10-12 January, 2009 / Solstrand hotel, Bergen, Norway
As part of the core project Critical Global Poverty Studies, CROP is organizing a workshop exploring the role of the middle classes in poverty
4 February, 2010 / Oslo
The first meeting of the Norwegian CROP National Committee took place at SUM in Oslo.
1 - 3 December 2009 / Bueno Aires, Argentina.
Strategies against poverty: Alternatives from the South.
20 November, 2009 / London
This free one day memorial conference for Peter Townsend will consist of four panels of speakers about Inequalities in Health, Older People, Poverty & Social Exclusion and Social Policy.
1 - 2 October, 2009 / Bergen, Norway
Organized by CROP, The Latin America Committee/UiB, HEMIL, Centre/UiB, CMI ('Right to health through litigation' project), and NorLARNet.
10 September 2009 / Peru, Lima.
Organized by the CLASCO-CROP programme and CEHILA at the Human Developemtn and Capability Association (HDCA) 2009 conference.
18 - 20 June / Cape Town, South Africa
Organized by the CLACSO-CROP programme with the collaboration of the CLACSO South-South Program, the South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS), and the University of Cape Town.
10 - 12 May 2009 / Bergen, Norway
Session organized by CROP, CLACSO, and CODESRIA, at the ISSC World Social Science Forum.
7 May 2009 / Tromsø, Norway
Seminar organized by CROP, CLACSO-CROP, The North/South Coalition, and the University of Tromsø.
27 - 28 November 2008 / Trondheim, Norway
Workshop organized by CROP at the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU) conference 2008: Globalisation: Nation States, Forced Migration and Human Rights.
17 October 2008 / Bergen, Norway
Organised by CROP and the Childwatch International Research Network.
15 - 17 October 2008 / Lima, Peru
The CLACSO-CROP programme and Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo (DESCO) organize an international seminar about Poverty production in Latin America and the Caribbean.
10 - 12 September 2008 / Bergen, Norway
Organized by the CLACSO/CROP programme at the 4th Nordic Latin America Research Network (NOLAN) Conference: Latin American Futures.
20 May 2008 / Bergen, Norway
Hvilke krefter og strukturer skaper fattigdom? Hva gjør politiske myndigheter for å fjerne fattigdommens kilder? Gir kamp mot global oppvarming og utdanning for alle håp om å utrydde fattigdommen? Seminaret belyser disse problemstillingene.
27 - 29 November 2007 / Quito, Ecuador
Organized by the CLACSO/CROP programme in co-operation with Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (UASB).
5 - 7 November 2007 / Bergen, Norway
Workshop organized by CROP at the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU) conference 2007: Making Institutions Work for the Poor?
17 - 19 September 2007 / Oslo, Norway
Organised by CROP and the Childwatch International Research Network.
4 - 6 July 2007 / Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Organized by CLACSO and CROP, with the Juan Montalvo, S.J. Center for Social Studies (CES) and the Dominican branch of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-RD).
30 May 2007 / Bergen, Norway
Organised by CROP, UNIFOB-Global and the CLACSO-CROP Programme.
21 - 23 November 2006 / Mexico City
CROP and CLACSO workshop in co-operation with Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS) at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
13 - 15 September 2006
Panel organized by CROP at the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU) conference 2006: Ethics, Human Rights and Development.
21 August 2006 / Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Panel organized by CLACSO and CROP at the XXIIth CLACSO General Assembly.
20 - 24 February 2006 / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Session organised by CROP and CLACSO at the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus, hosted by UNESCO/MOST and the Government of Argentina.
23 - 25 November 2005 / Calí, Colombia
CROP and CLACSO workshop in co-operation with CIDSE, School of Social and Economic Sciences, Universidad del Valle, Colombia.
21 - 22 October 2005 / Dakar, Senegal
Planning workshop organised by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and CROP.
20 - 24 August 2005 / Shanghai, China
Panel organised by CROP and South Asia Studies Centre, University of Rajasthan, India, at the International Convention of Asia Scholars 4 (ICAS-4), hosted by the Shanghai Academy for Social Sciences.
26 - 28 January 2005 / Johannesburg, South Africa
The workshop is organised jointly by CROP and CICLASS (Centre for International and Comparative Labour and Social Security Law), under the theme "Law as a tool in addressing poverty: Social protection perspectives, with particular reference to sub-Saharan Africa".
22 - 24 November 2004 / University of Central America (UCA), Managua, Nicaragua
Workshop organised by CROP, the Latin American Social Science Research Council (CLACSO), UCA and the Faculty of Latin American Social Sciences, Costa Rica (FLACSO-CR).
30 - 1 October 2004 / Bergen, Norway
Special workshop organized by CROP during the annual conference of the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU), Education, Knowledge and Development.
