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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101126
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Lisa Ann Richey
DESCRIPTION:“Brand Aid:  Shopping Well to Save the World”. Lisa Ann Richey\, Professor of International Development Studies\, Roskilde University\, Denmark. \nVideo: Brand Aid seminar (blip.tv\, 20min)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-lisa-ann-richey-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101119
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
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SUMMARY:First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
DESCRIPTION:First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux\, Switzerland. \nContributions from STEPS Centre members: \n\nMichael Loevinsohn: New directions in environment-health research: implications for health systems\nGerald Bloom: Beyond Scaling Up\nBlogs from Montreux
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/first-global-symposium-on-health-systems-research-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101117
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
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LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T102153Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Water Seminar: Undala Alam
DESCRIPTION:“India and Pakistan’s truculent cooperation: Is 50 years enough?” STEPS Water Seminar with Undala Alam\, School of Politics\, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen’s University\, Belfast. \nUndala Alam’s slides (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-undala-alam-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101102
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
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LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T102326Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Water Seminar: Alex Shankland and Ken Caplan
DESCRIPTION:“Shit and Citizenship: The Political Economy of Sanitation Investment in Brazil.” STEPS Water Seminar with Alex Shankland\, Institute of Development Studies and Ken Caplan\, Director\, Building Partnerships for Development. \n\nVideo: “Shit and Citizenship” presentation (blip.tv\, 43min)\nAlex Shankland and Ken Caplan’s slides (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-water-seminar-alex-shankland-and-ken-caplan-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100926
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
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SUMMARY:STEPS Conference 2010: Pathways to Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Conference 2010: Pathways to Sustainability Agendas for a new politics of environment\, development and social justice 23-24 September 2010 at the Institute of Development Studies\, Sussex University. \n \nVideo from the conference\nKeynote speeches\n\nDay 1: Melissa Leach\, STEPS Centre Director – “Pathways to Sustainability: The STEPS Centre’s Approach” \nDay 2: Arun Agrawal\, University of Michigan on social sciences and the use of human subjects\n\nRio+20 Policy/Research Roundtable\nA roundtable on sustainability research and its implications for policy\, in the run-up to the Earth Summit 2012. \n\nFull roundtable (54 min)\n\nIndividual roundtable speakers: \n\nAndrew Scott\, Practical Action (11 min)\nNicole Dewandre\, European Commission (11 min)\nYvan Biot\, Department for International Development (7 min)\nDerek Osborn\, Stakeholder Forum (9 min)\nCamilla Toulmin\, International Institute for Environment and Development (12 min)\n\n\nPresentations\nMost of the presentations from the conference are available to view on our Slideshare site. \n\nSlideshare: Conference presentations\n\n\nPhotos from the conference\n\nSTEPS Centre Conference 2010 (photo set on Flickr)\n\n\nBackground\nAmidst unprecedented evidence of rapid environmental change and complex ecological dynamics\, addressing environmental sustainability has become a central practical\, moral and political challenge of our times. \nWith social systems changing rapidly too\, linked to population growth\, urbanisation\, mobility and globalized economic change\, core development challenges around alleviating poverty and inequity are also becoming more complex. \nIn this context\, how might pathways to sustainability – that link environmental integrity with social justice – be conceptualised and built? As the world prepares to unite for the ‘Rio+20’ Earth Summit in 2012\, what ideas\, concepts and agendas can best inform effective action? How can we enrich and (re)invigorate our intellectual and practical repertoires towards a new politics of environment\, development and social justice? \n\nConference themes\nThe five themes of the conference are: \n\nContesting sustainabilities\nFraming narratives\nDynamics and sustainability\nUncertainty\, ambiguity and surprise\nPathway-building and governance\n\n\nConference format\nThe conference comprised a mixture of invited keynote talks\, perspectives and provocations which respond to the overall conference questions and themes\, with a series of parallel panel sessions. \nThere was also an “Open Space” session which included posters and films presented by conference participants.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-conference-2010-pathways-to-sustainability-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100909
