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The 2013 Development Leaders Bursaries - worth £15,200 - are available for African applicants to the one-year MSc ICT4D programme (http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/06237/?code=06237&pg=all)

They are also tenable on the MSc Mgmt & Info. Systems programme:…

The University of Manchester is providing five scholarships available specifically for Ugandan, Tanzanian or Rwandan citizens.  The scholarships are for study starting in January 2013 on one of two distance learning Masters programmes offered by the University's Institute for Development Policy and Management:

- MSc in Human Resource Management and Development

- MSc in Management and Information Systems

Applications are now being accepted, and…

Written for policy makers and policy advisers in developing countries, this online report provides guidance on how to incorporate ICTs into climate change policy, and how to incorporate climate change into ICT policy: http://www.niccd.org/ICCD_Policy_Guidance_Paper.pdf

Nineteen new case studies on use of ICTs in relation to climate change in developing countries are available at: http://www.niccd.org/casestudies.htm

They cover:

- ICTs, Climate Change and Disaster Management

- New ICT Routes to Climate Change Adaptation

- ICTs and Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change

- ICTs and Climate Change Mitigation

- ICTs and Climate Change…

Written for policy makers and strategic planners in senior climate change and ICT4D roles, this new briefing provides guidance on how best to use ICTs for climate change mitigation in developing countries:

http://www.niccd.org/ICTs_and_Climate_Change_Mitigation_Strategy_Brief.pdf

Written for researchers, consultants and reflective practitioners working on ICTs, climate change and development, this new briefing identifies the future research agenda of relevance to migitation, adaptation, monitoring and strategy:

http://www.niccd.org/ICCD_Future_Research_Agenda_Strategy_Brief.pdf

Written for strategic planners and project managers involved in rural agricultural development, this new briefing provides best practice guidance on ICT use to support climate change awareness, mitigation, monitoring and adaptation for rural agricultural communities:

http://www.niccd.org/ICTs_and_Climate_Change_in_Rural_Agric_Communities_Strategy_Brief.pdf

"ICTs and Climate Change Adaptation: Enabling Innovative Strategies" is written for policy makers and strategic planners in senior climate change and ICT4D roles.

It provides guidance on integrating ICTs into national and sectoral processes of climate change adaptation.

The briefing explains:

- The five ways in which ICTs can support national…

The University of Manchester is providing two fully-funded scholarships as part of its Equity & Merit programme, to study its MSc Management and Information Systems by distance learning, starting in January 2012.

Applications are now being accepted, and the deadline for completion is Friday 11 November 2011.  Full details at:…

The World Bank recently published the striking claim that "ICT has been the main driver of Kenya’s economic growth over the last decade"; responsible for all of Kenya's per capita GDP growth in the 21^st century's first decade.

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Six new papers on ICTs, climate change and development are now available online at: http://www.niccd.org/resources.htm

They cover topics of mitigation, adaptation, disaster management, strategy, governance, and emergent technologies.

If you have active interests in this field, we encourage you to share ideas via http://groups.google.co.uk/group/niccd and to…

The 2011 Development Leaders Bursary - worth £6,150 - is available for developing country applicants to the one-year MSc ICT4D programme (http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/06237/?code=06237&pg=2)

It is also tenable on the MSc Mgmt & Info. Systems programme:

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Climate Change as a Strategic Priority for ICT4D Organisations is a new report by Alan Finlay that uses survey and other data to analyse how ICT-for-development activist organisations are strategically handling climate change as an issue.  It identifies their key focus on adaptation, the challenges that exist within and outside organisations, and it makes recommendations for effective strategic response.

It, and related resources are available onilne at:…

A new online paper from the University of Manchester's Centre for Development Informatics describes the development and application of a new eight-level ICT Maturity Model:…

In what form should you publish your ICT-for-development research for maximum impact? An evidence-based guide is now online at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com…

The 2010 ICT4D Bursary, worth £6,000, is available exclusively for developing country applicants to the University of Manchester's one-year MSc ICTs for Development degree programme (…

Some positive statistics on the academic side of ICT4D research:

- Between 1999 and 2008, annual output of academic publications on ICTs and developing countries recorded in the main publications database grew by nearly 2000% (a 39% annual average increase).

- And annual output in a set of ICT4D specialist journals (not recorded in the database) grew by 450% from 1998 to 2009.

More details at:…