Training Programmes conducted at Various Organisations

Comingup events for year 2008

IDeA-(The Institute of Development Action) Announces The Basic Course in Development Action (BCDA 4)on 18th – 22nd September 2008

Media Matters organises 4th annual workshop on Participatory Communication & Action: Approaches, Tools, Processes. The six-day residential programme will be held at Talegaon (near Lonavla, Maharashtra) from September 25 -30, 2008.

GRASSROOTS INDIA TRUST next trainings for 2008
-Organic Agriculture to be held on 6-12 October 2008 in HP
-Participatory Planning, Monitoring/ Evaluation to be held on 10-12 November 2008 in Delhi

Course on Social Research Methodology 15th October - 1st December 2008 organised by Indian Social Institute Bangalore

Interesting Courses at the Bija Vidyapeeth, Navdanya
Navdanya (meaning nine crops) started as a program of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE), a participatory research initiative founded by world-renowned scientist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva, to provide direction and support to environmental activism. During 2008, Navdanya will be organizing the following programs at New Delhi/Dehradun. Dedicated professionals and individuals with depth of experience from India and abroad will participate as resource.

_{September 2008}	_{Course on Nano-technology with ETC, Canada}
_{October 3-10, 2008}	_{Fast Food Nation}
_{November 24- December7, 2008:}	_{Gandhi and Globalization}

programs and contact information

Certificate course Gender, Diversity and Development, A joint programme of Xavier Institute of Social Service

(XISS), Ranchi and Visthar on 4 -30 August 2008 at Visthar, Bangalore

Indian Social Institute, Bangalore is organising training programme

HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT		TRAINING UNIT
Legal Resources for Social action & Empowerment [Aug 4-17, 2008 ] Empowering leaders of domestic workers [ Aug 9, 2008 & Nov 9, 2008] Human rights day celebrations[Dec 10, 2008] Workshop on advocacy, Lobbying and Networking [Jan 5-9, 2009]		Lawyers collective for human rights interventions [Oct 04-05, 2008] Today's university youth in a global context (karnataka based colleges ) [Feb 27-Mar 1, 2009] "Public Meeting on Special Economic Zones" programme date yet to be announced ( 1 day) venue is Loyala College, Chennai.
WOMEN'S UNIT		RESEARH UNIT
workshop on health rights for women gender equity for college students Dalit women's empowerment through legal resources Dalit women in political empowerment Domestic violence Act 2005 workshop displacement of dalit bahujans Workshop on Human trafficking South India level consultation on dalit women situation and strategies for action [programme details/dates yet to be announced]		course on social research methods [oct 15-29, 2008]