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120123T215542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T215542Z
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SUMMARY:World Water Week
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Centre session at World Water Week\, Stockholmsmässan\, Stockholm: Liquid Dynamics II: Linking quality and access for pro-poor sustainability.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/world-water-week-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100618
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T104108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T104108Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Juan Mariano Fressoli
DESCRIPTION:“Technologies for Social Inclusion in Latin America.” STEPS Seminar with Juan Mariano Fressoli\, Researcher\, Instituto de Estudios sobre la Ciencia y la Tecnología\, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes\, Argentina. \nMariano’s presentation (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-juan-mariano-fressoli-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100616
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120123T215854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T215854Z
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SUMMARY:New Manifesto launch event
DESCRIPTION:Video and materials from the launch event at the Royal Society in London are available on the New Manifesto website http://anewmanifesto.org/multimedia/manifesto-launch-video/
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/new-manifesto-launch-event-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100526
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120123T220635Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Scaling Up
DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Centre and its affiliate partner Future Health Systems launched a series of activities that challenge the thinking behind prevailing concepts of “scaling up” in the health sector. \nPractical approaches for improving access to health care\nThe STEPS Centre and its affiliate partner Future Health Systems are working to challenge the prevailing concepts of “scaling up” in the health sector. \nDownload the Beyond Scaling Up flyer (pdf 800kb)  \n\nPublications\nSTEPS Working Paper 39: Beyond Scaling Up\nBeyond Scaling Up: Pathways to Universal Access to Health Services (pdf 570kb)\nBy Gerald Bloom and Peroline Ainsworth \nThere is a growing impatience at national and international levels with the persistence of high burdens of ill health for which effective\ninterventions are available. Successful strategies need to combine large scale interventions and local adaptation and innovation. This paper explores alternative approaches for managing large scale health system changes in low and middle-income countries. \n\nDownload this paper (pdf 570kb)\nBriefing: Beyond Scaling Up: improving access to health services (pdf 227kb)\n\n\nEvents\n17 Nov 2010: Michael Loevinsohn: “New directions in environment-health research: implications for health systems”. Session at the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Montreux\, Switzerland. \n18 Nov 2010: Gerald Bloom: “Beyond Scaling Up”. Session at the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. \n\nWorkshop on Beyond Scaling Up\, 24-25 May 2010\nA workshop was held at the Institute of Development Studies in May 2010. The objectives were to: \n\nexplore approaches that have fostered innovation\, rapid learning and large-scale impact in the health sector that incorporate context and social arrangements as central to learning and change\nidentify practical approaches for collaboration between innovators\, researchers\, governments and funding agencies to strengthen the capacity of health systems to meet the needs of the poor.\n\nResources from the workshop\n\nWorkshop agenda\nPresentation slides: view or download\nPhotos of the workshop \nVideo: interviews with participants \n\nTopics covered at the workshop include: \n\nexperiences with large scale health interventions\nlocal innovations\nnew information communications technologies\ncitizen/health system interactions and\nbuilding an evidence base to take this work forward.\n\nWorkshop briefings\nA set of briefings summarising the discussions at the meeting: \n\nBriefing 1 – Beyond Scaling Up workshop (pdf\, 2.6MB)\nBriefing 2: Experiences with large scale health interventions (pdf\, 1MB)\nBriefing 3: Exploring local innovation (pdf\, 2.1MB)\nBriefing 4: Innovations in context of rapid change (pdf\, 1.6MB)\nBriefing 5: How does the increased flow of information influence the speed and coherence of change? (pdf\, 1.13MB)\nBriefing 6: Citizen/health system relations (pdf\, 1.75MB)\nBriefing 7: Building evidence to support rapid change (pdf\, 3MB)\n\n\nAbout the Beyond Scaling Up project\nHow do we meet the health needs of the poor?