Upcoming events

Conferences

• 6th International conference for cultural policy research 2010
  24 - 27 August 2010
  The theme of the conference, ­Truths, taboos and myths of cultural policy, refers to the ways in the field of cultural policy takes place and positions itself in praxis and research.
• 14th Annual conference on rural health: Inspiration without borders
  26 - 28 August 2010
  An annual conference providing an opportunity to gain new knowledge and perspectives, and network with other rural practitioners from across Southern Africa.
• Professor Bernard M. Magubane at 80: the celebration of a life: 2010 social science research in Africa conference
  26 - 28 August 2010
  This is to announce the 2010 Social Science Research in Africa conference taking place in Tshwane, South Africa from 26 to 28 August 2010. The Social Science Research in Africa conference which is held every two years is being re-launched as The African Knowledge Producers Series.
• 4th CPSI public sector innovation conference: Restoring citizens’ dignity: Innovative responses to public service delivery challenges
  31 August - 01 September 2010
  The Centre for Public Service Innovation­ hosts an annual conference as a platform that exposes public servants and their strategic partners to innovation opportunities and strategies through sharing of related knowledge and experiences. The conference targets innovation practitioners, service delivery champions and decision makers throughout all spheres of government and partners from the private sector, the academia, locally and internationally.­­
• PEGNet conference 2010: Policies to foster and sustain equitable development in times of crises
  02 - 03 September 2010
  A platform for high-level dialogue between development researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. The two conference days will feature parallel-sessions based on invited and contributed papers and project presentations. These will be complemented by a debate, a round-table discussion, and keynote speeches by renowned speakers from academia, economic policy and development practice. ­
• Ten years of poverty: what have we learned since 2009 and what should we do 2010-2020?
  08 - 10 September 2010
  A call for the submission of papers that conceptually explore poverty dynamics; present empirical studies on poverty reduction; explain new methodologies of measuring multi-dimensional poverty; and/or inform policymaking in poverty reduction.
• International policy and research conference 2010: Emerging trends in times of instability: New challenges and opportunities for social security
  29 September - 01 October 2010
  The conference will focus on the challenges that various socio-economic developments pose to social security worldwide. The current financial and economic crisis is having an enormous impact in terms of its suddenness, scale, and global reach.
• Global forum on agriculture policies for agricultural development, poverty reduction and food security
  29 - 30 November 2010
  ­This Global Forum is concerned with identifying ways in which governments can accelerate agricultural development and tackle the twin problems of poverty and food insecurity.
• World social security forum 2010: Securing social stability and economic development
  29 November - 04 December 2010
  The global financial and economic crisis has reaffirmed the key contribution of social security to social stability and economic recovery. The World Social Security Forum will provide a unique opportunity for over 1,000 decision-makers from all regions to share knowledge, recognize good practices and discuss key challenges and innovative strategies for Dynamic Social Security.­