Fora & events

In Ancient Greece, communications that addressed a community’s values was called ‘epideictic rhetoric’ – that celebrated the values and accomplishments of a community as well as the characters of citizens and leaders – encouraging citizens to step back from every day routines and business –t o reflect and consider their actions within the longer arch of history. Some Native American cultures have a related tradition, where leaders ask what the effects of their actions might be ‘unto the seventh generation’.

NID has organized and facilitated policy workshops, seminars and symposia - bringing together stakeholders for facilitated dialogue and learning that will take action beyond the meeting itself.  Recent events are listed below; further information is available on request.

• Towards a new and equitable Financial Compact to address Climate Change and Development, high level brainstorming meeting with fifty invited guests, held during the IUCN’s Congress, October 2008, Barcelona, Spain.
• Global Broadcasters Symposium on International Development with 120 public radio and television broadcasters to discuss development issues and the Millennium Development Goals, World Bank, 2004, Washington D.C.
• Development Gateway Foundation's inaugural Global ICT for Development Forum, 2004, Petersberg, Germany.
• National ICT Policy workshop for over 100 participants from Government ministries, academia, private sector, youth groups and media on employment and education needs in the ICT sector in Douala, Cameroon 2003