\nThere is an increasing awareness amongst policy-makers in developing countries that their government’s health services do not adequately meet the health-related needs of the poor. \nOpinions on how to improve access to services vary. There is a long standing debate on the relative merits of blue-print approaches\, which involve the replication of a well-designed intervention in multiple settings\, and locally driven approaches\, which rely exclusively on local innovation. Both have limitations. \nThe dominant response of developing country decision makers and donors has been to identify interventions which have been cost-effective in meeting health-related needs\, often through pilot projects\, and propose that these interventions are “scaled up” through the design of large programmes. Most discussions of scaling up focus explicitly or implicitly on the public sector and on the interventions which increased public resources should fund\, whether through integrated or vertical approaches. \nLimits to blue-print approaches\nBut a growing body of evidence indicates that the translation of increased resources into improved access is much more complex than the language of “scaling-up” implies. Health-related needs are diverse; they vary by setting and group. Blue-print approaches are rarely adaptive enough to work in predictable ways in different contexts\, and are likely to produce unintended consequences\, which can lead to poorly functioning and unsustainable interventions. In the case of locally driven approaches\, it is more difficult to move to institutional scale and transmit learning from one site to another\, so the impact may be local and modest. \nOur work on “Beyond Scaling Up: Pathways to Universal Access” will explore emerging approaches that support local and scaled up innovations and facilitate rapid organisational learning about what works and what does not. It will contribute to discussions of practical approaches for ensuring that substantial increases in health financing lead to significant improvements in access to health services. \nAn era of transition and uncertainty\nWe are in the midst of a number of simultaneous transitions in demography\, epidemiology\, medical technology\, information and communications technologies and economic and governance arrangements. We need to identify strategies for working with the uncertainties that these changes bring in addressing major health-related needs. We need to recognise that socio-technical systems and social institutions move along pathways that are profoundly influenced by their historical development. This both produces path dependency and opens opportunities for different models to emerge\, and for alternative pathways to be built and promoted.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/beyond-scaling-up-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100313
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T104522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T104522Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Water Seminar: Mansoor Ali
DESCRIPTION:Are there any secret millionaires in waste? The framings of real waste systems in Karachi and Dhaka. Modernisation and globalisation of waste systems and their divide with the real systems\, with Mansoor Ali\, Practical Action. \n\nMansoor Ali’s presentation (Slideshare)\nDescription flyer (pdf)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-water-seminar-mansoor-ali-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100302
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120123T221008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T221008Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS/Sussex Energy Group Seminar
DESCRIPTION:STEPS/Sussex Energy Group Seminar – Rob Byrne\, SPRU. \nThe challenges of low-carbon development: From technology transfer to socio-technical transformation. \n Rob Byrne’s presentation (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/stepssussex-energy-group-seminar-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100209
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120123T221156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120123T221156Z
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SUMMARY:UNESCO EPFL Conference on ‘Technologies for Development’
DESCRIPTION:UNESCO EPFL Conference on ‘Technologies for Development’. Prof. Melissa Leach\, STEPS Centre director\, gave a presentation on the New Manifesto project.\nPresentation: Sustainability\, Development\, Social Justice: Towards a new politics of innovation (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/unesco-epfl-conference-on-technologies-for-development-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20091217T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20091218T170059
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T101248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T101248Z
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SUMMARY:The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) workshop
