10-13 December, 2010 / Lucknow, India

The Global Symposium is an annual event that has developed a world wide movement through a global partnership with civil society and educational organizations to establish sustainable development, world unity and world peace.

29 June 2010 / Brussels

This capacity building symposium is organized by The Centre for Parliamentary Studies, and will focus on poverty reduction indicators which seeks to raise awareness of poverty reduction as a key policy objective in Europe.

11-13 November 2010 / Luxembourg

Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion invites to this conference that will examine poverty and development within the framework of recent global crises and governance.

8-11 November 2010 / IBM Learning Center, Palisades, New York

The 21st annual summit of the International Forum for Child Welfare (IFCW), an annual gathering of leaders in child welfare dedicated to the rights and well being of children globally.

27-28 May / Karlsruhe, Germany

The conference will discuss key emerging issues related to global warming and the emergence of the green economy, impacts on human capital management, and effective initiatives needed to develop and manage human capital for the next economies – the green economies.

4 Juni, 2010 / NORAD, Oslo

”Forum for urfolksspørsmål i bistanden” er en møteplass for representanter fra forskningsmiljøer, bistandsmiljøer og interesseorganisasjoner med erfaringer fra ulike typer internasjonalt urfolksarbeid.

9 July 2010 / London, UK

The Conference brings together Government representatives and organisations from across the public sector to give guidance and share best practice in tackling child poverty.

25-29 October, 2010 / New Delhi, India

A new vision is emerging of how evaluation can serve development. The questions are changing, from: "what was the outcome of this project?" to "what needs to happen to bring about deeper change in societies and system?"

26-30 June, 2010 / Kathmandu, Nepal

Organized by University of Pavia, Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (HICAST), and International School of Advance Studies (ISAS).

25-26 November / Uppsala University, Sweden

DevNet invites to an inter-disciplinary conference that explores the interrelationship between natural resource use, poverty and power.

22-23 July / Washington D.C., USA

AIDF will bring together in excess of 1600 individuals from the international humanitarian community, to help increase the effectiveness of humanitarian relief, aid and international development.

May 10-11 / Palais des Nations, Geneva

Responding to Global Crises: New Development Paths.

7-9 April / Quito, Ecuador

The conference is organized by FLACSO, and will feature the participation of more than 50 researchers from the region.

30 June, 2010 / Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

The Congress, "Basic Income – an Instrument for Justice and Peace", will explore the basic income option from the standpoint of its contribution to social justice and peace, including basic income as a means of reducing inequality and poverty.

21-23 September, 2010 / The University of Jordan, Amman

How can human rights be incorporated into the theoretical and empirical study of human development and economic analysis? Which elements need to be incorporated in such a framework?

April 28, 2010 / Parkteateret, Oslo, Norway / 19:00

Public debate, followed by the showing of South of the Border, Oliver Stone’s documentary about the left-oriented political projects in Latin America.

UiB ISSC

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May 3 2013, 14.15-16.00 / IMER, Univ of Bergen

Potential contributions of migrant rights movements of Latin American origin to the emergence of counter-hegemonic paradigms of human rights- comparative aspects in the Euro-African and global context.

“Food Futures” is an invitation to think creatively on the potential for change and transformation of our food systems and how research can help define and achieve these visions.

Public round table session held at the "Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South" workshop.

CROP Events

May 13-15, 2013 / University of Bergen, Norway

Organized by the Department of Health Promotion and Development (HEMIL), UiB Global, and CROP.

May 6, 2013, 12-14, / University of Bergen

Open lecture with CROP Fellow Professor Maria Petmesidou: What is the status and impact of the financial crisis on the welfare states in Greece and other countries in South Europe?

March 26-27, 2013 / Quito, Ecuador

CROP, jointly with the ISSC, IHDP and Andean University Simon Bolivar, is organizing two public panels, taking place within the framework of the WSS Seminar "Sustainable Urbanization: Innovative approaches to understanding urbanization in the 21st century".