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Events in November 2010

CSID Monthly meeting

02 November 2010, 12:00 - 14:00 [This event has been cancelled] CSID Monthly meeting Date changed to 3rd November

CSID Associates monthly meeting

03 November 2010, 12:00 - 14:00 CSID Associates monthly meeting To discuss 6th Century Course and other CSID activities

Promoting gender equality and empowering women

04 November 2010, 17:30 - 19:00 Promoting gender equality and empowering women Christian Aid Millennium Development Goals Autumn Lecture Series

'HIV, A Threat to Stability and Security?

04 November 2010, 19:00 - 20:30 'HIV, A Threat to Stability and Security? Dr Homans is currently working with the UN on a report to document progress since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1308. This resolution was the first to address an issue of human development by the Security Council due to the perceived threat of the HIV epidemic to stability and security. The presentation will assess the current situation and whether this threat remains.

Values, Ethics and Morality: Development Studies Assocation Annual Conference

05 November 2010, 08:30 - 19:00 Values, Ethics and Morality: Development Studies Assocation Annual Conference Four plenary speakers will address a range of topics: Bina Agarwal on Collectivities, Cooperation and Values; Stephen Chan on Morality and Amorality; Renato Maluf on the current main challenges to food and nutrition sovereignty, security and the right to food; Chris Whitty on the value of research for development and the challenges DFID faces in a climate of cuts.

Network of International Development Organisations (NIDOS) 10th Anniversary

10 November 2010, 15:15 - 20:00 Network of International Development Organisations (NIDOS) 10th Anniversary NIDOS celbrates 10 years of action on global poverty by Scottish organisations and agencies

Enhancing environmental sustainability through inter-disciplinary action

11 - 12 November 2010 Enhancing environmental sustainability through inter-disciplinary action This FREE workshop is aimed at PhD students and early career researchers who are either working in interdisciplinary research or who currently work in a single discipline but intend to move into interdisciplinary work in the future.

From pledges to action: The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

12 - 14 November 2010 From pledges to action: The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health From Pledges to Action is a high-level political event to consolidate commitments and accelerate progress towards MDGs 4 and 5. Over three days in November, approximately 700 health and development ministers, senior government and UN officials, donors, health care professionals, civil society representatives and academics from around the world will strategize on supporting the commitments made to the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, launched by the UN Secretary-General at the MDG Summit in September.

First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research

16 - 19 November 2010 First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research The specific objectives of the symposium are to: • share state-of-the art research on universal health coverage; • develop a global agenda of priority research on accelerating progress towards universal health coverage; • facilitate greater research collaboration and learning communities across disciplines, sectors, initiatives and countries; • strengthen the scientific rigor of the field of health systems research including concepts, frameworks, measures and methods; • identify mechanisms for strengthening capacities – individual, institutional and infrastructural – for research on health systems particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Why Global Inequality Matters

19 November 2010, 14:00 - 15:30 Why Global Inequality Matters Why Global Inequality Matters

Dealing with Disasters International Conference 2010

22 - 23 November 2010 Dealing with Disasters International Conference 2010 The conference focus for 2010 is ‘Linking Disasters and Development: the next 10 years’. This involves exploring and highlighting aspects of resilience, response, investigation and recovery strategies for dealing with environmental, economic and socially related disasters, nationally and internationally. The conference programme is deliberately broad and designed to bring together the wide range of professional and academic organisations involved in the field.

The Challenge of Global Environmental Change – Research and Policy Advocacy

24 November 2010, 13:00 - 14:30 The Challenge of Global Environmental Change – Research and Policy Advocacy Prof Simon will address the challenges of undertaking policy, advocacy and consultancy on urban climate change in developing countries in terms of RAE/REFability and impact

Achieving universal primary education

25 November 2010, 17:30 - 19:00 Achieving universal primary education Christian Aid Millennium Development Goals Autumn Lecture Series

Bradford 10+1 international conference

29 November - 01 December 2010 Bradford 10+1 international conference The conference, aimed at high level business and education stakeholders, will be an opportunity to hear some of the world’s leading closed loop economy thinkers and activists (see below). Ten guest lectures around one key perspective on the transition to a sustainable economy. The focus will be on skills, jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in a ‘cradle to cradle’ or ‘closed materials loop economy’.