The BRICS Policy Center will hold the Release of the 2016 edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America, in partnership with the World Center for Sustainable Development (Centre RIO+/PNUD) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
On July 17th, 2017, the Network of Southern Think Tanks (NeST) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will host the debate “Data for SDG 17: How to measure contributions towards agenda 2030”, a side event to the “ECOSOC High-Level Segment” that happens at the same day.
The BRICS Policy Center and the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM) have the pleasure to invite you to the colloquium "Trabalhando como Observadora de um Processo de Paz" with Bia Albernaz, Terrain Official of the United Nation's Mission in Colombia, alumni of the Institute of International Relations (IRI/PUC-Rio), with working experience in the humanitarian and development field in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenia and South Sudan.
On August 8th, 2017, at 4 p.m. the BRICS Policy Center will host the roundtable “A Resolução 1325: Implementando a Agenda de Mulheres, Paz e Segurança no Brasil” (Resolution 1325: Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Brazil). The event is organized by the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM) with the support of Instituto Igarapé.
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 9th BRICS Summit, the annual encounter that gathers the leaders from BRICS countries, is set to happen in September 2017. This year's theme is "BRICS: Stronger partnership for a brighter future" and the event will take place in Xiamen, as China holds the organization's chairmanship.
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.
Between October 18th and 20th, 2017, the 5th Latin American Think Tank Summit will be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The BRICS Policy Center will be represented by its General Supervisor, Prof. Paulo Esteves.
