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November 26, 2009
Entwicklungspolitischer Dialog- und Film-Abend
Einladung des Landes Oberösterreich

Excerpt from the announcement:
"In Oberösterreich und im Ausland aktiv tätige Personen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit erhalten die Möglichkeit, Ihre Arbeiten einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zu präsentieren. "

Programme:
Projektpräsentation 20 Jahre IEZ:
Das Interdisziplinäre Forschungsinstitut für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (IEZ) der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz stellt sich vor - anhand von Projektbeispielen aus Laos und Bhutan.
(ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Obrecht)

Filmpräsentation "Coffee to go":
Der oberösterreichische Filmemacher Prof. Mag. Andreas Gruber hat mit Unterstützung des Landes Oberösterreich das Filmprojekt "Kaffee mit Milch und Zucker" verwirklicht.

Nach der anschließenden Podiums- und Publikumsdiskussion lädt das Land Oberösterreich zu einem "fairen" Buffet.

Date: November 30, 2009, 7:00pm
Venue: Redoutensäle des Landes OÖ, Promenade 39, 4021 Linz
Details: Programme 76.88 kb
Website: http://www.iez.jku.at

Source: City of Vienna

November 26, 2009
KE NAKO – Es ist Zeit!
Zukunftskontinent Afrika

Excerpt from the announcement:
"Die Stadt Wien und die Südwind Agentur laden am 30. November 2009 zur Fachtagung "Ke Nako - Es ist Zeit! Zukunftskontinent Afrika" ein. Aufgrund der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2010 blickt die Welt nach Südafrika. Ein ganzer Kontinent rückt damit ins Rampenlicht der Weltöffentlichkeit. Im Rahmen der Tagung sprechen Expertinnen und Experten zu aktuellen Fragen, die Afrika beschäftigen. Die Beziehungen zwischen Afrika und Europa beziehungsweise Österreich werden analysiert, ausgewählte Entwicklungsprojekte präsentiert und Wege der Zusammenarbeit erörtert. Abschließend diskutiert eine spannend besetzte Runde aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Medien am Podium über Wege und Irrwege hin zum "Zukunftskontinent Afrika". "

Date: November 30, 2009, 2:00pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Rathausstraße 1, Wappensaal, Rathaus, 1010 Vienna
Details: Programme 221.20 kb
Website: http://www.wien.gv.at

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November 19, 2009
Symposium: Return on Development
Innovative Finanzierungsinstrumente als Katalysatoren für unternehmerische Initiative und globale Entwicklung

Excerpt from the website:
"Die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit steht vor vielen Herausforderungen. Sie muss sich im Zuge der fortschreitenden Globalisierung, im Hinblick auf die Erreichung der Millennium Development Goals bis 2015 und vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise vor allem die Frage nach der Effizienz und Effektivität ihrer Interventionen stellen. Das bedeutet auch, die eigenen Grenzen zu erkennen und nach Möglichkeiten zu suchen, wie Kapazitäten und Know-how Dritter – insbesondere von Unternehmen – zur Lösung drängender Probleme mobilisiert werden können. Entwicklungsfazilitäten – Instrumente, die neue Lösungen für die Herausforderungen in den Entwicklungsländern initiieren und finanzieren – können den Aktionsradius und die Reichweite der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit vergrößern und durch die Einbindung von unternehmerischen Ressourcen und Know-how bisherige Grenzen überschreiten. "

Date: November 24, 2009
Venue: Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank OeEB, Vienna
Website: http://www.ibwe.at

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November 16, 2009
FAO: World Summit on Food Security 2009

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy.

FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf:
"The silent hunger crisis — affecting one sixth of all of humanity — poses a serious risk for world peace and security. We urgently need to forge a broad consensus on the total and rapid eradication of hunger in the world."

Addresses and Statements: http://www.fao.org/wsfs/wsfs-addresses
Date: November 16-18, 2009
Venue: Rome, Italy
Website: http://www.fao.org
Petition to end hunger: http://www.1billionhungry.org

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September 22, 2009
ODI Annual Report 2009

ODI (Overseas Development Institute - UK) is an independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

Excerpt from the introduction:
"Time and again, ODI has reminded policy-makers of the need to maintain and expand development funding as a bulwark against the impact of economic collapse; to avoid ‘one size fits all’ responses and to ensure that environmental concerns are not swept aside in attempts to jump-start ailing economies."

