen, the Netherlands
Employer: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation ACP-EU
Location: Wageningen, the Netherlands
Area: Agricultural science and development


CTA is an ACP-EU organisation established under the Lomé Convention, now succeeded by the Cotonou Agreement, between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states is looking for candidate who can take the following resposcibilities:

(i) Take responsibili more...

Job: ICT for Development Programme Coordinator
CTA Netherlands
Location: Wageningen, the Netherlands
Last Date:August 8th, 2008:

CTA is an ACP-EU organisation established under the Lomé Convention, now succeeded by the Cotonou Agreement, between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states is looking for candidate who can working closely with the members of the ICT Innovation Team and reporting to the head of department, the incumbent will carry out the following activities:
(i more...

The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) has been established by the Nile riparian countries in 1999 in order to serve their common interests. Its vision is "to achieve sustainable socioeconomic development through the equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources". To translate this shared vision into action, the NBI launched a Strategic Action Program which includes two complementary components: a basin-wide Shared Vision Program (SVP) and Subsidiary Action Programs more...

Intellecap (www.intellecap.net) is a consulting firm focused on capital advisory and innovations for the inclusive finance space. The company undertakes to create and deliver mainstream, profitable solutions to address the problems of poverty and expedite sustainable development.

Intellecap is a leader in the development and inclusive finance space, working with microfinance organizations across India, development financial institutions, social investors and social entrepreneurs from around more...

In June 2007, telecentre.org, Fundación Esplai, and Microsoft held an e-Skills for Employability Summit in Barcelona for 50 European NGOs who manage telecentres or community technology projects. The Summit focused on connecting participants and sharing approaches, successes, and challenges in efforts to use technology to help people get jobs or start businesses in Europe’s shifting labour market. According to some estimates, the continent will be short two million skilled IT workers in coming more...