CARRER OPPORTUNITIES

ACHELIS TANGANYIKA LIMITED OF DAR ES SALAAM, A PART OF THE ACHELIS GROUP OF COMPANIES REQUIRES THE SERVICES OF A 

• SALES MANAGER FOR THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT.
• SALES ENGINEER FOR THE MATERIAL HANDLING DEPARTMENT BOTH WILL BE BASED IN DAR ES SALAAM.

EXPERIENCE.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: 2YEARS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS; SALES OR SERVICE AND MAINTANANCE OF SIMILAR EQUIPMENTS.

INTERESTED QUALIFIED PERSONS INVITED TO SEND THEIR CV AND COPIES OF ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES ELECTRONICALLY TO CAREER@ACHELIS.CO.TZ

NOTE: HARD COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED CLOSING DATE: JANUARY 26TH 2013

SOURCE: DAILY NEWS,TUESDAY,JANUARY 15,2013 PAGE 5

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National Film Preservation Foundation Invites Applications for Avant-Garde Masters Grants Program

The National Film Preservation Foundation is accepting applications for the Avant-Garde Masters Grants Program, which provides cash grants to support lab work thatpreserves significant examples of America's avant-garde film heritage.

The program supports the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or from a cinematic group significant to the development of avant-garde film in America. Works made within the last twenty years are not eligible. Applications should show how the proposed titles have made a significant contribution to American experimental film or, if the works are lesser known today, demonstrate how the films will contribute to a better understanding of avant-garde film history. Proposals must also explain why the proposed films are in need of preservation and include plans detailing how the films will be made available to the public and scholars.

Grants are available to public and 501(c)(3) nonprofit archives in the United States, including those that are part of federal, state, or local government. The grants target avant-garde films made in the U.S. or by American citizens abroad that are not physically preserved by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video, including works produced with funds from broadcast or cable television entities, are not eligible.

The grant must be used to pay for new laboratory work involving the creation of new film preservation elements (which may include sound tracks) and two new public access copies, one of which must be a film print.

The program will fund several preservation projects ranging between $5,000 and $50,000.

For complete program guidelines, application requirements, and information on other NFPF funding programs, visit the foundation's Web site.

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Global Health Corps fellowship application 2013 -2014

We are excited to announce that Part 2 of the 2013-2014 Global Health Corps fellowship application is now open! Positions for the fellowship are now avaialble online here: http://ghcorps.org/connect/apply/through-placements/

Applications close February 3, 2013. 

Please email applyinfo@ghcorps.org if you have any questions. 

We look forward to reading your application!
Best,
The GHC Team

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EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics Uncertainty, Innovation and Climate Change

June 30th- July 6th, 2013 - Venice, Italy

Deadline for applications: February 1st, 2013

The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Venice International University (VIU) are pleased to announce their annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics for postgraduate students.
The 2013 Summer School will take place from June 30th to July 6th, at the VIU campus on the Island of San Servolo, in Venice, located just in front of St. Mark’s Square. The theme of this Summer School is Uncertainty, Innovation and Climate Change.

Uncertainty is a key component of climate change policy making. Although the anthropogenic warming of the planet is unquestioned, there still exist large uncertainties affecting several dimensions of the problem. From the severity and rapidity of changes, to effectiveness of innovation, the future is crucially characterised by uncertainty.
The Summer School will be of interest for students who have a thorough understanding of climate change economics and would like to contribute with original work focusing on the stochastic dimension of the problem.
The lectures will broadly cover:
- modelling tools to deal with uncertainty;
- expert elicitation of uncertain processes (with a specific focus on innovation process);
- risk perception and behavioral responses to risk and uncertainty related to climate change;
- integrated assessment modelling of climate change under uncertainty.

FACULTY and LECTURE TOPICS
Erin BAKER, Associate Professor, Director, Wind Energy IGERT and University of Massachusetts Amherst (School Coordinator)
Uncertain innovation and climate change
Valentina BOSETTI, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei - FEEM (School Coordinator)
Modelling uncertain technical change
David V. BUDESCU, Anne Anastasi Professor of Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology and Fordham University
Risk perception and behavioural responses to risk and uncertainty
William NORDHAUS, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University
Uncertainty and climate change
Thomas F. RUTHERFORD, Professor, Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin Maddison
Modelling uncertainty, an overview

ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIPS
The Summer School is targeted to PhD and postgraduate students. Admission is conditional on the presentation of each student's doctoral work; therefore PhD students who want to apply normally need to be advanced in their PhD to have produced at least one substantive chapter, but not to have necessarily completely finished their thesis.
Application is restricted to 2013 EAERE members, both European and non-European citizens. Given the highly interactive activities planned at the Summer School, the number of participants is limited to 20.
There is no participation fee. All applicants can apply for a scholarship.
For further information on application and funding please access the Summer School Website at www.feem.it/ess/ or contact the Summer School Secretariat.

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Call for Applications: St. Gallen Symposium for Leaders of Tomorrow

Deadline: February 1, 2013

Call for Applications: St. Gallen Sympoisum for Leaders of Tomorrow, World’s Premier Platform for Inter-generational Dialogue, Switzerland

Would you like to discuss the world’s most pressing issues with top decision-makers like Dominic Barton, Robert Dudley, Prof. Niall Ferguson, Christine Lagarde, Giorgos Papandreou or Ratan Tata? Are you interested in competing with the world’s brightest students?

If your answer to these questions is “yes”, seize your opportunity and qualify as “Leader of Tomorrow” for the St. Gallen Symposium through our student essay competition for the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award. The St. Gallen Symposium is the world’s premier platform for inter-generational dialogue. The 43rd St. Gallen Symposium will be held from 30 April–3 May 2013 under the topic “Rewarding Courage”.

The authors of the 100 best contributions qualify for the St. Gallen Symposium, which includes the following highlights:
- Free participation as “Leader of Tomorrow” in the 43rd St. Gallen Symposium
- Meet 600 distinguished entrepreneurs, top managers, politicians and scientists from more than 60 nations
- Meet 200 of the world’s brightest young minds
- Expenses covered (flight, board and lodging)
- Chance to win the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award, endowed with EUR 20,000.–, including a speech in front of the assembled plenum

Fostering an inter-generational dialogue is the aim of the St. Gallen Symposium. For that reason, 200 talented young people from all over the world are invited each year to the St. Gallen Symposium.The mission of these Leaders of Tomorrow is to fundamentally challenge the Leaders of Today with critical questions and new approaches.

For more information, click here.

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