Past events

Conferences

• 1st Latin American conference on research and innovation for health
  15 - 18 April 2008
  This conference worked towards ensuring that research deals with the countries’ health priorities and contributes to equitable development in Latin­ America.
• Australasian Evaluation Society: 2008 International Conference - Evaluation: Adding Value.
  08 - 12 September 2008
  This conferen­ce aims to address how evaluation can enhance the value of programmes, policies and services in public, independent and private organisations.
• Social protection for the poorest in Africa - learning from experience
  08 - 10 September 2008
  Development Research & Training, the CPRC and the Brooks World Poverty Institute will co-host this international conference. The meeting will bring together practitioners, researchers and policy-makers involved in the development, design and implementation of social protection programmes, especially those which aim to address extreme and chronic poverty, with the aim of lear­ning from existing programmes and informing the extension of social protection in Africa.
• The next decade - what are the big policy challenges?
  06 - 08 November 2008
  The 2008 research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) invites proposals for research papers, panels, roundtables and workshops on current research a­bout public policy and management across disciplines, policy areas, and national boundaries.
• Global Ministerial Forum for Health: strengthening research for health, development and equity
  17 - 19 November 2008
  The 2008 Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health is the culmination of nearly 20 y­ears of global efforts ­to focus research towards improving the health of poor ­people.­
• Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective
  07 - 09 January 2009
  ­ Asia's growing economic and geopolitical importance has led to increased interest in its social protection and social welfare programs.
• Organising for social justice and poverty reduction
  14 - 15 January 2009
  Public action by and for disadvantaged people, undertaken by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other non-government actors, is increasingly significant at local and international levels.­
• Beyond social inclusion: towards a more equal society?
  22 - 23 January 2009
  Organised by the Centre for Research in Social Policy, the conference will bring together national and international experts in social policy and the social sciences to examine the implications of inequalities for individuals, communities, nation states and ­international relations.
• Escaping the poverty traps conference
  26 - 27 February 2009
  This­ conference responded to the challenge to USAID and other development assistance agencies to find ways to connect the poor to economic growth.
• Broad-based innovations to address socio-economic challenges faced by South Africa
  27 February 2009
  A workshop to explore both both technological and non-technological aspects of innovation for socio-economic benefit
  
