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UNFPA/IUSSP Project on Demographic Estimation from Limited and Defective Data

Deadline for Proposal Submission: 24 November 2009

SCOPE OF PROJECT
The project is to develop a suite of resources that sets out and explains the wide variety of methods available to estimate demographic parameters from census and survey data suitable for use both by the staff of national statistical offices and by professional demographers across the globe. The resources should be sufficiently simple to allow national statistical office staff (who may not be trained demographers) to make informed choices between methods of demographic estimation and to guide them through the implementation and operationalisation of the chosen methods, while simultaneously offering much greater detail for the benefit of professional demographers.
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Eligibility and selection criteria
Individuals, groups of individuals (not necessarily from the same institution), institutions, or consortia of institutions are welcome to apply. The successful application will be determined by the IUSSP who will charge suitably qualified people to evaluate the proposals and to make recommendations to the IUSSP and UNFPA.

PROPOSAL requirementS  
Individuals or parties wishing to be submit a proposal should prepare a proposal in English not more than ten pages long, setting out

• names, affiliations and expertise of all individuals who will be involved;
• a detailed inventory of intended deliverables, enumerating the demographic methods that will be covered by the material;
• proposed formats for the deliverables, as well as an updating and dissemination strategy covering the duration of the project;
• time frames and way points;
• budgets (broken down into at least the following headings: staffing costs; equipment costs; administrative costs and overheads; subsistence and travel).

Completed applications should be sent to the Executive Director of the IUSSP, Dr Mary-Ellen Zuppan (zuppan@iussp.org), by 24 November 2009. The successful team will be selected and notified by 31 January 2010.

For further questions concerning the project please contact Tom LeGrand (tk.legrand@umontreal.ca ).

The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is partnering with the Makerere University, School of Public Health, along with other international and national partners, to organize the International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices in Kampala, Uganda, November 15-18, 2009. The conference will begin on November 15 with an evening opening and continue November 16‐17 with the full program. November 18 will be an optional day for third party sponsored meetings. It is anticipated that the conference program will include an opening plenary, multiple concurrent oral sessions, special panel presentations, poster sessions, lunchtime roundtables, a policymaker forum, and an exhibit area.

We invite you and your colleagues to participate, and to submit abstracts online before June 1st through the conference website, www.fpconference2009.org. You may also download an abstract submission form and submit it by e-mail or fax. Participant registration will open on June 15. For more information, please visit the conference website or e-mail our Conference Coordinator, Maura Graff, at info@fpconference2009.org.

Please circulate this widely among your colleagues. With luck and perseverance, we may well reduce unmet contraceptive need and raise global population welfare through several days of shared knowledge and inspiration in Kampala. We hope that you can join us.

The IUSSP congratulates the newly elected members of the first Asian Population Association Council for the two-year period, 2009-2010:

President: Leela Visaria (India)

Vice President: Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (Iran)

Secretary General: Anthony T.P.L. Abeykoon (Sri Lanka)

Treasurer: Apichat Chamratrithrong (Thailand)

Council Members (in alphabetical order)
Abbas Bhuiya (Bangladesh)
Moneer Alam (India)
Naohiro Ogawa (Japan)
Shireen Jejeebhoy (India)
Terrence H. Hull (Australia)

Un nouveau mastère en démographie : PoDePro (Population, Développement, Prospective)

L’Institut d’études démographiques de l’Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV (Iedub, France) organise en coopération avec  l’Université de Thessalie (Volos, Grèce) un nouveau mastère franco-hellénique : PoDePro (Population, Développement, Prospective).
PoDePro rejoint le dispositif des formations consacrées à la démographie et au développement. Il complète l’offre de formation en intégrant une vision prospective.
Les cours s’articulent en quatre modules; ceux du premier semestre se font à Bordeaux, ceux du deuxième semestre à Volos. Les enseignements sont dispensés en langue française (les candidats doivent donc bien maîtriser cette langue, la connaissance de l’anglais étant, par ailleurs, vivement souhaitée).
PoDePro permet aux étudiants grecs, français et étrangers de tirer profit des savoir-faire et expériences existant à à Bordeaux (en analyse démographique et en économie du développement et de l’intégration) et à Volos (en analyse territoriale, en observation géographique et en représentation cartographique).
La formation se déroule en un an et elle est ouverte — après sélection sur titre et dossier — à tous les étudiants/tes ayant une maîtrise en quatre ans, un diplôme universitaire jugé équivalent ou encore une première année de mastère (validée en France ou dans un autre pays).
Pour toute information complémentaire, consulter www.podepro.prd.uth.gr ou contacter : en France, le secrétariat de l'Iedub (tel. +33 556848699, email: iedub@u-bordeaux4.fr) ou Christophe Bergouignan (email : bergou@u-bordeaux4.fr, chbergui@yahoo.com.) ; en Grèce, le secrétariat de PoDePro (tel. + 30 24 210 74 442) ou Byron Kotzamanis (email : podepro@prd.uth.gr).

