Kapuscinski development lectures

Top global thinkers discuss development in the European Union countries. The series “Kapuscinski development lectures”, named for Ryszard Kapuscinski, a Polish reporter and writer who covered developing countries, is organized jointly by the European Commission, UNDP and partner universities and development think-tanks. 40 lectures in 2009-2012 gathered over 7,000 participants.

The lecture series offers students from the European Union member states an unprecedented opportunity to learn and discuss about development issues such as climate change, human rights, aid effectiveness, Europe-Africa relations, Millennium Development Goals among other.

The high-level events contribute to the debate and formulation of the European development policy. The lectures honor the name of Kapuscinski, a Polish journalist and writer, who died in 2007. Kapuscinski, whose books were translated into many languages, was often named the “Third World Chronicler” or the “Voice of the Poor” for his famous reportages and books describing developing countries on all continents. Among other books, he was famous for: “The Emperor” on Ethiopia, “Shah of Shahs” about Iran, “The Shadow of the Sun” about Africa, “Another Day of Life” about Angola, and “Imperium” about the Soviet Union.

For more information about past and upcoming lectures, please visit the joint EC-UNDP website for the Kapuscinski lectures, where you can also watch livestreaming of the lectures.

You can also find more information on UNDP’s website for Europe and Central Asia.

Previous Kapuscinski lectures


Mark Malloch Brown

A Kapuscinski development lecture with Mark Malloch Brown took place on 30 January 2013 at the London School of Economics. Malloch Brown asked how Kapuscinski would see and present the current state of Africa. Is Africa driven nowadays by its old-time elites or by the increasingly democratic societies?

Malloch Brown is one of the top international development managers and policy-makers in the world. He is a former UN Deputy Secretary-General and was head of UNDP from 1999 to 2005.

Nick Moon
Nick Moon

Nick Moon, award-winning supporter of African entrepreneurship, spoke about market based approaches to poverty reduction, food security, economic empowerment and climate change in the Kapuscinski development lecture that took place on 16 January in Nicosia, Cyprus.

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21 February 2013: Michelle Bachelet

Follow the next Kapuscinski development lecture with Michelle Bachelet taking place on 21 February 2013 at 6:30pm GMT / 7:30pm CET at the University College in Dublin, Ireland. 

 

Ms. Michelle Bachelet is the Executive Director of UN Women, main UN Agency responsible for women’s empowerment and gender equality.  Ms. Bachelet served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010, and held ministerial portfolios in the Chilean Government as Minister of Defence and Minister of Health. She is a long-time champion and advocate of women’s rights.

 

Ms. Bachelet will speak on women's empowerment and role of gender equality in implementation of the current Millennium Development Goals as well as in the process of setting new, post-2015 global goals.

 

The lecture will also be streamed live.

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