WOTRO Newsflash 16 - May 2009

This is the electronic newsletter of WOTRO Science for Global Development. It is published every six weeks and provides information about deadlines, awarded subsidies, research results and policy.

WOTRO and NWO deadlines

Health Policy and Health Systems Research
This month WOTRO Science for Global Development will launch the first call of the new research programme Global Health Policy and Health Systems (GHPHS). This research programme will fund excellent health policy and health systems research. Deadline for submission of preproposals will be 1 September 2009. Read more...

Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands have joined forces to launch a new research programme: the Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources programme (CoCooN). The programme is part of the NWO-theme Conflict and Security. The first call is scheduled for autumn 2009. Read more...

WOTRO news

May 14: Meeting Health Policy and Health Systems Research
This Thursday a meeting will be held in the Hague to inform researchers, consultants, NGO's, and interested others about the upcoming research programme Health Policy and Health Systems Research. An important topic will be the first call for proposals within this research programme. The meeting will offer presentations on the background and aims of the research programme and the first call for proposals, as well as a networking opportunity to find the right partner to add to your team. Read more...

Pre-announcement: up coming matchmaking workshops CoCooN
The Directorate General of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will organise matchmaking workshops in The Netherlands, Africa, Asia and South America, around the 2009 summer period. The first meeting will be held in The Hague on Monday, June 8, 2009. Read more...

June 8: Information meeting CoCooN
On June 8, a meeting will be held in the Netherlands to inform researchers, NGO's and interested others about the research programme CoCooN Conflict and Cooperation over Natural Resources in Developing Countries. The meeting will offer detailed information on the aims of the research programme, as well as on the matchmakings workshops in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Read more...

WOTRO houses secretariat SANPAD
Since the beginning of this month, WOTRO houses the Dutch secretariat of SANPAD, a collaborative research programme which promotes development-related research in South Africa. Read more...

Aad Kessler winner WOTRO communication award
At the occasion of the WOTRO Research Day, April 7th 2009, researcher Aad Kessler and his research team received the WOTRO Communication Award for their innovative communication strategy towards policy-makers: Using video and computer games. Read more...

Awarded subsidies

Young researchers investigate the world
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Rubicon grants to 27 young and promising researchers. Dutch researchers who have recently gained a doctorate can use the grant to gain research experience abroad. Foreign researchers may undertake research in the Netherlands. Read more...

Highlight of Research Results

Peruvian stalagmites a new basis for 'Inconvenient truth'?
Will the Netherlands that is dominated by water succumb to the 'Inconvenient Truth' predicted by Al Gore? Dutch researcher Martin van Breukelen analysed stalagmites from the South American Amazon tributaries in Peru. He used stalagmites to reconstruct climate changes in the past. Read more...

Other News

China and the Netherlands join forces for research into water management
During a recent working visit to China, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts & Sciences (KNAW) reached agreement with their Chinese counterparts regarding the theme for the new Joint Scientific Thematic Research Programme (JSTP). For the first round, the partners have selected the theme of 'Integrated water management in relation to climate change and sea level rise'. Read more...

Just published: Knowledge on the Move

This publication reflects the outcome of a vibrant conference organised by WOTRO, the ISS and Nuffic. Three crosscutting issues formed the basis for discussion: building equal research partnerships, shaping capacity development in the field of research, and embedding research in society to ensure application and valorization of the research outcomes. Read more...

14 May: Global Health Policy and Health Systems Research Meeting
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25 May - Bessensap, the event where science meets the press
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8 June: Cocoon meeting
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