Events
To post events (not fund raisers) on this page, contact Josie Smith at ACFID.
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Month | Type | Title | Organisation | Location | Contact | Full details |
| August 2 | Sydney Development Circle (SDC) event | Civil Society – A Development Perspective with guest presenter Emeritus Professor Stephen Hill AM | Sydney Development Circle (SDC) | UTS Building 10, Level 4 Seminar Room 470, Sydney | Email or 0414 905 290 | SDC - Monday meeting details |
| August 3 | Book launch (by WVA CEO Tim Costello) | The Change Imperative: Creating the Next Generation NGO by Paul Ronalds | Readings 309 Lygon Street Carlton Melbourne | Readings Bookstore | ||
| August 4 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Leichardt Electorate Cairns Regional Council 119-145 Spence Street, Cairns, Queensland | Contact | Leichhardt Electoral Forum ACFID news |
| August 5 | Public Address | Public Address by South African High Commissioner to Australia, His Excellency Mr Lenin Shope | Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) | Stephen House, 32 Thesiger Court, Deakin, Canberra ACT | Email or (02) 6232 4978 | AIIA - Event details |
| August 5 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Deakin Electorate NewHope Baptist Church, 3 Springfield Road, Blackburn North, VIC | Email or 0432 241 194 | Make Poverty History ACFID news |
| August 9 | International Day | International Day of the World’s Indigenous People | United Nations (UN) | UN - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People | ||
| August 10 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Makin Electorate Golden Grove Baptist Church, 95 Wynn Vale Drive, Wynn Vale, South Australia | Contact | Makin Electoral Forum ACFID news |
| August 12 | International Day | International Youth Day | United Nations (UN) | UN - International Youth Day | ||
| August 12 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Melbourne Electorate State Library Theatrette 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria | Contact | Melbourne Electoral Forum ACFID news |
| August 12 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Bass Electorate Launceston Town Hall Reception Room St John Street, Launceston, Tasmania | Contact | Bass Electoral Forum ACFID news |
| August 13 | Public Seminar | Education: Are we on track for the Millennium Development Goals? | ActionAid Australia | New Law Lecture Theatre 020, The University of Sydney | Contact | ActionAid Australia - Seminar details |
| August 14 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Robertson Electorate Duhig Hall Lourdes Hill College, 86 Hawthorne Road, Bulimba, Queensland | Contact | Robertson Electoral Forum ACFID news |
| August 14 | Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History Electoral Forum | Make Poverty History | Griffith Electorate Our Lady Star of the Sea School 165 Serpentine Road, Terrigal, New South Wales | Contact | Griffith Electoral Forum ACFID news |
| August 16 | Public Seminar | 'Global Good Samaritans: Human Rights and Foreign Policy' with Prof Alison Brysk, the Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC CH, Chris Sidoti and Daniel Flitton | The Human Rights Law Resource Centre and ACFID | Blake Dawson Level 26, 181 William Street Melbourne | Human Rights Law Resource Centre - Seminar details | |
| August 18 | Public Seminar | 'Global Good Samaritans: Human Rights and Foreign Policy' with Prof Alison Brysk, Hilary Charlesworth and Cynthia Banham | The Human Rights Law Resource Centre, ACFID and Australian National University (ANU) | Centre for International Governance and Justice, Room 1.04, Coombs Extension Building, ANU Canberra | Seminar flyer/booking form (pdf) | |
| August 19 | Public Seminar | Global Good Samaritans: Human Rights and Foreign Policy' with Prof Alison Brysk | The Australian Human Rights Centre (AHRCentre), Human Rights Law Resource Centre and ACFID | Seminar Room, Level 2, Law Building, University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus Sydney | Contact | Seminar flyer (pdf) |
| August 19 | International Day | World Humanitarian Day | United Nations (UN) | UN OCHR - World Humanitarian Day | ||
| August 19 | World Humanitarian Day Seminar | Increases in global vulnerability: challenges for effective responses to protracted crises | AusAID | Training Room 1, AusAID House, Canberra | Email or 02 6206 4710 | Seminar flyer (pdf) |
| August 25-26 | Conference | Violence, War & Terrorism: Ethical, Legal & Political Perspectives - Protecting Civilians During Violent Conflict | ANU and UNSW@ADFA | Finkel Theatre John Curtin School of Medical Research Bldg 131 Garran Road, ANU | Enquiries or +61 (0)2 6125 3487 | ANU - Conference details |
| August 28-29 | National Conference | Results in Action on Global Health | RESULTS Australia | St Jude's Community Centre, 49 George St, Scoresby Melbourne | Contact | RESULTS Australia National Conference |
| Aug 30- September 1 | 2010 Annual Development Conference | Biodiversity and World Food Security: Nourishing the Planet and its People | The Crawford Fund | Parliament House, Canberra | Contact | The Crawford Fund - 2010 Parliamentary Conference |
