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CONFERENCES, ROUNDTABLES AND SEMINARS
YEAR 2009
National Conference on "Reciprocity in International Relations:
Nigeria's Foreign Policy in Retrospect on Thursday, September 9, 2009.
Roundtable on India-Africa
Relations
held at the NIIA Conference Chamber
on Thursday,
August 20, 2009. The lead paper entitled "Between the cup and
the Lip, Many a Slip? - India-Africa Relations" was presented by
Professor Parvathi Vasudevan, a former Reader of the Center for
African Studies, University of Munbai, India.
Public lecture on technology-development: are we getting it right?
Re-petroleum industry
on Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
A One Day Round Table on ‘Implications of the New Energy Policy of
the United States, European Union and Russia for Nigeria’-
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Roundtable on Nigeria and Francophone Africa held at the NIIA Conference Chamber
on Monday, 1st June 2009.
Roundtable on “Nigeria’s Continental Shelf Relative to
those of Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon”
held at the NIIA Conference Chamber on Tuesday, 2nd June
2009.
Public Lecture on France and Nigeria in a Global World
by the French Prime Minister, Mr. Francois Fillon ,On Friday, May
22, 2009
Seminar on Nigeria and the Darfur Peace Process: The Way Forward,
on Tuesday, 16 and Wednesday 17 June, 2009. (NIIA in collaboration
with the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Darfur, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA))
Roundtable on “Niger Delta Conundrum: Perspectives, Prospects and
Peace Building”
on Thursday 25th June 2009. The lead paper was delivered
by Dr. Ngozi Ugo, a visiting Research Fellow at the NIIA.
Roundtable on “Nigeria: Ripe for Permanent United Nations Security
Council Seat”
The lead paper was presented by Dr. Ngozi Ugo, a visiting fellow in
the NIIA held on 26th June 2009.
International Conference on “Facilitating International Trade and
Investment towards Vision 2020 in Nigeria”
from March 31 – April 2, 2009 (NIIA in collaboration with Lighthouse
Consulting Limited (LCL)).
YEAR 2008
Seminar on Strategic Role of Nigeria in the Emerging oil and Gas
Exploration and Production Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa on February 19 2008.
Public Lecture on Sino-African Relations on Tuesday, June 3rd,
2008 by H.E Ambassador Liu Guijin, Special Representative of the
Chinese Government for African Affairs.
Workshop on Nigeria’s Security Interest in Africa
On Friday and Saturday, the 2nd and 3rd of May
2008, (NIIA in Collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Public Lecture on US Electoral Process and Domestic Politics
by Ambassador Walter Carrington (in collaboration with the Public
Affairs Section of the US consulate in Lagos) on 26
Aug 2008.
Roundtable on Global Infrastructure on December 15, 2008
Workshop on Mapping Nigeria-German Relations: Political and Economic
Relations in Past, Present and Future on November 3 and 4, 2008 (in
collaboration with the German Political Foundation, Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung (FES))
Workshop on Nigeria-Russia Relations in a Multipolar World
on Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 and 4. (In collaboration with
the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Nigeria).
Roundtable
on Global Financial Crisis and Nigeria on Wednesday October
29, 2008.
Roundtable on the “Future of American Policy under Barack Obama:
Implications for Nigeria”.
On November 12, 2008.
OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS
The Director-General attended an
International Conference marking the 75th anniversary
celebrations of South African Institute of International Affairs. He
presented a paper titled: Africa and the Great Powers. The
event took place in Johannesburg from September 16-17, 2009.
The Director-General attended an
International Conference in Shanghai, China titled: The Transition
of International System and the outlook on the 4th Forum
on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC). The Director-General
presented a paper on The African Perspectives on China-Africa
Relations and FOCAC. The conference was held in Shanghai from
August 28-29, 2009.
The
Director General attended an International Conference on EU-Africa
Strategic Agenda: Think Tank Networking in Lisbon, Portugal on
September 13, 2007.
The
Director General attended a Training Workshop organized for the
staff of
Fredrich Ebert Foundation in Accra, Ghana from October 1-3,
2007.
On the April 2, 2008, the Director
General attended a conference in Brussels on 'Prospects for the EU-AU
Partnership: Institutional Aspects'. The conference was under the
auspices of EARN.
The Director General attended a conference in Copenhagen on "Human
Rights and State Building". The conference took place on April 22,
2008.
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