14 - 16 April 2004 / Santa Cruz, Bolivia
A regional conference organized by CROP, CLACSO and the Centre for Work and Agricultural Development (CEDLA).
24 - 26 November 2003 / Abuja, Nigeria
CROP continues its project on Law and Poverty with a workshop in Africa, in co-operation with the Social Science Academy of Nigeria.
23 - 24 October 2003 / Oslo, Norway
A conference organized by the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) in co-operation with CROP and the Norwegian National Network on Local Politics and Development (LPD). Annual Conference of the Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU).
14 - 15 June 2003 / Komotini, Greece
CROP in collaboration with the Department of Social Administration of Democritus University of Thrace (Komotini, Greece) intends to create an interdisciplinary working group of experts on the analysis of poverty, social deprivation and anti-poverty strategies in the Mediterranean area (South Europe and particularly South-Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East).
19 - 21 March 2003 / Recife, Brazil
A joint CROP, CLACSO and Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco (FJN) workshop.
9 - 11 December 2002 / Vienna, Austria
Special session at the international conference on "Social Science and Social Policy in the XXIst Century" organised by UNESCO and ISSC, celebrating ISSC's 50th birthday. Papers by invitation only.
4 - 6 November 2002 / Havana, Cuba
This workshop is a follow up of the CROP/CLACSO workshops on "Demography of Poverty in Latin America" (Buenos Aires 2002) and "Indigenous Populations and Poverty: Multi-disciplinary Approaches" (Guatemala 2001).
7 - 13 July 2002 / Brisbane, Australia
Special session organised by CROP and RC19 at the ISA XVth World Congress of Sociology. The aim of the session is to bring out pro-policies in non-OECD countries to discuss and compare their histories, targets, organisation and priorities.
19 - 22 June 2002 / Escuela Agricola Panamericana, Zamorano, Honduras
International Development Ethics Association (IDEA) 6th International Conference on Ethics and International Development, in collaboration with CROP.
23- 24 April 2002 / Durban, South Africa
The workshop is a follow-up of the session on “Water, Poverty and Social Development” that CROP organised at the International Water History Association conference on The Role of Water in History and Development. The workshop is held in conjunction with the International Social Science Council Executive Committee Meeting.
4 - 7 November 2001 / Antigua, Guatemala
Indigenous populations are often found to live under extremely poor conditions. Within many states and territories around the world (in contexts as diverse as the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania) they are among vulnerable groups who have no alternative but to survive and maintain themselves at the margins of society.
10 - 12 August 2001 / Bergen, Norway
Session organised by CROP at the International Water History Association conference. The session dealt with distribution and access to water and sewage in the modern megalopolis and how these facilities are made available to the poor.
3 - 4 May 2001 / Oñati, Spain
The aim of this workshop was to discuss economic, social and cultural rights advocacy in the context of: -The WTO, UNCTAD, OECD, IMF, and the World Bank -Regional free trade agreements such as NAFTA, Mercosur, Caricom, Andean Community, European Union, Asia/Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, ASEAN, etc.
9 - 11 November 2000 / Buenos Aires, Argentina
The workshop focused on the following subjects: -Poverty and morbidity / mortality -Poverty and fertility and reproductive behaviour -Poverty and family and household structure -Poverty and children, elders and women -Poverty and internal migration and residential mobility -Poverty and problems of urbanization, squatter settlements and inner city slums -The demography of poverty and social policies in contemporary Latin America
12 - 14 October 2000 / Accra, Ghana
The theme of this workshop was selected to reflect the general trend that recognises the centrality of civil society and private business institutions in poverty reduction.
28 - 29 August 2000 / Oslo, Norway
CROP is appointed by the Environment and Development Division of the Norwegian Research Council to act as a node for the development of a network of Norwegian poverty researchers and other specialists with a professional interest in poverty related questions.
28 June 2000 / Geneva, Switzerland
Symposium organised jointly by CROP, UNESCO/MOST and ISSC at the UN World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalized World.
10 November 1999 / Amman, Jordan
A 1-day workshop, held in conjunction with the Role of the State in Poverty Alleviation III workshop, to help develop a framework for a project on best practices in poverty reduction.
7 - 9 November 1999 / Amman, Jordan
The workshop focused on poverty and democratisation, poverty and the public agenda.
19 - 21 May 1999 / Oñati, Spain
The workshop focused on the following: -analysis of practical experiences and solutions using law in the service of poverty reduction and social injustice. -protection of the poor by constitutional rights. -targeting of the actual and legal ability of social movements to assist their members in improving their living standards. -Presenting of case studies and research into legal instruments required to meet poverty problems.
