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Written by SciDev.net, published August 11, 2010
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 06:55 |
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The National Science and Technology Development Agency will begin to involve private firms in public sector research to increase the usability and marketability of research results and outputs.
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 The National Science and Technology Development Agency will begin to involve private firms in public sector research to increase the usability and marketability of research results and outputs.
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Written by SciDev.net, published August 11, 2010
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 06:27 |
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A professional discipline called 'operational biosurveillance' has emerged over the past 12 years and it harnesses the power of the Internet and social networking to monitor infectious disease outbreaks after disasters and issue early warnings.
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 A professional discipline called 'operational biosurveillance' has emerged over the past 12 years and it harnesses the power of the Internet and social networking to monitor infectious disease outbreaks after disasters and issue early warnings.
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Written by International Development Research Centre
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 05:25 |
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The International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Climate Change and Water (CCW) program is pleased to launch a call for proposals for its new graduate research awards in climate change and water - ‘Adaptation H2O’.
The Adaptation H2O graduate research awards program aims to promote important research on the water related impacts of climate change as well as to build the capacity of students working in related fields.
Adaptation H2O will provide research awards to graduate students from developing countries (enrolled in a masters or PhD program) and to Canadian citizens or permanent residents (enrolled in a PhD program) to work on subjects related to climate change and water in developing countries. For more details regarding eligibility criteria please refer to the call for proposals. Application details can be found at: www.idrc.ca/Adaptation-H2O < http://www.idrc.ca/Adaptation-H2O> The application deadline is Friday October 15, 2010.
 The International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Climate Change and Water (CCW) program is pleased to launch a call for proposals for its new graduate research awards in climate change and water - ‘Adaptation H2O’.
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Written by Diana Nurwidiastuti, published July 27, 2010
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Monday, 02 August 2010 09:16 |
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One sunny Friday afternoon in UI Campus, Depok-West Java, Indonesia organized iTalk: iBoP Asia Grantees with the Stakeholders. iTalk is short from Innovation Talk, a forum served for sharing knowledge, experience, success and failures among grantees and also to the stakeholders, said Dr. Jean Caleda-iBoP Asia Project’s Co-Director. This event is engaging the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Indonesia.
Presenting in the forum are the four Indonesian grantees who received iBoP Asia grant in 2009 period. They are: Dr. Agus R. Utomo (UI), Dr. Agus Ahmad Setiawan (UGM), Dr. Hira Laksmiwati (ITB), and Dr. Bachti Alisjahbana (Unpad-RSHS). The UI team has reached 90% progress in their project of building hatchery machine that is applicable for areas with or without electricity. The UGM team is employing solar power pump for water filter in Gunung Kidul, Yogya. The ITB team is working on ICT system for the multi-handicapped person as well as building e-database for their monitoring that in the end will be useful for reference to improve the multi-handicapped’ condition and capabilities as well as their management. The Unpad team will provide a simple multi-fever kit for 4 most frequent fever in Indonesia (Typhoid, Malaria, Dengue, and Leptospirosis). The project is in cooperation with Hasan Saidikin Hospital and Biochemistry Lab-ITB to produce antigen.
Attended the forum iBoP Asia Partners such as the Martha Tilaar Foundation, the Asean Centre for Energy, CSR of the Astra Int’l Tbk, and lecturers, researchers, and students of the Electrical Engineering of the University of Indonesia.
In the discussion session the participants showed their appreciation on the project that are potential for helping the BoP and the disables improving their economy as well as life quality. However a big concern arose on how the innovations will sustain. Adding to this concern, Dr. Tusy A. Adibroto, Secretary of Dewan Riset Nasional and PAC chairman that the technology must have direct economy value to the people. Given her experience in implementing techno-economy concept in processing River Waste in Citarum River in West-Java, Indonesia. The technology allow the community to process the plastic waste that can be recycle to many plastic products as well as to supply the plastic factory. Within couple of years reported that the community is expecting bigger machine since they are scaling up and receive supply of plastic waste from other cities. Her story is one of success example of sustained appropriate technology.
In other part of remarks, Dr. Muhammad Asvial-Head of Electrical Engineering Dept of the University of Indonesia expecting government, in this case DRN and the Ministry of Research and Technology of Indonesia to catch the pro-poor innovations and link them to the Indonesian industrial department and in cooperation with Small-Medium Enterprises for scaling up.
 Translation of the post-event article released in Suma online (http://suma.ui.ac.id/liputan/innovation-talk).
One sunny Friday afternoon in UI Campus, Depok-West Java, Indonesia organized iTalk: iBoP Asia Grantees with the Stakeholders.
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Written by Kafil Yamin, published July 30, 2010
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Monday, 02 August 2010 02:54 |
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Kafil Yamin of SciDev.net features iBoP Asia, some of our grant projects, and key insights from our Innovations Forum last March to show how technologies can be developed, re-designed, and made affordable for the poor.
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 Kafil Yamin of SciDev.net features iBoP Asia, some of our grant projects, and key insights from our Innovations Forum last March to show how technologies can be developed, re-designed, and made affordable for the poor.
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Written by SciDev.net, published June 16, 2010
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Monday, 28 June 2010 07:15 |
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 The Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) of the University of Sussex releases a manifesto proposing an agenda to make R&D programs in poor countries more equitable, inclusive and sustainable
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Written by Mary Grace P. Santos
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Monday, 31 May 2010 09:41 |
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In the spirit of innovating together, we are starting this discussion to get YOUR ideas and thoughts on how to best develop and promote innovative sanitation techniques for poor communities.
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Written by VOV News.vn
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Monday, 31 May 2010 02:04 |
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 iBoP Asia, in partnership with the Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development, discussed how technology can be used to alleviate poverty in a forum held in Hanoi, Vietnam last May 28.
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Written by Mary Grace P. Santos
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Friday, 23 April 2010 15:48 |
 This week, iBoP Asia welcomed two representatives from our partner organization, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), who came to visit and meet with some of our Philippine-based grantees and local community partners. |
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Written by From The Times of India, published April 18, 2010
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Monday, 19 April 2010 10:02 |
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 Dr. Prahalad, well known for his corporate strategy and management theories, including "the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid", passed away last April 17 in San Diego, California.
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Written by From Vimeo.com
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Friday, 16 April 2010 12:15 |
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 A video featuring Josh Kearns of Aqueous Solutions, a partner organization of iBoP Asia. He shares how they are working with underserved communities around the world to develop and implement appropriate but inexpensive technologies for providing safe drinking water.
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