2008 IVCO BOOK NOW

ANNOUNCING IVCO 2008
LOCAL PERSPECTIVES INFORMING GOOD PRACTICE
Siem Reap, Cambodia, 23rd-26th November 2008

The conference will be held in November in Siem Reap, Cambodia with an exciting line up of speakers.

Click here to download booking form.

Click here to download the programme.

2008 European Conference

The conference was held successfully in Dublin, Ireland with a great range of speakers from the European region. Papers available here.

AVSO is moving

We would like to inform you, that AVSO is moving to a new address. The move will take place between the 27/08 and the 03/09.

The new address as of the 1st September is: 61 rue Henri Stacquet, 1030 Brussels, Belgium.

Mark Goldring, CEO of VSO, will leave his position in November 2008 to take up the role of leading MENCAP, a leading UK disability charity.

July 2008

Mark stated: "There are few jobs in international development that can match this one, and after 30 years in this field, and 20 years in 3 stints with VSO, including the last 9 as Chief Executive, I'm both excited and daunted by making a big change. I do feel particularly excited at the prospect of learning about a whole new set of domestic social issues, and leading a very different, equally complex and even larger organisation in the very challenging environment which is the UK social sector today ."

Mark has been an active member of the work of FORUM and our conferences for many years. We wish him well in his new role.

Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance

July 2008

The Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The theme of the congress is “Gender and Climate Change”. For more information: click here

Cliff Attends ACUNS conference

July 2008

Cliff Allum, President of FORUM attended the ACUNS conference in Bonn on 5-7 June at the invitation of UNV. The ACUNS conference is a major global conference which brings together people working on research related to the UN’s activities... [more]

Unité , the Swiss association for the exchange of personnel in development cooperation is under a new chairmanship

July 2008

After the profound restructuring in 2003, the association was under the unifying leadership of Armand Heiniger until 2007. Markus Muntwiler, as chairman ad interim, introduced a stronger quality management policy into the negotiations of the new agreement with SDC. This policy will be continued by the newly elected chairwomen, Jeanine Kosch, to further profile Unité and the Personnel Development Co-operation. In her new task she will be supported by two deputies; something which marks both the broad regional and ideological roots and the professionalism of the association

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