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 XIII International Seminar Current Problems of Africa and the Middle East

Centre for Studies on Africa and the Middle East

 

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XIII International Seminar

Current Problems of Africa and the Middle East

 

The Centre for Studies on Africa and the Middle East (CEAMO) will host its XIII International Seminar Current Problems of Africa and the Middle East from 24 to 26 June, 2007.

Co-hosted by Africa House, Arabs’ House, and the Bureau of the Havana Historian, the meeting will take place in premises within the historic area of Old Havana.

The central theme of the XII International Seminar will revolve around:

The international context and the possibilities of South-South cooperation in Africa and the Middle East

Registration charges for the Seminar will be as follows:

·           Participants with papers: CUC 60

·           Participants without papers: CUC 80

 

For any other additional information, please address yourself to
Mayda Jiménez (Public Relations) at E-mail: ceamo@cee.co.cu  or  Telephone: (53-7) 202-1222 or (53-7) 202-2902

 

Participants to the XIII International Seminar can present papers related to the central themes linked to the following aspects:  

n     Economic, political and social problems in Africa and the Middle East in the midst of which South-South cooperation evolves

n     Governments vis-a-vis South-South cooperation in Africa and the Middle East

n     Economic, social and financial factors of the viability of South-South cooperation in Africa and the Middle East

n     Place of external agents in South-South cooperation in Africa and the Middle East

n     Cuba and South-South cooperation with Africa and the Middle East: a viable alternative of solidarity from the Third World 

n     Achievements and shortcomings of South-South cooperation in Africa and the Middle East

n     Perspectives of South-South cooperation in Africa and the Middle East

Paper summaries not exceeding 150 words must be sent to the Organizing Committee before June 1st, 2008. From June 1st to the holding of the seminar itself, participants must send the final text of their papers with a view to its inclusion in the Memoirs of the Seminar. Papers as well as summaries must be sent via e-mail with arial 12 font and footnotes in arial 11 font.

The Organizing Committee will have the right to decide the inclusion or not of any paper depending on its pertinence to the Seminar agenda or any other consideration that will be timely communicated to its author.

The XIII International Seminar will session in premises within the historic area of Old Havana and we therefore suggest that participants should lodge in nearby hotels in order to facilitate their transportation to and from the Seminar venue and to take immediate contact with an environment that has been included among the World Heritage sites, and also with Cuban history.

The Organizing Committee will keep you informed about the preparations for the Seminar as well as other useful topics via circular letters that will be periodically dispatched to potential participants.


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