A new master’s degree program: PoDePro (Population, Development, Foresight)

The Department of Planning and Regional Development (Laboratory of Demographic and Social Analyses) of the University of Thessaly (Greece) and the Institute of Demography Studies and the Center of Development Economics of the University Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV (France) offer a joint post-graduate Program.
PoDePro leads to an M.Sc. degree in Demography and the Economics of Development and Integration with specialization in Foresight.
This joint Master’s degree program is a one-year course (two semesters: the first in Bordeaux, the second in Volos) and comprises four modules followed by practicum and the submission of an extended dissertation.
The aim of this Master program is to provide graduates of various disciplines and background with specialization concerning the cross-cutting issues of demography and sustainable development, the knowledge of which is a prerequisite for strategic planning at all spatial levels. Its graduates are ideally trained to engage in a consulting or executive capacity in the broad field of development planning at central and regional levels. The theory and practice of the educational process are based on an interdisciplinary approach which is necessitated by the character of the scientific fields involved.
The lectures and examinations are in French and the suggested literature in French and English. Thus, sufficient knowledge of these two languages is a prerequisite.
For more information, please consult www.podepro.prd.uth.gr or contact: in France, the secretariat  of Iedub (tel. +33 556848699, email: iedub@u-bordeaux4.fr) or prof Christophe Bergouignan (email : bergou@u-bordeaux4.fr, chbergui@yahoo.com.); in Greece, the secretariat of PoDePro (tel. + 30 24 210 74 442) or Prof. Byron Kotzamanis (email : podepro@prd.uth.gr).

Despite their strategic place and role in Europe, the Balkans comprise a region the demography of which – in the broad sense of the term – has attracted relatively little attention. It is also a region where changes that occurred in the last twenty years have been so profound that all aspects of its environment have been radically affected.

In Europe, and in the international community as a whole, there is a real need for knowledge on issues such as population distribution and dynamics in the Balkan region, the demography of ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, migration potential or the impact of evolution of health and social conditions on life expectancy.

In the effort to fill this knowledge gap, demographers from different European countries–decided to form a network in 1996 named DEMOBALK i.e. Demography of the Balkans. In 2007, the network was transformed into an international association based in Greece (Laboratory of Demographic and Social Analysis (LDSA), Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Volos)

DEMOBALK’s expansion and the acquirement of legal status have not modified its initial objectives, i.e:

• Stimulate cooperation between scientists and institutions working on population issues in the Balkans.
• Promote the exchange of documentation and information.
• Set up a national and regional demographic database.
• Stimulate research and comparative studies.
• Assess the consequences of demographic trends and alert institutions to the dangers and risks.
• Organize scientific meetings.
• Disseminate the most interesting research findings.

Independently of its role in the creation and regular updating of a large demographic database (linked to a map collection and a geographical information system) DEMOBALKis engaged in an ambitious programme of international conferences and publications.
Via its members, the Association is also closely involved in various data collection operations that have taken place in the Balkans over the last few years. In addition, DEMOBALKis actively associated with various academic and vocational training courses in demography and statistics.

http://www.demobalk.org/ mail : demobalk@prd.uth.gr

En dépit de la place qu’ils occupent et du rôle qu’ils tiennent en Europe, les Balkans sont une région dont la situation et les tendances démographiques — au sens large du terme — ont été relativement peu analysées et discutées. Ils forment aussi un espace dont les mutations ont été si profondes depuis une vingtaine d’années que tout leur environnement en a été intensément affecté.

Sur les questions du peuplement et de sa dynamique, de la démographie des minorités ethniques, linguistiques et confessionnelles, comme sur celles du potentiel migratoire ou de l’incidence de l’évolution des conditions sanitaires et sociales sur la durée de vie, l’Europe et la communauté internationale, dans son ensemble, ont un réel besoin de connaissance.

Pour tenter d’y contribuer, des  démographes ont décidé, en 1996, de constituer un réseau : DemoBalk, Démographie des Balkans. En 2007, ce réseau a cédé la place à une association internationale dont le siège se trouve en Grèce (Laboratoire d’analyses démographiques et sociales (Lads), Département d’urbanisme, de planification régionale et d’aménagement du territoire, École polytechnique, Université de Thessalie, Volos).

