International Development CPG: DEC Coronavirus Appeal Update and Briefing
1st March 2021, 14:00 to 16:00
There will a special briefing for the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on International Development at 2pm on Monday 1st March by the Disasters Emergency Committee to update on its global Coronavirus Appeal.
The DEC will also be sharing a new report highlighting the deepening crisis faced by the world’s most fragile states, including those already being helped through the ongoing Coronavirus Appeal launched last July. The aim of the event is to re-engage public support for the DEC appeal and help provide the urgent assistance still required by millions of people facing the pandemic far from home and without adequate food or shelter.
Despite nearly £35 million being raised across the UK through the DEC Appeal so far - more than £3million here in Scotland - these countries are edging closer to catastrophe as Covid-19 is adding to huge existing burdens of conflict, violence and other disasters.
The report will reveal what the year ahead holds for the world’s most fragile states – Yemen and Syria in the Middle East; Somalia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Africa; Afghanistan in Asia – and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. It will detail the acute impact of the virus so far and the huge knock on effects of widespread lockdowns on health services and other basic humanitarian needs such as food and clean water.
The Chief Executive of the DEC, Saleh Saeed OBE, will give an overview of the report and answer questions and there will also be one or more of our member charity teams who are in country at the moment coordinating the delivery of humanitarian aid. The event will be held on Zoom so please register for the event now via the link below.
If you have any questions or suggestions for the event, please contact Huw Owen, External Relations Manager of the DEC in Scotland – howen@dec.org.uk
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Scottish Fair Trade Campaigner Conference 2017
2nd September 2017, 10:30 to 13:00
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Young Citizen Advocates events
9th June 2017 (all day) - 31st October 2017 (all day)
IDEAS is extending our work in schools to stage a series of major events directly geared towards young people and increasing their participation in local and global change.
KWISA: Introduction into Young Women in Leadership Training
26th August 2017, 09:00 to 16:00
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Pedal for Scotland 2017
10th September 2017 (all day)
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Towards Global Citizenship: Taking forward system-wide global health engagement
15th September 2017 (all day)
Global Citizenship is the title of the Scottish Government's new International Development Strategy. This conference will explore the questions of how this should be best displayed in the Scottish health service.
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20th September 2017, 09:30 to 14:30
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Edinburgh World Justice Festival
30th September 2017, 09:00 - 16th October 2017, 17:00
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Design for Sustainability
15th October 2017 (all day)
The course provides you with the knowledge and confidence to take an active role in designing for sustainability, both professionally and personally, for small and large scale community projects.
Towards Global Citizenship: Taking forward system-wide global health engagement
15th September 2017, 08:30 to 17:00
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Talk Action - Media Training, Edinburgh
7th November 2017, 10:00 to 16:00
Learn how to improve your communication and journalism skills to create positive media interest (national, local, specialist and social media) and gain public support.
Take One Action Film Festival
13th September 2017 (all day) - 24th September 2017 (all day)
The UK’s leading social change film festival celebrates its tenth edition with a powerful programme brimming with urgent, impassioned films about some of the most pressing issues of our time, from climate change to conflict resolution and EU immigration policy.
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Having Difficult Conversations About Migration
17th September 2017, 15:00
A free event by Global Justice Now Scotland
SDGs Training for Multipliers
26th September 2017, 09:00 to 13:00
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Edinburgh World Justice Festival launch
30th September 2017, 18:00 to 21:00
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Building World Justice Today: The Power of Popular Movements
14th October 2017, 10:30 to 18:30
All day conference on how to mobilise for social change in the face of the new world order.
NFP Workshops
23rd October 2017, 12:00 to 14:30
Affordable training courses for charities, schools, associations and social enterprises
Changing Landscapes - Protecting the environment in a new Europe
6th November 2017, 09:00 to 19:30
This year’s conference will debate how to put people and planet central in these uncertain times for the EU, the UK and Scotland.
Organiser of Scotland's Diverse History: Scotland’s Muslims – Society, Politics and Identity
17th October 2017, 18:00 to 21:00
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Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation
20th September 2017, 16:00
How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organized repressions for decades, marked by routine forms of violence and impunity? Drawing on over ten years of fieldwork conducted in Chad, Marielle Debos (University of Paris Nanterre) explains how living by the gun has become both an acceptable form of political expression and an everyday occupation.
Film screening: Fire in the Blood
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George Monbiot: Out of the Wreckage
20th October 2017, 18:30 to 21:30
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Scottish Government Small Grants Programme Information Day
10th October 2017, 10:00 to 13:00
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Rainbow Turtle's Producer Visit & The Scottish Fair Trade Forum Awards
12th October 2017, 19:30 to 22:00
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Link Community Development - An Evening of Gin Tasting
16th November 2017, 18:00 to 00:00
Link is pleased to host a fabulous evening of gin tasting at Harry’s Bar, Randolph Place, on Thursday 16th November from 6pm.
Papua Merdeka: Towards Freedom in West Papua
2nd October 2017, 19:00 to 21:00
Benny Wenda, Nobel Peace nominee will talk about the West Papuan struggle for independence, and the 5 year plan to make merdeka (freedom) a reality.
Crossing boundaries for sustainability
3rd October 2017, 18:30
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Ceilidh for Education for South Sudan
7th October 2017, 19:00 to 23:00
Local people of all ages from diverse backgrounds come together once a year to support the event, which has a life-changing effect on the lives of young South Sudanese refugees. All funds raised by the ceilidh go towards educational programmes, run by self-help organisation MADEF.