| Aug 30- September 1 | Conference | Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs NB: prerequisites for registration are either 'association with the UN DPI' or 'consultative status with ECOSOC' (see UNIC letter in 'Full details' column) | UN DPI, the NGO/DPI Executive Committee and the Australian Government | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre | UNIC | |
| August 31 | Public Forum | One Just World: Health at Whose Cost! Writers on Poverty and Health | One Just World | BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne | One Just World | |
| September 5-11 | World Water Week | The Water Quality Challenge | Stockholm International Water Institute | Stockholm, Sweden | Contact | World Water Week |
| September 6-9 | Conference | ALARA World Congress 2010 | Action Learning and Action Research Association | Bayview Eden 6 Queens Rd Melbourne VIC | ALARA World Congress 2010 | |
| September 8 | International Day | International Literacy Day | United Nations (UN) | UN - International Literacy Day | ||
| September 15-17 | Conference | Implementing disability-inclusive development in the Pacific and Asia: Reviewing progress, planning the future | ADDC - Australian Disability and Development Consortium | Darwin Convention Centre, Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin NT | ADDC Conference ADDC Conference flyer (pdf) | |
| September 20-22 | International Conference | World Congress on Refractive Error | International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) | Durban, South Africa | Conference details | |
| September 21 | International Day | International Day of Peace | United Nations (UN) | UN - International Day of Peace | ||
| September 22-23 | 9th National Conference | Safeguarding Australia 2010 | Australian Security Research Centre | Rydges Lakeside 1 London Circuit Canberra City, ACT | Contact | Safeguarding Australia 2010 - Conference details |
| September 22-24 | International Conference | Sixth World Conference on Optometric Education | World Council of Optomerty (WOC) | Durban, South Africa | Conference details | |
| October 1 | International Day | International Day of Older Persons | United Nations (UN) | UN - International Day of Older Persons | ||
| October 4 | International Day | World Habitat Day - Better City, Better Life | United Nations (UN) | UN - World Habitat Day | ||
| October 13 | International Day | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | United Nations (UN) | UN - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | ||
| October 21-22 | ACFID Council and AGM | Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) | Canberra ACT | ACFID Council 2010 | ||
| October 25-26 | Annual Global Briefing | Crisis Group Global Briefing 2010 | The International Crisis Group | Sofitel Brussels Europe, 1 Place Jourdan, Brussels, Belgium | Crisis Group Global Briefing 2010 | |
| October 27-29 | Conference | 13th National Conference on Volunteering | Volunteering Australia | Sebel Albert Park, Victoria | 13th National Conference on Volunteering - details | |
| November 3-4 | Asia Pacific Regional Conference | Early Warning for Protection: Technologies and practise for the prevention of mass atrocity crimes | Oxfam Australia | Phnom Penh Hotel, 53 Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh | Contact | Early Warning for Protection Conference |
| November 4-6 | International Conference | International Conference on Human Rights Education: Educating for Human Rights, Peace and Interculture Dialogue | University of Western Sydney (UWS) | UWS, Parramatta Campus, cnr Victoria Road and James Ruse Drive, Rydalmere | Contact | International Conference on Human Rights Education |
| November 14-16 | International Conference | International Conference: Governance and Development | Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights(CCDHR) | Padang, Indonesia | Enquiries | CCDHR - Governance and Development |
| November 18-19 | Conference and Post-graduate workshop | Development and Aid Effectiveness - Interrogating Pedagogies in International Development Studies | University of Canberra (UC) | UC, Bruce Canberra, ACT | Contact | UC - Development Aid and Effectiveness |
| November 29 - December 3 | International Conference | Future Challenges, Ancient Solutions: What we can learn from the past about managing the future in the Pacific | The University of the South Pacific (UPS) | Laucala Campus UPS Suva, Fiji | Contact | UPS Conference |
| December 2-4 | 33rd Annual Conference | Engaging Africa / Engaging Africans: Knowledge, Representation, Politics | African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) | Victoria University, Melbourne | Enquiries | AFSAAP Conference Call for papers |
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| June 2-5 | International Conference | Second World Conference on Humanitarian Studies: Changing Realities of Conflict and Crisis | International Humanitarian Studies Associational (IHSA) | Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA | Contact | World conference on Humanitarian Studies: Changing Realities of Conflict and Crisis |