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Every day, our grantees in Southeast and East Asia tackle pressing issues and conduct applied research that makes a difference, from Brunei to Vietnam, and Indonesia to the Philippines.

This is where we share their news—and ours—on calls for proposals, upcoming events, new approaches, recent discoveries, and much more.

Mongolian honour for Maria Ng

Maria Ng, IDRC Senior Program Specialist in Information and Networks, received the Mongolian Friendship Medal on October 13, 2011. Through this award, the Mongolian Government recognized her long-standing contribution to the country's information...

ASEAN-Canada partnership to boost regional research

Research institutions in Canada and Southeast Asia are joining forces to boost collaborative research aimed at understanding regional trends in a fast-changing world. The three-year ASEAN-Canada Research Partnership, funded by IDRC, will support...

IDRC grantees featured in ITID journal

A special issue of the journal, Information Technologies and International Development (ITID), features several articles by IDRC-supported researchers on mobile telephony and development. The researchers are from LIRNEasia, a regional ICT policy and...

ISIF awards celebrate innovators in Asia

The Information Society Innovation (ISIF) Fund has named the winners of its 2011 ISIF Awards. The awards acknowledge local organizations committed to the socio-economic development of their communities by deploying innovative ICT solutions in the...

Celebrating 25 years of fish breeding success in the Philippines

In July 2011, the Philippines Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources celebrated the 25th anniversary of its first success at milkfish (bangus) spawning in captivity. During the celebrations IDRC’s Wilfredo Reyes...

Citizen Lab honoured for defence of the Internet

The Citizen Lab, an IDRC grantee at the University of Toronto, has won this year’s Canadian World Press Freedom Award for its dedicated defence of free expression online.The Citizen Lab team, based at the university’s Munk School of Global Affairs...

Mapping Southeast Asia’s vulnerability to climate change

A new study from IDRC’s Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) identifies which regions of Southeast Asia are most vulnerable to climate change impacts. The research, which covered 530 sub-national areas in seven countries...

Two IDRC Partners Awarded World's Largest Prize for Grassroots Environmentalists

IDRC partners Yuyun Ismawati and Syeda Rizwana Hasan have won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for 2009. Ismawati was recognized for her work promoting community-based wastewater and solid waste management in Indonesia. Rizwana’s efforts...

New Canada-Australia research partnership in Southeast Asia for the prevention of emerging diseases

Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) are pleased to announce a CA $8 million research collaboration in...

Eco EID: Ecohealth Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiative: Call for proposals for southeast Asia

In collaboration with CIDA and AusAID, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Ecohealth team is pleased to announce the Ecohealth Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiative (Eco EID) Call for Proposals for South East Asia. The...

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