EVENTS ARCHIVE
What's Next for Afghanistan?
Non-Belfer Event
Luncheon
RSVP required - Not on the KSG Campus
November 20, 2009
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Jasteena Dhillon
Afghanistan / Pakistan Program
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Date: Friday, November 20
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Venue: Non Profit Center, 89 South St., Boston 02111
Cost: $10 for WorldBoston members; $15 for nonmembers
Marred by accusations of corruption and mismanagement, President Hamid Karzai's administration must now respond to the fallout from a flawed presidential election. How will Karzai regain legitimacy in the eyes of the Afghan people and international community? What's next for Afghanistan under his leadership? How will the current situation affect Obama's decision about future U.S. involvement in Afghanistan?
Jasteena Dhillon is an international lawyer who has worked in international development and conflict environments since 1994. Her work in Afghanistan, as it in Sudan and Somalia, is aimed at cultivating local systems of customary justice and building a state system that gives due regard to local values and conceptions of justice. In her most recent position with NATO, Jasteena worked as an advisor on justice and reconciliation in Afghanistan and Sudan as a way to facilitate civil-military interaction.
RSVP to Ilya Lozovsky at (617) 542-8995 x101 or wb@worldboston.org
Fostering Knowledge Sharing in Resource Management and Adaptation to Global Change in Brazil
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 20, 2009
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Speaker: Edmundo Barrios, Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Center for International Development, HKS
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Participatory methodologies used to develop a "hybrid" knowledge base, combining local and scientific knowledge, reflect an effort to understand the complexity of the land management decision-making to promote and protect multifunctional land uses. This is part of continuing South-South efforts between Latin America and Africa to develop land quality monitoring systems that strengthen local environmental/agricultural institutions and communities with tools that support local decision-making in natural resource management and promote sustainable land use in agricultural landscapes.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
