Media Coverage December 1, 2005
 SDPI Conference on Dec 7
Pakistan Observer, Islamabad
December 01, 2005
by Zubair Qureshi
Executive Director Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Dr. Saba Gul Khattak Wednesday addressed a curtain raiser press conference to announce its 8th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC). The conference is commencing on December 7 and ending on December 9 at Best Western hotel, Islamabad.
Dr. Saba briefed the media representatives about the forthcoming international Conference and gave an overview of the preceding seven conferences in the series. The 8th Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) will host a number of reputed national and international scholars, academicians, researchers and activists, both from the civil society and the government.
The speakers will cover six major themes: women and gender issues, livelihoods, WTO and governance, health, peace and people’s rights, and child labour. An anthology of last year’s Seventh Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) titled ‘Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes’, containing 42 research papers jointly published by the SDPI and Sama Editorial and Publishing Services, will also be launched and presented at the forthcoming Conference.
In view of the recent earthquake tragedy, panels on Earthquake, Injuries/Disabilities and Rehabilitation and Disaster Management are also being organized at the conference. The Disaster Management panel will look into the earthquake disaster in Pakistan from governance, geological, livelihood and environmental perspectives. A number of speakers and delegates from governmental and non-governmental organizations are expected to speak on the topic.
The success of the previous conferences lies in the impact they have had at various levels—from civil society and private sector to public sector and policy-makers, said Dr Saba. Policy dialogues, she said, proved fruitful where speakers from Pakistan were able to share their valuable ideas and information with counterparts from South Asia and other regions of the world. As such it attracts leading intellectuals and policy-makers to come together.
The 8th SDC, she said, would examine the multiple facets of sustainable development in the contexts of South Asia. “The speakers will discuss how problems and issues in South Asia can be dealt effectively at various levels based on prior experience of successful policy interventions. The Conference seeks to bring together from South Asia and other regions of the world theorists, researchers, activists, policy makers, and academicians to debate the issues of sustainable development in the contexts of South Asia,” explained Dr. Khattak.
Some of the noted national and international scholars that are expected to participate in the SDC include Dr. Tariq Rehman, Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Dr. William van Schendel, Dr. Mubarak Ali, Dr. Rita Pandey, Andrey K. Demin, Mita Dutta, Ansar Ahmed Ullah, Radhika Chopra, Kim Weidenberg, Dr. Khawar Mumtaz, and Dr. Shreekant Gupta.
Eighth SDC Conference will Begin on December 7
Daily Times, Islamabad
December 01, 2005
by Staff Reporter
The eighth international Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) will be held from December 7 to 9, which will be participated by national and international scholars, academics, researchers and. activists, both from civil society and the government.
Dr Saba Gul Khattak, the executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), said that the speakers will cover six major themes during the conference such as women and gender, livelihoods, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and governance, health, peace, individual rights and child labour.
She said that in view of the recent earthquake, panels on earthquake, injuries and disabilities, rehabilitation and disaster management are also being organised. The disaster management panel will look into the earthquake disaster from governance, geological, livelihood and environmental perspectives.
Some of the noted national and international scholars expected to participate in the SDC include Dr Tariq Rehman, Dr Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Dr William van Schendel, Dr Mubarak Ali, Dr Rita Pandey, Andrey K Demin, Mita Duna, Ansar Ahmed Ullah, Radhika Chopra, Kim Weidenberg, Khawar Mumtaz and Dr Shreekant Gupta.
Sustainable Development Conference from 7th
Dawn, Islamabad
December 01, 2005
A three-day Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) will commence in Islamabad from December 7 to examine the multiple facets of sustainable development in the context of South Asia.
Speakers at the conference, eighth in the series, being arranged by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) will discuss how problems and issues in South Asia can be dealt with effectively at various levels based on prior experience of successful policy interventions.
SDPI Executive Director Dr Saba Gul Khattak told reporters here on Wednesday that the conference sought to bring together from South Asia and other regions of the world theorists, researchers, activists, policy-makers and academicians to debate the issues of sustainable development in the context of South Asia.
She said there would be six major themes of the conference - women and gender issues; livelihoods; WTO and governance; health; peace and people's rights; and child labour.
An anthology of last year's seventh SDC titled "Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes", containing 42 research papers jointly published by the SDPI and Sama Editorial and Publishing Services will also be launched at the forthcoming conference.
In view of the recent earthquake tragedy, panels on earthquake, injuries/disabilities, rehabilitation and disaster management are also being organized at the conference.
8th SDC to focus on Quake, Human settling Patterns
The Nation, Islamabad
December 01, 2005
By Lamia Zia
The forthcoming eighth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) would highlight multiple themes related to earthquake disaster including the geological perspective of earthquake and human settling patterns in Pakistan. This was said in a press conference, organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) to announce its Eighth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC), commencing from December 7 to 9.
SDPI’s Executive Director Dr. Saba Gul Khattak briefed the press about the forthcoming International Conference and gave an overview of the preceding seven conferences in the series. The conference will host a number of reputed national and international scholars, academicians, researchers and activists, both from the civil society and the government.
The speakers will cover SDC’s six major themes that include women and gender issues, livelihoods, WTO and governance, health, peace, people’s rights, and child labour. An anthology of last year’s seventh SDC titled ‘Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes,’ containing 42 research papers jointly published by the SDPI and Sama Editorial and Publishing Services will also be launched and presented at the forthcoming conference.
In view of the recent earthquake tragedy, panels on earthquake, injuries/disabilities and rehabilitation and disaster management are also being organised at the conference.
The disaster management panel will look into the earthquake disaster in Pakistan from governance, geological, livelihood and environmental perspectives. A number of speakers and delegates from governmental and non-governmental organisations are expected to speak on the topic. To a question, SDPI’s Executive Director said in view of the recent earthquake tragedy, panels on earthquake, injuries/disabilities and rehabilitation and disaster management are also being organised at the conference.
Dr Saba Gul Khattak said, “The success of the previous conferences lie in the impact they have had at various levels-from civil society and private sector to public sector and policy-makers.” Policy dialogues, she said, proved fruitful where speakers from Pakistan were able to share their ideas with counterparts from South Asia and other regions of the world. As such it attracts leading intellectuals and policy-makers to come together.
The SDC, she said, would examine the multiple facets of sustainable development in the contexts of South Asia. “The speakers will discuss how problems and issues in South Asia can be dealt effectively at various levels based on prior experience of successful policy interventions. The conference seeks to bring together from South Asia and other regions of the world theorists, researchers, activists, policy makers, and academicians to debate the issues of sustainable development in the contexts of South Asia,” explained Dr. Khattak.
Some of the noted national and international scholars that are expected to participate in the SDC include Dr. Tariq Rehman, Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Dr. William van Schendel, Dr. Mubarak Ali, Dr. Rita Pandey, Andrey K. Demin, Mita Dutta, Ansar Ahmed Ullah, Radhika Chopra, Kim Weidenberg, Khawar Mumtaz, and Dr. Shreekant Gupta.
SDPI Moot on Dec 7
The Post, Islamabad
December 01, 2005
By Sajjad Malik
The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) will organise a three-day Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from December 7 to 9 in Islamabad to highlight issues relating to sustainable development in the time of envirnocrimes and biodegradation. At a press conference in Islamabad Wednesday, Dr Saba Gul Khattak from the SDPI said the speakers would cover six major themes in the SDC: women and gender issues, WTO and governance, health, peace, people’s rights and child labour. Speakers from various countries would share with participants their perspective about different issues.
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