Download: ODI Annual Report 4.93 mb
Website: http://www.odi.org.uk

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August 26, 2009
Speech by Carl Bildt in Rimini regarding European-African cooperation

The Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt spoke on August 23 at the Rimini Meeting. His speech at the conference, 'Africa: forgotten conflicts' included the topics of globalisation and cooperation.
He said that cooperation between the EU and Africa, primarily with the African Union, must be developed and strengthened in several areas. Agricultural policy and trade were mentioned as examples.
Sweden holds the EU-presideny during the second half of 2009.

Speech: http://www.se2009.eu

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August 20, 2009
European Development Days 2009

The European Development Days are a yearly event hosted jointly by the European Commission and the EU Presidency.
Now entering its fourth year, European Development Days has built a reputation for unflinching debate covering a range of pressing issues in global development. Each year, a set of themes and overarching ideas are nominated to once again stoke the fires of debate.

Topics 2009:
- Democracy
- Adapting to climate change
- Promoting energy efficiency
- Global recession – no countries left behind

Date: October 22 - 24, 2009
Venue: Stockholm, Sweden
Website: http://www.eudevdays.eu/

August 13, 2009
"Entwicklungspolitische Kommunikation & Bildung in Österreich"
A strategy paper by Austrian Development Cooperation

We are sorry, but at the moment this paper is only available in German.
Excerpt:
"Die Erfolge der Fördermaßnahmen in der Vergangenheit zeigen, dass Entwicklungspolitische Kommunikation und Bildung EZA-Themen in einen entwicklungspolitischen Gesamtzusammenhang stellt. Sie ermöglicht damit den Menschen, diese besser zu verstehen. Durch die Integration von Themen wie Globalisierung, Migration oder Klimawandel hat die gesamtgesellschaftliche Relevanz des Bereichs zugenommen. Ebenso belegbar ist, dass die thematischen Entwicklungen im internationalen Kontext erfolgten und erfolgen und es gelang, durch die Projekte neue Zielgruppen anzusprechen: KonsumentInnen, Reisende, Kulturbewegte, an Filmen Interessierte, aber auch Abgeordnete, KommunalpolitikerInnen, BetriebsrätInnen. Entwicklungspolitische Kommunikation und Bildung leistet zudem Nachwuchsarbeit. Sie wendet sich erfolgreich an Jugendliche, Studierende und junge WissenschafterInnen."

Paper: Download 271.68 kb, German only!
Website: http://www.entwicklung.at

August 3, 2009
GDN: 2009 Annual Global Development Awards and Medals Competition launched

The Global Development Network (GDN) is now accepting submissions for its annual competition for development research proposals/papers and development projects. Researchers and NGOs from developing and transition countries are invited to participate in the competition.


New competition announcement:
"2009 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition Deadline Extended - Apply Now!! Extended Deadline: 10 September 2009 – Projects; 14 October 2009 – Research Proposals/Papers The Global Development Network invites researchers and organizations from developing and transition countries to submit new research proposals, completed research papers and proposals for scaling-up development projects. This year’s competition themes seek to explore pressing global issues – globalization, regulation and development; international migration; and regional integration.
More information: http://www.gdnet.org/~2009awards "

Excerpt from the guidelines (projects):
"The Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project is a competitive grant program administered by the Global Development Network (GDN) that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact in developing and transition countries."
"The Award is open to all development projects in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Pacific Islands, and the transition economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The project must be managed by an organization with its headquarters in a country in one of the above regions. The project must have been implemented before December 31, 2007."

Website, guidelines:
http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=2009awards and
http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=gdn_awards_and_medals_2009_feature
Deadline projects: September 10, 2009
Deadline proposals/papers: October 14, 2009

July 24, 2009
Higher Education and Scientific Cooperation
A strategy paper by Austrian Development Cooperation

Excerpt:
"The Higher Education and Scientific Cooperation strategy described in this document was developed with a view to accomplishing two main goals: (a) respond to the international policy guidelines put forward in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Paris Declaration; and (b) implement key conclusions and recommendations from the ADC’s 2007 evaluation of the education sector. The strategy described here is intended to serve as a direct implementation instrument and encompasses the key measures for the next five years."

