Past events

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12 June 2012 – Gender perspectives in research for development (R4D). Last annual conference of the North-South Centre.

24 April 2012 – North-South Forum "Urban transformation: debating formal and informal development".

12 December 2011 – Reform zones that drive development. Public lecture by Prof. Paul Romer, founder and president of Charter Cities organised by the North-South Centre and the Institute for Environmental Decision.

5 December 2011 – Working for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Public workshop organised by cinfo together with the North-South Centre and NADEL of the ETH Zurich.

28 November 2011 – North-South Forum "Water diplomacy: transboundary rivers and international politics".

14 November 2011 – Feeding the world by 2050: The role of technologies and policy. Public lecture by Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI ) organised by the North-South Centre and the Institute for Environmental Decision.

10 November 2011 – ICT4D – The development impact of  information and communication technologies. Annual conference of the North-South Centre as final event of "Denkplatz Entwicklung".

30 September – 11 November 2011 – Denkplatz Entwicklung. Event series in the context of the 50th anniversary of SDC.

12 April 2011 – North-South Forum "Phosphorus - A bottleneck of nature".

25 November 2010 – North-South Forum "Green Economy: Development opportunity or latest buzzword".

22 September 2010 – A public workshop organised by the North-South Centre and NADEL on job opportunities with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

14–16 September 2010 – The annual conference of the North-South Centre was the Tropentag 2010 organised at the ETH Zurich. For video streams and presentations »»

19 and 21 May 2010 – Colloquium on “Selected aspects of sustainable development”.

18 May 2010 – North-South Forum “Transnational land acquisitions and rural development – Impacts on natural resources and livelihoods in developing countries”.

19 March 2010 – fiat panis. Public workshop with Dr. Andrea Fadani of the foundation fiat panis (formerly Eiselen-Stiftung) on the foundation's research funding and awards. The workshop will be held in German.

9 December 2009 – Environmentally forced migration and drought in Mexico. Public lecture by Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring, National University of Mexico organised by the North-South Centre and the Institute for Environmental Decision.

26 November 2009 – Engineering for development. Public workshop with the VolkswagenStiftung.

10–11 September 2009 – Competing claims on energy: Access and benefit sharing. Joint annual conference of the North-South Centre and the Energy Science Center.

12 and 14 May 2009 – Colloquium on “Selected aspects of sustainable development”.

5 May 2009 – 2nd North-South Forum “How can research findings be transferred into policy and practice in international development? From research to implementation.“

12 December 2008 – How to ensure food security today and tomorrow? Agriculture in the face of new and urgent global needs. Conference on the world food situation.

16 October 2008 – Sciences for the developing world. Workshop with Dr. M. Hassan, Executive Director of TWAS and President of AAS.

23 June 2008 – SATW Abendveranstaltung mit Prof. Alex Zahnd.
”Sind die Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele erreichbar? Ein neuer Ansatz in Theorie und Praxis für eine nachhaltige und würdige Entwicklung”.

4 June 2008 – Annual conference of the North-South Centre on
”Water for development: Prospects for integrated water resources management”.

9 April and 8 May 2008 – Colloquium on “Selected aspects of sustainable development”.

21 April 2008 – “Agricultural Potential in Africa”. Lecture by Hartmann, General Director of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).

1–22 February 2008 – Exhibition “Der lange Weg der Kartoffel zur weltweiten Kulturpflanze”.

22 February 2008 – Symposium “Potato research for development”.

15 February 2008 – 1st North-South Forum “Creating pro-poor markets for ecosystem services”.

29 June 2007 – Inauguration of the North-South Centre: “Relevance and Impact of Research for Development”.