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22-24 June 2009 |
17th European Social Services Conference Developing social services of the highest quality and performance is the ambition of all those responsible for meeting the needs all citizens, especially those most at risk, vulnerable and disadvantaged. ‘Quality and performance’ can include a range of issues including the setting and measuring of service standards, commissioning and contracting local services, ensuring value for money, establishing sensitive complaints procedures, evaluating service effectiveness and monitoring outcomes for people. Overall quality is about designing and managing services that people want and need and involving them and other stakeholders in this important process. The annual European Social Services Conference is an important event for all those concerned with planning and delivering European social care and health to the highest standard. With over 30 multi-lingual plenary and workshop presentations, the conference provides a unique opportunity to understand the changes taking place and for the exchange of ideas, experience and ‘best practice’. It offers strategic and practical learning and networking opportunities to all those responsible for planning and implementing services in different European regions: planners, politicians, managers and professionals. The 2009 conference will be held in English, Czech, French, German, Italian and Spanish and attracts approximately 400 delegates from around 25 different countries. More information, click hereor write to: Victoria House 125 Queens Road. BN1 3WB. Telephone: 441273739039 Fax: 441273739239 info@esn-eu.org http://www.esn-eu.org/Home/index.ht |
Prague, Czech Republic |
22-24 June 2009 |
The Stockholm Criminology Symposium and the Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2009 The fourth consecutive Stockholm Criminology Symposium will take place at The Stockholm Prize in Criminology 2009 will be awarded in conjunction with the Symposium during a ceremony at the Information on themes, registration, submissions of papers etc will be posted online in January 2009 at www.criminologysymposium.com |
Stockholm, Sweden |
23-26 June 2009 |
United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development The United Nations is convening a four-day summit of Economists, Educationist, Administrators, Manufacturers, Researchers, Non-Governmental Organizations, Religious Leaders, Community Organizations and Individuals from the Public and Private Sector from 23-26 June 2009 in London (UK) to assess the worst global economic downturn since the Great Depression.
The aim is to identify emergency and long-term responses to mitigate the impact of the crisis, especially on vulnerable populations, and initiate a needed dialogue on the transformation of the international financial architecture, taking into account the needs and concerns of all countries of the world.
The United Nations summit coming up in June was mandated at the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development, held in December 2008 in Registration to this For registration details, to participate in the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development contact Email: un@unconference2009.org |
London, United Kingdom |
25-26 June 2009 |
The General Assemblies of EFUS and FFUS The General Assemblies of EFUS and FFUS will be held in Toulouse, on June 25th 2009 with the conference title “Cities facing collective violence”. Both members and non members are welcome to apply for election to Efus' Executive Committee. Speakers will include Mayors and representatives from Stuttgart, Munich, Barcelona, The Metropolitan Police of London, European institutions and universities ...Several issues will be shared with the audience: Urban violence can break out in a spontaneous context, for example in case of riots or gang fights. How can city officials and community workers react quickly and adequately, predict and prevent these outbreaks, and manage the crisis? Large public events (international summits, sports and cultural events) often bring together massive numbers of persons; they can rapidly become out of hand for both organisers and police forces. How can city officials and community workers keep large events calm? How to prevent violent outbreaks? Which strategies to secure large events and prepare for incidents? Inter-cultural collective violence are often characterised by an identity or ethnic withdrawal, and usually imply a reaction of defence of one’s territory. How can city officials and community workers work to prevent – especially in a period of crisis- that certain groups become scapegoats? How to prevent xenophobia and discrimination of minorities? For more information on speakers, themes and programme go to: or contact: European Forum & French Forum for Urban Safety 38, rue Liancourt 75014 Paris, France / Tel :+ 33 (0) 1 40 64 49 00 fesu@urbansecurity.org / ffsu@urbansecurity.og |
Toulouse, France |
26 June 2009 |
"Cities facing collective violence": a timely debate On Friday, June 26th, a conference will be held in Speakers will include:
Mr Jean-Pierre HAVRIN, Deputy Mayor of the city of Toulouse, France, Mr François PUPPONI, Member of Parliament and Mayor of the city of Sarcelles, France, Luisa SALGUEIRO, Member of Parliament, Deputy Mayor of Matosinhos, Portugal, Mr Wilfried BLUME-BEYERLE, Deputy Mayor of the city of Munich, Germany, Mr Josep M. LAHOSA I CAÑELLAS, Director of the Prevention department of the city of Barcelona, Spain, Mr Manuel GIRON, Chief of the Prevention and Security Department of the city of Seville, Spain, Mr David HARTSHORN, Superintendent, Head of Public Order and Operationnal Sipport, Metropolitan Police of London, United Kingdom, Dr Karsten KELLER, Researcher at the Marc Bloch Institute, Berlin, Germany (to be confirmed) And many more experts and European city representatives… For more information please click Programme and registration |
Toulouse, France |
29 June-1 July 2009 |
The British Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2009 Criminology as an academic discipline has undergone significant and rapid development in recent years. There has been a major expansion in the number of institutions offering courses in the field, accompanied by large increases in the numbers of undergraduate and graduate students engaged in studying core criminological topics and subjects allied to them. Alongside this growth, the presence and reputation of Criminology both within the academy and outside of it has been significantly enhanced. Criminological research is increasingly located at the forefront of advances in social theory and methodology, and criminologists are engaged in advising and researching a wide variety of social problems that confront practitioners and policy-makers in the Criminal Justice System and beyond. The current state of Criminology is thus, in many ways, a success story. But as is well known, success brings its own problems. Given the increasing significance and reputation that it has built, it seems appropriate to ask what is the public role envisaged for Criminology now and in the future? The title of the conference has been chosen to address the question outlined above, challenging participants to think about their criminological practice and the intentions that underpin the knowledge that they produce through their work. Do they conceive of their role as providing a ‘mirror’ to social reality that seeks to reflect as accurately as possible the conditions that are encountered in the contemporary social order? Alternatively, can and should criminologists adopt a more applied stance, wherein the knowledge generated through criminological research is conceived as a ‘motor’ of social change to advance key values of justice and security? Venue: City Hall. More information, click hereor write to: |
Cardiff (Wales), United Kingdom |
9-12 September 2009 |
European Society of Criminology 2009 Conference The annual conferences of the Society provide an opportunity for the members to present papers on the results of their own research projects as well as learn about the research being done elsewhere in At the annual conference a general assembly of the Society is convened to make decisions on the affairs of the Society and to give advice on the board members for their upcoming term. The 9th Annual Conference of the The 2009 organizing institutions agreed on devoting the utmost attention to the dilemma of exploring the effectiveness of crime policy and protection of human rights. The crime policy has been facing a major problem today: whether or not a balance could be found between the standards of human rights protection in this area and the ever stronger demand for greater effectiveness which – as far as we are aware of – could be achieved only at the expense of the former. More information: http://esc.sazu.si/ |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
26-27 October 2009 |
European Urban Safety Conference This autumn The European Urban Safety Conference will address the challenges in maintaining safety in urban areas and highlight the role of local actors in prevention.
• Large sports events and prevention
In addition to the program, Solna plan to arrange site visits to activities connected to the conference themes as well as a range of social activities. During the conference is it possible for partners to display projects and activities in an exhibition area witch is located within the conference area. Further information will be published soon. For further information see: www.solna.se Or contact:
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Solna, Sweden |
16-18 November 2009 |
ICERI International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation THE ICERI 2009, the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, will be held in Madrid (SPAIN), on the 16th , 17th and 18th of November, 2009. The objective of ICERI 2009 is to share your experiences in the fields of Education, Research, Innovation, Technology and International Collaboration. It is an International Forum for lecturers, researchers, professors, engineers, educational scientists and technologists. Interested persons can present projects in two modalities: • In person: oral and poster presentations. • Virtually: if you can not attend in person. ICERI 2009 Abstracts CD and Proceedings CD, both with ISBN, will be produced with all accepted abstracts and papers submitted. Venue: Deadlines Abstract submission: Acceptance notification: Final Paper submission: For more information: www.iated.org/iceri2009 |
Madrid, Spain |