Paper: Download 150.45 kb
Website: http://www.entwicklung.at

July 9, 2009
New paper by Austrian Development Cooperation:
"Moderne Entwicklungsfinanzierung" (Modern Funding for Development Cooperation)

Excerpt:
"Gerade in Zeiten knapper Budgetmittel sind der effiziente und nachvollziehbare Einsatz der Mittel, die gute Abstimmung mit anderen Gebern, noch größere Eigenverantwortung der Partnerländer und eine möglichst breite Palette an Finanzierungsinstrumenten für eine zeitgemäße Entwicklungszusammenarbeit notwendig. Auch Österreich verfolgt diese Prioritäten.
Die neue Architektur der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, wie sie in der Pariser Erklärung von 2005 und der Accra Agenda for Action von 2008 festgelegt wurde, soll mehr Effizienz und Wirksamkeit fördern. Dementsprechend werden auch neue Finanzierungsinstrumente eingesetzt: Budgethilfe etwa wird als konkretes Instrument gesehen, um Armut zu mindern und so die Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele zu erreichen. Auch Österreich begann 2005, in einer Reihe von Schwerpunktländern systematisch vor allem sektorielle Budgethilfe zu leisten."
Paper: Download (German only!) 69.17 kb
Website: http://www.entwicklung.at
Accra Agenda for Action: http://www.oecd.org
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness 2005: Download 169.23 kb

June 10, 2009
Desmond Tutu to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Vienna

The University of Vienna will confer an honorary doctorate in theology on the South African Theologian and Nobel Laureate, Dr Desmond Tutu. The University substantiates the honour with Tutu’s outstanding achievement in applying a theology of "Ubuntu". The ceremony will take place at 11.00 AM on 12 June 2009, in the Main Ceremonial Chamber of the University.

Currently, Desmond Tutu is devoted to the battle against HIV/Aids in Africa, with particular concern for Aids orphans. He established the "Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation", for which the University of Vienna powers a charity concert on 13 June 2009, featuring star tenor Johan Botha and other Viennese musicians.

Website, contact: http://public.univie.ac.at
Invitation: Download (German only!) 32.62 kb
Time: June 12, 2009, 11:00 am
Venue: University of Vienna, Main Ceremonial Chamber

May 28, 2009
Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is granted to exceptionally promising junior re-searchers from abroad in recognition of outstanding academic achievements and enables them to establish their own groups of junior researchers at research institutions in Germany.

Scientists and scholars from abroad, whose research records to date have already qualified them to be recognised as top-level junior researchers and who are expected to continue producing outstanding results as recipients of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, are eligible to submit applications.
Scientists and scholars from all disciplines may apply directly to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The Humboldt Foundation plans to grant up to eight Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards. The award is valued at 1.65 million EUR.

Website, contact: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de
Programme information: Download 42.1 kb
Deadline: October 15, 2009

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May 11, 2009
Latin American and European Perspectives on the Social Science -- Policymaking Nexus in the Knowledge Society
International conference organised by EULAKS.

Excerpt from the EULAKS website:
"The keynotes and contributions from panellists during the first day of the conference will be focused on the challenges in the construction of knowledge societies. During the second day, policy perspectives and the role of the social sciences in public policy development will be discussed. The conference will enable high-level exchange of expertise on priority topics related to the role of the social sciences in the development of public policy agendas for emerging knowledge societies in both regions."

Panellists (incomplete list):
Paolo Dini (London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom), Gabriel Yoguel (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina,) Nico Stehr (Zeppelin University, Germany), Olga Memedovic (UNIDO, Vienna), Hernán Jaramillo (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia), Rigas Arvanitis (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France), Christina von Furstenberg (UNESCO, Paris), Marta Novick (Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Protection, Argentina), Anne Posthuma (International Labour Organisation, Geneva), Roberto López Martínez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico), Rosa Quevedo (European Commission, DG External Relations, Brussels), Mónica Casalet (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico), Steve Fuller (University of Warwick, United Kingdom), Daniel Villavicencio (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico), Dirk Johann (Centre for Social Innovation, Austria), Cristina Martínez-Fernández (OECD, Paris), Elie Faroult (European Commission, DG Research, Brussels), Isabel Bortagaray (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

Conference:
Date: June 8-9, 2009
Venue: Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen, Vienna, Austria
Website, Contact: http://www.eulaks.eu
Programme: Preliminary Programme 130.57 kb

March 24, 2009
Essay competition 2009
Young voices in research for health

Excerpt from the website:
"The Global Forum for Health Research and The Lancet are sponsoring their fourth joint essay competition with the theme Innovating for the health of all, held in conjunction with Forum 2009, the annual meeting of the Global Forum that takes place in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 20 November."
Prizes:
- A selection of shortlisted essays will be published in an anthology as well as on the Global Forum and Lancet websites.
- Winners will be invited to take part (with all expenses paid) in Forum 2009, the annual meeting of the Global Forum for Health Research, which will take place in Havana, Cuba, from 16 to 20 November 2009.

