Professional debates

The New Pattern of Development Cooperation

Organised and supported by the UK Governments Chevening Scholarships
and the Centre for Development Studies,
part of the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School
The objective of the event is to represent and discuss current changes and challenges
taking place in the global development trends: South-South development cooperation;
new players of foreign aid and new priorities of aid allocation (middle income, low income,
fragile countries); MDGs, post-2015 MDGs, inequality issues and development patterns
adjustment; present and future of international development institutions and other
relevant topics.
The event features and relevance/motivation: the Chevening scholars are talented
students who went through a tough competition to be chosen for the prestigious
scholarship programme. Many of them have severe work experience in different fields
and have demonstrated leadership capacity in their home countries (mostly developing
ones). That is why the debates are considered to be professional ones with presentations
by both academicians/institutions employees and the Cheveners. The important topic
raised to discuss will help to the future leaders and other debates attendees to put their
efforts on national and international development in the right way to ensure effectiveness
and harmonisation of that efforts.
Venue: the University of Glasgow.
Date: 20 June, 2014.
Duration: 11 a.m. 5.00 p.m. (including 1-hour lunch and 20-minute coffee/tea break)
Professional debates
The New Pattern of Development Cooperation
Organised and supported by the UK Governments Chevening Scholarships
and the Centre for Development Studies,
part of the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School
The objective of the event is to represent and discuss current changes and challenges
taking place in the global development trends: South-South development cooperation;
new players of foreign aid and new priorities of aid allocation (middle income, low income,
fragile countries); MDGs, post-2015 MDGs, inequality issues and development patterns
adjustment; present and future of international development institutions and other
relevant topics.
The event features and relevance/motivation: the Chevening scholars are talented
students who went through a tough competition to be chosen for the prestigious
scholarship programme. Many of them have severe work experience in different fields
and have demonstrated leadership capacity in their home countries (mostly developing
ones). That is why the debates are considered to be professional ones with presentations
by both academicians/institutions employees and the Cheveners. The important topic
raised to discuss will help to the future leaders and other debates attendees to put their
efforts on national and international development in the right way to ensure effectiveness
and harmonisation of that efforts.
Venue: the University of Glasgow.
Date: 20 June, 2014.
Duration: 11 a.m. 5.00 p.m. (including 1-hour lunch and 20-minute coffee/tea break)
Professional debates
The New Pattern of Development Cooperation
Organised and supported by the UK Governments Chevening Scholarships
and the Centre for Development Studies,
part of the University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School
The objective of the event is to represent and discuss current changes and challenges
taking place in the global development trends: South-South development cooperation;
new players of foreign aid and new priorities of aid allocation (middle income, low income,
fragile countries); MDGs, post-2015 MDGs, inequality issues and development patterns
adjustment; present and future of international development institutions and other
relevant topics.
The event features and relevance/motivation: the Chevening scholars are talented
students who went through a tough competition to be chosen for the prestigious
scholarship programme. Many of them have severe work experience in different fields
and have demonstrated leadership capacity in their home countries (mostly developing
ones). That is why the debates are considered to be professional ones with presentations
by both academicians/institutions employees and the Cheveners. The important topic
raised to discuss will help to the future leaders and other debates attendees to put their
efforts on national and international development in the right way to ensure effectiveness
and harmonisation of that efforts.
Venue: the University of Glasgow.
Date: 20 June, 2014.
Duration: 11 a.m. 5.00 p.m. (including 1-hour lunch and 20-minute coffee/tea break)
Format: 30-minute presentations by academicians and development programmes/projects
professionals with 10-minute Q&A session; 10-minute presentations by the Chevening
scholarships students with 5-minute Q&A session. The final session will be a 30-minutes
panel debates.
Speakers confirmed
1. Dr. Paul Mosley (the University of Sheffield), presentation focus: development
cooperation issues.
2. Dr. Michael Tribe (the University of Glasgow and Strathclyde), presentation focus:
controversies in the area of aid and development.
3. Dr. Sue Kinn (Team Leader and Research Manager, Research and Evidence Division
at the Department for International Development (DFID)), presentation focus:
DFIDs vision of development cooperation.
4. Mr Vitaliy Kartamyshev (a chairman, the Russian Coalition Against Poverty, part of
the Global Call to Actions Against Poverty (GCAP)), presentation focus: the global
civil societys internal and external cooperation for development.
Speakers with relevant topics among Cheveners wanted: 3 speakers are required
whose travel and accommodation costs will be covered. If you are interested, please, apply
via this link (deadline is 31 May) -
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F4DaciHC4Cf3AiV4wg-NM5SjHa3KwOZTD4-
lRSgPsv8/viewform
We would also appreciate much if some Cheveners could join our organising team and
help us with some activities during the event: registration of the participants, social media
coverage, facilitation of some sessions.
Expected number of participants: 45 people.
The cultural programme (draft):
Morning (10.20 10.55 a.m.): a guided tour round the University campus
Evening: dinner out together (not covered, unfortunately, but in a very nice place) +
probably attending other events in the evening or next day.
To register for the debates, please, fill the following form (deadline is 15
June):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EtcrxsOkHPvVrUfM4XBtKEGuDA
jA2UT70DumWQqeatU/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
For Reference:
The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School combines world class research
and teaching from the following subjects: Accounting & Finance, Economics and
Management.
With more than 1500 postgraduate students studying in 36 master and 6 PhD
programmes, it is the largest Business School in Scotland and the second largest in the UK.
Official website - www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/aboutus
The Centre for Development Studies (CDS) at the University of Glasgow is a leading
institution in the UK for postgraduate study and research in the area of development
studies. CDS is based in the Adam Smith Business School and a number of subject groups
from across the College of Social Sciences contribute to its postgraduate taught
programmes, including Central and Eastern European Studies, Economic and Social History,
Law, Politics, Sociology, and Urban Studies.
Official website: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/postgraduate/economics/cds
We are looking forward to seeing you in friendly Glasgow!