To mark the official launch of
Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) Romania
as well as
The European Year of Development 2015
The Centre for International Cooperation and Development (IDC)
and its partners
invite the interested public
Monday, 25 May, 10:30 (GMT+3)
at the
Romanian Diplomatic Institute
(17, Primăverii blvd)
for the
Kapuscinski Development Lecture
The Sustainable Development Goals:
Brilliant Propaganda?
by
Thomas POGGE (Yale University)
Board President, Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP)
Live streamed event
http://kapuscinskilectures.eu
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The lecture will be followed at
14:15
by the international workshop
Combating Poverty and Inequalities
New Perspectives for Romanian Academics & Practitioners
Thomas POGGE (PhD, Harvard University) is Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs and founding Director of the Global Justice Program at Yale. He holds part-time positions at King's College London and the Universities of Oslo and Central Lancashire. Pogge is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science as well as President of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), an international network aiming to enhance the impact of scholars, teachers and students on global poverty, and of Incentives for Global Health, a team effort toward developing a complement to the pharmaceutical patent regime that would improve access to advanced medicines for the poor worldwide (www.healthimpactfund.org). Pogge's recent publications include Politics as Usual (Polity 2010); World Poverty and Human Rights (Polity 2008); John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice (Oxford 2007); and Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right (Oxford & UNESCO 2007). 
The Kapuscinski Development Lecture is a joint initiative of the European Commission, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest, through its Centre for International Cooperation and Development Studies (IDC). The project is financed by the European Commission.
This edition benefits from the support of the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) Romania, the Romanian NGDO Platform (FOND Romania) and the Romanian Association for International Development and Cooperation (ARCADIA). Also supporting the activities of marking the official launch of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) Romania: The Coalition for Child Protection (ChildPact), the NGO Federation for Children (FONPC), WorldVision Romania.
More about the Kapuscinski Development Lectures and planned events: http://kapuscinskilectures.eu/.
For more information, please contact:
Jan SZCZYCINSKI (UNDP, jan.szczycinski@undp.org), Luciana Alexandra GHICA (IDC, luciana.ghica@fspub.unibuc.ro, idc@fspub.unibuc.ro)
For more information, please contact:
Jan SZCZYCINSKI (UNDP, jan.szczycinski@undp.org), Luciana Alexandra GHICA (IDC, luciana.ghica@fspub.unibuc.ro, idc@fspub.unibuc.ro)
Due to the limited number of places available in the room we kindly ask you to register through the form below
WHAT TOP THINKERS THINK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
Top global thinkers discuss development in the European Union countries. The series “Kapuscinski Development Lectures”, named for Ryszard Kapuscinski, a polish reporter and writer who covered developing countries, is organized jointly by the European Commission, the United Nations Development Programme and partner universities or development think-tanks. Over 50 lectures gathered since 2009 over 10,000 participants.
In October 2014 - December 2015 the lectures organised in all EU member states contribute specifically to development policy debates as part of the European Year for Development 2015. Previous keynote speakers included Crown Prince Haakon of Norway (UNDP Goodwill Ambassador), Paul Collier (Oxford University), Jerzy Buzek (President of the European Parliament), Kemal Dervis (vice-president of Brookings Institution, former head of UNDP), Jan Vandemoortele (former UNDP director, co-author of MDGs), Andris Piebalgs (European Commissioner for Development), Dirk Messner (Director of German Development Institute), Simon Maxwell (former Director of Overseas Development Institute), Eveline Herfkens (founder of UN Millennium Campaign), and Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) among others.
The lectures honor the name of Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish journalist and writer, who died in 2007. Kapuscinski, whose books were translated into many languages, was often named the “Third World Chronicler” or the “Voice of the Poor” for his famous reportages and books describing developing countries on all continents. Among other books, he was famous for: “The Emperor” on Ethiopia, “Shah of Shahs” about Iran, “The Shadow of the Sun” about Africa, “Another Day of Life” about Angola, and “Imperium” about the Soviet Union.
The Romanian series of the Kapuscinski Development Lectures is organized by the Centre for International Cooperation and Development Studies (IDC) of the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bucharest (FSPUB). Its previous editions hosted HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Paul Collier and Owen Barder as keynote speakers.
The lectures honor the name of Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish journalist and writer, who died in 2007. Kapuscinski, whose books were translated into many languages, was often named the “Third World Chronicler” or the “Voice of the Poor” for his famous reportages and books describing developing countries on all continents. Among other books, he was famous for: “The Emperor” on Ethiopia, “Shah of Shahs” about Iran, “The Shadow of the Sun” about Africa, “Another Day of Life” about Angola, and “Imperium” about the Soviet Union.
The Romanian series of the Kapuscinski Development Lectures is organized by the Centre for International Cooperation and Development Studies (IDC) of the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bucharest (FSPUB). Its previous editions hosted HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Paul Collier and Owen Barder as keynote speakers.