Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tristram.edc.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA18650; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 15:31:21 -0400 From: "PRODDER"Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:27:19 GMT +0200 To: gkd@tristram.edc.org Subject: e-PRODDER-mail - Number 71 Sender: owner-gkd@tristram.edc.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gkd@tristram.edc.org Status: RO X-Status: e-PRODDER-mail 6 July 1998 Number 71 Edited and compiled by David Barnard and Yzette Terreblanche (further edited for this List by the Moderators) A. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS NATIONAL APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SERVICE (NATIS) The newly formed NATIS seeks to promote the use of appropriate technology (AT) in various fields of rural development activities in South Africa. NATIS is the South African branch of RATIS (Regional ATIS), a GTZ funded programme for Southern Africa. A workshop was held from 1-3 April 1998 in Port St Johns where an interim NATIS committee was established and a plan of action put in place to look at activities to be carried out. The activities include drawing up a constitution and business plan, raising resources for the network, and the spread of the network to the other provinces of South Africa. It was agreed that the network should, for an initial phase, be limited to the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu/Natal and Mpumalanga (due to the workshop participants), but with the option to expand if groups from other provinces show interest. The promotion of the use of AT through NATIS will be based on the following specific objectives, namely creating a network between AT practitioners to enable exchange of AT information, experiences and knowledge through publications, seminars, workshops, study tours and exchange visits, identifying local/provincial AT needs, collecting and disseminating relevant AT information, research on AT innovations and lobbying of government on the use of AT within its development programmes. Interested groups are invited to participate in the finalising of the constitution and the BP. ENQUIRIES: Navy Simunkonda, ECOLINK (Inforeach) Tel: (+27) (13) 751-2120 Fax: (+27) (13) 751-3287 Stefanie Zeiss, TRALSO Tel: (+27) (471) 31-2851 Fax: (+27) (471) 31-2853 B. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/MEETINGS (Conferences marked with an asterisk (*) are appearing in e-PRODDER-mail for the first time) SOUTHERN AFRICAN CONFERENCES HIGHWAY AFRICA - NEW MEDIA IN AFRICA CONFERENCE (*) DATE: 7-9 September 1998 VENUE: Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA ENQUIRIES: Roland Stanbridge, Highway Africa Team Tel: (+27) (46) 603-8336 Fax: (+27) (46) 622-8447 E-mail: roland@thoth.ru.ac.za INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES RURAL TELECOM '98 (*) DATE: 5-8 October 1998 VENUE: Aspen, Colorado, UNITED STATES ENQUIRIES: Toni Black, Colorado Mountain College Tel: (+1) (303) 620 4777 E-mail: black@coloradomtn.edu WWW: http://ruraltelecon.orgovuln.htmlnotes TELECONFERENCING USERS CONFERENCE (TeleCon XVIII) (*) DATE: 26-28 October 1998 VENUE: Anaheim, CA, UNITED STATES ENQUIRIES: Conference Organisers WWW: http://www.abctelecon.comuln.htmlnotes TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DESIGN #3 (*) DATE: 26-28 October 1998 VENUE: London, UNITED KINGDOM ENQUIRIES: Martin Charter, Centre for Sustainable Design Tel: (+44) (1252) 89-2772 Fax: (+44) (1252) 89-2747 WWW: http://www.cfsd.org.ukcomuln.htmlnotes TRANSFORMATION OF LEARNING - CAMDEN TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE '98 (*) DATE: 23-25 October 1998 VENUE: Camden, ME, UNITED STATES ENQUIRIES: Conference Organisers E-mail: info@camcon.org WWW: www.camcon.org 5th PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE (*) THEME: Community Space and Cyberspace DATE: 1 December 1998 VENUE: London, UNITED KINGDOM ENQUIRIES: Kevin Harris Tel: (+44) (171) 226-5375 Fax: (+44) (171) 704-0313 E-mail: kevin@cdf.org.uk C. TRAINING COURSES DYNAMIC AUDIO VISUAL (*) Presentations Visual Made Easy. 28 July or 18 August 1998. Two-day Computer Graphic Course. 19-20 August 1998. ENQUIRIES: Beverley Short, Dynamic Audio Visual Tel: (+27) (11) 672-8767 Fax: (+27) (11) 672-8786 E-mail: dav@cis.co.za PUBLISHING TRAINING PROJECT Copywriting. 14-15 July 1998 (Cape Town) (*) Commissioning. 27-28 July 1998 Labour Relations Act and Basic Conditions of Employment Act. 31 August (Johannesburg) and 17 September 1998 (Cape Town) How to get published. 23 September 1998 (Johannesburg) How to start your own business in the publishing sector. 7,14,21 and 28 September 1998 (Johannesburg) ENQUIRIES: Mary Ralphs, Training Coordinator, Publishing Training Project Tel: (+27) (11) 728-2898 Fax: (+27) (11) 728-3164 E-mail: ptpmary@mail.icon.co.za D. INTERNET NEWS AND WEBSITES African Information Society Initiative (AISI) http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisis Database of South African Training and Capacity Building Providers http://www.prodder.co.zapartners/aisis Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 40th Anniversary http://www.un.org/depts/eca/eca40thsis Global Knowledge for Development (GKD) http://www.globalknowledge.orga40thsis Global Reproductive Health Forum http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet Human Resource Development Sites for Africa http://www.apk.co.za/apklink.htmnizations/healthnet World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology http://www.unesco.org/ethics/uk/connaissances/index2.html World Learning, Inc. http://www.worldlearning.org/uk/connaissances/index2.html E. PRODDER ADDRESS DETAIL David Barnard - Coordinator Yzette Terreblanche - Development Information Officer Beverly Bernhardt - Administrative Officer P O Box 32410 2017 Braamfontein SOUTH AFRICA Tel: (+27) (11) 482-6150 Fax: (+27) (11) 482-4739 E-mail: DBB@zeus.hsrc.ac.za or YOF@zeus.hsrc.ac.za WWW: http://www.prodder.co.za/org/uk/connaissances/index2.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to e-PRODDER-mail - a weekly e-mail development information service compiled by the Programme for Development Research (PRODDER) at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in partnership with the South African National NGO Coalition. NB. All South African development-related organisations (eg. NGOs, research institutions, funders, CSI departments, etc.) are reminded to submit information on their activities (completed questionnaires) for inclusion in PRODDER: The South African Development Directory 1998/9 by 31 July 1998.