Livelihoods Connect Post it board

Sharing your insights, experiences and views on the sustainable livelihoods approach

		Latest Contributions:
		Call for Abstracts: Decentralised Water and Wastewater International Netowrk Conference International Water Association Deadline: 31 May 09 NEW
		Call for Articles: Climate Change and Resilience LEISA Magazine Deadline: 01 September 08 NEW
		Role of Microfinance in Reducing Poverty and Vulnerability Imp-Act May 2008
		Sustainable Livelihoods for Disaster Risk and Poverty Reduction for South Asia: Sustainable Livelihoods Survey Duryog Nivaan (DN) April 2008
		Natural Resources Highlights Update from id21 id21, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) April 2008
		Collective Action for Smallholder Market Access: Improving Market Access for the Rural Poor CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) March 2008
		Understanding Market Mobility: Perceptions of Smallholder Farmers in Bangladesh Kamal Kar and Dipankar Datta March 2008
		Leadership for Sustainable Development Programme 2008 LEAD International Deadline: 20 April 2008
		Wireless Networking in the Developing World The WNDW Project March 2008

		Ongoing Themes:
		Funding
		Compilation of funding resources on livelihoods
		Migration
		Email list-serve facilitating knowledge on livelihood strategies and activities of refugees
		Environment
		The relationship between environmental issues, livelihoods and poverty; analysing biodiversity; strategies to promote poverty reduction and sustainable use of natural resources; scaling up and communication in natural resources systems research; project listings and other resources on watershed management
		Policy Research Programmes
		Programmes which analyse the varying impacts of policy on livelihoods
		Emergencies
		Livelihood rehabilitation programmes in emergency situations such as natural disasters; livelihoods and conflict situations
		Analysis
		Tools to measure accurately and to produce actual livelihoods analyses; experiences of evaluation and expansion of projects; advantages and disavantages of a livelihoods approach in aquaculture interventions
		Livelihoods Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact (formerly Indicators)
		Quantitative methods; policy and institutional change; non-indicator approaches; case studies; NRM impact assessment, comments on case studies requested; DFID seminar series + comparative valuation methods and capital assets; synergy between asset-based development approaches
		Responsible Business
		Converging interests, but bridges to build; case studies and bibliography
		Consultants' SL Forum
		More case studies please!
		Infrastructure and Urban Development
		Advocacy and lesson learning; urban poverty and urban / rural linkages; food insecurity in urban areas; connectionsbetween infrastructure and poverty reduction; designing a SL analysis for bridge replacement; information on food / livelihood security and nutrition in urban areas
		Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
		Getting livelihoods inside the PRSP; need for convergence between Poverty Reduction Strategies, the CDF and NSSDs; Uganda's poverty reduction strategy; potential of using livelihoods approaches in PRSPs
		Beekeeping
		International symposium; publication from Bees for Development
		Energy
		Recent developments in area of energy poverty; new DFID-funded research projects on energy and sustainable livelihoods; linking livelihoods framework with the energy sector
		Social Auditing
		Request for material on links between SL approach and social auditing; use of social audit approach in participatory assessment framework
		Literacy
		Literacy and livelihoods in Asia - conference report; sharing experiences of literacy and sustainable livelihoods; PADLOS education study; literacy and keeping records of governance; conference on education and development
		Community-Based Natural Resource Management
		The development of a SL framework to appropriate community work in natural resource management in forestry in coastal communities and in a South African game reserve; new web resources on NRM and biodiversity; women's groups and livelihoods; community forestry work in Nepal; incorporation of SL into JFM Projects; community development and SLAs; Nepal poverty survey by the Forestry Research Programme
		South Africa SL initiatives in development projects in South Africa; Khanya Community Based Planning newsletter
		Policies, Institutions and Processes Understanding the policy process, and tools and ideas for engaging with and influencing policy; SL and organisational change and analysis; vulnerability of different stakeholders to each other; decentralisation and livelihoods; commitment to sustainability in DFID projects
		Logframes and Project Cycle Management
		Thinking about Logical Frameworks and Sustainable Livelihoods: A Short Critique and a Possible Way Forward; Goodbye to Projects: The Institutional Impacts of a Livelihood Approach on Projects and Project Cycle Management
		Enterprise
		Putting markets and technological capabilities into the SL framework: analytical tools to help development practitioners understand livelihoods involving micro / small-scale enterprise as well as other markets; Trade Poverty workshop report on what can be learnt from fair trade initiatives and SLAs: the WBCSD's sustainable livelihoods project
		Agriculture and Livestock
		Examines agriculture's role in poverty elimination and providing better livelihoods for poor people, three quarters of whom live in rural areas
		HIV/AIDS
		Impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods
		Non English Translation of SL Terms
		Non english language resources on sustainable livelihood concepts
		Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Examines how ICTs promote sustainable livelihoods
		Transport
		How can transport based livelihood strategies improve outcomes for the rural poor

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Send your insights, experiences and views to the Post-it Board by email to: livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk

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About Post-it Board:

The Post-it Board is a resource for sharing insights, experiences and views on implementing the sustainable livelihoods approach. A premium is placed on topicality and frankness rather than on polished presentation. Contributions cover issues like what aspects of the approach do and don't fly in different contexts, adaptations of SL methods to suit real world situations, details of innovative institutions and resources, changing areas of demand for SL advice and details of new projects. The Post-it Board is moderated by Livelihoods Connect to help keep it topical and ensure it doesn't get overcrowded by multiple postings.