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Weekly Events for August 11th - August 15th
Continue reading for some of the events next week in D.C. concerning Africa
Tuesday, August 12thLaying the BRICS of a New Global Order: From Yekaterinburg 2009 to eThekwini 2013
Hosted by: The Woodrow Wilson Center
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004-3027
Time: 2pm – 3:30pm
Summary: The meteoric rise of the BRICS group has led to an unprecedented increase in partnership, trade, and investment among some of the world's most dynamic economies. Yet this increase in cooperation should not be allowed to obscure the complexities and contradictions inherent within this cohort of emerging global actors. The Africa Program invites you to the launch of "Laying the BRICS of a New Global Order," a book edited by Francis Kornegay, Global Fellow, Wilson Center, with contributions from Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute as this seminal compilation on the emergence of a new global order is discussed.
For More Information Please Visit http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/laying-the-brics-new-global-order-yekaterinburg-2009-to-ethekwini-2013
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Wednesday, August 13thA New Strategy for Civil Society Development for Africa
Hosted by: Center for International Private Enterprise
Location: 1155 15th Street NW, 7th Floor Washington, DC
Time: 12pm – 1:30pm
Summary: Two significant challenges face civil society organizations in developing markets in general and in Africa in particular. The lack of long-term post-donor sustainability that undermines civil society capacity building and the development of a truly independent third sector. The very much related growing backlash of draconian laws intended to undermine CSO capacity building by host governments who perceive CSOs' inability to become independent of foreign assistance as evidence of tacit outside support for political opposition. Now, however, strategies are emerging to address both of these issues. Their common theme is promoting sustainability by developing less confrontational and more collaborative relationships among the private, public, and nonprofit sectors that foster local "social investment" in civil society organizations.
For More Information Please Visit http://www.sidw.org/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=441114&orgId=wdcsid&recurringId=0
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