[ConserveAfrica] Expression of Interest: 2nd Call for membership, AU/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (AU/NEPAD SANWATCE)

Expression of Interest: 2nd Call for membership, AU/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (AU/NEPAD SANWATCE)

Created by mmorrison on Oct 16 2015

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This is a call for Expression of Interest for Universities and Research Institutions to become members of the AU/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (AU/NEPAD SANWATCE).

As this is the second call, membership is primarily targeted at SADC countries who do not currently have representation in the Network, and include institutions in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); United Republic of Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Swaziland and Lesotho.

Institutions from other SADC countries are also welcome to submit applications, and would be considered on an associate basis.

On 22 November 2006, the African Ministers responsible for Water and also the African Ministers responsible for Science and Technology (AMCOW and AMCOST) met in Cairo, Egypt. By resolution, delegates committed themselves to establish an African Network of Excellence in Water Sciences and Technology Development. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU/NEPAD) was also tasked to oversee the activities of the Water Centres of Excellence.

Based on this resolution, the Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWATCE) was established, focusing on addressing the Research and Capacity Development Needs within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). A similar network was also established in West-Africa, with a further objective to create networks in other regions in Africa.

To further institutionalise the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE in the SADC region, the SADC Minsters responsible for Science, Technology and Innovation, Education and Training, held in Maputo, Mozambique (June 2014), ministers noted and supported the activities of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE and called upon Member States to nominate institutions to form part of the regional Network.

Through a first call for interest by NEPAD, the following (initial) members were selected as part of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE:

1.        Stellenbosch University (South Africa) – as the hub

2.        International Centre for Water Economics and Governance in Africa (Mozambique) – Node

3.        University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) – Node

4.        University of Western Cape (South Africa) – Node

5.        University of Malawi (Malawi) – Node

6.        University of Zambia (Zambia) – Node

7.        University of Botswana (Botswana) – Node

8.        The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR (South Africa) – Node

9.        Polytechnic of Namibia (Namibia) – Node

10.     National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe) – Node

It is the aim of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE to identify at least one institution from each of the 15 SADC countries, from where the objectives of the NEPAD SANWATCE network can be initiated.

Eligibility and institutional requirements

As per the original objectives, and approved by the AMCOW and ANCOST, institutions which fulfil the following criteria could indicate their interest to become a member of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE:

1.        Institutional identity—an identifiable formal or informal organization with specific values, norms and rules;

2.        Existence of and ability to build and sustain a critical mass of internationally or regionally (African) reputable or recognized scientists and/or engineers, technicians, and technology innovators;

3.        An identifiable governance structure with a clear mechanism(s) and hierarchy for making decisions;

4.        Demonstrated role(s) to contribute to human development by adding knowledge to global science or generating specific products in a national or international economic system;

5.        A reasonable measure of stability of operating conditions and funding over a specified period of time;

6.        Organizational dynamism in terms of ability to adjust to and influence the external environment or demonstrated ability of an organization to renew itself and grow even during hostile external conditions;

7.        Institutional articulation largely judged by the organizations networking capabilities i.e. ability to forge and sustain productive partnerships with other institutions; and

8.        Relevance in an institution's or network's mission, programmes and outputs to sustainable development goals set by country and/or the international community.

Submission and review process

AU/NEPAD SANWATCE secretariat will launch a call for proposals.

Evaluation:

A committee will be established to evaluate the institutional profiles. The committee will be composed of scientists, experts on capacity building projects, experts on institutional management, experts on new technologies of communication and information.

Should an application be successful, a process will initiate to finalise the network agreement.

Timeline

As this is an open call, there are no deadline for submissions. Upon the submission of a completed application form, institutions an acknowledgement of receipt will be sent within 48 hours. Applications will be reviewed by Review-Sub-committee, whereupon the results of the application will be communicated to the contact person, as indicated in the application form

How to apply

Applicants should complete an application form, which can be obtained by contacting the Programme Manager at nicoelema@nepadwatercoe.org

Completed application forms can be submitted via e-mail to the Programme Manager of the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE at nicoelema@nepadwatercoe.or

Additional information

Additional information on the AU/NEPAD SANWATCE in general, can be accessed atnepadwatercoe.org.

 

http://www.icp-confluence-sadc.org/opportunities/expression-interest-2nd-call-membership-aunepad-southern-african-network-water-centres

 

 

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• Exploratory spatial analysis of Lyme disease in Texas—What can we learn from the reported cases?
• Serological evidence of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Laikipia County, Kenya
• Livestock farmer field schools – Guidelines for facilitation and technical manual
• World Food Day 2015: Siboniso Moyo on the importance of livestock insurance for dry areas
• World Food Day 2015: Tadelle Dessie on the contributions of poultry to social protection
• Environmental impact assessment of the elimination of the tsetse fly using SIT in the southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia
• Evidence for public health risks of wastewater and excreta management practices in Southeast Asia: A scoping review
• Dairy development in Tanzania with local innovation platforms: When and how can they be useful?

