Thursday, 13 June 2013
BICC Workshop at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2013
"The Future of Growth – Economic Values and the Media" is the issue of the sixth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from 17 to 19 June 2013 at the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB). On 18 June, BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) will conduct the workshop “Commodities and Foreign Investors—Protecting the Rights of Communities and Conflict Prevention (the Chad example)”. Category: Highlight, Press, Events
Monday, 10 June 2013
Harmonized EU Arms Exports Policies in Times of Austerity?
The new publication “Harmonized EU Arms Exports Policies in Times of Austerity? Adherence to the Criteria of the EU Common Position on Arms Exports” analyzes the current trends on the international arms market and the role EU Member States play as well as the adherence to the Criteria of the EU Common Position. Category: Press
Tuesday, 04 June 2013
New publication: BICC Focus 12
After a sketch of the current need for reform in the Kimberley Process for rough diamonds, the newly published BICC Focus 12 “Legacy of a resource-fueled war: The role of generals in Angola’s mining sector” scrutinizes the role that generals of the Angolan state armed forces FAA play in Angola’s mining sector to date, against the backdrop of the country’s diamond-fueled civil war. Category: Press
Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Peace researchers recommend: Ban combat drones, limit arms exports
In the “Peace Report 2013”, which was presented on 4 June in Berlin, the four major German peace and conflict research institutes warn against the use of combat drones and critically assess German arms exports policy. According to the peace researchers, there is no panacea to the conflict in Syria. All options for action have their inherent dangers and uncertainties. Category: Events, Press
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Smart Technology in SALW Control
On behalf of the German Foreign Office, BICC will organize an international conference from 17 to 18 June 2013 in Berlin, entitled “Smart Technology in SALW Control: Civilian Protection, the UN-Programme of Action, and Transfer Control”. Category: Events
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Military interventions and new humanitarianism
In the framework of a series of discussions on “Sustainable development and risk management in international cooperation”, Professor Dr. Conrad Schetter will talk about “Military interventions and new humanitarianism. On the dissolution of civil–military boundaries” (in German). Category: Events, Highlight
Monday, 27 May 2013
Women's power: "Alternative Nobel Prize"-awardees Monika Hauser and Sima Samar meet in Bonn
The RLC, ZEF, BICC, and Crossroads Asia project kindly invite you to join a public panel discussion (in English) on: "Women's rights in Afghanistan: status quo and post-2014". The event will take place on Monday, May 27, 2013, at 2 pm at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn (ground floor conference room). Category: Events, Highlight
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Inspiring information about Africa–“Science Tent” on the German Development Day
Research organizations from Bonn, such as BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion), UNU (United Nations University) and ZEF (Center for Development Research) will participate in the German Development Day on 25 May 2013. Category: Events, Press
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Is the Arab Spring already over?
On Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 18:00 to 20:00 hrs, BICC in cooperation with the Forum-Eine-Welt Bonn cordially invites the interested public to a talk with Marcel Pott, longtime ARD-correspondent, on the topic “Is the Arab Spring already over?” (in German). Category: Events, Highlight
Monday, 29 April 2013
New publication “Oil Investment and Conflict in Upper Nile State”
BICC brief 48 “Oil Investment and Conflict in Upper Nile State, South Sudan” aims to contribute to the study of the relationship between government, oil corporations, and local communities in South Sudan. Its area of study are the oil fields of Blocks 3 and 7 in Melut and Maban Counties, Upper Nile State, the largest oil producing area in the country, which has been less well studied than the older oil areas in neighboring Unity State. The authors Dr. Elke Grawert and Christine Andrä focus on... Category: Press