From June 10th to 13th, 2017, the Preparatory Committee for BRICS Political Parties, Think-tanks and Civil Society Organizations Forum 2017, International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), China Council for BRICS Think-tank Cooperation (CCBTC) and the China NGO Network for International Exchanges (CNIE) will organize the “BRICS Political Parties, Think-tanks and Civil Society Organizations” forum.

The BRICS Policy Center (BPC) has the pleasure to invite for the seminar "Urban Violence and the Rights to the City", organized by its project, BRICS-Urbe, in a partnership with the Igarapé Institute, to be held at BPC's library* on August 28th, 2017, at 4 p.m. The event will have the participation of Andrea Varsori, fellow at the BRICS-Urbe, Jody-Ann Anderson, fellow at Igarapé Institute, and Sérgio Veloso, coordinator of the BRICS-Urbe

The theme of this year's inaugural lecture of the Institute of International Relations' Professional Masters (MAPI) will be "Inequality, Global Development, and Gender". The lecture will take place on August 31st, with the participation of Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International.

Hence, the China-Africa Trade & Investment Forum shall hold between 6 – 8 September 2017 in Guangzhou, China and seeks to discuss the investment opportunities in Africa in sectors such as; Agriculture, Engineering and Construction, Oil & Gas, Automobile, Banking & Finance, Telecommunication & Electronics, Railway Transport System, Waste Management, etc

The Institute of International Relations (IRI/PUC-Rio) has the pleasure to invite for the roundtable "The Nonproliferation Review", which will debate the articles of the magazine that dedicates a special section to the analysis of Brazilian nuclear policy.