This report (PDF file) goes into great detail about the post war rehabilitation process in Kosovo from a gender perspective. It is the result of a field trip to Kosovo in October 2007 made by some staff members from The School for a Culture of Peace. It has been published as an online report and it can be viewed at http://www.escolapau.org/img/qcp/qcp02i.pdf. The 40-page report gives an in-depth history of the conflict in the region and is a document that could be extremely educational to commu more...

A virtual library of sources on power and administrative reform in post-socialist countries have been recently created. The virtual reference library is a public source. It can be used by anyone interested in studying bureaucracies in a comparative perspective. Furthermore, the library is designed as a collaboratively edited reference project, i.e., users can add new entries and upload new documents. This tool aims at facilitating the task of locating relevant bibliographical sources: books and more...

"This “learning” map was designed during a long conversation with three enthusiastic system thinkers. Dennis Meadows, Jørgen Randers and Khaled Saeed accepted an invitation by Dow Europe for a retreat at the American Academy of Berlin. There they shared their views about which elements would be necessary and sufficient to describe our world and how they influence each other. While system experts model connections and feedback loops with mathematical function we only used the simplest conven more...

This "public domain" resource is a nice multimedia presentation on the United Nations. It is also available as a PDF file. (http://www.un.org/un60/60ways_short.pdf)

The EC-FAO Food Security Programme has launched a new distance learning unit on Food Security Information Systems and Networks.
This unit introduces and provides guidance in assessing different kinds of information systems related to food security analysis. Specific lessons include:

1. Food Security Information Systems
This lesson describes the objectives and functions of food security information systems. It introduces a basic framework for examining the various components of information more...

Studying-Development.org is an online community which aims to help orientate those wishing to enter, or already active in Development and Humanitarian Aid. The site features a growing course directory which is international in scope and covers professional training, as well as university degree courses.

eRepublic.org contains a more up-to-date, comprehensive directory of national government Internet sites and / or ( when found comprehensive for the a country's individual eGov sites and user-friendly ) Web portals worldwide. The directory also includes, amongst other eGov related things, active Web site listings for diplomatic missions abroad by country. Sources are listed by country alphabetically. The Web site also provides interesting resources related to e-Government (news, guides...).

Continuous Progress is a set of practical, web-based tools to help donors and advocates work together to plan, evaluate, learn from and improve their foreign policy advocacy efforts. The site provides a step-by-step roadmap for planning advocacy programs and conducting evaluations before, during and after a campaign.

Whether you are a grantmaker just setting your goals or an advocate knee-deep in execution, consulting Continuous Progress is a quick way to ensure that you are making the most o more...

The Logical Framework Matrix is a tool widely used in our days to describe and outline information about a specific organization. The use of the logical framework matrix simplifies work in the MTEF process.

The Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) is one of the latest reforms to public expenditure management in developing countries, having been introduced in different forms by a number of governments. The MTEF is a tool for linking policy, planning and budgeting over a medium term (3 or more...

This paper written by Mbuso Gerald Dlamini highlights how the essential characteristics that enable better practice of corporate governance in the Swaziland public sector. The phrase Corporate Governance has become rather popular of late. It encapsulates a number of processes directed to achieving accountability within an organization.