Event Archive

2013

February

• Bristol International Development Conference

  23 February 2013, 09:00 - 17:00

  Bristol International Development Conference returns in 2013 for another year of lively debates, fascinating talks and fresh perspectives! This year we will be addressing The Underlying Motives of International Development

• World Day of Social Justice

  20 February 2013, 00:16 - 23:40

  For the United Nations, the pursuit of social justice for all is at the core of our global mission to promote development and human dignity. The adoption by the International Labour Organization of the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization is just one recent example of the UN...

• CSID Nepal Research Group

  13 February 2013, 11:00 - 13:00

  CSID Nepal Research Group meeting: 13 February 2013. Three researchers will present their work (Yagya Subedi, Santosh Gaihre and Sohan Ghimire) on various topics in Nepal.

• Newcastle University International Development Conference

  09 - 10 February 2013

  The Newcastle University International Development Conference 2013 has the theme 'Alternative Development: The Road Less Travelled'. Is the West way really the best way to develop? Is Development a compass that is stuck pointing west? Are we at a difficult crossroads in Development and we don't know which way to go?

• Talk by Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for External affairs & International Development

  04 February 2013, 17:30 - 19:30

  Lecture summary to follow

• Food, peace and health - changing paradigms and practices for the 21st century

  04 February 2013, 12:30 - 13:45

  Geoff Tansey has worked on food, agriculture and development issues for over 35 years. He has degrees in soil science (University of Aberdeen) and history of and social studies of science (Sussex University).

January

• Micro-credit symposium

  24 January 2013, 12:00 - 17:30

  Papers will be presented on: Managing Microfinance in an Innovative Way; Poverty Alleviation and Microfinance: A Perspective from the World Bank; Microcredit in Scotland; and Will Microcredit Work in Rich Countries?

• Situating Prosperity in a World of Crisis

  15 January 2013, 17:30 - 19:00

  This talk will introduce Oxfam's new measure of Scotland's prosperity - the Humankind Index. It will explore its genesis (the crisis of development in Scotland and beyond). The process of its construction (including the challenges and trade offs) and the first results will be set out. Its...

2012

December

• Human Rights Day

  10 December 2012, 16:47

  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted between January 1947 and December 1948. It aimed to form a basis for human rights all over the world and represented a significant change of direction from events during World War II and the continuing colonialism that was rife in the world...

• International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

  05 December 2012, 16:50

  The United Nations (UN) annually observes the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development on December 5. The day, which is also known as International Volunteer Day (IVD), gives volunteers a chance to work together on projects and campaigns promoting their contributions to economic and social development at local,...