Events held by other governance organisations
- Events Africa Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Exploring the Multi-dimensional Discourses on “Development”February 10-11, 2012 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada While other regions in the global South are making headway in economic growth, Africa seems to be caught-up in a development quagmire. On the economic front, most African countries are marred with inept economic policies exacerbated by unfavourable IMF/World Bank lending programs. Politically, the excesses of authoritarian regimes have resulted in protracted civil and ethnic wars, institutional collapse, and destruction of (...)
- Events Africa’s Public Officials Energy and EnvironmentMarch 6-8, 2012 St George Hotel, Centurion, South Africa
- Events Course on Local governance and rural decentralisationFebruary 27 - March 9, 2012 Netherlands Wageningen UR and the Royal Tropical Institute in the Netherlands are pleased to announce the organization of the international course on Local Governance and Decentralisation. As a participants you will learn how to deal with the complexity of governance and to engage with multiple actors each with their own ambitions. You will gain increased understanding of your organisation’s current and desired position, roles, and interests in relation to (...)
- Events Local governance and rural decentralisationFebruary 29 - March 9, 2012 Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Events Young People, Farming & Food ConferenceMarch 19-21, 2012 Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC) and the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Accra, Ghana An international conference about young people and the future of the agrifood sector in Africa In Africa, policy interest in the ‘young people – agriculture nexus’ focuses almost exclusively on the challenge of keeping young people in rural areas and engaged in farming. This approach ignores important drivers, trends and developments that are impacting (...)
- Events Agri Summit and Training March 26-28, 2012 JB Belmont Hotel Tanzania Booking Form Programme Sustainable social and economic development in Africa has to be driven by the development of its agricultural sector, which is the mainstay for 70%of its population and 80% of its poor. Under such conditions, significant efforts are clearly needed to make African agriculture more productive and more efficient, but also more resilient to climate (...)
- Events Decentralisation, Democratisation and DevelopmentMarch 19-30, 2012 The Hague Local governments play a crucial role in providing basic services and fostering sustainable economic development. As government layer closest to citizens, decentralised government moreover has the potential to contribute considerably to increased accountability and democratic governance in a country. This course discusses how to design, implement and support effective decentralisation strategies in order to strengthen governance and development from the (...)
- Events Public Procurement in Sub-Saharan AfricaApril 17-18, 2012 Cape Town, South Africa Public procurement in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to create headlines with recent high profile fraud, corruption and negligence cases being uncovered during the bidding for and execution of public contracts. These cases can typically involve wrongdoing and negligence from both the public and private sectors. Regulatory compliance risks as well as the risk of potentially losing a contract through cancellation or a successful bid protest or the (...)
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Centre of African Studies at 50June 6-8, 2012
University of Edinburgh
Theme: Cutting Edges and Retrospectives.
Emerging out of the Hayter enquiry into Area Studies in the United Kingdom, CAS was established with an explicitly interdisciplinary brief.
Since 1962, our researchers have maintained one foot in a core discipline – such as Social Anthropology, History, Geography, Education, Economics, Development Studies, and Politics – and the other in African Studies more broadly.
Over the past 50 years, CAS has generated (...)
