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MDP
Secretariat
Newsletter
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Greetings!
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Greetings!
We are pleased to bring you the June-July-August edition of the Global MDP Network E-Newsletter.
In this issue we introduce you to The Development
Practitioners Forum, an organization which shares the vision of
transforming
development practice and creating a movement of informed,
interdisciplinary,
and networked professionals who have the skills and tools at their
disposal to produce
better development results. We also highlight Columbia University's MDP Student's Field Training experience to-date in Africa and Southeast Asia. And, we provide information on three employment opportunities available within the global network of MDP programs.
Enjoy!
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Featured Global MDP Collaborator
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Development practitioners, increasingly from the
global South, are being asked to take on interdisciplinary roles for which
access to a broad range of knowledge is vital, a challenge identified by both
the Forum and the MDP Secretariat. The
collective experience of these practitioners represents an immense store of
knowledge about what works and what doesn't in the field. Unfortunately these professionals are often lacking
professional networks, and are not afforded the
opportunity to broadcast experiences - both successes and failures - to their
peers around the world. Consequently
"what happens in the field stays in the field".
In an
attempt to solve this problem, the Development Practitioners Forum has created InfoSpring, an innovative online Q&A platform that enables
practitioners to support one another and crowd-source solutions to development
problems.Muthoni is a featured Member of the Practitioners Forum.  |
InfoSpring's primary
functionality allows users to organize around a problem-solving process that
feeds knowledge from those who possess it to those who need it. The site is
democratic in spirit and user-driven. Its current themes line up very closely with core subject matter in the
MDP programs, of sustainable
agriculture, food security, climate change, and natural resource management.
Learn more
of how you can participate in InfoSpring by simply clicking HERE.
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From the MDP Field
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Senegal, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi
& Cambodia: Beyond the MDP Classroom:
The importance of environmentally
appropriate roads and drainage systems, the critical role of community leaders,
the need for sustainable strategies to ensure that school children are provided
with nutritious meals, the positive (and the unanticipated) effects of
establishing and strengthening quality health care systems in resource-poor
settings, the impact of transportation shortages and procurement delays, and
the persistent challenge of promoting behavior change for improved health and
hygiene are among the broad range of issues that Columbia University's MDP students are confronting
in their first weeks of the training-lessons that could not have been taught in
the classroom.
Columbia University's MDP students have begun sharing their
stories and pictures on the Earth Institute blog (available here), where you may
follow
their journey through the field training
program.
Read the full article, HERE.
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The MDP Diplomatic Corner
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Meeting with the United Nation's Secretary- General
Columbia University's MDP Students, undertaking their Field Training in the Millennium Village of Mwandama in Malawi, received a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet the United Nation's Secretary General Ban-ki Moon.
 Ban-Ki Moon made his first trip to the Malawian Millennium Village to express his
support and optimism in the progress already made in achieving the
Millennium Development Goals. The Secretary General urges other
countries to witness the success and to mobilize themselves in the
effort to achieve the MDG's. Read the EI Blog on Ban-Ki Moon's visit, HERE. |
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Global MDP Programs
| 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)Sciences Po(Paris, France)Universidad de los Andes(Bogota, Colombia)UFRRJ(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)University of Botswana (Gaborone, Botswana)University of California, Berkeley(Berkeley, California)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)University of Winnipeg(Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
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Global MDP Network - Job Postings
| MDP Secretariat - Associate Director
The Global Master's in Development Practice Secretariat seeks an Associate Director for Academic Programs, to develop curricular resources and training materials while also building systems that leverage technology to enhance teaching and learning in Master's in Development Practice programs worldwide. For more information, click HERE.
University of Winnipeg - MDP Director
The University of Winnipeg will be recruiting, in a tenure-track position an outstanding Director with academic and development experience, and particular skill in working with Indigenous communities and populations. The successful candidate will help develop the curriculum, coordinate the implementation of the MDP and teach in the program. For more information, click HERE.
Columbia University - MDP Program ManagerReporting to the Director of the MPA in Development Practice, the incumbent assists the Director on matters related to administration, budget monitoring, program planning and support, student recruitment and services, and resource mobilization. For more information, click HERE. |
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