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Up one levelMinister Ben Knapen on development policy and the role of business
A public debate on business development opportunities in developing countries and emerging economies, and the role of government, business and education. With Minister for European affairs and International Cooperation Ben Knapen and Fokko Wientjes, Director Sustainable Development DSM.
Cities in Africa
Who takes care of basic public goods for a city to be tolerable and safe? With David Booth, Director Africa Power and Politics Programme, Overseas Development Institute
Caracas: the informal city
Introduced by Felix Madrazo (Supersudaca.org): Film on Caracas, prototype for the exploding urbanization.
Cities in Asia
How to catch up with population growth in Asian cities countering environmental degradation and urban poverty? With Emiel Wegelin, Cities Development Initiative for Asia.
Who owns the city? Expert seminar
In a half a day workshop, experts from the Maastricht region and beyond will exchange their experiences with regional urban cooperation. They will be challenged to make explicit underlying choices and approaches and to think about how these have affected the city.
Who owns the city? Debate on urban connections, powered by Maastricht
In a debate for an audience of around 100 urban planners, regional stakeholders, academics, students, and others, four experts presented their views on urban regional cooperation.
New actors in the globalized market
What impacts have countries like China, Brazil, and India on the role of the EU in the global economy?
Memory and prospects for integration of the EU
Schumann Lecture by Aleksander Smolar, Senior Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Europe in Search of a Public
Studium Generale lecture by Luuk van Middelaar, historian and liberal philosopher
What ... if women had more economic options?
With Luisa Diogo, former Prime Minister of Mozambique and Sylvia Borren, member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV)
Can the EU Contribute to Stability in the World?
Studium Generale Lecture by General D. Leakey, Director General of the EU Military Staff, Brussels
A future for aid money? Development cooperation in European perspective
Debate on implications for the EU of Less Pretension, More Ambition. Development Aid that makes a Difference (Report of the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy, WRR, 2010)
Migration Seminar
With Dr. Martiniello, Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University of Liège
Career Development in Development Work
An information market and meeting place organised by Maastricht University
Weapons of War
Studium General movie in cooperation with Movies that Matter
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dealing with the Past
With Miranda Sidran-Kamišalić, ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina in The Netherlands and Portugal, organised by Studium Generale
Studying in the EU – A Question of Wealth?
A debate on the possibilities and issues of studying in the EU in a globalized education market
The European Dream – Drafting Visions for the EU
Student Forum Maastricht, organized by Concordantia, an annual forum to research and to exchange views on the current developments of the European Union
Citizenship Acquisition by First and Second Generation Immigrants in Western Europe
Migration Seminar: Jaap Dronkers & Maarten Vink, Maastricht University