Debating Development 2010

This year’s edition marks the 10th anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2000 the United Nations member states adopted a set of development goals, to be reached by 2015. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, … Although the first reaction was one of great enthusiasm, the public opinion soon responded with skepticism. The goals were believed to be far too unrealistic, and were used for purposes for which they were not designed. But where do we really stand after ten years?

Debating Development is organized by the Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB-UA) and the University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS). The initiative can count on financial support of VLIR-UOS .

* Time: Monday 7-9 P.M. (18 October - 13 December 2010)
* Location: Rodestraat 14 - R002 - 2000 Antwerpen
* Moderator: Guy Poppe
* Academic responsible: Prof. Dr. Danny Cassimon

Programme:

* Monday 18 October 10 years of MDGs. Great campaign, poor results?
Jan Vandemoortele (Independent consultant, former United Nations official)
Peter Moors (Directorate General Development Cooperation Belgium)

* Monday 25 October Free education for all: trade-off between quantity and quality?
Elise Legault (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Johan Verhaghe (World Bank DRC)

* Monday 08 November Will ‘marketizing’ nature save the world?
David Huberman (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Esteve Corbera (University of East Anglia, UK)

* Monday 15 November UCSIA-Teaching Chair at the University of Antwerp Lecture: ‘The Bottom Billion’
Paul Collier (Centre for the Study of African Economies - University of Oxford)
Followed by debate:
Nadia Molenaers (Institute of Development Policy and Management - UA)
Bogdan Vanden Berghe (11.11.11.)
Renier Nijskens (Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs)
John Vandaele (Mo* Magazine)
Moderator: Robrecht Renard (Institute of Development Policy and Management - UA)

* Monday 22 November Mainstreaming gender in the MDGs, do or do not?
Christine Hunter (Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam)
Jan Vandemoortele (Independent consultant, former United Nations official)

* Monday 29 November Health MDGs: global buzzing, local struggling
Gaetan Mootoo (Amnesty International)
Fabienne Richard (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp)

* Monday 06 December Crises, Conflicts and Poverty Reduction in the DRC
Francesca Bomboko (Observatoire Congolais de la Pauvreté et des Inégalités)
Tom De Herdt (Institute of Development Policy and Management - UA)

* Monday 13 December How can we build global partnerships for development?
Manuel Montes (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
Núria Molina (Eurodad)
 

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