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'Power, Knowledge and Pluralism' with Robert Chambers (IDS)
On Monday January 23, Robert Chambers, world renowned international development scholar and research associate at IDS, discusses how power, professionalism, funding, methodologies and mindsets, influence and can distort and constrain the creation of knowledge.› read more...
Tags: The Netherlands, Knowledge Management
Date: 23 January : Location: Centraal Museum, Agnietenstraat 3, Utrecht
Tags: The Netherlands, Knowledge Management
Date: 23 January : Location: Centraal Museum, Agnietenstraat 3, Utrecht
New Donors – New Investments – New Development?
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.› read more...
Tags: The Netherlands
Date: 27 January : Location: Academiegebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tags: The Netherlands
Date: 27 January : Location: Academiegebouw, Utrecht, The Netherlands
The State of the Art on Knowledge Integration across Boundaries
Together with some 20 experts (scientists and practitioners from different backgrounds and regions) we aim to reinvigorate thinking about knowledge integration in international development.› read more...
Tags: The Netherlands
Date: 23 January until 24 January 2012 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Tags: The Netherlands
Date: 23 January until 24 January 2012 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Changing Face of Citizen Action
Politicians and policy makers have turned the spotlight on the citizen. In the Global North we find Obama’s ‘yes we can’. The UK is at the forefront of an apparent ‘big society’ revival in Europe. In the Global South, citizens face the challenge to enforce good governance and to complement responsive service delivery. And at the international level, citizens are expected to preserve precious public goods, in the absence of effective global policies.On 15 and 16 September a selected group of 4...› read more...
Tags: The Netherlands, Knowledge Platform
Date: 15 September until 16 September 2011 Location: Museum for Communication, The Hague
Tags: The Netherlands, Knowledge Platform
Date: 15 September until 16 September 2011 Location: Museum for Communication, The Hague
Provocation Seminar Series: Making markets work for smallholders or wage labour?
The fourth in a series of six seminars on markets and small-scale farmers will take place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 25 May 2011, 12.00-16.30 (British Summer Time) and will also be available as a live stream on www.iied.org/provocation4. Download the flyer here.Development efforts to make agricultural markets work for the poor tend to focus on supporting small-scale farmers or producers. But what about the millions of poor rural workers employed in commercial operations such as plantati...
Lunchmeeting FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL
Who are the main players in food security and are they respecting human rights?UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food PROF.OLIVIER DE SCHUTTER gives his view on the new Dutch policy on food security.Organised by: LANDac (IS Academy on Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development) & Sustainable Economic Development department (DDE) & Human Rights section (DMH/MR)from 12am lunch/sandwichessubscribe before 30th of April: Subscribe dmh-mr@minbuza.nlTHE GLOBAL LAND RUSH, What’s real and what are the myths?
DATE: March 24, 2011 VENUE: Utrecht University (Boothzaal, Library, de Uithof) 13.00-17.30 Aims of the conference This seminar is organized by International Development Studies IDS (Utrecht University) and LANDac (see www.landgovernance.org), in collaboration with Development, the Society of International Development (SID International) and SID Netherlands Chapter (SID NL). It aims to give an update of the debate about large-scale land acquisitions, and assess theimplications for equitable an...› read more...
Tags: The Netherlands, Urgency Required
Date: 24 March : Location: Utrecht University (Boothzaal, Library, de Uithof)
Tags: The Netherlands, Urgency Required
Date: 24 March : Location: Utrecht University (Boothzaal, Library, de Uithof)
Gender Mainstreaming 2.0 Dialogue
What can we learn from mainstreaming practices in different policy areas? What’s new and how can gender mainstreaming be made more future-proof? The Gender Mainstreaming 2.0 Dialogue seeks to re-energize gender mainstreaming and take it to the next level. We will look at practices from different policy areas, ranging from violence against women, to microfinance and value chain development, as well as the aid architecture. This event seeks to create synergy across these policy fields.› read more...
Tags: The Netherlands, Knowledge Platform
Date: 21 February : Location: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
Tags: The Netherlands, Knowledge Platform
Date: 21 February : Location: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
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