L’élargissement et l’acquisition d’une personnalité morale n’ont en rien modifié les objectifs initiaux de DemoBalk,

• Stimuler la coopération entre scientifiques et institutions travaillant sur les questions de population dans les Balkans.
• Promouvoir l’échange de documentation et d’informations.
• Créer une base de données démographiques, nationales et régionales.
• Susciter des recherches et études comparatives.
• Évaluer les conséquences des tendances démographiques et sensibiliser les institutions aux risques de rupture.
• Organiser des réunions scientifiques.
• Diffuser les travaux les plus dignes d’intérêt.

Indépendamment de la constitution et de l’alimentation permanente d’une importante base de données démographiques (base liée à un fond cartographique et à un système d’information géographique), l’Association DemoBalk s’est engagée dans un très ambitieux programme d’organisation de conférences internationales et de publications.
Par membres interposés, elle s’est également beaucoup impliquée dans plusieurs opérations de collecte statistique organisées dans les Balkans depuis quelques années. DemoBalk est identiquement partie prenante à diverses formations universitaires et professionnelles en démographie et statistique.

http://www.demobalk.org/ mail : demobalk@prd.uth.gr

Asian Population Association

The first meeting of the Establishment Committee (EC) of the Asian Population Association (APA) was held at the Department of Demography of the University of Tehran (UT) during 1-4 December 2007. The inaugural meeting of the Establishment Committee was held on 1 December at the UT which was followed by two days meeting of the EC as well as a one day workshop on population issues in the Asian region. The EC meeting produced a draft Constitution and made decisions on the APA membership drive as well as the Nomination Committee for the upcoming election of the Council of the association. People who consider themselves specialists on population issues in Asia should consider applying for membership. Please see below the documents related to the first EC meeting in Tehran. The next meeting of the EC will be held at the College of Population Studies at the Chulalongkorn University during 28-30 May 2008. We are delighted that the idea of an Asia wide population association has materialised.

It is hoped that upwards of 500 members will be registered by May 2008. The review of applications for membership will be undertaken by the EC and the Secretariat during 27-29 May. Foundation members will *NOT* be charged any fee for the first year of membership (2008). All members registered by 31 July 2008 will be deemed to be Foundation Members, eligible to stand and vote in the elections for the Foundation Council. Online Registrations

Jalal Abbasi
Chair of the Establishment Committee Asian Population Association

Contact the APA: APA@chula.ac.th

Constitution of the APA
Membership Application Form
Inaugural Address by Dr Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi

The second meeting of the Establishment Committee of the APA was held during 1-2 June in Bangkok. Here is a summary of the discussions.

GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE HONORS SANDRA G. GARCÍA
WITH THE DARROCH AWARD

The Guttmacher Institute is pleased to honor Sandra G. García, Sc.D., director of reproductive health for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Population Council, as the second recipient of the Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research. Dr. García’s research documenting abortion-related knowledge, attitudes and practices in Mexico played an important role in the country’s recent decision to legalize first-trimester abortion. Her collaboration with local nongovernmental organizations, universities, professional associations and the Mexican government helped bring about this groundbreaking legislation. Dr. Garcia is originally from Canutillo, Texas.

“Sandy is highly deserving of this award,” said Sharon L. Camp, Guttmacher’s president and CEO. “Her publication record and her ability to foster excellence among her research team make it clear that she has an absolute commitment to improving sexual and reproductive rights through sound research that can be easily applied to public policy.”

Dr. García’s dedication to advancing women’s sexual and reproductive rights has led to important progress in the field beyond the recent change in Mexico’s abortion law. Her more than 30 peer-reviewed publications cover a wide range of topics, including applied research on new reproductive technologies, surveys of women’s knowledge about emergency contraception, programs to prevent STDs among newborns and innovative methods for measuring abortion incidence.

The Darroch Award was established in 2005 to recognize excellence among sexual and reproductive health researchers who are in the early or middle years of their career. It is named for Jacqueline E. Darroch, Ph.D., former senior vice president for science at Guttmacher, whose three decades at the Institute exemplified rigorous and innovative work on sexual and reproductive health issues, and commitment to the practical application of research to policy and programs. The first recipient of the award was Elizabeth G. Raymond, M.D., M.P.H., a researcher at Family Health International and a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist.

For more information about the award, please visit
http://www.guttmacher.org/media/resources/JEDaward.html