Europe & CIS

Owen Barder on innovation, complexity and development at Kapuscinski lecture in Bucharest, 15 May 2012

Bucharest, Romania – 15 May, 2012 – Owen Barder, Director for Europe, Center for Global Development, Washington DC, and former Private Secretary (Economic Affairs) to the UK Prime Minister and influential blogger will deliver a lecture on “Development, Complexity and Innovation", hosted by the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bucharest (FSPUB). Watch live video. Date: 15.05.2012. 

Helen Clark & Tarja Halonen on Rio+20 at Kapuscinski lecture in Helsinki, 7.05.2012

Helsinki, Finland – 7 May, 2012 – Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator and Tarja Halonen, former Finnish President delivered a lecture "Resetting the global development agenda at the Rio+20 summit", hosted by the University of Helsinki and Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Watch recorded video. Date: 7.05.2012. 

Paul Collier on Africa's development at Kapuscinski lecture in Ljubljana, 08.05.2012

Ljubljana, Slovenia - 8 May, 2012 – Paul Collier from Oxford University delivered a lecture "What Europe can do for Africa and why we should do it", hosted by the University of Ljubljana. Watch video recording and additional content. Date: 08.05.2012. 

Jan Vandemoortele on reducing poverty in Africa at Kapuscinski lecture in Lisbon, 29.03.2012

Lisbon, Portugal – 29 March, 2012 – Jan Vandemoortele, co-author of the Millennium Development Goals will deliver a lecture “Are the 3Gs enough to reduce poverty in Africa? It is all about Growth, Grants or Governance?", hosted by the Centre of African and Development Studies (CESA). Watch live video. Date: 29.03.2012. 

Ashraf Ghani on economic integration in Asia at Kapuscinski lecture in Bonn, 13.03.2012

Bonn, Germany – 13 March, 2012 – Ashraf Ghani, former finance minister of Afghanistan and one of the most influential policy thinkers will deliver a lecture “Grasping Asian Economic Integration – the 21st Century Silk Road”, hosted by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes and the University of Bonn, Date: 13.03.2012. 

Walter Fust on sustainability of development aid at Kapuscinski lecture in Luxembourg, 05.03.2012

Luxembourg – 5 March, 2012 – Walter Fust, former Head of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation delivered a lecture "Successful Development Cooperation - what leads to sustainable impact?", hosted by the University of Luxembourg. Date: 5.03.2012. 

Farmers regain access to traditional pastures, help protect land

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – 16 January, 2012 – "Sandyk is a distant pasture which was used by my ancestors throughout the centuries," says Kanat Isabekov, a farmer from the mountainous Suusamyr valley in Kyrgyzstan.

"But last year, I had to stop using the pasture because of a car accident on the difficult road to the pasture. Now I let my cattle graze in a pasture nearby, which is used by all the residents of our village."

2012: A milestone for access to justice in Montenegro

PODGORICA, Montenegro – 9 January, 2012 – In an effort to provide equal access to justice for all, Montenegro opened its first legal aid office.

"Opening of the first legal aid office is important in the overall judicial system, because it provides equal access to justice for all, regardless of financial or social status," said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Duško Marković.

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre goes carbon neutral

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – 20 December 2011– With the purchase of 650 tons of carbon credits paid for from savings from rooftop solar panels, the UNDP Regional Centre in Bratislava has met its goal of becoming carbon neutral. 

Celebrating diversity in Kumanovo

KUMANOVO, FYR Macedonia – 27 December, 2011– Kumanovo, the country’s biggest municipality - and one of its most ethnically diverse - has become a role model for other cities throughout the country on how to improve inter-ethnic relations.