EADI eNewsletter #1/2013 (January)

Call for Papers: New Challenges for Cooperation of European and Developing Countries – Contribution of Academic Sphere, Public Administration, NGOs and Private Sector
Conference of University of Economics (VSE) in Prague on the occasion of the EADI Executive Committee meeting, 19 April 2013, Prague. Deadline for submissions: 28 February 2013
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Bonner Impulse: Social protection in EU development cooperation
In its recent communication on “Social Protection in European Union Development Cooperation”, the EU affirms the value of social protection for overcoming socio-economic inequalities and for promoting inclusive growth. EADI is co-organising a Bonner Impulse event on Social protection in EU development cooperation on 20 February 2012 at 16:00 in Bonn (Haus der Geschichte – Hörsaal).
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New EADI Masterclasses – Forthcoming in 2013

28 February – 1 March 2013, Practical Skills for Conducting Evaluations in Development Organizations, Bonn
15 March 2013, The Audit and Control of EU Funded Projects, Bonn
18 March 2013, Europe’s Next Research Era: Horizon 2020, in Bonn

Summer School 2013: The Politics and Economics of Aid
From 24 June – 5 July 2013, the University of Antwerp (BE), Universidad de Cantabria (ES), University of Birmingham (UK), Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL), University of Florence (IT) and the University of Olomouc (CZ) jointly organise the first Summer School on the Politics and Economics of Aid in Antwerp, in cooperation with EADI.
Application: Until 01/02/2013 for invited PhD students, Erasmus IP and 01/05/2013 for other participants. The summer school is an Erasmus Life Long Learning Intensive Programme.
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News from EADI Working Groups
Call for Papers | The future direction of central and eastern European development policy – Finding a common role in a post-MDG world. Deadline: 15 February 2013

Friday 26 April 2013 in Vienna, hosted by the Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (OFSE. Supported by UACES and EADI Working Group on Non DAC Donors.

Call for Papers: The Rise of New Periphery in the World. Deadline: 1 February 2013
Workshop of the EADI Working Group on Transformation in the World System – Comparative Studies of Development, Kiev, 19-21September 2013

Call for Papers: Improving energy access through climate finance: Picking the winners (deadline: 4 February)
26 to 28 March 2013, University of Twente (Enschede),The Netherlands, in cooperation with the EADI Gender working group

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