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Calls for Papers and Contributions
Hamilton | Connecting Women, Respecting Differences
What:	Waikato University | 19-21 November 2010 Aotearoa NZ's diversity, including ethnicity, sexuality, indigeneity, age, health, occupation define different women's experiences. This invitation for papers, workshops, panel discussions, performances and artistic displays addressing themes includes Maori, Pasifika and indigenous women’s issues, migrant and refugee women’s issues, women and policy, women’s resistance, women and climate change.
Deadline for submissions:	Thursday, 30 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.wsanz.org.nz/conference-2010.htm
Malaysia | Second Congress of the Asian Association of Women's Studies
What:	Georgetown, Penang | 9 - 11 December, 2010 This forthcoming congress calls for papers to debate these issues in the context of re-claiming and re-invigorating gender justice in Asia. Key discussions surround continued gender inequalities in Asia and how it could worsen in the current 'period of unstable political and economic environment'.
Deadline for submissions:	Thursday, 30 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.usm.my/kanita/aaws2010.asp
Conferences and Workshops
Auckland & Wellington | Lord Nicholas Stern lectures
What:	University of Auckland & Victoria University | 8-10 September 2010 LSE Political economist Nicholas Stern will deliver three lectures on international climate change. The lectures will be broadcast live to four other theatres in the Owen G Glenn Building and to RHLT1 in Wellington.
Registration Deadline:	Wednesday, 8 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/special/robb/
Auckland | Transitions to Sustainability Conference and a call for papers
What:	Conference dates: 30 November - 3 December 2010 What are the transition pathways to a more sustainable future? What can engineers and scientists do to help? This Conference aims to build momentum for that transition by showcasing current successes, share challenges and highlight directions and connections. Themes include evolutions in technology, limits to growth, and New Economics.
Registration Deadline:	Monday, 29 November 2010
For more information:	http://www.nzsses.auckland.ac.nz/conference/index.htm
Australia | Action Learning Action Research Association (ALARA) World Congress 2010
What:	Melbourne, Australia | 6-9 September, 2010 The theme 'Appreciating our Past, Comprehending out Presents and Prefiguring our Future' invites issues concerning methodology and practice, participatory and action based approaches to research and learning and notions of power (its uses and misuses) within research and learning relationships and elsewhere.
Registration Deadline:	Monday, 6 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.alara.net.au/files/ALARA%20World%20Congress%20Program%20and%20Early%20Bird%20Registration.pdf
Australia | Development & Aid Effectiveness: Interrogating Pedagogies in (International) Development Studies
What:	Canberra | 18-19 November 2010 This conference will provide a forum for academics, development practitioners, policy makers and researchers to exchange ideas on how to teach development studies in a manner that contributes to development and aid effectiveness. New ‘transformative’ and ‘relevant’ methodologies will be explored.
Registration Deadline:	Thursday, 18 November 2010
For more information:	http://www.canberra.edu.au/dae
Australia | International Human Rights Education Conference
What:	Sydney | 4-6 November, 2010 This conference 'Educating for Human Rights, Peace and Intercultural Dialogue', is targeting a range of people from human rights educators, practitioners and anybody wishing to learn more and establish networks. Organised in response to the UN World Programme for Human Rights Education, it aims to advance the human rights education, in particular in Australia and Asia Pacific region.
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 22 October 2010
For more information:	http://www.humanrightseducationconference2010.com.au/
Dunedin | HIA 2010: 3rd Asia and Pacific Regional Health Impact Assessment Conference
What:	University of Otago | 17-19 November 2010 Health, wellbeing, and HIA: Working better, working smarter. This conference on health impact assessment brings together international experts and practitioners in policy and planning, impact assessment, and health and wellbeing. The latest studies and thinking about ways to make health impact assessment more effective will be reviewed.
Registration Deadline:	Thursday, 30 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.iaia.org/hia2010/
Dunedin | International Symposium "Visions of Peace: The West and Asia"
What:	Otago Museum | 10-12 December 2009 This multi-disciplinary symposium aims to explore various traditional conceptions of peace in historic Asia and the West. Current literature, prompted by September 11, focuses on the laws and ethics of just wars as ideas and ideals of peace as conceptualised by past Asian and Western thinkers appear to have escaped scholarly attention.
Registration Deadline:	Thursday, 9 December 2010
For more information:	http://www.otago.ac.nz/historyarthistory/peace/
Fiji | Future Challenges, Ancient Solutions: What we can learn from the past about managing the future in the Pacific
What:	Suva | 29th November – 3rd December 2010 Many challenges face Pacific Islanders. 'Solutions' to the Pacific Islands have often failed because they have been culturally insensitive and environmentally inappropriate. This conference examines several areas in which there are challenges and looks to the past to see whether solutions were developed in response to comparable challenges.
Registration Deadline:	Saturday, 20 November 2010
For more information:	https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=8830
Hong Kong | Corporate Social Responsiblity Asia Summit 2010
What:	Hong Kong | 14-15 September 2010 CSR Asia focuses on CSR issues facing companies in Asia in capacity building and awareness raising to advance sustainable development. The annual Summit usually gathering over 300 international leaders to explore key CSR issues and strategies, and to bring new insights for businesses, governments, NGOs and other CSR practitioners.
