The Centre for Development Innovation will be launched 9 February. The launch event will be celebrated at the Forum building.
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The Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) has been recently created within the Wageninen UR Social Sciences Group. Wageningen UR has established the Centre because of the importance it places on linking research and education activities with wider processes of innovation, change and capacity development in society.
The Centre will contribute to Wageningen UR's work on global development issues, including poverty alleviation, food security, pro-poor market development, climate change, water management, biodiversity conservation and rural development. From its focus on innovation processes and capacity development, the Centre will engage with the international dimensions of these issues and play a key role in supporting activities in countries with developing and transitional economies. |
When:
The launch of the centre will be on 9 February.
Hosts:
The hosts of the launch are Professor Ruud Huirne, Managing Director of the Social Sciences Group, Wageningen UR and Dr Jim Woodhill, Director of the Centre for Development Innovation.
Keynote speaker:
John Elkington, Director of Volans, a leading authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development and author of ‘The Power of Unreasonable People’, will talk about building innovative scalable solutions to the global divides that overshadow the future.
more information: info.cdi@wur.nl