New Donors – New Investments – New Development?

Knowledge for Development Conference

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How do new donor relations and emerging economies influence the notion of development? What are the geopolitical implications of the new South-South and South-North relations? And, how to deal with these new realities in a post MDG world, do we need new development goals? These questions serve as the starting point of this year's Knowledge for Development Conference on January 27, organised by IDS, Hivos, FNV International, IOB, SID and LANDac. 

During  the day-long conference Stephen Ellis (ASC/VU) will deliver a key-note speech and there will be a presentation of current trends in China, Mozambique and Ethiopia In the afternoon parallel sessions will take place, each with a different focus.

Time and Place
27 January 2012 from 9:00 to 17:30
The conference takes place at the Academiegebouw (Domplein 29, Utrecht)

Preliminary Programme:
 9.15-9.30:     Welcome (IDS)
 9.30-10.15:   Key note: Aderanti Adepoju (to be confirmed)
10.15-10.45:  Keynote/discussant: Stephen Ellis
10.45-11.00:  Discussion
11.00-11.30:  Coffee break
11.30-12.00:  Current trends in China, Mozambique and Ethiopia (Yongjun Zhao, Alda Salomao and Maru Shete)
12.00-12.15:  Discussant: Parvati Raghuram
12.15-13.00:  Discussion
13.00-14.00:  Lunch
14.00-15.30:  Workshops* (see below)
15.30-16.00:  Coffee break/reporting back
16.00-17.30:  Panel discussion: Wrapping up: The new realities and development – towards new global development goals? (Adepoju, Ellis, Van Norren, Grotenhuis, Holslag) (to beconfirmed)
17.30:           Closure - drinks

Workshops*
In the afternoon, the following sessions will be organized:
1. New donors, new aid and its agenda (organisers – Nadia Molenaar and Bert Jacobs (to be confirmed))
2. Responsible investments & development (organisers – Wilma Roos and Guus van Westen (to be confirmed))
3. Diasporas, geopolitics and migration & development (organisers – Griet Steel and Joris Schapendonk)
4. New monitoring mechanisms and the role of civil society (organiser - Nathalie Holvoet (to be confirmed))
5. New development goals? A critical reflection on MDGs (organiser – Dorine van Norren)
6. -- to be announced --

Registration
If you are interested to attend, please send an email, clearly stating your name and affiliation (to be included on your badge) to registration@sidnl.org (Subject-line: ‘Registration Knowledge for Development – Utrecht) before Monday 23  January 2012. Note that the number of participants is limited (150).

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