Notice Board

RELEASE December 20, 2005

Kenyan scientist honored

Cambridge , MA , December 20, 2005 : A renowned Kenyan scientist, Professor Calestous Juma, has been elected to the prestigious Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). Juma has been honored for his outstanding contributions to policy research on the application of science and technology to development. His “work on the implications of biotechnology for sustainable development in Africa is widely cited,” TWAS says.

Juma is professor of the practice of international development at Harvard University 's Kennedy School of Government where he also serves as director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization project. He is a former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and founder of the African Centre for Technology (ACTS) in Nairobi . Juma was recently elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and the New York Academy of Sciences as well as a member of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences.

He recently co-chaired the UN Millennium Project's Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation and currently co-chairs the High-Level Expert Panel on Modern Biotechnology sponsored set up by the African Union (AU) and housed by the New Partnership for Africa 's Development (NEPAD). He holds a PhD on science and technology policy studies. His latest book, Going for Growth: Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa was published in London in November 2005.

A total of 50 fellows from 23 countries were elected to the Academy at a recent meeting in Alexandra , Egypt . Today 85 percent of the Academy's 811 members live and work in 73 developing countries. Another 125 associate fellows come from 17 countries and 15 members of TWAS are Nobel laureates. TWAS is the world's leading scientific academy devoted to the concerns of developing countries. It was founded in Trieste , Italy in 1983 by distinguished scientists from developing countries led by the late Nobel laureate Abdus Salam of Pakistan . Originally called the Third World Academy of Sciences, it was officially launched in 1985 by the then UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar.

For more information, visit http://www.twas.org or contact Daniel Schaffer schaffer@twas.org Tele: +39 040 2240-538

NOTICEBOARDNOTICEBOARDNOTICEBOARDNOTICEBOARD

JOB OPPORTUNITY AT IFDC/MISTOWA The USAID/WARP funded regional market information and trade organisations project,'MISTOWA' seeks to employ business and trade advisor . this is a fill-time, one year renewable posititions based in Accra, Ghana but seeks to open a branch in Lagos Nigeria with preference for citizens from westen part of the world or outside africa, with good experience.Duties include managging the business and trade unit and field office staff, providing technical advice on building business and organisational capacity in the trade and producer partners and working with the M&E specialist and other staff to ensure effective data and analysis of cross-border trade .College degree in business related fuild or three or more years experience in similar position. English or french fluently and highly desirable. Further details are available at www.mistowa.org. send CV and leter expressing intrest as soon as u get this mail to Henry Ekpiken ( henry_mistowa@yahoo.com ) or call +2348029744701, so we can tell you how to get the form for the application.

NOTICEBOARDNOTICEBOARDNOTICEBOARDNOTICEBOARD

Feminist Economics invites submissions of papers and short discussions for a speical issue on "AIDS, Sexuality, and Economic Development". We encourage scholars in all disciplines as well as those involved in NGO and governmental work to submit abstracts by March 1, 2006. If the abstract is accepted, the completed manuscript will be due on October 15, 2006. Please direct queries and abstracts to Guest Editors Cecelia Conrad (cconrad@pomona.edu) or Cheryl Doss (cheryl.doss@yale.edu). Final papers (after approval of abstracts) should be submitted to Feminist Economics through the submissions website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rfec). Questions about these procedures may be sent to feministeconomics@rice.edu, +1.713.348.4083 (phone), or +1.713.348.5495 (fax). For more information, visit http://www.feministeconomics.org.