Archive for Chapter News
In this Section are highlighted the latest events and happenings taking place in SID Chapters around the world. The chapters which are the backbone of the Society are key in engaging with local networks to disseminate information, ideas, research, studies and opinions, and share their initiatives which seek to broaden our global network and to make easier for every member of this community to participate in the life of the Society. SID has some 45 chapters spread around the world.
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SID Bonn Chapter
SID Bonn Chapter hosts a series of lectures on issues of environmental policy. About once a month, scientists and members of staff of development organizations are invited to speak about current topics of environmental policy. At the latest lecture which took place at the German Development Insti...
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Revival of SID’s Melbourne Chapter
Melbourne, Australia. At a meeting held in Melbourne in November last year, and following much consultation with a variety of people interested in development issues, it was agreed to re-launch a chapter of SID in Melbourne. A chapter was in existence in the 1980s and held regular meetings for a n...
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SID Bonn Chapter
SID Bonn Chapter hosts a series of lectures on issues of developmental policy. About once a month, scientists or members of staff of development organizations are invited to discuss after a short introduction with the audience about current topics of developmental policy. The latest lecture took pla...
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Senators Kerry and Lugar to Receive 2010 Award for Leadership in Development from SID-Washington
Washington, DC- The Society for International Development (SID-Washington) is proud to honor Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar with the 2010 Award for Leadership in Development for their contribution to the international development community as the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senat...
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SID Netherlands Chapter
On 31 August 2009, the UNDP Administrator Helen Clark gave a lecture to a full room of multi-stakeholder participants in a meeting organized jointly by SID Netherlands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The topic of Helen Clark’s lecture was ‘Between now and 2015: Moving the Development agenda...
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SID Mauritius Chapter
SID Mauritius Chapter, together with MAUDESCO and Friends of the Earth Mauritius, is organizing a series of seminars and workshops on the current Post-Kyoto negotiations. The main focus of the events is on the impacts of climate change on Africa and Small Island States. The Chapter is also in the...
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SID Washington Chapter
The SID-Washington 2009 Annual Conference was a resounding success! Over 550 people attended the all-day event which featured keynote addresses by Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President for Africa at the World Bank; Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of S...
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SID Vienna Chapter
On 28 May the Vienna chapter organized, in cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business, a panel discussion on the environmental aspects of sustainable development. The event was a follow-up to the talk given last year by Professor Miguel Centeno of Princeton University on the en...
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SID Rajasthan Chapter
The State Level Round Table Dialogue on Chronic Diseases in Rajasthan was organized by SID Rajasthan Chapter in collaboration with IILM Academy, IIHMR & NHRD on 14 April 2009 at IIHMR Campus. The workshop was a first attempt of its kind to analyze the current situation of chronic diseases in ...
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SID Hyderabad Chapter
The Society for International Development (SID) Hyderabad organized a consultation on ‘Global Economic Recession and its Impact on Agriculture and Poverty Reduction’ on 25 April 2009 in Hyderabad. The message that came out of the meeting was that agriculture is not spared by the pre...