Deadline: May 3, 2009
Details: http://www.globalforumhealth.org

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March 23, 2009
The Global Food Crisis
International conference organised by CDS (The Critical Development Studies).

Excerpt from the CDS website:
"Organised by the Critical Development Studies Network (www.critdev.org) the conference is hosted by the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas and co-sponsored by the Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC), the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), the Canadian Journal of Development Studies (CJDS), Globalizations, the Review of International Political Economy (RIPE), Routledge and Fernwood Books. Editors of these journals will be in attendance. Institutional and programmatic support is also provided by the Transnational Institute (Amsterdam) and Food First."

Conference:
Date: August 13-15, 2009
Venue: Zacatecas, Mexico
Website: http://www.critdev.org/
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February 13, 2009
IMISCOE Cross-Cluster Theory Conference
Interethnic Relations: Multidisciplinary Approaches

Excerpt from the IMISCOE website:
"The conference aims to shed new conceptual and theoretical light on the perspective of interethnic relations in migration and integration research. The subject is approached in a broad way, bringing together scholars from different disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences and history, incorporating the gamut of interests pursued, and simultaneously providing focus by offering a format in which a variety of themes, perspectives and modalities of collaboration are articulated."

Conference:
Date: May 13 - 15, 2009
Venue: Lisbon, Portugal
Website: http://www.imiscoe.org
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February 5, 2009
GISCA’09

Third Central Asia GIS Conference - GISCA’09 - GIScience for Environmental and Emergency Management in Central Asia

Excerpt from the GISCA website:
"The GISCA series of conferences aims at building a Central Asian network of GIS professionals supporting the sustained development of this region into an environmentally friendly, secure and prosperous society."

Call for papers:
Deadline: May 1, 2009
Details: http://www.aca-giscience.org/gisca09callforpapers

Conference:
Date: August 27-28, 2009
Venue: Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN
Website: http://www.aca-giscience.org/gisca09

January 30, 2009
First EURO-AFRICA Cooperation Forum on ICT-Research

An event co-organised by the European Commission (EC DG INFSO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) with the support of the EuroAfrica-ICT initiative.
For the first time in Europe, sub-Saharan African and European policy-makers are being brought together with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) research organisations to address the development of collaborative projects.

Excerpt from the flyer:
"The Africa-EU JSAP (Joint Strategy and Action Plan) was adopted at the EU-AU summit held in Lisbon in December 2007. It is a political vision and roadmap for the cooperation between the two continents in existing and new areas, going beyond the traditional donor-recipient approach, and beyond institutions by involving non-state players, and addressing global challenges such as peace and security, climate change, migration, trade and regional integration. Concrete actions and goals for the years 2008-2010 are outlined in eight Africa-EU Partnerships in the so called First Action Plan."

Flyer, external link 815 kb

January 29, 2009
GDN: New Website

GDN (Global Development Network) is a global network of research and policy institutes that work on facilitating and applying research to policy development and practice.
GDN partners with various international donor organizations and governments, and is a worldwide network of research institutes, academic institutions, think tanks and more than 8,000 individual researchers worldwide.
The completely redesigned website brings along new functionality and new services.

January 15, 2009
Second African Science Communication Conference

Background:
In December 2006, the SAASTA (South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancements) hosted the first African Science Communication Conference focusing specifically on the need to develop the field of Science Communication and establish collaborative networks on the African continent engaging academics, universities, the public, science centres and private research centres, as well as industry, the media, the education field and professional practitioners.

The specific conference objectives are to strengthen the African flagship research and development clusters in:
• Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Indigenous Knowledge;
• Energy, Water and Desertification;
• Materials Sciences, Manufacturing, Laser and Post Harvest Technologies;
• Information, Communication and Space Science Technologies;
• Improving Policy Conditions and Building Innovation Mechanisms; and
• Implementation, Funding and Governance.

Given the continent's science, technology and innovation needs and challenges, SAASTA will be hosting its 2nd African Science Communication Conference bringing together individuals across the various sectors in realising Science Communication's role in driving economic growth and long term sustainable development.

Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Gauteng, South Africa
Date: February 18 - 21, 2009
Website: http://www.saasta.ac.za