Capacity building is one of the core activities of START. The following are among the capacity building programs that are currently being coordinated by PASS:;
a) The Small Grants Program for African Researchers for Global Change Research. Approximately 10 small grants are awarded annually by START to African researchers working on topics in the areas of climate variability and climate change; impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to global environmental changes; land use and ecosystem change; bio-geochemical fluxes; and biodiversity. Funding for the African Small Grants Program is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.
b) Building African Capacity for Conserving Biodiversity in a Changing Climate. START and the Institute for Resource Assessment of the University of Dar es Salaam are implementing a program of education and training to build capacity in Africa for conserving biodiversity in a changing climate. Participation is open to persons from across Africa, but priority will be given to applicants from the Albertine Rift countries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Masters level courses and internships targeted to early- and mid-career conservation professionals and researchers will be offered at the campus of the University of Dar es Salaam. The program is supported by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation.
c) START in collaboration with the Institute for Resource Assessment is also implementing the Climate change fellowship program through a CCAA funded program. The fellowship program will also involve various African scholars involved in global environmental changes research with more focus on climate change.
WHAT IS NEW?
Education Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation
START, in partnership with the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) and with financial support from the MacArthur Foundation, invites applications from early to mid-career conservation researchers and practitioners and masters-level students to participate in Master’s level courses on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation... Posted on 2 Jan. 2008 Read more-->
»THE AFRICAN CLIMATE CHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
A new program of African Climate Change Fellowships is being launched to offer experiential learning, education, research and training opportunities to African professionals, researchers and graduate students....... Posted on 10 December 2007. Read more-->
»Newsletter
The Volume 1, Issue 1 ,The Pan African Start Secretariat (PASS) Newsletter will be released on 29th November 2007.
»New PASS Offices
The Pan-Africa Secretariat (PASS) office has been relocated to the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania as of April 2007.
