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Posted: April 19, 2016

IPBES calls for nominations for their Fellowship Pilot Programme

In a recent post we published IPBES’ call on governments and other relevant stakeholders to nominate experts to participate in the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the workshop to further scope the thematic assessment of the sustainable use…

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Capacity Development

UNITAR’s new online course: Introduction to the 2030 Agenda – A New Agenda for a Sustainable World

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has developed a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to address potential knowledge gaps related to changes required from policy-makers and ordinary citizens, to achieve the SDGs. Read more

Posted: April 13, 2016

Call for papers or proposals

SNAPP Call for Proposals 2016

The Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) delivers evidence-based, scalable solutions for problems at the collective interface of economic development, nature conservation, and human well-being. SNAPP is especially interested in receiving proposals from the development and humanitarian sectors as…

Posted: April 12, 2016

Fellowships & Study Grants

Call for proposals for the preparation of structured doctoral programs

The funding initiative “Between Europe and the Orient – A Focus on Research and Higher Education in/on Central Asia and the Caucasus” was set up to support either projects that deal with current local developments or that are structurally anchored…

Posted: April 11, 2016

e-Learning

Online Course: Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities, Lund University, Sweden

Online Course: Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities, Lund University, Sweden Runs April 25 – June 6, 2016. Read more

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Call for experts

UN calls on Local Business Leaders, Changemakers to ‘Pioneer’ Action on SDGs

The “Local SDG Pioneers” programme will honor selected business leaders and change makers who can demonstrate business success through the advancement of sustainable development in their country. Individuals acting on new SDG business opportunities can nominate themselves until April 30,…

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Call for experts

IPBES Call for nomination of experts and fellows for the Global Assessment and experts for the scoping of the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

Governments and other relevant stakeholders are invited to nominate experts to participate in the Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the workshop to further scope the thematic assessment of the sustainable use of Biodiversity. In addition, governments and relevant…

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Jobs & Internships

Sustainability Education Officer, Sydney, Australia

Keep NSW Beautiful is a leading not-for-profit environmental organisation established in 1975 to have maximum positive change in the NSW environment. Our prominent sustainability education program has an opening for a temporary educator, with the possibility of extension. http://www.seek.com.au/job/30727539?savedSearchID=11242382&tracking=JMC-SAU-eDM-JobMail4.01-3881

Posted: February 25, 2016

Jobs & Internships

Apply Now for UNU-IAS 2016 Master’s and Doctoral Programmes

The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability is now accepting applications for the September 2016 admission to its Master of Science in Sustainability programme, and it’s PhD in Sustainability Science programme. The application deadlines are 18…

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e-Learning

Online course: Engaging citizens a game changer for development?

This MOOC has been developed to explore what is meant by citizen engagement and how it can be used to enhance development impact. Sessions start beginning of February.