4 June 2013, 10:00-16:00

Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm

UNU-WIDER is delighted to invite you to a two-part ReCom–Research and Communication on Foreign Aid results meeting entitled ‘Aid and Our Changing Environment’.

The research results meeting will reflect on what works, and what could work in foreign aid in the pursuit of a sustainable human development agenda characterized by global environmental change and the need for planetary stewardship.

With us in Stockholm will be renowned academics, researchers, and politicians from both the South and the North, as well as high profile policy makers. The first part of the meeting (10:00-14:00) will be summing up knowledge: ‘Research results: what do we know?’. The afternoon session (14:00-16:00) ‘From research to policy: what could work?’, will be jointly organized with Sida as Development Talks and will feature presentations and an interactive panel discussion.

A few of the key results to be presented and discussed include:

• Aid resources—particularly those directed towards environmental issues—are increasingly being reallocated to cope with climate change. At the same time, the share of environmental aid delivered through bilateral channels is growing despite the creation of multi-lateral funds such as the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environmental Facility. Environment and climate change have become a key priority in foreign aid compared to other traditional objectives.
• Structural forces and needs at both national and global levels are pushing aid funding and institutions to focus on middle-income countries. These countries are currently home to about three-out-of-four of the world’s absolute poor people. Grappling with global environmental issues, particularly climate change, implies that middle-income countries take centre stage in a very different way than in past aid efforts.
• The economic and social transformations required to achieve global environmental sustainability are truly profound. Still, the world is currently failing to adequately address global environmental and climate change issues.
• The development aid system was designed to transform the lives of poor people in poor countries. The aid system was not configured to bring about the wide-ranging transformations necessary to achieve a sustainable planet.

The proceedings can also be accessed online via webcast.

Register at http://www1.wider.unu.edu/recomenvironment/home.

In the past two decades the commons has become a widely debated concept within various academic disciplines, such as environmental studies, social sciences, law and political economy. The commons has also become a central part of the vocabulary of contemporary social movements.

Seminar at the University of Helsinki on Saturday 25th May 2013

Department of Political and Economic Studies, Main Building, Room 3 (Fabianinkatu 33, http://www.helsinki.fi/teknos/opetustilat/keskusta/f33/ls3.htm)

Program:

09:30–09:45 The Political Economy of the Commons – Opening of the Seminar
Tero Toivanen & Taavi Sundell

09:45–10:00 Common Greetings from Peru (via Skype)
Prof. Teivo Teivainen with Peruvian colleagues

10:00–10:45 Keynote: The Political Economy and Political Phenomenology of Living with Fossil Fuels
Prof. Tere Vadén (http://nuvatsia.terevaden.net/)

10:45–11:15 Beyond the Commons to Enclosure – Beyond Enclosure to the Heart of the Commons
Anthony McCann (http://wwww.anthonymaccann.com)

11:15–11:45 Understanding Cultural Commons
Sanna Marttila

11:45–12:15 Marx’s Theory on Value and Cognitive Capitalism
Paula Rauhala

12:15-13:00 Lunch

13:00–13:30 OSS 2.0 as a Microenclosure of Commons
Juho Lindman

13:30-14:00 Production, Decentralization and the Commons
Elina Turunen

14:00–14:30 Occupy life! Precarity, Basic Income and the Commons
Jukka Peltokoski

14:30–15:00 The Precarity of the Commons – Commons and Basic Income in the Age of Precarity
Mikko Jakonen

15:00- Ending Words for Fellow Commoners
Tero Toivanen

15:30 Get-together at Maailma kylässä festival in Kaisaniemi

FYI:

The Seminar will be broadcasted live via Bambuser: bambuser.com/channel/commons.fi

Download the program and abstracts as PDF

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/535851219789979

For more info please contact: Tero Toivanen, tero.toivanen@helsinki.fi, p. +358 44 5331750

For the Call for Papers of the Seminar see: http://www.commons.fi/cfp-political-economy-commons-helsinki-25th-may-2013

Picture: Political Economy Now! The struggle for alternative economics at the University of Sydney, http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/sup/9781921364051

June 3^rd – 4^th, 2013

University of Helsinki Main Building

Fabianinkatu 33

Are you conducting research related to Africa or Latin America and the Caribbean? Or are you a science, technology and innovation expert or a policy maker focused on these regions?

