Investing more in knowledge
The Hivos Knowledge Programme organizes an international conference on Knowledge and Change in The Hague (29 September - 1 October 2010). Activists, NGO practitioners and scholars from all continents are invited to reflect on theory and practice of development dilemmas as well as methodologies of knowledge development.
Five programmes
Over the last four years, Hivos together with its academic and civil society partners has explored the potential of academic-practitioner collaboration in five thematic knowledge programmes, to find new answers to key developmental questions of our time. The
Hivos Knowledge Programme offers a platform for knowledge development on issues imperative to the global development sector. The main themes are: Civil Society Building, Promoting Pluralism, Civil Society in West Asia, Small Producer Agency in the Globalized Market and Digital Natives with a Cause?
Results and dilemmas
The three-day conference is organized to share and discuss some of the emerging insights from our experiences. Over a hundred scholars and practical experts from the field from various continents will think about the following questions: What are the results that have been achieved so far? Which dilemmas were encountered? Are these unique to each theme or can parallels be drawn? Which research methods have been used? Which methods proved to be successful or turned out to be unsuccessful?
The importance of knowledge
Hivos believes that investing in knowledge is crucially important and aims to encourage increasing investments in knowledge in the future. "Knowledge is essential for successful and meaningful cooperation and contributes to development. By exchanging experiences and views, this conference will provide more insight into the current state of knowledge development and change processes", according to Josine Stremmelaar, Coordinator of the Knowledge Programme.
Registration for the conference is upon invitation only. The results will be published on www.hivos.net.
Written by Global Village Media / Margreet van der Hel.
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