DESCRIPTION:Low-cost\, high production farming in an era of scarcity\nThe STEPS Centre hosted an informal roundtable to discuss the spread and diversification of SRI\, the conflicts that have arisen around it\, and the social\, institutional and political dynamics that underlie them. \n \nIt brought together Prof. Norman Uphoff of Cornell University\, USA\, Dr. Willem Stoop from the Netherlands and Mr. Biksham Gujja of WWF – who have all played important roles in the evaluation and dissemination of SRI; researchers from Wageningen University\, Netherlands who are embarking on a study of SRI’s development in India and Madagascar and a number of STEPS and IDS colleagues. The aim was to gain a better understanding of this evolving and multi-layered phenomenon and to sharpen the focus of research in view or in planning. \n\nDraft agenda and questions (pdf 61kb) \nSystem of Rice Intensification (SRI) meeting photoset\nPresentation: Perspectives on SRI: Biksham Gujja\n\nWhat is SRI?\nSRI – also as le Systéme de Riziculture Intensive in French and la Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) in Spanish – is a methodology for increasing the productivity of irrigated rice cultivation by changing the management of plants\, soil\, water and nutrients. SRI proponents say its practices lead to healthier\, more productive soil and plants by supporting greater root growth and by nurturing the abundance and diversity of soil organisms. SRI is low cost for poor farmers because it does not require the purchase of new seeds or the use of chemical fertilizer and agrochemicals. Seed costs are cut by 80-90%\, and because paddy fields are not kept continuously flooded\, there are water savings of 25 to 50%\, a major benefit in many places. Find out more \n\nWhy is SRI important?\nThe System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is eye-catching for many reasons. It is an innovation that emerged from the highlands of Madagascar and has spread to countries on at least three continents. Farmers report achieving rice yields 50-100% above their usual harvests – in some cases pushing what scientists have claimed as rice’s physiological potential – while using substantially less water for irrigation. In a context of growing scarcity and competition over water\, this in itself is noteworthy. \nThe innovation builds not on any advanced technique such as genetic modification but on how the crop is managed: transplanting young seedlings\, spacing them widely\, and keeping soils well aerated and moist\, but not flooded. And SRI was developed not in labs or research stations or by farmers in their fields but by a priest who trained as an agronomist and worked with farmers.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-system-of-rice-intensification-sri-workshop-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091212
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T101447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T101447Z
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SUMMARY:The Publics of Public Health Conference
DESCRIPTION:Challenging new arrangements for health research and care are emerging amidst globalisation\, privatisation and the rise of new marketised and pluralized systems. What are the ‘new publics’ emerging in this context? Who is benefiting and who is losing? A conference co-convened by\, and featuring speakers from the STEPS Centre. Melissa Leach’s blogs from Kilifi\, kenya: \n\nNew public health agendas\, new publics\nAlternative narratives of public health
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-publics-of-public-health-conference-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091125
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T102026Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Symposium 2009
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Centre Symposium: Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: Emerging Emerging themes\, challenges and opportunities (pdf)  \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-symposium-2009-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091104
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T101727Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Water Symposium: Liquid Dynamics I
DESCRIPTION:The first Liquid Dynamics symposium at IDS\, Brighton\, UK. \n \nSymposium report:  Liquid Dynamics: Accessing Water and Sanitation in an Uncertain Age – Symposium Report (pdf 485kb) \nRelated research & events\n\nLyla Mehta interview: “Shit happens”\, British Medical Journal podcast\, 17 September 2010.\nLyla Mehta is quoted in the British Medical Journal article Toiling for toilets\, 15 September 2010.\nEldis blog: Water and sanitation for all: the need to go beyond numbers and beyond the MDGs by Lyla Mehta and Jeremy Allouche\, 17 September 2010.\nThe STEPS water team held an event at World Water Week 2010 in Stockholm: Liquid Dynamics II.