The Building Community Capacity for Poverty Reduction (BCCPR) team of The Learning Institute will conduct three training courses from 30 March-01 April 2010. Two courses on Report Writing will be conducted in Battambang and Siem Reap provinces separately and Project Management will be held in Pursat. There will be around 75 participants from Tonle Sap Sustainable Livelihood (TSSL) project including commune livelihood fund team (CLFT) and commune facilitator (CF), commune councilors (CC), relevant line departments and local NGOs. Report Writing: will be conducted in Battamban province at Khemara Hotel for 3days, from 30 March to 01 April 2010. There will be 25 participants from TSSL Project (including 2 CLFT, 3 CF and 8 CC, 7 relevant line departments and 5 NGOs. And another course will be conducted in Siem Reap province at Monoreach Angkor Hotel from 30 March to 01 April 2010. There will be 25 participants from TSSL project including 5 CLFT, 10 CF and 10 CC. The objectives of the training are: * To Improve the knowledge of participants on the basic concept of report writing * To strengthen the participants’ capacity on the types of report, structure, steps to write the report and some important points in report writing to enable them to improve report writing skills with their current work. * To share the experiences, practice and reflect among participants and facilitators Project Management: will be conducted in Pursat province at Great Green Hotel for 3days, from 16-18 March 2010. There will be 25 participants from (TSSL) Project (including 2 CLFT, 9 CF and 14 CC. The objectives of the training are: * To improve the understanding of the participants on the basic concept of project management including the project cycles, project implementation and process of project cycle management. *To strengthen the capacity of participants on some main points of project management and some challenging factors and enable them to do project planning, project implementation and assess the impact of the project

Cambodia Development Research Forum, which is co-managed by CDRI—Cambodia's leading independent development policy research institute, and the Community Based Natural Resource Management Learning Institute in cooperation with the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, the Supreme National Economic Council and the Royal University of Phnom Penh with financial support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada is pleased to announce its research grants for an established research project with two or more researchers, or a research project in an inception phase that requires additional funds to build in a cross-disciplinary component. OBJECTIVES: Being one of many activities supported by CDRF to build up a research forum and research culture in Cambodia, the collaborative grants aim to provide opportunity for young brilliant students, researchers and professionals that are in need of financial support to conduct their research projects. The grants also aim to promote the research capacity of Cambodian young generation researchers and professionals through learning by doing as well as mentoring from experienced resource persons and professionals. PRIORITY AREAS FOR FUNDING: The theme of research proposals must fall within the following priority areas of CDRF: (i) agriculture, natural resources, rural livelihoods; (ii) broad-based economic development; (iii) equitable social development; (iv) good governance and decentralisation; and (v) climate change and adaptive management. ELIGIBILITY: Grants are open to Cambodian citizens, Cambodian researchers based abroad and undertaking research in Cambodia or mixed Cambodian-foreign teams with at least one of the project leaders of Cambodian nationality. Grant applications are welcome from the following institutions: individual researchers, state and private universities, CDRF’s research interest groups, non-governmental organisations, governmental institutions, and research institutes. Eligible projects include: Established research projects that wish to strengthen comparative scope of their investigations Research-based conferences that represent cross-disciplinary focus on topics of importance in development issues related to Cambodia’s economic, social and environmental/natural resource management Ongoing research projects that include communication of results (research findings; research field reports; policy briefs) to multiple audiences representing different disciplines; and Research that uses the knowledge, methods, and perspectives of one discipline to build knowledge or connections in another GRANT AWARD INFORMATION: Three grants are awarded per year in the amount of USD4,000 each. The research projects shall be completed within nine months and the grantees are expected to communicate the progress and results of their research to academic, public audiences, and also through the Development Research Forum website, DRF seminars, special interest groups, and national symposiums as appropriate. For more detail information, please join the orientation session, which will be held on 2 April 2010 from 10-11 am at CDRI conference room or visit CDRF website at http://www.drfcambodia.net; CDRI website at http://www.cdri.org.kh or the Learning Institute website at http://www.cbnrmli.org . SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Applicants should submit their research proposal in English language by email to cdri@wicam.org.kh on or before 22 April 2010. The research proposal should contain a title, a concise description of the research subject, objectives, methodology, work plan and expected outcomes. The applicants should also attach their CV and letter of certification from their institution. The Grant Review Committee will be set up to review and select the applications. The successful applicants will be informed by the CDRF Secretariat. CONTACT DETAILS: For further enquires regarding these collaborative grants, and other details about CDRF, please contact the following: Mr. Hing Vutha CDRF Coordinator Email: vutha@cdri.forum.org.kh IMPORTANT DEADLINES Orientation session: 02 April 2010 Submission of proposal: 22 April 2010 Selection process: 22 April-07May 2010 Notification of result: 10 May 2010

The Building Community Capacity for Poverty Reduction (BCCPR) team of The Learning Institute will conduct three training courses from 15 to 19 March 2010. Two courses on Project Management will be conducted in Pursat and Kampong Thom provinces and ToT and Facilitation Skills will be held in Battambang. There will be 71 participants from Tonle Sap Sustainable Livelihood (TSSL) project including commune livelihood fund team (CLFT) and commune facilitator (CF), commune councilors (CC), relevant line departments, local NGOs and project partners (CDRI and CARD). Project Management: will be conducted in Pursat province at Great Green Hotel for 3days, from 16-18 March 2010. There will be 25 participants from (TSSL) Project (including 2 CLFT, 11 CF and 12 CC in Pursat. While another course on Report Writing will be conducted in Kampong Thom province at Provincial Cambodian Red Cross, from 16-18 March 2010. There will be 25 participants including 5 CLFT and 6 CF of TSSL project, 6 CC, 5 relevant line departments and 4 local NGOs in Kampong Thom. The objective of the training are: * To improve the understanding of the participants on the basic concept of project management including the project cycles, project implementation and process of project cycle management. * To strengthen the capacity of participants on some main points of project management and some challenging factors and enable them to do project planning, project implementation and assess the impact of the project ToT and Facilitation Skills: will be conducted in Kampong Thom province at Khemara Hotel 1 for 5days starting from 15 to 19 March 2010. There will 21 participants including 2 CLFT and 18 CF of TSSL project and 1participant from CARD. The objectives of training are: * To share the knowledge and practice on the training design cycle * To strengthen the participant’s capacity on the basis concepts and facilitation skills * To share the experiences, practice and reflect on training design and facilitation among participants and facilitators