International
Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) - Annual Report
2002-03.
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National Post, August 7, 2003. Smith:
Move the United Nations to Toronto? Mills is whistling in the dark.
CFGS Associate Director Barry Carin participated in
this year's Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics
(ABCDE), in Paris, May 15-16, 2003. Dr. Carin was one of
two discussants in a workshop on NEPAD Peer Review and Public-Private
Partnerships for Development. More
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Town Hall Meeting with the Honourable Bill
Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tuesday, April 15, 2003, 6:30 – 8:00 PM, Victoria Conference
Centre Theatre, Douglas Street Entrance. Part of the Dialogue on
Foreign Policy series. More
Information
NEPAD Mapping
Project: Report from the Addis Ababa Meeting, February 27-28, 2003.
Learning and the World We Want -
November 20-23,2003. An International and InterdisciplinaryConference
in Celebration of 100 Years of the Faculty of Education at the University
of Victoria will focus on education and lifelong learning in the
context of local and global searches for communities of economic
and social well-being. This conference is for all concerned with
the role of learning in calling forth and creating a sustainable
global community and a peaceful world. More
Information.
From the Nezavisimaya Gazeta, December 18, 2002: “GAIDAR
STRIDES AHEAD ONCE AGAIN"
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Tanya Young, a Research Assistant at the Centre for
Global Studies, has won the Robert L. Richardson Trade Commissioner
Service Award for excellence in international trade studies. The
award was presented October 5, 2002 for the report, entitled “An
Examination of the World Trade Organization’s compulsory Licensing
Rules: Implications for Stakeholders and Recommended solutions”.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade sponsor
the award. Find
out More
Escape From Politics - a community
forum presented by The Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership.
Thursday, November 21, 2002, 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
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"NEW CHALLENGES FOR HIGH LEVEL LEADERSHIP TRAINING
IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD"
by Dr. Gordon Smith. August 19th, 2002.
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out more
Indigenous Children's Rights Internship Project
In this project, Canadian Youth Interns are placed in communities
around the world to support local indigenous youth leadership capacity.
The candidates receive training, and are supported by their host
institutions to help facilitate indigenous youth leadership in the
context of broader community development projects. The interns also
work with local municipal governments to strengthen their capacity
to deal with indigenous children's issues. The program has so far
coordinated placements for 23 interns in 9 countries, including
Canadian indigenous communities.
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IICRD launches new project in South Africa
Community and Protection: Participatory Research Linking Vulnerable
Children, Communities and Local Government.
The purpose of this project, undertaken in partnership with the
Child and Youth Care Agency for Development (CYCAD) in South Africa,
is to establish Free State Province, S.A., as the learning site
for a participatory research model aimed at building local government
and community capacity in protecting the rights of vulnerable children.
In achieving this overall goal, the project will document ways to
support and protect vulnerable children, influence policy development,
and strengthen families and communities, as well as develop the
capacity of government to sustain the project and the services that
result from its implementation.
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out more
CFGS Conference in Bellagio – “Emerging
Global Challenges / G8 - Africa Planning Meeting”
April 16-18, 2002, CFGS will lead members of the Canadian G8 Summit
team, representatives from donor agencies, the State of the World
Forum, and leading African personalities involved with the NEPAD
process (New Partnership for Africa's Development) in a conference
to discuss specific strategies for integrating Africa more constructively
into the globalization process, working within the parameters set
by the G8 Summits, Millennium Declaration and NEPAD
Initiative. The conference will be held at the Rockefeller Foundation’s
Bellagio Study and Conference Center in Lake Como, Italy. Find
out More.
CFGS partners with State of the World Forum on Commission on Globalization.
Centre Directors Gordon Smith and Barry Carin are among several
dozen international leaders participating in the Commission on Globalization,
a two-year process of policy research and multi-stakeholder dialogues
that will culminate in the Forum on Globalization in 2003. CFGS
is assisting State of the World Forum with the development of Policy
Action Groups in eight different research streams, and will head
tow of the groups on Intellectual Property and World Trade, and
New Threats and Integrated Security.
Article in the Ottawa Citizen by EWIC Director Derek
Fraser. Find
out more
UN Children's Conference on the Environment, Victoria
BC, May 21 -25, 2002
The International
Children's Conference on the Environment (ICC) is inspired by
the recognition that children need to be active participants in
decisions that affect the future of the planet. Produced in cooperation
with the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), the conference will be a four-day
event in May 2002. It will bring together 800 children, aged 10-12
years, from over 115 countries, to learn, share experiences, voice
their concerns, and join
a worldwide environmental network to promote positive action.
CFGS Policy Brief - The Need for a Global Microfinance
Facility. View
CFGS Partners with Foro Nacional/Internacional (Peru)
on Global Knowledge and Development.
The purpose of this project is to provide a concise overview of
the current landscape of policies and programs aimed at the dissemination
of scientific and technological knowledge to developing countries.
The main elements of the project include development of a searchable
database/inventory of program and policy initiatives at the global,
regional and national levels; review of the inventory at a meeting
of international S&T experts in Peru in Summer 2002; and the
preparation of a final report with analysis and strategic directions
for the sector by December 2002. Findings from the research will
be of relevance to multi-lateral agencies, national and sub-national
governments, field practitioners. The Global Knowledge and Development
Project is made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation. |
