WOTRO Science for Global Development
WOTRO Science for Global Development is a research-granting organisation focusing on programming, funding and monitoring research on global issues. WOTRO envisions a world in which science continuously inspires development actors and in which scientists, in their turn, are inspired by development challenges. Read more about WOTRO's Strategy and WOTRO's projects and programmes.
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New website Migration, Development and ConflictWOTRO has recently launched a new website for the research programme Migration, Development and Conflict. The programme investigates the multifaceted interactions of the positive and negative dimensions of transnational migration between, among others, South Africa, India and the Netherlands. On www.wotro.nl/mdc you can find all relevant information about the programme, including its aims and organisational structure. Read more... |
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Conference CoCooN project 'Lands and Rights in Troubled Waters'On Thursday 7 June 2012 the CoCooN research project Lands and Rights in Troubled Waters will host its second international conference at Utrecht University, entitled Land-use Change, Socio-environmental Harm and Human Rights Violations in Colombia and Brazil. Read more... |
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Research for Global Development: Breaking the cycleWOTRO's research website Research for Global Development now features an interview and a video about the work in Rwanda of researchers Pieter Hooimeijer and Ignace Kabano. They investigate how the vicious cycle of poverty and population growth can best be broken. Their research shows that investing in reproductive health services can be a way to quickly and effectively improve quality of life. Visit the site... |
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WOTRO launches MFSII Evaluations websiteWOTRO recently launched the website for the Joint MFS II Evaluations of development interventions. This research programme aims to evaluate development interventions implemented by Dutch Co-Financing Agencies and their (Southern) partners and, by doing so, to contribute to the improvement of future development interventions. On www.wotro.nl/mfs2 you can find all the relevant information about the programme, such as awarded projects, news, events and details on the aim and structure of the programme. |
 | DFID: £4,5 million for new call CoCooNThe UK Department for International Development (DFID) has allocated £4,5 million (approximately 5,4 million euros) to fund a new phase in the CoCooN programme. The funding will be used to finance a new call for proposals. Applications should focus on the theme Conflict or Cooperation in Managing Climate Change (CCMCC). The call will be developed in the coming months and is expected to be launched before the summer of 2012. WOTRO will once again be responsible for managing the call. For more information on CoCooN, please go to www.wotro.nl/cocoon |
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Conference Food Business across BoundariesOn 15 March, WOTRO co-hosted the conference Food First: Food Business across Boundaries. The meeting was attended by approximately 120 people. Together, they discussed what knowledge is necessary to increase global food security and how scientists, companies and government can work together in developing and applying research results and innovations that offer solutions for the growing food demand? Several representatives from science, business and government, among them the Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade, Henk Bleker, presented their views. Read more… |
