LOOK AHEAD, LEARN AHEAD
Bees for Development Journal
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If you are preparing a proposal for an organisation where many employees use a language different from your own, try to present a translation of your proposal, or at least a translation of the summary.
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If you are preparing a proposal in a language that is difficult for you, try to have it checked by someone who knows the language well.
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any project proposal it is good to state what inputs you, your organisation or another donor are also providing towards the project. These need not always be financial inputs; they could be in terms of labour, access to facilities or the provision of suitable apiary sites. In
And lastly... Try to keep your proposal as concise as possible. The shorter it is the more chance it has of being read!
Explaining beekeeping No grant-providing organisation can be familiar with every activity for which they provide funding and beekeeping is a subject that is often unfamiliar to people in offices! You will need to emphasise the importance and value of beekeeping. However do not just copy information from a standard text try to give local facts for example:
Which people in your community practise beekeeping? What are the local products of beekeeping or honey hunting? Which local crops or habitats require honeybee pollination? How will your project benefit your community? Too often beekeeping project proposals list all the benefits of beekeeping, some of which may not be appropriate to the local situation. For example, do not suggest royal jelly production if your beekeeping methods and markets are not appropriate for this product.
LOOK AHEAD
www. beepathology.com
COSTA RICA APIMONDIA Symposium on tropical beekeeping: research and development for pollination and conservation
INDIA International Workshop: Sustainable Beekeeping Development and All India Honey Festival (Apiexhi 2003)
22-25 February 2004
APIMONDIA Symposium: diagnosis of bee diseases 7-8 October 2004, Freiburg Further details:
6-10 October 2003, Bangalore
Further details:
Further details:
Isanchez@una.ac.cr
jenureddy@yahoo.co.in
CYPRUS Economic reserves of beekeeping industry 11-14 May 2003, Limassol
PHILIPPINES 7th Asian Apicultural Association Conference 23-27 February 2004, Los Bafios
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AHEAD ARGENTINA Control de calidad de miel, propoleos y cera (Quality control of honey, propolis and wax)
12-16 May 2003, Santiago del Estero
Further details:
cedia@unse.edu.ar
KENYA
Further details:
www.apicenter-cyprus.com
ETHIOPIA 4th Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Beekeepers’ Association 9-12 June 2003, Addis Ababa
Further details:
mmoa4@telecom.net.et
GERMANY International Congress: bee products and apitherapy
28 March - 2 April 2003, Passau Further details: www.apitherapie.de
Further details: on page 16
SLOVENIA
XXXVI APIMONDIA International Apicultural Congress
24-29 August 2003, Ljubljana
Further details: on page 16
SPAIN XXIil Feria Apicola de Castilla La Mancha (XXII Beekeeping Fair) 13-16 March 2003, Guadalajara Further details: José Luis Herguedas de Miguel, Juan Diges Antén 25 - 2° C 19003 Guadalajara, Spain
International Conference: rural livelihoods, forests and biodiversity
UK British Beekeepers’ Association’ Convention 26 April 2002, Stoneleigh
livelihoodconference.asp
Visit the Bees for Development stand!
26-30 May 2003, Bonn Further details: www.cifor.cgiar.org/
Further details: bka@bbka.demon.co.uk
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Beekeeping short courses May, June, July, September 2003, Molo Further details: baraka@net2000ke.com
UNITED KINGDOM/TANZANIA Beekeeping in Rural Development Training Course Further details from Bees for Development
UK Forest and Certification Training Programme 7-11 July 2003, Oxford Further details: www.proforest.net
MEETING INFORMATION If you want notice of your conference, workshop or meeting to be included here send details to Bees for Development, Troy, Monmouth, NP25 4AB, UK E-mail into@beesfordevelopment.org
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