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MDP
Secretariat
Newsletter
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Greetings!
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Help us to welcome the newest members of the global network of MDP programs!
Today, the John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation formally announced grants totaling $5.6 million to ten universities in eight countries to establish new Master's in Development Practice (MDP) programs. Six of the grant recipients include:
- The Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) Paris, France
- Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Colombia)
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- University of California, Berkeley)
- University of Winnipeg (Winnipeg, Canada)
- Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (Turrialba, Costa Rica)
For the full MacArthur Foundation press release, please click HERE.
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MacArthur Foundation Interactive MDP Map
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The MacArthur Foundation has developed an interactive map with videos - visually depicting the global influence of the network of Master's in Development Practice programs. To explore, please click on the map below.
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The Global Network of MDP Programs Continues to Grow
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Learn more about the newest MDP programs:
 The Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) (Paris, France) will serve as a regional francophone MDP hub and focus on sustainable development in the Maghreb and West Africa. Students will be able to choose from among four field training opportunities in Senegal, Burkina-Faso, Tunisia, and Morocco.
� Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher  Education Center (CATIE) (Turrialba, Costa Rica) is a leading research and graduate training institute with expertise in tropical agriculture, natural resource management, and sustainable development. The Center's MDP program will have several partner organizations including the University of Minnesota, which will expand the Center's focus to include health sciences.
 Universidad de los Andes (Bogot�, Colombia) will build on its Master's in Environmental Management within the School of Management to focus on climate change and conservation for the Andean-Amazon region, in addition to offering a curriculum in the MDP core competencies of the social, natural, and health sciences.
� Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) will offer courses and field training on the biodiversity of the Atlantic Rainforest and the Amazon Region, as well as the challenges posed by the country's urbanization. The program will collaborate with one university in Mozambique and three in Brazil and, serving as the MDP hub for Portuguese-speaking Latin America and Africa.
 University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California) will be housed in the College of Natural Resources but draw from faculty across the University, including engineering, business, and public policy. The program will also offer an open source curriculum that will be available to other universities in the MDP network. The University will partner with the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (Costa Rica), the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study in Agriculture (the Philippines), and St. Petersburg State University (Russia), among others.
� University of Winnipeg (Winnipeg, Canada) will offer an MDP program with a focus on indigenous peoples and sustainable development. Winnipeg will partner with the University of Ottawa and Pontifica Universidad Cat�lica del Peru, which will serve as the primary link between the program and indigenous communities throughout Canada and Latin America.
More information on these programs is available at www.macfound.org
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Global MDP Programs
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BRAC Deveolopment Institute(Dhaka, Bangladesh) CATIE (Turrialba, Costa Rica)Columbia University (New York, USA) Emory University (Atlanta, USA)James Cook University (Cairns and Townsville, Australia)TCD and UCD, Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)TERI University (New Delhi, India)Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)University of Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana)University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) (Dakar, Senegal)University of California, Davis (Davis, USA)University of Denver (Denver, USA)University of Florida (Gainesville, USA)University of Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria)University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA)University of Peradeniya (Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
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In Their Words:
Columbia University MDP Students |  MDP Students Will Spend Their Summer Working in Africa and Southeast Asia
A core part of the
Master's in Development Practice is hands-on skills building. To that end, the
first cohort of the Columbia MDP program is thrilled to be spending this summer
at six Millennium Village sites across Africa and Southeast Asia for a comprehensive
twelve week field training. To read more on Columbia University's MDP students upcoming summer field training, click HERE.
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Join The Network
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 Universities
committed to inter-disciplinary, rigorous, and practice-based training
in sustainable development are invited to join the global network of
MDP programs. Development
Agencies, NGOs and Businesses are also welcome. For more information on joining the global network, please click here.
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