\nLiquid Dynamics II: Linking quality and access for pro-poor Sustainability\nWorld Water Week 2010 homepage\nBlogs from World Water Week 2010\n\nSTEPS water and sanitation research featured in an article entitled Water Flows\, in the Spring 2010 edition of Society Now\nCase study: The social life of water\, The Guardian\, November 2009. Part of the ESRC feature “Climate change and you”.\nThe STEPS water team held an event at World Water Week in Stockholm in August 2009\, using case studies from our peri-urban work in Delhi and Community-Led Total Sanitation.\nBlog from World Water Week in Stockholm\nPodcast of STEPS session at World Water Week\nPresentations from Stockholm\nPhotos from World Water Week\nSTEPS at World Water Week 2009\, Stockholm \n\n\nBlog from World Water Forum in Istanbul\n\nThe Hay Festival Greenprint Forum\, In collaboration with UNESCO – Earth\, Wind\, Fire and Water. STEPS Centre water and sanitation convenor speaks on the water panel. 21 May 2009\nGoing to Scale with Community-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on Experience\, Issues and Ways Forward by Robert Chambers\, Price £ 12.95\nCommunity-Led Total Sanitation As the International Year of Sanitation\, 2008\, drew to a close\, the CLTS conference highlighted this innovative way of mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation. Dec 16-18 2008\nPhotos from the CLTS conference \nLiquid Dynamics: challenges for water and sanitation Comment from our researchers and partners to mark UN Sanitation and Hygiene Week 2008.\nSanitation Scandal – the priorities for World Water Week 2008\nWater: the ethics of efficiency Lyla Mehta writes about whether our food is too thirsty for Food Ethics magazine (pdf 2MB)\nWorld Toilet Day 2007 – examples of the Community-Led Total Sanitation approach \nWorld Water Day podcast (5.21 mins\, 3MB)\nThe STEPS Centre marked World Water Day 2007 with a special podcast in which STEPS member Lyla Mehta and IDS Research Associate Robert Chambers talk about what they believe are the most pressing issues for water and sanitation.\nTop five priorities for World Water Day 2007\nCoping with water scarcity – Lyla Mehta\nSpend less to achieve more – Robert Chambers\nRain-fed areas and rice farming – John Thompson\nSanitation\, suffering and safety: women and water – Petra Bongartz\nIrrigation\, contamination & food safety for the urban and peri-urban poor. Research by STEPS member Fiona Marshall\nThe politics and poetics of water scarcity – research by STEPS member Lyla Mehta\nReframing Resilience The STEPS Centre’s theme for 2008 was resilience; engaging with resilience thinking and exploring practical implications for policy in agriculture\, water\, peri-urban dynamics\, epidemics and regulation.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-water-symposium-liquid-dynamics-i-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090822
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T103747Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS at World Water Week
DESCRIPTION:August 2009: STEPS event at World Water Week in Stockholm\, with case studies from our peri-urban work in Delhi and Community-Led Total Sanitation.\nBlog from World Water Week in Stockholm\nPodcast of STEPS session at World Water Week\nPresentations from Stockholm\nPhotos from World Water Week\nSTEPS at World Water Week 2009\, Stockholm
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-at-world-water-week-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090617
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T104738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T104738Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Dr Padmashree Gehl Sampath
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar \nDr Padmashree Gehl Sampath of the United Nations University gave a seminar entitled ‘Promoting Knowledge Generation through Intellectual property in Late Development’ \n\nListen to the podcast \nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-dr-padmashree-gehl-sampath-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090611
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T105711Z
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SUMMARY:Dangerous Ideas in Development: GM Crops and the Global Food Crisis
DESCRIPTION:10 June 2009: “Dangerous Ideas in Development – GM Crops and the Global Food Crisis” The STEPS Centre held an event in Parliament on 10 June 2009 as part of the Institute of Development Studies’ Dangerous Ideas in Development debates\, organised with the APG Debt\, Aid and Trade. The event launched the STEPS Biotechnology Research Archive and a new paper on Bt Cotton by Dominic Glover. Dominic\, Peter Newell of UEA and Erik Millstone were the speakers. \n \n\nPhotos from the event \nBiotechnology Research Archive\nWorking Paper: Undying Promise: Agricultural Biotechnology’s Pro-Poor Narrative\, Ten Years On\nBriefing: Transgenic cotton; a ‘pro-poor’ success? \nIan Scoones’ backgrounder\, GM Crops: 10 Years On\nDominic Glover on the Undying Promise\nGM Crops and the Global Food Crisis event\, June 10\, London\nid21 Viewpoints: GM Crops\nEldis Biotechnology Key Issues Guide
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/dangerous-ideas-in-development-gm-crops-and-the-global-food-crisis-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090306
