Events

Young Entrepreneurs in Africa: Making African cities better places to work, live and do business (UN-Habitat Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, from 15 April 2007 to 15 April 2007) — by admin

 

Youth, Innovation, and Development: A Global Perspective (World Bank Headquarters Building, from 06 October 2006 to 06 October 2006) — by admin

The UN conference on Youth, Innovation and Development had three major aims. First, “raising awareness within the international development community of the fact that youth has indeed a great potential for change and with proper support, it can have a major contribution to the world.” Second, to showcase some of these leaders and their projects and third, to celebrate the fact that this year’s World Development Report has Youth as its theme.

United Nations DPI/NGO Annual Conference 2010, “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs” (MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, from 30 August 2010 to 01 September 2010) — by admin

The 63rd United Nations Annual Department of Public Information (DPI) / Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Conference will be held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 30 August to 1 September 2010. The general theme of the conference is “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs.” This is the third time the conference is held outside UN Headquarters in New York.

AIDS 2010, the XVIII International AIDS Conference (Vienna, Austria, from 18 July 2010 to 23 July 2010) — by admin

The XVIII International AIDS Conference, AIDS 2010, being held from 18-23 July in Vienna, will have as a main theme Rights Here, Right Now. With this overarching theme, it aims to emphasize the central importance of protecting and promoting human rights as a prerequisite to a successful response to HIV. The right to dignity and self-determination for key affected populations, to equal access to health care and life-saving prevention and treatment programmes, and the right to interventions based on evidence rather than ideology, are all incorporated in this demand for action.

United Nations MDG Summit on 20-22 September 2010 in New York (New York, from 20 September 2010 to 22 September 2010) — by admin

Following on a proposal by the UN Secretary-General, the General Assembly has decided to convene an MDG summit (High-level Plenary Meeting) on 20-22 September, with the primary objective to accelerate progress towards all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, taking into account the progress made towards the internationally agreed development goals (A/RES/64/184). The summit is expected to undertake a comprehensive review of successes, best practices and lessons learned, obstacles and gaps, challenges and opportunities, “leading to concrete strategies for action”.

Volunteers needed: Evening Urban Camping Assistant (City of Vancover, from 21 May 2010 to 21 May 2010) — by bhairab

The Stanley Park Ecology Society is looking for volunteers for their fun-filled program! Deadline to apply May 29th 2010 Urban Camping is an exciting program which introduces inner city kids to an overnight camping experience in Stanley Park (see attachment) - they are taught basic camping skills such as putting up tents, cooking meals on camp stoves, survival skills, knot tying and local natural history. We need several volunteers with good conversational English skills to assist with the program.

International Conference "Towards an Anthropology of Childhood and Children.Ethnographic Fieldwork Diversity and Construction of a Field" (Belgium, from 09 March 2010 to 11 March 2010) — by bhairab

Institute of Human and Social Sciences, University of Liege (Belgium)

“The Doors of Perception: Viewing Anthropology Through the Eyes of Children.” (Amsterdam, from 30 September 2010 to 01 October 2010) — by bhairab

The Center for the Study of Childhood and Adolescence and VU University Amsterdam are co-organizing an international conference titled “The Doors of Perception: Viewing Anthropology Through the Eyes of Children.”