UniPID – the Finnish University Partnership for International Development would like to invite you to the launch of the FinCEAL Project that will be held at University of Helsinki Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33, on 3rd and 4th June, 2013.

FinCEAL – Developing Finnish Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Europe, Africa and the LAC Region – is a project financed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture with the purpose of increasing support for Finnish researchers focusing on Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The project is focusing on supporting thematic research for each region: Africa – Food security, Health, Climate Change, Renewable energy and Information Society; LAC – ICT for societal challenges, Bioeconomy, Biodiversity and Climate Change, Energy, and cross-cutting issues.

The kick-off event will bring together members of the Finnish research community, experts and policy makers working in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. This event is an opportunity for participants to learn more about the FinCEAL project, network with other participants, and help identify Finnish research priorities in the regions.

Please find attached the initial programme of the event.

FinCEAL_Launch_Programme

The event is free of charge but registration is required.

To register for this event:http://unipid.wufoo.com/forms/finceal-kickoff-event/

Registration is open until 24th May 2013.

For more information on FinCEAL: http://www.unipid.fi/en/page/146/finceal/

Contact person:

Eva Kagiri

Project Coordinator FinCEAL Africa

Finnish University Partnership for International Development (UniPID)

University of Jyväskylä

P.O. Box 35 (Y 33, 452)

FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä

Tel: +358 40 805 4232

E-mail: eva.m.kagiri@jyu.fi

Website: www.unipid.fi

Modern scientific developments require large infrastructures and they
generate enormous amounts of research data. The problems of Big Science and
Big Data need international viewpoints and common practices for solution.
The recent launch of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) brought to the
surface many new opportunities for global collaboration in the field of
research data.

There is clearly now a need in Finland to continue the discussion between
the researchers, e-Infrastructure providers and funding bodies, which has
already started during the TTA process.

The aim of this meeting is to initiate discussion on the development of big
science and big research in Finland and find the ways how we can interact
with the international community and position ourselves in respect to the
recent and future developments on research data challenges, such as
building interoperable research data systems and research data exchange.

We kindly invite you to the event on the 4th June from 12:00 to 16:00, room
CK112, in Exactum at Kumpula Campus, Helsinki.

Program:
12:00 ? 12:05 Welcome and motivation Ari Asmi, U. Helsinki
12:05 ? 12:25 Reseach data directions and needs: Global view, where is
Finland? Leif Laaksonen, CSC
12:25 ? 12:45 CODATA and WDS in the global research data landscape Kari
Raivio, Council of Finnish Academies
12:45 – 13:05 Open Science-Access to results of scientific research Juha
Haataja, OPM
13:05 ? 13:25 Environmental sciences ENVRI/ICOS Ari Asmi, U. Helsinki
13:25 ? 13:45 European Social Survey Heikki Ervasti, U. Turku
13:45 ? 14:00 Discussion
14:00 ? 14:20 Break
14:20 ? 14:40 ELIXIR Tommi Nyrönen, CSC
14:40 ? 15:00 EUDAT Damien Lecarpentier, CSC
15:00 ? 15:20 OpenAIRE- Open access to publications and linking to research
data Liisa Siipilehto, U. Helsinki
15: 20 ? 16:00 Discussion

Pre-registration is recommended to help estimating the amount of
refreshments needed: http://finnishdataexchange.eventbrite.com

Date:  29.5.2013

Time: 09.00 – 11.00

Location:  Plan Suomi– Kumpulantie 3, 6th floor, 00520 Helsinki

Presenter: Mr. Aidan Leavy, Plan Ireland Disability Specialist

Turku Conference in Disability Researchis fast approaching. If you can’t make it to Turku, but would like to learn and exchange views on disability inclusion, join our breakfast seminar on the topic!