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T105004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105004Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Joanna Chataway
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar\nJoanna Chataway\, Co-Director of the ESRC Innogen Research Centre\, Development Policy and Practice\, Open University gave a seminar entitled ‘Below the Radar’: A user and market driven account of disruptive (and constructive) innovation for low income users. \n\nView Joanna Chataway’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)\nListen to the podcast
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-joanna-chataway-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090117
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T105415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105415Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Andrew Barnett
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar\nDr Andrew Barnett\, Director\, Policy Practice Ltd gave a seminar entitled ‘Innovation – re-labelling research or a shift in paradigm: the current debate in agricultural research for development’. \n\nView Andrew Barnett’s presentation (on Slideshare)\n\n\nListen to the podcast \n\nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-andrew-barnett-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090110
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T111129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T111129Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Andrew Jamison
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Jamison\, Professor of technology\, environment and society at Aalborg University\, Sweden\, on the quest for green knowledge. \n\nRead Andrew Jamison’s presentation (on Slideshare)\nRead the blog\nListen to the podcast\nPhotos (on Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-andrew-jamison-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081101
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T105554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105554Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Fabian Scholtes
DESCRIPTION:Fabian Scholtes\, Centre for Development Research\, Bonn gave a STEPS Centre seminar entitled Moral values and Solar Panels: moral knowledge in technology-based development \nFabian Scholtes’ presentation (on Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-fabian-scholtes-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081031
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T105830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105830Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Fred Steward
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar \nFred Steward\, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship\, Brunel University on Transformative Innovation for the Global Good: A shared challenge-oriented mission for the 21st Century. \n\nRead Fred Steward’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nListen to the podcast\nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-fred-steward-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080916
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T110151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110151Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Francis X Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Francis X. Johnson\, Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute on Biofuels\, Climate and Development: Emerging Issues and Challenges. \n\nRead Francis Johnson’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nRead the blog\nListen to the podcast\nPhotos (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-francis-x-johnson-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080510
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T110327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110327Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: J. V. Meenakshi
DESCRIPTION:J. V. Meenakshi\, Impact and Policy Coordinator for Harvest Plus gave a STEPS Seminar on: Using Choice Experiments to Assess the Potential Success of Biofortification in Ameliorating Micronutrient Malnutrition: some evidence from Sub Saharan Africa. \n\nRead J.V. Meenakshi’s presentation (on Slideshare)\nPhotos (Flickr)\n\n\n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-j-v-meenakshi-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080507
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120120T110437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110437Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Wenzel Geissler
DESCRIPTION:Wenzel Geissler\, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\, gave a STEPS Seminar on 6 May 2008 entitles: Second enclosure: the changing spaces of medical research in 21st Century Kenya. \nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)\n \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-wenzel-geissler-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080503
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T111838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T111838Z
