PN National Bulletin - 3 October 2008
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Engineers
Without Borders UK Professional Network Bulletin
3 October 2008 - Upcoming events and info
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- EWB-UK TRAINING COURSES 2008 – Apply now online - link - EWB-UK NATIONAL CONFERENCE 24-26TH OCT
- OTHER EVENTS & COURSES - OPPORTUNITIES |
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Hello Professional Network, A warm welcome to all. I am Julia Allison and I have recently taken on the role of updating the Bulletin. Therefore if there is anything you would like to see on the Bulletin or if you have any comments, please do not hesitate to drop me a line at julia.allison@ewb-uk.org. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPCOMING EWB-UK TRAINING
EVENTS
Clare Farm Clare Farm is back again, and due to popular demand we've made it longer to allow us to fit even more into the packed programme! This course is a joint venture with the RedR Cambridge Group, it takes place at the home of Kim and Beth Waterhouse - two very generous supporters of EWB-UK who let us take over their garden, garage and home to enable us to run this fantastic course which covers elements of water supply, shelter construction and personal health amongst other skills useful in a development and disaster relief context.
EWB-UK National
Conference One of the highlights of the EWB-UK year, the National Conference is an inspiring event which brings all the teams together to participate in internal training, work on the strategy for the year ahead and for everyone to get to know each other! This year it is taking place in the beautiful Peak District and is a valuable opportunity for meeting fellow EWB-UK members and getting inspired and invigorated for the year ahead. If you would like to attend, please contact Victoria Hickman at professional_network@ewb-uk.org to arrange your place.
Personal Risk Assessment
Abroad
This course is ideal for anyone considering working
abroad. It will use real-life case studies of difficulties
encountered while working in developing countries and advice on how to
deal with them effectively, keeping you safe in potentially dangerous
situations.
For
further information or to apply, please go to:
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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS & COURSES .......................................................
RedR courses
RedR run many exciting courses focussing on humanitarian and disaster relief work. Check out their upcoming courses
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Shared
Planet 2008
Birmingham, 21st – 23rd
November 2008
Shared Planet brings hundreds of students and young people together for a weekend packed with big-name speakers, skills and issues workshops, debates, discussions, art, and a massive party! See here for information about previous Shared Planet events
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International Development Certificate
Programme,
Humanitarian Centre,
Cambridge
An
exciting series of five, term-long programmes to develop an interest and
understanding of international development. See LINK for details.
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Google Earth Training
Courses
Bring your expeditions alive with Google Earth. For use in presentations, websites and for participants to report back what they have learnt.
Basic
Google Earth training Contact Lucy Bruzzone at go@rgs.org www.rgs.org/go ...................................................
HELP lecture on
"Nargis & Wenchuan – the humanitarian logistics lessons learned from
the emergency responses in Myanmar and China"
Tuesday 28th October 2008 - 0930 – 14.00 Victory Services Club, 63 – 79 Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF (Nearest Tube – Marble Arch)
The symposium will include presentations by humanitarian logisticians and other emergency response staff including Matt Hollingworth from World Food Programme (WFP); who heads the United Nations Logistics Cluster and lead their operations in Yangon.
If you would like to attend please complete the booking form www.ciltuk.org.uk/download/NargisWenchuanSeminarOct08_BookingForm.pdf and then e-mail Membership Services at membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting booking code HELP006.
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Design Competition: Discarded Dreams
What can you do with a million mattresses? That is the question posed for the Open Architecture Network Design competition, Discarded Dreams. Deadline is December the 5th and more information can be found at http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/mattress
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OPPORTUNITIES .......................................................
Could you be a Project Manager?
The Placements Team is looking for volunteers to take on the role of Project Managers for the 2009 placements programme. It's a hugely important function, providing a link between our partner NGOs and the placement volunteers. Please contact Gareth Lewis (Placement Coordinator) at placements@ewb-uk.org.
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Practical Action Consulting
Great opportunity at Practical Action Consulting for a year or maybe more. The 12 month opportunity at PAC would be suitable for fairly recent graduate giving them a great chance to get paid while gaining in depth experience of the sector and the Practical Action organization. Deadline Friday 17th October. For further information visit www.practicalactionconsulting.org
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Two opportunities working in Sudan with GOAL
GOAL WASH Manager
The WASH Manager will co-ordinate all Abyei programmes in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion. A special emphasis on community ownership and contribution of water and sanitation projects requires particular strength in approaches like Community-Led Total Sanitation. Additionally the WASH manager will be coordinating closely with the health manager and health promotion team on consolidated community WASH program. In light of recent insecurities this is critical to the current response.
GOAL – Water and Sanitation Coordinator
The
Water and Sanitation Coordinator will be directly responsible for the
overall management of water and sanitation activities, including (but not
limited to) planning of activities to be implemented, supervision of the
activities to ensure that the agreed minimum standards are met, sound
financial management of these activities, the overall support and
management of all water and sanitation staff, and direct management of the
Watsan Field Engineers and the Watsan Community Support
Manager.
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UNICEF Child Friendly Schools
Interested
in working abroad?
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Ministry of Infrastructure, Rwanda
Immediate
vacancy abroad on road signing project Rwanda. The Rwandan
Government, specifically the Ministry of Infrastructure, is seeking one or
more civil/transportation engineers with significant signing experience.
Road signs in Rwanda are inadequate, especially in the Capital of
Kigali. Please send CV and brief covering letter to Chad Corsten
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