Registration Deadline:	Monday, 6 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.csr-asia.com/summit2010/the_summit.php
Papua New Guinea | Goroka 2010: 19th Pacific History Association’s Bi-ennial Conference
What:	University of Goroka | 12-16 September 2010 to coincide with the Goroka Cultural Show As the Pacific's diverse cultures and communities ebb and flow with globalisation, political turmoil, growth, environmental degradation, health and cultural tensions, key questions for this conference ask: is there a place for Pacific History? How is its history shaped and reshaped? How can we recognise and connect with local ways of story-telling, memory and myth-making?
Registration Deadline:	Sunday, 12 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.pacifichistoryassociation.com/
Thailand | First International Conference on Human Rights in Southeast Asia
What:	Bangkok | 14-15 October, 2010 The conference brings together academics, researchers, students, civil society organisations, government agency representatives and the media who work to promote greater understanding and better protection of human rights in Southeast Asia.
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 1 October 2010
For more information:	http://www.seahrn.org
Wellington | Positive sexual health: Family Planning Conference 2010
What:	15-17 October, 2010 The conference aims to expose and share national and international thinking and innovation in sexual and reproductive health with New Zealand-based practitioners. With four internationally-renowned keynote speakers, it presents an opportunity for attendees to hear and learn from experts.
Registration Deadline:	Thursday, 30 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.familyplanning.org.nz/News/Events/Conference2010.aspx
Courses and Training
UNITAR: debt and financial management programme 2010 course calander
What:	[online courses] 'Training to sustain human develpoment':The UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) offers a range of online courses such as Advanced Risk Management, Trade Finance infrastructure Development, and International Negotiations: Practical Skills and Techniques.
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 31 December 2010
For more information:	http://www2.unitar.org/dfm/DFMelearning/Info/2010calendar.htm
Asia-wide | CSR Asia: Training Programme Calendar 2010
What:	Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Asia offers a range of services and training to its strategic partners and other companies and organisations. Courses include stakeholder engagement, reporting and communications, Business Strategies for Climate Change and Diversity and Inclusion Training.
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 31 December 2010
For more information:	http://www.csr-asia.com/course.php
Indonesia | MDF Services
What:	Bali | 2010 MDF PI Course calendar MDF runs development sector specialist training courses and consultancies courses. Their various management topics and themes cover: - Management Services, incl. PCM & MfDR - Organisational Development - Monitoring & Evaluation - Facilitating Processes - Personal Development - Institutional Development Support - Education Services
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 31 December 2010
For more information:	http://www.mdf.nl/page/Branches/MDF-Pacific-Indonesia/Course-calendar-English
Malaysia | IMA International
What:	Kuala Lumpur | 2010 (various dates) If you are a development community professional looking for training, consultancy or coaching, IMA International can help. As an international development business specialising in capacity building worldwide, it works with individuals and teams from the private sector, NGOs, UN agencies and government.
Registration Deadline:	Monday, 18 October 2010
For more information:	http://www.imainternational.com/
NZ-wide | Practical Project Management For Non-Profits
What:	Auckland, Greymouth, Dunedin, Hamilton, Wellington, Nelson May 26th - November 26th, 2010 This workshop will provide a variety of project management tools and templates to enable their application into existing projects and assess risk, develop a stakeholder communication plan among others. The hands-on workshop will ensure you have all the knowledge to enjoy a success role as project manager.
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 26 November 2010
For more information:	http://www.johncoxon.com.au/
Philippines | Building Capabilities for People-Centered Development: IIRR Courses for 2010 [pdf]
What:	The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, a small international development, research and training organisation holds courses and study programs include: Participatory Approaches to Development Management, Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction and Community-Managed Health.
Registration Deadline:	Friday, 31 December 2010
For more information:	http://www.globalfocus.org.nz/infoservices/downloads/2010%20IT-1.pdf
Other Events & Resources
2010 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
What:	This award, administered by the Global Development Network (GDN), provides an opportunity to development field projects with the ability to scale up their work through large grants, which are awarded to organisations that are carrying out original and innovative work in the field to promote holistic development.
Closing Date:	Thursday, 9 September 2010
For more information:	http://www.gdnet.org/~2010awards
India | The Evaluation conclave 2010 'Making evaluation matter'
What:	New Delhi | 20-25 October, 2010 This conclave brings together sector experts, leading practitioners and development professionals globally. The theme 'Making Evaluation Matter' encompasses an approach to evaluation starting with relevance and context with a broad understanding of who evaluation should serve.
Closing Date:	Wednesday, 20 October 2010
For more information:	http://www.evaluationconclave.org/overview.php
Thailand | Restoring trust: Global action for transparency
What:	Bangkok | 10-13 November, 2010 The biennial IACC attracts up to 1500 participants from over 135 countries; the world premier forum that brings together royalty, heads of state, civil society and the private sector to tackle the increasingly sophisticated challenges posed by corruption. This is the 14th IACC.
Closing Date:	Monday, 1 November 2010
For more information:	http://14iacc.org/