IHDP Seed Grant Initiative
IHDP's commitment to promote the development and strengthening of National Human Dimensions Programmes in developing countries and transition economies continues to be matched by considerable interest and activity in a growing number of countries.
Beginning in late 1998, IHDP allocated resources from the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to run a small Seed Grant Initiative to provide "seed grants" to colleagues in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
Grants awarded are committed to the production of National Inventories of human dimensions research in selected countries (a "Who is Doing What" report), and toward the organization of national or regional workshops for human dimensions researchers to facilitate the creation of new or strengthening of existing research networks.
Thanks to generous support from ISSC-UNESCO, IHDP was able to continue its long-standing seed grant programme in 2006 and 2007, grants going to the following activities:
- An IHDP/MRI Side Event at the CONCORD Conference in April 2006, Mendoza, Argentina.
- Capacity Building for a Ugandan Human Dimensions Research Programme plus founding workshop, June 2006
- A National Inventory and National Workshop in HDGEC Research in Zimbabwe, 6 October 2006.
- "1st Workshop on Human DImensions of Environmental Change in Argentina," 8-10 August 2007 at the Lujan University in Lujan (Buenos Aires province)
These events were all co-organized by IHDP and local partners as mentioned above.