The seminar will offer a “peek review” to an upcoming study on the access of children with disabilities to education and protection in West Africa. The study will be presented in Turku seminar by Plan Ireland’s Disability Specialist Aidan Leavy who will introduce the key findings and good practices.

Peer comments will be provided by disability and development co-operation experts from other NGOs and stakeholders.

Please sign up for the event by Thursday 23.5 to: karoliina.zschauer-lilja@plan.fi

The seminar will be in English and takes place in Plan Finland’s office, Kumpulantie 3, Pasila.

For more information, please contact karoliina.zschauer-lilja@plan.fi or +358 50 598 8998.

Breakfast will be served from 8.45.

Date                9 May  2013

Time :             14:45-16:30

Venue:            Andorra Cultural Complex, Eerikinkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki

Wine and Networking      16:30-17:00 Wine and Networking

Free Movie:                       17:00- 18:39 Free Men

To register send an email to networking@haff.fi

Panelists

Wali Hashi:  Journalist/Moderator: As a child, Wali worked as a shoe shiner in Somalia to support his family, now he is the only African journalist living in Scandinavia that makes nation-wide TV programmes. His program “Pirates coast” has been nominated for the 2009 Great Prize for Journalism.

David “Tosh” Gitonga; Film Director from Kenya (Nairobi Half Life): The opportunities for youth in the film industry and arts in general; Great opportunities, untapped potential?

Dr. Leena Suurpää; Research director at the Finnish Youth Research Network  -”Young people’s political engagement in contemporary Africa” Africa is rising, are the youth in step?

Senja Väätäinen-Chimpuku; Project Coordinator, Taksvärkki ry. Practical experience on youth empowerment from Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Madagascar: What remains to be done?

Rasmus Lampen;  Lumivio Oy.  Practical solutions to youth employment the vibrant sectors of of growth- Providing enterprise solutions in the renewable energy sector.

Joni Karjalainen; Researcher on youth issues post 2015: Youthful minds in Kenya and Tanzania: Prospects under new constitutional dispensations and the new risks posed by the energy and extractive/minerals sector under marginalisation policies.

Tutu Jauhojarvi: The Ethiopian youth have a role in society: The hidden opportunities of doing business with international collaborators in the tourism sector.

Sarah Laaru Mwaawaaru, Finland-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. “Game Changers- Young minds Changing the Face of Africa.”

Helsinki African Film Festival programme 2013

HAFF opening gig:      7.5 klo: 19.30-    Musiikkiteatteri Kapsäkki suomalais-beniniläinen Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble

HAFF Street                8.5 klo 13:00-19:00     An open free entertainment, buying and selling event at Sanomatalo and Musiikkitalo  www.facebook.com/events/197384520406086/

HAFF Dialogue           8.5 klo  17:00-19:00   Caisa Cultural Complex:  Making Movies in Africa

HAFF Networking       9.5 klo  14:45-16:30 Andorra -Youth and Power

HAFF Films                 9.5-12.5  Andorra and Kino Engel http://www.haff.fi/2013/fi/elokuvat

Remember by purchasing your ticket, you stand chance to win a plane ticket to any destination in Africa where Turkish airlines goes.

Note: the wine and movie are free for the panel discussion participants. (There is a charge of 10 euro for those who come for networking/wine and film only). Make your payment to SHALIN Suomi IBAN FI1013893000211998

Keynote speeches in English:

Global sustainable development now- an insider insight into global developments on the United Nations level
Farooq Ullah, johtaja, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future

Towards a sustainable world system
Prof, tri Klaus Töpfer, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies

More information and the programme: http://www.sll.fi/mita-me-teemme/tuotanto-ja-kulutus/mita-rion-jalkeen

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Tervetuloa keskustelemaan kestävästä kehityksestä Kepaan ma 29.4 klo 10-11.30 (Töölöntorinkatu 2, kokoushuone Aurinko)

Miltä maailma näyttää Rion jälkeen, ja miltä sen tulisi näyttää seuraavalle sukupolvelle vuosituhattavoitteiden määräajan umpeuduttua 2015? Ja miten eri toimijat voivat kehityksen suuntaan parhaiten YK:ssa vaikuttaa?

