25-28 August 2013 | Perth, Western Australia MINING, AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT: Bread from Stones? A joint conference of The Crawford Fund and the Africa Australia Research Forum in association with Africa Down Under With the vast majority of exploration and mining activities in Africa occurring in close proximity to rural communities, this year’s research program will focus on the interaction

The fourth ACFID University Network Conference is being held on the 21-22 November 2013 at UTS through the Institute of Sustainable Futures. The focus of this year’s conference is Development Futures: Alternative Pathways to Ending Poverty. Increasingly, questions of the future of foreign aid, international cooperation or development assistance linger in relevant policy forums and ongoing debates in Australia and internationally.

Monday 8-Tuesday 9 July 2013 The Darlington Centre, University of Sydney, Australia The Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN) is hosting the International Africa Forum, titled “The Power of Partnerships” and the AAUN Annual Meeting, held on the 8-9 July 2013 at the University of Sydney. This event has been developed with the Association of Commonwealth Universities, who are celebrating their centenary year in 2013-14. The