• Poverty and social protection conference 2009
  11 - 13 March 2009
  This conference will focus on issues of poverty and its eradication, social inequality, race relations and policy management and mismanagement with an international perspective.
• Perspectives on impact evaluation: Approaches to assessing development effectiveness
  31 March - 02 April 2009
  A conference focusing on determining how successful development initiatives have been and how evaluations can best be conducted to inform policies, strategies and interventions.
• World social science forum: One planet - worlds apart?
  10 - 12 May 2009
  The overall perspective of this conference is to explore:
  The changing world and the challenges it presents to social science
  The interface between social science and the changing world
  The state of social science itself, as it seeks to confront the challenges.
• Better evidence for a better world
  18 - 19 May 2009
  Aims to review the effectiveness of interventions and the balance between good and harmful effects, in education, crime and justice, and social welfare. As underlined by the Commission on Soci­al Determinants of health, education, protection from crime, and social welfare also clearly constitute the broader determinants of health. Will determine action  needed outside of health care to improve life expectancy and health.
• 36th International conference on global health
  26 - 30 May 2009
  The annual conference of the Global Health Council.
• Leading for health – evidence, policy and practice
  16 - 18 June 2009
  This year’s theme – Leading for health – evidence, policy and practice – will focus on how public health professionals translate their knowledge, skills and expertise into leading-edge public health practice, to shape the specialty to deliver health and wellbeing in the 21st Century.­
• Policy futures – learning from the past?
  29 June - 01 July 2009
  The annual conference from the Social Policy Association.
• Promoting social development and diminishing inequality: Who must be responsible?
  27 - 29 July 2009
  With the growing presence of civil society associations and corporations as providers of social welfare outside the State, there is increasing attention to the roles that citizens, corporations and governments play in promoting social development and diminishing inequality. At the 16th ICSD Internati­onal Symposium in Monterrey, Mexico, issues, challenges and solutions related to a shared responsibility among civil society, corporations and governments will be discussed.
• Rural development in South Africa: Repetition, revision and rethink
  19 August 2009
  ­The time of this presentation is from 12.15 to 13.30 and it is presented by Dr Moraka Nakedi Makhura, Head of Agricultural Economic Research and Innovation Services (AERIS), Land Bank­.
• Innovation for a responsive public sector: Innovation conference 2009
  27 - 28 August 2009
  The theme for this year's conference looks at deepening the responsiveness of the public sector to citizens needs. This comes at a time when the country is officially in a recession. Despite the economic meltdown, services still need to be delivered. It is in this context that the public sector needs to explore innovative ways to deliver services and be ready to respond to the complex and ever c­hanging needs of the citizens.
• PEGNet conference 2009: Policies for reducing inequality in the developing world
  03 - 04 September 2009
  The Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) annual conference will be held at the Institute for Social Studies. A prize will be awarded to best-practices in cooperation between research­ers and practitioners. This call therefore asks for submission of papers in the  specified areas as well as projects, programs and initiatives eligible for this prize.
• Teenage fatherhood in South Africa: Issues, experiences and policy implications
  08 September 2009
  This seminar will take place from 12:30 - 13:30 and the presenters are Dr Sharlene Swartz and Professor Arvin Bhana, with an introduction by Professor Linda Richter. The book provides a fresh and in-depth portrait of impoverished young South African men who became fathers while teenagers. It provides space for their articulate and impassioned voices to be heard amidst the outcry against the absence of fathers, and offers insights into young fathers’ personal, emotional, financial and cultural struggles as they come to terms with fatherhood.
• Reclaiming the resources for health: building universal people centred health systems in East and Southern Africa
  22 September 2009
  This is the third EQUINET regional conference on equity in health in east and southern Africa. It offers a unique opportunity to hear original work and debate on the determinants of, challenges to and opportunities for equity in health in this region.
• Inclusive growth, innovation and technological change: education, social capital and sustainable development
  06 - 08 October 2009
  GLOBELICS (Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) is an international network of scholars who apply the concept of learning, innovation, and competence buildi­ng system (LICS) as their framework and are dedicated to the strengthening of LICS in developing countries, emerging economies and societies in transition.
• The changing face of leadership and governance: Adapt, influence, sustain
  07 - 09 October 2009
  The 10th annual conference of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM).
• Driving service delivery through collaborative and interactive government: The 8th Batho Pele Learning Network
  04 - 06 November 2009
  The Batho Pele Learning Network (BPLN) is a platform that promotes sharing and exchanging of experiences and lessons aimed at improving service delivery through the implementation of the White Paper on Transforming Public Service Delivery of 1997 (known as Batho Pele).
• Innovating for the health of all: Forum 2009
  16 - 20 November 2009
  The Global Forum for Health Resarch 2009 annual forum will take place in Havana, Cuba at the invitation of the Ministry of Health.
• Democracy, human rights and social justice in a new global dispensation - challenges and transformation
  01 - 03 February 2010
  A collaboration between Örebro University’s Research School Conditions of Democracy (Sweden) and the University of South Africa (UNISA)’s South African Research Chair in Development Education (South Africa).

Courses

• Writing policy-related briefings: a course for government officials and practitioners to improve policy brief writing
  13 - 17 October 2008
  The Economic Policy Research Institute at the University of Cape Town is offering this course in collaboration with the Overseas Development Institute. The course aims to help participants to develop thei­r own ideas and materials into briefing notes.
• Designing and implementing social transfer programmes: a course for policymakers, government officials and practitioners around the world
  26 October - 09 November 2008
  The Economic Policy Research Institute is offering this two-week course in collaboration with HelpAge International, the University of Maastricht and the University of Cape Town. Aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of socia­l transfer programmes.
• Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes
  26 July - 08 August 2009
  The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) together with the Maastricht University and the University of Cape Town (UCT) is offering a two-week course, Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes, aimed at providing participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of social transfer programmes.
  
• Managing sustainable livelihoods for the poor: training course
  31 August - 03 September 2009
  Khanya-aicdd and the Centre for Development Support (CDS), University of the Free State are offering a 4-day Certificate Course called Managing sustainable livelihoods: understanding and applying the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA). Please note the application deadline is 14 August 2009.
• Sustainable livelihoods for development
  01 - 04 February 2010
  A 4-day accredited certificate course for managers, development practitioners and advisers from government and development agencies who want to understand the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) and how to apply it in their work. This course is accredited at South Africa National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 5.
• Facilitation of Community-based Planning
  15 - 26 February 2010
  A 12-day accredited graduate level course that aims to ground Municipal Managers, IDP Managers and Participation Managers in the methodology and art of facilitating participatory Ward Plans, and their integration into IDPs. This course has been accredited at South Africa National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 5. NOTE: The application deadline is 5 February.