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SUMMARY:Toward a Green Revolution in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Conference chaired by Kofi Annan\nThere is a clear need for a new vision for agricultural development in Africa that can deal with the complexities of agriculture in diverse settings across Africa and meet the conditions necessary to achieve more equitable benefits for Africa’s farmers. \n \nKofi Annan chaired a conference beginning on Wednesday organised by STEPS Centre affiliate the Future Agricultures Consortium in partnership with Salzburg Global Seminar\, asking whose vision should this be? How can complexity and diversity be dealt with? What can be learned from the impacts – positive and negative – of the “green revolutions” in Latin America and Asia? \n\nRead Kofi Annan’s opening speech\n“Forging a Uniquely African Green Revolution” Address by Mr Kofi A. Annan\, Chairman of AGRA Salzburg Global Seminars Austria (pdf 117kb) 30 April 2008 \n\nThe “Toward a ‘Green Revolution’ in Africa” conference\, subsequent seminar and regional meetings in Africa asked what lessons can be extracted from recent successes in African agricultural development and how can recent growth be sustained\, expanded\, and accelerated? \nHow can new investments and actors in African agriculture support efforts to align policies and political processes to support agricultural as well as broader development goals? How can innovation systems be made robust\, relevant and sustainable? How can the hardware of science and technology be linked to the software of institutions\, policy and social dynamics? How should agricultural science and technology in Africa be governed? \nHeld at Austria’s famous Schloss Leopoldskron\, the conference laid the groundwork for the broader initiative and goals described above by bringing together diverse stakeholders\, from within Africa and beyond\, who are experts in their areas\, leading thinkers\, change-makers and are\, or can influence\, senior decision-makers. \nAround 60 participants from predominantly African government\, business\, academia\, and non-governmental organisations explored a set of issues of vital concern to the future of agriculture in Africa\, and to Africa’s development agenda. This group devised the conceptual framework within which a new agricultural development agenda in Africa can be set and implemented\, and to recommend specific actions. \nIdeas and recommendations for policy adjustments\, streamlining practice\, and creating strategic alliances were captured and reviewed to identify points of agreement and priority issues for action. \nFor all of the up-to-date information on the Salzburg conference\, subsequent seminar\, see the Future Agriculture Consortium website \n\nConference newsletters\n\nDay 1: 30 April 2008\nDay 2: 1 May 2008\nDay 3: 2 May 2008 \n\n\nPress pack and photos\n\nKofi Annan calls for a “uniquely African Green revolution” to address food crisis 30 April 2008\nTranscript of Kofi Annan press conference \nPhotos from Salzburg (Flickr site) \n\n\nMedia coverage included:\n\nBBC World Service (1)\nBBC World Service (2)\nInternational Herald Tribune\nNew Agriculturalist\nReuters Africa\nThe Guardian\nAllAfrica.com (1)\nAllAfrica.com (2)\nAllAfrica.com (3)\nNew Scientist\nThe Guardian world news podcast\n\n\n \nRelated Links\n\nBlog from Salzburg\n\nFuture Agricultures Consortium\nSalzburg Global Seminar \n\n\nFurther reading\n\nFor more information and material from this event\, see: Future Agricultures Consortium\nNew Directions for African Agriculture (pdf 450kb) by Ian Scoones\, Stephen Devereux and Lawrence Haddad\nGoverning Technology Development: Challenges for Agricultural Research in Africa (pdf 330kb) by Ian Scoones\nAn African Green Revolution? Some personal reflections by Andrew Dorward
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/toward-a-green-revolution-in-africa-2/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080409
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T112325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T112325Z
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SUMMARY:Transboundary animal disease and market access
DESCRIPTION:Transboundary animal disease and market access: future options for the beef industry in southern Africa\nIn April 2008\, over 60 delegates gathered in Pretoria to discuss practical options to unlock the potential of the southern African livestock industry. \n \nWorkshop\, Pretoria\, South Africa\, 7-8 April 2008\n\nWorkshop report (pdf 260kb) \nParticipants list (pdf 265kb)\nWorkshop Highlights: The future of beef marketing in southern Africa (pdf 787kb) \nSYNTHÈSE DE L’ATELIER: Maladies animales transfrontalières et accès aux marchés : l’avenir du secteur du boeuf en Afrique australe\n\nDelegates included representatives from the African Union and South African\, Botswanan\, Namibian\,  Zimbabwean and UK government departments\, officials from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)\, FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation)\, CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)\, national