<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>United Nations University</title><atom:link href="http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><link>http://unu.edu</link><description>United Nations University</description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:09:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en-US</language><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title>Making News Out of Foreign Aid</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/upcoming/news-out-of-foreign-aid.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/upcoming/news-out-of-foreign-aid.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/?post_type=event&#038;p=36832</guid><description><![CDATA[As part of the 2013 World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ), UNU-WIDER will host a workshop on how to make news out of foreign aid. 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The congruence of unprecedented economic, social and environmental crises calls for a revaluation of our present measures of progress. Current indicators, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/beyond-gdp-workshop.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Experiences and Lessons from Asian GIAHS Pilot Sites</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/lessons-from-asian-giahs-pilot-sites.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/lessons-from-asian-giahs-pilot-sites.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 02:34:39 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/events/upcoming/?post_type=event&#038;p=35163</guid><description><![CDATA[&#8220;Experiences and Lessons of Dynamic Conservation and Sustainable Development from Asian Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Pilot Sites&#8221; Through thousands of years of farming, China, Korea and Japan have developed diverse agro-ecosystems and related cultures. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has designated six pilot sites in China and two in Japan [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/lessons-from-asian-giahs-pilot-sites.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Workshop for Online (Senior) Communities</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/workshop-online-senior-communities.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/workshop-online-senior-communities.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:00:38 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/events/upcoming/?post_type=event&#038;p=35245</guid><description><![CDATA[Senior citizens represent an increasingly vital and active part of our societies. Yet few organizations have recognized this demographic shift, and fewer still have reached out to this group to ensure their social inclusion, via new technologies for example. New technologies play an increasingly important role in daily life, and offer senior citizens many opportunities [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/workshop-online-senior-communities.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Technology-Enabled Governance Post-2015: WSIS 2013 Workshop</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/technology-enabled-governance-post-2015.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/technology-enabled-governance-post-2015.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 03:10:38 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/events/upcoming/?post_type=event&#038;p=34496</guid><description><![CDATA[The Center for Electronic Governance at UNU-IIST, in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), is organizing a thematic workshop on &#8220;Technology-Enabled Governance Post-2015&#8243; during the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, 13-17 May 2013. Organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP, the WSIS forum is expected [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/technology-enabled-governance-post-2015.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Biodiplomacy and Relevance to Green Economy Discourses</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/biodiplomacy-and-relevance-to-green-economy-discourses.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/biodiplomacy-and-relevance-to-green-economy-discourses.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:23:23 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/events/archive//?post_type=event&#038;p=31531</guid><description><![CDATA[Issues related to global environmental change are no longer considered irrelevant to the development agenda. Damages to production activities due to rise in vulnerabilities from degraded ecosystems and environments can no longer be ignored. The global appetite for natural resources to feed long production and consumption chains has resulted in mega-footprints of industries and nations. 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RIM&#8217;s innovation repository provides easy access to all relevant regional innovation support measures and strategies, regional policy documents and organisations. [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/regional-innovation-monitor-workshop.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Online Discussion: Who Will Pay the Cost of Climate Change?</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/online-discussion-climate-change.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/online-discussion-climate-change.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:48:35 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/events/archive//?post_type=event&#038;p=31216</guid><description><![CDATA[Losses and damage from climate change impacts are making headlines, but will they prompt our leaders to act fast in response? The world&#8217;s governments must curb greenhouse gas emissions quickly, and rich countries must help poor, climate-affected countries to recover their losses. The forthcoming Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/online-discussion-climate-change.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>International Workshop on Measuring Globalisation</title><link>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/international-workshop-on-measuring-globalisation.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/events/archive/workshop/international-workshop-on-measuring-globalisation.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:52:39 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.unu-mc.org/events/archive//?post_type=event&#038;p=26331</guid><description><![CDATA[UNU-CRIS in collaboration with Maastricht University, GRESI-FWO and the International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, is organizing an International Workshop on Measuring Globalisation at the University of Maastricht. The quantitative monitoring of globalization has gained interest in recentt years. The A.T. 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