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«January 04, 2008 - February 03, 2008»
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Reviving Inter-American Relations
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:00 pm

 

*Scroll to the bottom and click on the pdf file to read Peter Hakim's article.

Please join SID-Washington’s Latin America/Caribbean Regional Roundtable as we kick-off the new year with a special event focused on the critical questions that we face as a community on how to rebuild U.S. relations with the rest of the hemisphere. What needs to be done to re-energize U.S. policy in the Americas? How can the deep strains in Inter-American relations best be addressed? What are the first steps to renewing relationships of trust within the hemisphere?

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Health System Data Analysis Via the Internet
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm

Please join SID-Washington's development information workgroup for a presentation on health system data analysis. 

Shakeb Afsah and Eric Ness of Performeks will demonstrate the Health Systems 20/20 Data Analysis Site which provides key health systems information for any country. Various analyses, including peer country comparisons and simple regression analysis can be easily conducted and used to support policy discussions and decisions. This session will also explore broader issues and implications with respect to allowing policymakers, donors, researchers, and others perform real-time analysis of large and complicated data sets via the web.

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China and ILO Labor Standards (Co-sponsored by UNA-NCA)
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm

SID-Washington is pleased to be the co-sponsor of this special panel discussion on China's labor laws and practices organized by the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area.

Panelists:

Earl Brown, Solidarity Center

Erin Ennis,  US-China Business Council

T. Kumar, Amnesty International-USA

Armand Pereira, International Labor Organization

Li Qiang, China Labor Watch

 

*Please RSVP directly with the UNA-NCA office by January 14 at rsvp@unanca.org with "China and ILO Labor Standards" in the subject line.  For further information please call the UNA-NCA office at (202) 223-6092.

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The Development and Security Agenda of AFRICOM: Possibilities and Concerns
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Please join SID-Washington's security and development workgroup and Africa regional roundtable for this co-sponsored discussion.

The establishment of a new Africa Command (AFRICOM) has generated optimism about the possibilities to address security and development challenges in Africa while at the same time creating concerns about a "U.S. militarization" of the continent. This roundtable will highlight AFRICOM's agenda, both near and long term, its rationale and hopes, as well as recommendations that others have made to improve its operations and the reasons why some have opposed the initiative.

Featured Panelists:

Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs
See her August 2 testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/110/whe080207.htm.

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01 / 23
Foreign Assistance Reform: An Insider's Update
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm

 

* This event has reached capacity.  SID-Washington regrets that we can no longer accept additional RSVPs.

* Please note there has been a change of venue.  The event will now be held in Greeley Hall at the Academy for Educational Development (AED).
 

Please join SID-Washington for January’s Chapter event on the state of foreign assistance reform.

This ninety minute discussion will feature presentations by three senior managers at USAID and the Department of State who play significant and complementary roles to implement foreign assistance reform. They will provide an update on key initiatives to improve the alignment of foreign assistance policy, strategy, and resources at State and USAID, including the latest proposals to streamline Operational Plans, develop Country Assistance Strategies, enhance Mission Strategic Plans, and strengthen budget and performance integration. They will also provide an analysis of the FY 2008 Foreign Assistance appropriation and an assessment of the status and success of the foreign assistance reform effort to date.

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Going to Scale with SCALE
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:30 pm

Please join SID-Washington’s Environment Workgroup for a discussion on how to scale-up activities to cover geographic areas and populations that can make a real difference.  SCALE - System-wide Collaborative Action for Livelihoods and the Environment - has proven to be promising methodology for achieving results at scale in a short timeframe. Developed from the lessons learned from the thirteen-year, thirty-country experience of the USAID Environmental Education and Communication Project (GreenCOM), SCALE is a system-wide social change framework, participatory management process, and set of tools that interweave governance, economic, environmental, and social interests in a way that manages and conserves resources while creating new economic opportunities.  
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