Exploratory spatial analysis of Lyme disease in Texas—What can we learn from the reported cases? Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:00 PM PDT Exploratory spatial analysis of Lyme disease in Texas—What can we learn from the reported cases? Szonyi, B.; Srinath, I.; Esteve-Gassent, M.; Lupiani, B.; Ivanek, R. Background Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne zoonotic illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Texas is considered a non-endemic state for LD and the spatial distribution of the state's reported LD cases is unknown. Methods We analyzed human LD cases reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services (TX-DSHS) between 2000 and 2011 using exploratory spatial analysis with the objective to investigate the spatial patterns of LD in Texas. Case data were aggregated at the county level, and census data were used as the population at risk. Empirical Bayesian smoothing was performed to stabilize the variance. Global Moran's I was calculated to assess the presence and type of spatial autocorrelation. Local Indicator of Spatial Association (LISA) was used to determine the location of spatial clusters and outliers. Results and Discussion There was significant positive spatial autocorrelation of LD incidence in Texas with Moran's I of 0.41 (p = 0.001). LISA revealed significant variation in the spatial distribution of human LD in Texas. First, we identified a high-risk cluster in Central Texas, in a region that is thought to be beyond the geographical range of the main vector, Ixodes scapularis. Second, the eastern part of Texas, which is thought to provide the most suitable habitat for I. scapularis, did not appear to be a high-risk area. Third, LD cases were reported from several counties in western Texas, a region considered unsuitable for the survival of Ixodes ticks. Conclusions These results emphasize the need for follow-up investigations to determine whether the identified spatial pattern is due to: clustering of misdiagnosed cases, clustering of patients with an out-of state travel history, or presence of a clustered unknown enzootic cycle of B. burgdorferi in Texas. This would enable an improved surveillance and reporting of LD in Texas.

Serological evidence of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Laikipia County, Kenya Posted: 15 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT Serological evidence of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Laikipia County, Kenya Deem, S.L.; Fèvre, E.M.; Kinnaird, M.; Browne, A.S.; Muloi, D.; Godeke, G.-J.; Koopmans, M.; Reusken, C.B. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a recently identified virus causing severe viral respiratory illness in people. Little is known about the reservoir in the Horn of Africa. In Kenya, where no human MERS cases have been reported, our survey of 335 dromedary camels, representing nine herds in Laikipia County, showed a high seroprevalence (46.9%) to MERS-CoV antibodies. Between herd differences were present (14.3%– 82.9%), but was not related to management type or herd isolation. Further research should focus on identifying similarity between MERS-CoV viral isolates in Kenya and clinical isolates from the Middle East and elsewhere.

Livestock farmer field schools – Guidelines for facilitation and technical manual Posted: 31 Dec 2005 04:00 PM PST Livestock farmer field schools – Guidelines for facilitation and technical manual Groeneweg, K.; Buyu, G.; Romney, D.; Minjauw, B.

World Food Day 2015: Siboniso Moyo on the importance of livestock insurance for dry areas Posted: 14 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT World Food Day 2015: Siboniso Moyo on the importance of livestock insurance for dry areas Moyo, S. Periscope interview with Siboniso Moyo, program leader of the the ILRI Animal Science for Sustainable Productivity program and director general's representative in Ethiopia. Filmed for World Food Day 2015.

World Food Day 2015: Tadelle Dessie on the contributions of poultry to social protection Posted: 13 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT World Food Day 2015: Tadelle Dessie on the contributions of poultry to social protection Dessie, T. Periscope interview with Tadelle Dessie, a researcher with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, filmed for the World Food Day 2015.

Environmental impact assessment of the elimination of the tsetse fly using SIT in the southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia Posted: 31 Dec 2001 04:00 PM PST Environmental impact assessment of the elimination of the tsetse fly using SIT in the southern Rift Valley of Ethiopia Wilson, C.J.; McDermott, J.; Reid, R.S.; Woldu, Z. .; Demissew, S.; Korme, T

Evidence for public health risks of wastewater and excreta management practices in Southeast Asia: A scoping review Posted: 14 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT Evidence for public health risks of wastewater and excreta management practices in Southeast Asia: A scoping review Lam, S.; Hung Nguyen-Viet; Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh; Huong Nguyen-Mai; Harper, S. The use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture is a common practice in Southeast Asia; however, concerns remain about the potential public health risks of this practice. We undertook a scoping review to examine the extent, range, and nature of literature, as well as synthesize the evidence for associations between wastewater and excreta management practices and public health risks in Southeast Asia. Three electronic databases (PubMed, CAB Direct, and Web of Science) were searched and a total of 27 relevant studies were included and evaluated. The available evidence suggested that possible occupational health risks of wastewater and excreta management practices include diarrhea, skin infection, parasitic infection, bacterial infection, and epilepsy. Community members can be at risk for adverse health outcomes through consuming contaminated fish, vegetables, or fruits. Results suggested that practices including handling, treatment, and use of waste may be harmful to human health, particularly farmer's health. Many studies in this review, however, had limitations including lack of gender analyses, exposure assessment, and longitudinal study designs. These findings suggest that more studies on identifying, quantitatively assessing, and mitigating health risks are needed if sustainable benefits are to be obtained from wastewater and excreta reuse in agriculture in Southeast Asia.