18 - 20 March 1999 / Mexcio City, Mexico
The workshop focused on the following: -analysis of the relation between poverty and social justice, with particular emphasis on Latin American cases. -Developments in human rights and the search for ethical responses to past, present and future distributional dillemas. -The quest for a public ethic based on peace, justice and human rights.
18 - 22 September 1998 / Cape Town, South Africa
The workshop focused on: -Poverty and democratisation: Popular participation and changes in the performance of the state in poverty reduction -Poverty and the public agenda: The poverty issue in the political and macro-economic arena and in the policy formulation process -The role of the state in defining poverty and shaping social attitudes -Civil servants and professionals:
27 - 28 February 1998 / Rabat, Morocco
The workshop focused on: -How different measures of poverty alleviation can be linked to strategies of social development. -Analysis of institutions (international, state, regional, and local institutions and NGOs) concerned with poverty alleviation in Mediterranean countries. -Financial and/or social consequences of poverty alleviation measures implemented by government and/or civil society.
8 - 11 October 1997 / Gaborone, Botswana
The workshop focused on the following: -the different roles a state can take in poverty alleviation, -the potential different types of states has for taking a role in poverty alleviation, -the links between the state and its citizens under different measures of poverty alleviation, -cases of African states and their performance in poverty alleviation.
24 - 27 September 1997 / Santiago, Chile
The workshop focused on the following: -In what way do the different treaty monitoring committees contribute to poverty alleviation/eradication, and how are the major International Treaties used to combat extreme poverty...
15 - 16 September 1997 / Bergen, Norway
On the initiative of the Evaluation Division in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1997, CROP and the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI), were commissioned to produce a report evaluating the experiences of the World Bank in operationalising its policies for poverty reduction, including an assessment of the appropriateness of these policies in terms of reducing poverty.
22 - 23 May 1997 / Oñati, Spain
The workshop focused on: -Legal rights protecting the poor and other vulnerable groups. -Protection of the poor by constitutional rights. -Protection of the poor in international documents on Human Rights. -Legal framework governing political action to improve poor peoples' living conditions and secure welfare rights.
11 March 1997
Cand.philol Endre Stiansen deltok på Microcredit Summit og vil gi en orientering om bakgrunnen for mikrokreditt, de viktigste problemstillinger, og forløpet på toppmøtet i februar.
11 - 12 October 1996 / Rethymno, Crete
The aims of this workshop was to promote debate among social scientists on poverty and social exclusion in the countries of the Mediterranean Area, to analyse poverty problems and different forms of disadvantage, especially in the less advanced countries of the area, and to stimulate reflection on policies and strategies to combat poverty and social exclusion delivered by national and international agencies.
5 - 6 December 1996 / Paris, France
Follow up of the UN Social Summit. Presentation of CROP research projects at the ISSC General Assembly.
7 March 1995
Invited by UNESCO, CROP organised a Round Table for UNESCO and the International Social Science Council at the UN World Summit for Social Development. The Round Table addressed the complex issue of different strategies leading to increased civil participation among the poor, with particular emphasis on the poorest part of the population.
20 - 21 May 1996 / Bergen, Norway
So far little is known about the hidden costs of poverty to the non-poor. While it is recognised in general that both society at large and in particular certain groups, actually gain from a limited amount of poverty, this phenomenon has not been studied in depth.
26 - 27 March 1996
Oslo, Norway
8 - 9 March 1996 / London, UK
Editorial meeting for the preparation of a publication of an international glossary on poverty.
28 - 29 October 1995 / Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
The workshop looked at how the poor are both victims and agents of environmental degradation. The reduction in natural capital, seriously impede the prospects for long term economic development and reductions in poverty.
9 June 1995
Seminar arranged by The Norwegian National Commission for UNESCO and CROP as part of the preparations for the Women Conference in Beijing.
11 - 13 May 1995 / Oñati, Spain
While law is often seen as an instrument for alleviating poverty, this workshop focused on the less obvious phenomenon of the legal framework as a power exercising instrument in creating and sustaining poverty.
30 November - 2 December 1994 / Paris, France
The purpose of the reviews was to develop a research instrument for researchers working on comparative poverty studies.
7 - 9 November 1994 / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The workshop analyzed how strategic actors such as the bureaucracy, entrepreneurs, politicians, intellectuals, religious leaders, and the military view poverty, inequality, distribution of resources and their own policy making.
7 - 9 October 1994 / Bergen, Norway
The workshop included presentation of conceptual papers, assessments of "urban poverty" programmes and papers reporting on empirical findings.
22 - 24 October 1993 / Bergen, Norway
16 April - 18 April 1993 / Paris, France
29 - 1 November 1992 / Budapest, Hungary
10 - 11 May 1992 / Rotterdam, The Netherlands
18 - 20 September 1991 / Bergen, Norway