farming unions\, business and more. \nThe results of 18 month studies across southern Africa were discussed and significant progress made towards enabling African farmers to participate in the boom in global demand for livestock products. Get in touch if you would like to know more. \n\nOpening Addresses\nWorkshop welcome and opening address (pdf 1492kb) Dr Emily Mogajane\, Deputy Director General\, Agriculture\, South Africa \nHow can Africa benefit from the livestock revolution? (pdf 365kb) \nWritten by Dr Babagana Ahmadu\, Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture\, African Union Commission\, Ethiopia. Presented at the workshop by Martin Bwalya NEPAD\, South Africa \n\nDelegate interviews:\nOur researchers and delegates at the workshop gave voice to some of the challenges and opportunites for small-scale livestock farmers in southern Africa. Watch all the interviews \n\n  \n\nPolicy briefings / Briefings Politique\nSADC region\nChallenges for the beef industry in southern Africa (pdf 786kb) \nBRIEFING POLITIQUE: Les défis de l’industrie bovine en Afrique australe (pdf 803kb)  \n \nSouth Africa\nMarket access for livestock commodities: foot-and-mouth disease as a key constraint to market access – Republic of South Africa (pdf 782kb)\n  \nZimbabwe\nMarket access policy options for FMD-challenges Zimbabwe (pdf 783kb)  \nNamibia\nVeterinary science\, transboundary animal diseases and markets: pathways for policy in Namibia (pdf 782kb)  \nBotswana\nBotswana’s foot-and-mouth disease and beef trade policy (pdf 779kb)\n\nSpeaker presentations\nOverview\n\nVeterinary challenges for Southern Africa: The case of FMD Foot & mouth disease (FMD) and market access: Challenges for the beef industry in Southern Africa (pdf 768kb) – Gavin Thomson\, SADC FMD Project\, FANR\, SADC Secretariat\, Gaborone\nInternational trade\, standards and EPAs: challenges for the southern African beef industry (pdf 155kb)– Mareike Meyn\, Overseas Development Institute\, UK\nThe international beef trade and standards: importers’ perspectives (pdf 4\,671kb) – Martin Cooke\, Ocatra Ltd\, UK\nFoot and mouth disease and market access in southern Africa: some key issues and questions emerging (pdf 250kb) – William Wolmer\, UK\n\nSouth Africa\n\nMarket access for livestock commodities: Foot and Mouth Disease as a key constraint in South Africa (pdf 312kb) –\nRebone Moerane CD: Agricultural Specialist Services Department of Agriculture and Land Reform\, Northern Cape\n\nZimbabwe\n\nMarket access policy options for FMD-challenged Zimbabwe (pdf 3\,076kb) – Ronny Sibanda\, consultant\, Ingwe Breweries\, formerly Cold Storage Company\n\nNamibia:\n\nVeterinary science\, transboundaryanimal diseases and markets: pathways for policy in Namibia (pdf 616kb) – Alec Bishi and J. A. Kamwi\, Directorate of Veterinary Services\, Windhoek\, Namibia\n\nBotswana:\n\nFoot and Mouth Disease and Beef Trade Policy: Botswana (pdf 3\,567kb) – Neo J. Mapitse\, Dept of Health and Animal Production\, Botswana\n\n\nPhotos\nSee the Pretoria workshop photoset \n\nPress pack for ‘Livestock Revolution’\n\nPress release: African farmers missing out on the global livestock revolution \nPress release: High-level backing for African farmers’ participation in global ‘livestock revolution’ \nOpening speech: How can Africa benefit from the livestock revolution? Written by Dr Babagana Ahmadu\, Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture\, African Union Commission\, Ethiopia\nPresented by Martin Bwalya NEPAD\, South Africa\nBiographies of researchers\nFast Facts\nBackground overview\n\n\nMedia coverage\n\nIRIN\, Africa: Beefing up for a Revolution\nThe Herald\, Zimbabwe: Beef Industry Under the Spotlight \nNew Era\, Namibia: VCF Hampers Market Access\nSunday News\, Zimbabwe: Commodity trade to improve beef exports \nSunday News Zimbabwe: African farmers missing out on global boom\nLandbou Weekblad\, South Africa: Afrika uit vleisrevolusie geboelie?\nLanbou Weekblad\, South Africa: Oorgrens dieresiektes bekyk\nNew Agriculturist\, UK: ‘My Perspective’ by Dr Babagana Ahmadu\nDevelopments magazine\, UK: What’s the Beef? \nVeterinary Times\, UK: page 1 / page 2 / page 3 \nMore about this project \nAllAfrica.com\nReuters Alertnet \nThe Citizen\, South Africa
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transboundary-animal-disease-and-market-access-2/
LOCATION:South Africa
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080313
DTSTAMP:20260403T235818
CREATED:20120124T112438Z
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SUMMARY:Global Uncertainties conference
DESCRIPTION:Global Uncertainties\nThe ESRC Festival of Social Science flagship event on 12 March at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. STEPS director Melissa Leach spoke on ‘Securing a safer\, sustainable and equitable world’ and wrote for the ESRC’s The Edge magazine. Spring 2008\, Issue 27 Building genuine pathways to a more secure future
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/global-uncertainties-conference-2/
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