Dairy development in Tanzania with local innovation platforms: When and how can they be useful? Posted: 29 Sep 2015 05:00 PM PDT Dairy development in Tanzania with local innovation platforms: When and how can they be useful? Paul, B.K.; Maass, B.L.; Wassena, F.; Omore, A.O.; Bwana, G.

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[ConserveAfrica] Fwd: Latest ILRI research outputs

Latest ILRI research outputs

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• Strengths and weaknesses of small dairy farms: A comparative study in a taluka of Anand district, Gujarat
• Gender capacity assessment and development methodology and tools: The case of Ethiopia
• The sharp divide: Do we need animals to feed this world safely, well, sustainably, equitably and humanely?
• ILRI Corporate Report 2014–2015
• Agenda of the 44th Meeting of the ILRI Board of Trustees, Washington, D.C., 31 October-4 November 2015
• Index-Based Livestock Insurance case study: Highlights
• Unlocking Africa's agricultural potential for livestock transformation at scale
• Smallholder goat production and marketing: A gendered baseline study from Inhassoro District Mozambique

Strengths and weaknesses of small dairy farms: A comparative study in a taluka of Anand district, Gujarat Posted: 02 Feb 2015 04:00 PM PST Strengths and weaknesses of small dairy farms: A comparative study in a taluka of Anand district, Gujarat Aubron, C.; Lucas, C.

Gender capacity assessment and development methodology and tools: The case of Ethiopia Posted: 14 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT Gender capacity assessment and development methodology and tools: The case of Ethiopia Mulema, A.A.; Tafesse, S.; Kinati, W.

The sharp divide: Do we need animals to feed this world safely, well, sustainably, equitably and humanely? Posted: 12 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT The sharp divide: Do we need animals to feed this world safely, well, sustainably, equitably and humanely? International Livestock Research Institute; Cornell University

ILRI Corporate Report 2014–2015 Posted: 14 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT ILRI Corporate Report 2014–2015 International Livestock Research Institute

Agenda of the 44th Meeting of the ILRI Board of Trustees, Washington, D.C., 31 October-4 November 2015 Posted: 30 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT Agenda of the 44th Meeting of the ILRI Board of Trustees, Washington, D.C., 31 October-4 November 2015 International Livestock Research Institute

Index-Based Livestock Insurance case study: Highlights Posted: 19 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT Index-Based Livestock Insurance case study: Highlights Dror, I. Iddo Dror, head of capacity development at ILRI and visiting professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland shares key highlights of the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) Case Study and its application, with clippings from a session taught at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Unlocking Africa's agricultural potential for livestock transformation at scale Posted: 20 Oct 2015 05:00 PM PDT Unlocking Africa's agricultural potential for livestock transformation at scale Shapiro, B.I. Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems offers greater food security, incomes, trade, and smallholder competitiveness. Barry Shapiro, senior livestock development advisor, at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) talks about a policy brief prepared by ILRI and African Union-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) for a three-day (21-23 October 2015) high-level meeting on 'feeding Africa' starting today in Dakar, Senegal.

Smallholder goat production and marketing: A gendered baseline study from Inhassoro District Mozambique Posted: 31 Dec 2014 04:00 PM PST Smallholder goat production and marketing: A gendered baseline study from Inhassoro District Mozambique Boogaard, B.K.; Waithanji, E.; Poole, E.J.; Cadilhon, J.J. Despite emerging public and donor attention on women and agriculture, relatively few studies are based on gender analysis of sex-disaggregated quantitative data, particularly on women's involvement in marketing of livestock products. The objective of this article is therefore to investigate gender roles and processes of smallholder goat production and marketing in Inhassoro District, Mozambique, by analysing sex-disaggregated baseline data for women in male-headed households (W-MHH), men in male-headed households (M-MHH) and women in female-headed households (FHH). The paper draws on baseline data from the imGoats project, which aimed to diversify smallholder goat producers' livelihood options by supporting the commercialization of goat production. Building on the sustainable livelihoods framework, adapted for gender and assets, this paper demonstrates that women in male-headed households rarely have control over income from goat sales and that meanings of "joint" ownership, decision making and asset control differ by gender. Results also showed that the primary goal of selling goats is to cover emergencies and household needs, and that goat meat consumption is linked to market access and agro-ecological zone. Despite the challenges of undertaking robust gender studies in a real-life developing country setting, this study provides a practical technical example of how one can implement gendered quantitative analyses in the context of the livelihoods framework.

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