Sunday, 21 September 2008

Conferences, Events and Calls for Papers

Call for papers for the workshop on 'Environmental Change and Migration:
Evidence and Developing Norms for Response'.
This conference is being organised by the Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute and will be held on 8 and 9 January 2009 in Oxford.

Further details can be found on the Refugee Studies website at: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/conf_conferences.html

A conference on Refugee Warehousing, Pittsburgh, organised by FORGE and which will take place at Pittsburgh, (USA), between 10-12 October. Full details available online at: www.refugeeconference.org.

Forced Migration Review issue 33 - to be published in May 2009 - will
include a feature on 'Protracted displacement situations'.
The deadline for submission of articles will be: 18 January 2009
See www.fmreview.org/protracted.htm
<http://www.fmreview.org/protracted.htm> for full details.

One day course – 12 November: ‘Working with interpreters’
An invaluable course for anyone who uses interpreters on a regular basis. The course offers guidance on good practice when working with interpreters to ensure you are acting within the law and in the best interests of your client.

To book please email training@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Fees: £99 reduced rate (NGO or voluntary organisation), £160 standard rate (statutory/educational body/business)
Course venue: Refugee Council, 240 – 250 Ferndale Road, London SW9 8BB


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