This week, the world’s population reached a staggering 7 billion people. In a new campaign to raise awareness about the challenges -- and opportunities -- in a world of 7 billion, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged the world to take action to reduce the disparities in which hundreds of millions of people in developing and least developed nations lack the most basic ingredients for a decent life.

Good distance learning and e-learning programmes for aid workers  are hard to find. I just posted a list of seven courses and programmes that I know of - from Human Rights to Mine Action and from a complete university degree to a short module on H1N1. Please leave a comment if you know of more.

 http://sm4good.com/2009/10/26/distance-learning-for-aid-workers/

The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. The result is an impressive document that can be used by many non-profit organizations to address similar problems in their own organization.

International aid agency Oxfam launched ClimateVoice this week, bringing bloggers from around the world to New York for today’s high level climate summit at the United Nations, Clinton Global Iniative, Climate Week NYC events.

 Visit www.tcktcktck.org/climatevoice to see the coverage

NetSquared and Microsoft are happy to announce a call for submissions in the Microsoft Mobile Challenge for Development.

The Microsoft Mobile Challenge for Development encourages you to help contribute to one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals by creating a mobile solution designed to meet the needs of people in developing communities and help solve some of the toughest problems facing our world today!

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is happening in Bali December 3-14. The folks at Oxfam International wanted me to let you know that they are blogging from the Conference, as well as posting photos on Flickr and videos on YouTube.

http://www.wsis-award.org

Lots of innovative new e-content and media for 2007.

Gala to be held in Venice. 

Check out the INSTRAW (International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women) Gender Training Wiki. It has a Google Map of training sites, a calendar of trainings, and a list of downloadable training materials.