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November 27, 2008
Lecture and discussion:
„The Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Development: From Health Care Improvement to Biocultural Diversity Conservation.“
Prof. Jan Slikkerveer, Professor emeritus, Leiden University, and member of the Research School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS) is a specialist
of indigenous systems of knowledge, experience and wisdom of local peoples with regard to medicinal, aromatic and cosmetic plants.
Date: December 1, 2008, 1:00 pm
Venue: Seminarraum 4, Institut für Afrikawissenschaften, University of Vienna
Details:  Invitation 20.53 kb
Website: http://www.univie.ac.at/afrikanistik/
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November 21, 2008
SciDev.Net launches a new monthly column on African science and technology policy
In October, SciDev.Net published the first of a series of monthly columns on African science and technology policy by Linda Nordling, former editor of ResearchAfrica.
In her first column, Nordling discusses what the future may hold for South African researchers after the departure of former president Thabo Mbeki, and his likely succession by political adversary Jacob Zuma.
Website: http://www.scidev.net
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November 21, 2008
Redesigned website for IPPG
The IPPG Programme is a shorthand name for the Research Consortium on Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth, based at the Institute for Development Policy and Management, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester.
Four new IPPG discussion papers now available:
"Land Tenure, Farm Investments and Food Production in Malawi" by Ephraim Chirwa, Universty of Malawi
"Exploring the Politics of Land Reforms in Malawi: A Case Study of the Community Based Rural Land Development Programme (CBRLDP)" by Blessings Chisinga, University of Malawi.
"Informal Institutions in Transition: How Vietnam's Private Sector Boomed without Legal Protection" by Liesbet Steer (ODI) and Kunal Sen, drawn from Liesbet's Ph.D. thesis 'Informal institutions in transition: a study of private sector development in Vietnam' submitted to the University of East Anglia, 2005.
"Institutions and Agricultural Growth in Bolivia and New Zealand" by Steve Wiggins (ODI) from the IPPG research project State, Business and Farmers in Agricultural Development.
Website: http://www.ippg.org.uk/
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October 29, 2008
BLOG: R4D Research Dialogue
This blog is about research for development.
The current topic is: Maximizing the impact of agricultural research.
Blog: http://r4dconsult.wordpress.com/
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October15, 2008
AGS Annual Meeting 2009: Urban Futures: the Challenge of Sustainability
The Alliance for Global Sustainability is a partnership of four scientific and technological universities – the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
The University of Tokyo, Chalmers University of Technology, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and their associated partners.
It was formed in 1997 in the conviction that closer collaboration amongst some of the world's leading research institutions would lead to faster progress
towards sustainability.
Venue: ETH Zurich, CH
Date: January 26-29, 2009
Deadline for submission of poster abstracts with application for grant for developing country scientists: 18 October 2008
Deadline for submission of poster abstracts without application for grant: 1 December 2008
Deadline for registration: 15 December 2008
Details: http://www.cces.ethz.ch/agsam2009/
Website: http://www.theags.org/
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October 15, 2008
ACCRA - 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Agenda for Action
The Accra Agenda for Action is the product of an unprecedented alliance of development partners – partner countries from the north and south, emerging economies,
UN and multilateral institutions, global funds and civil society organisations. They all participated in the discussions leading up to the Third High Level Forum
on Aid Effectiveness, hosted by the Government of Ghana and organised by OECD and the World Bank, in Accra.
Details: http://www.accrahlf.net
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September 9, 2008
From Braindrain to Braingain
Migration, braindrain and the consequences concerning development.
Causes braindrain harm in the countries of origin or is it an accelerator for development?
And what about the countries of destination? Austrias economy needs bright ideas - but how much potential is wasted?
Venue: Albert Schweitzer Haus, Schwarzspanierstrasse 13, A-1090 Vienna
Date: October 15, 2008
Details: Read more 196.08 kb, German only!
Website: http://www.oefse.at/index.htm
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September 4, 2008
insite 08: International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition, South Africa
The International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INSITE) is South Africa's premier science and technology event.
The overarching theme for "insite 08" will be the role of Science. Technology and Innovation as key drivers of economic growth,
development and for the enhancement of the quality of life.
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa
Date: September 15-17, 2008
Details: http://www.exhibitafrica.co.za/exhibits/insitex/index.htm
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