Työstä kestävän kehityksen edistämiseksi on alustamassa lontoolais-newyorkilaisen Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future -järjestön johtaja Farooq Ullah. Järjestö seuraa YK:n kestävä kehitys-asioita ja fasilitoi päätoimijaryhmien osallistumista: http://www.stakeholderforum.org/sf/

Farooqilla on ensi käden tietoa YK-keskusteluista niin käytäviltä kuin kabineteistakin. Kannattaa tulla tutustumaan ja kuulemaan, miten Stakeholder forum työskentelee!

Lisätietoja ja ilmoittautumiset to 26.3 mennessä: aino.pennanen@kepa.fi

Perjantaina 26.4. klo 14.30-15.30, Porthanian sali 4, Yliopistonkatu 3

Alustus: kehitysministeri Heidi Hautala

Paneeli: Nina Savela, Suomen nuorten ja opiskelijoiden YK-liitto ja Simon Elo, Perussuomalaiset nuoret

Tervetuloa kuulemaan ministeri Hautalan luentoa ja osallistumaan keskusteluun. Jos et pääse paikan päälle, niin seuraa keskustelua Twitterissä kanavalla #EUkehy. Tilaisuus on suunnattu opiskelijoille ja kaikille aiheesta kiinnostuneille.

http://eurooppatiedotus.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=274397&nodeid=37763&culture=fi-FI#.UXdwmEp0jyW

Kiinnostaako mobiiliviestinnän käyttö ja merkitys kehitysmaissa?

Tule Jyväskylään Mobile Telephony in the Developing World -konferenssiin 24.-25.5.2013. Rekisteröityminen paneeleihin on jo sulkeutunut, mutta keynote-esitelmiä kuuntelemaan ja verkostoitumaan on vapaa pääsy. Tarkempia tietoja: https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2012/10/tapahtuma-2012-10-04-09-33-03-769920

2^nd Nordic Conference for Development Research

Deadline for abstracts: 3. June 2013!

The role of knowledge production in and for development has been under increasing scrutiny. The questions such as “does development aid really work?” or “is there value for the money?” are continuously posed by donors as well as politicians and the general public. The pressures for showing results, outcomes and impacts have grown under the trends such as result-based management and evidence-based decision making. These international trends have been under debate in the Nordic countries as well and tackled in different ways in their development policies and strategies. The search for more systematic knowledge production in terms of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment has been evident in multilateral, bilateral, and non-governmental development cooperation.

At the same time, there has been increasing multidisciplinary debate on the methodologies of knowledge production in such endeavors. The debates have been experimental, participatory and other methodologies have echoed the disciplinary boundaries and general epistemological underpinnings within the multidisciplinary field of development research. In addition to these methodological debates, an increasing body of ethnographic research and theoretical accounts on the knowledge practices, forms of indigenous knowledge, and the knowledge-power configuration in development has been published. Reflecting on such trends and challenges as identified above, which are relating to cooperation and support for ‘development’ within the framework of global governance, requires again to explore the notion of development and the concept(s) of development studies and research. We remain concerned with the question of what development research is able to offer for policy makers and agencies.

The Second Nordic Conference for Development Research provides a platform for researchers, government representatives and NGO-practitioners to address the dilemmas of knowledge production in and for development. The conference aims at dialogue between different methodologies and discussion on their potentialities and limitations in addressing the riddles of intended change, which is at the heart of the development practice.

The conference invites submissions of abstracts to the working groups. The list and descriptions of the working groups can be found at the conference website: http://www.kehitystutkimus.fi/conference/working-groups.

Submit your abstract to the working group you wish to present your paper. Please do not submit an abstract to more than one group. The abstract should be written in English with no more than 500 words. The abstract should include a title of the paper, the name and affiliation of the author(s) and their contact emails immediately after the title.

The abstracts should be sent as a word document or .rtf file named as: author_WG_number (for example: Ulenius_WG_24). Submit your abstract directly to the workshop coordinators of the working group and copy it to: nordicdevelopment2013@gmail.com.