Irish Aid = Conference

Irish Aid Conference

Sustainable Global Development 2009

University of Limerick

October 16^th and 17^th=20 2009

Conference=20 Registration is in EGO10 in the Main Building, beside Main = Reception

Building number 13 on UL campus map downloadable from = conference=20 website

Friday=20 16^th October 2009

12:00=20 =96 16:30

Conference Registration and=20 Displays

Room: EG = 010

Main Building- = number 13=20 on UL campus map downloadable from conference = website

14:00=20 =96 15:40

Educating the = Whole Person=20 through Development Education

Room: MC2=20 003

Nancy L.=20 Serrano:=20 Situated Learning Methodologies for Activism in Development=20 Education

Roisin Corcoran = and Roland=20 Tormey:=20 Developing Emotional Competencies in Teacher Education through = Development=20 Education

John K. W Bwayo, = Claire W.=20 Lyons, Linda Clarke: Ugandan = Primary School = children=92s life=20 skills development

Sustainable = Healthcare=20 I

Room:=20 MC2004

Judith = Pettigrew,&=20 Kamal Adhikari=20 Armed=20 Conflict, Sustainability and Health Care: A Case Study from=20 Nepal=20

Meabh Ni Bhuinneain Helen Concannon

Maternal = health

Cathal=20 O=92Keeffe:=20 Living in the cracks or bridging the gaps? Tackling health in = schools and=20 applying lessons from the education sector to health

Sustainable=20

Mental Health = Practices=20 roundtable

Room MC2=20 005

Chair: Bill=20 Shannon

What=20 is the nature of mind and brain in the context of developing = sustainable=20 mental health care strategies?

Billy O=92Connor=20 Use=20 your brain to improve your mind

Mark Hederman=20 Worship=20 as a way to beauty and harmony

Helen Coughlan=20 Hearing=20 the voice of young people

Declan Ahern=20 Psychotherapy=20 made simple

Tony O=92Brien=20 Mental=20 health for the dying

Peace building = in the=20 Great Lakes Region

Room:=20 CG053

Chair Donal = Cronin, Irish=20 Aid

Edward=20 Horgan:=20 Establishing peace is a prerequisite for sustainable development = in=20 Africa, especially in the Great = Lakes=20 Region

Helen Basini:=20 The Role=20 of Women in Peace-Building in the Great=20 Lakes Region

Tom = Lodge

Historical and = Structural=20 Conflict Predispositions in The Great Lakes region of Africa

Agriculture and Sustainable Development =

Room:=20 CG054

Chair Carol = Hannon, Irish=20 Aid

=C1ine=20 Macken-Walsh =91Barriers to = Change=92: a=20 study of Irish farmers=92 (non-) engagement in contemporary rural=20 development

Sizya=20 Lugeye:=20 The Agriculture Sector Development Programme in = Tanzania

Pamela=20 Kampire=20 Food and Livelihood Security in Uganda

15-40=20 - 16:20

Tea/ Coffee

Room: EG 010

Main Building- number 13 on = UL campus=20 map downloadable from conference website

16:20=20 =96 18:00

Civic, Moral and = Political=20 Education Roundtable

Room:=20 MC2003

Joanne = O=92Flaherty,=20 Lorraine=20 Tansey, Cathy Roche, Mags Liddy: Exploring the=20 Commonalities in Education for Sustainable Development, Moral = Development,=20 Service Learning and Civic Engagement

Natural Resource = Management and Sustainable Development

Room: MC2=20 004

Emily=20 Roynestad:=20 REDD, Equity and Evolving Forest=20 Governance Regimes in Aceh

Mathew Agripinus=20 Senga: Local = Participation=20 and Protection of Livelihoods: Recognition of Social Networks for=20 Sustainable Natural Resources Management in Tanzania

Aubrey=20 Sidik The=20 Development of District Disaster Risk Management Plans in Balaka, = Ntcheu=20 and Dedza Districts (Malawi): Experiences = and=20 Lessons Learnt

Educational = Governance for=20 Sustainable Development

Room MC2=20 005

Lineo Clementina=20 Kolosoa:=20 Monitoring Educational Quality for Sustainable = Development

Edith Mbabazi:=20 Education=20 innovations and quality systems in Uganda=20

Cathal O=92Keeffe = and Derek=20 Nkata: How=20 providing information on school performance to stakeholders in = rural=20 Ethiopia and=20 Uganda can give them = influence=20 over decision making

Stakeholders in=20 Sustainable Development

Room:=20 CG054

Mark Gerard = Christopher=20 Keenan:=20 Sustainable development in practice

Geoffrey=20 K.Tumusiime: Youth Social = Work=20 Association

Meabh Ni = Bhuinneain Helen=20 Concannon

Healthy=20 villages

Vicky=20 Dillon=20 Delivering as=20 One': The Way Forward for UN Development

Roundtable on = Peace=20 building in the Great Lakes Region

Room:=20 CG053

Chair: Tom=20 Lodge

What is the = research agenda=20 that can help to build a stable peace in the Grate Lakes region of Africa?

Helen Basini, = Arnold=20 Kashembe

Engaging = Teachers in=20 Development Education

Room:=20 SR2027

Kevin=20 McParland:=20 Challenges and approaches to the introduction of development to = volunteer=20 teachers and teachers coordinating school = links

Janet Florence=20 Aguti=20 C-TEP enhancing proficiency amongst teacher=20 educators=92

Mantoetse Edna = Jobo=20 Teacher educators as = agents of=20 change for education for sustainable development- the case of = Lesotho=20 College of Education

18:00=20 =96 19:00

Welcome = Reception

Room:=20 EG010

19:00=20 =96 20:30

Conference = Opening and=20 Keynote

Peter Power, TD Minister of State = for=20 Overseas Development

Roger Riddell =96 =94Giving = Support to=20 Foreign Aid: Some challenges to the existing = discourse=94

Room: Jean = Monnet Theatre=20 (DG 012)

Main Building- number 13 on = UL campus=20 map downloadable from conference website

Saturday=20 17^th October 2009

08:30=20 =96 16:30

Conference Registration and=20 Displays

Room: EG 010

09:30=20 =96

11:30

Educational and = Research=20 Linkages

Room:C1058

Mella=20 Cusack, Sheila=20 Dillon:=20 The impact of a teacher study visit on development education = classroom=20 practice and beyond

Elaine=20 Byrne,=20 Aisling Walsh, Ruair=ED Brugha and John Kadzandira: The = Global=20 HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network and Connecting health Research in = Africa and Ireland Consortium

Anne Ryan, Martin = Downes,=20 Conor Murphy, Bernie Grummell

Matching pedagogy = and=20 management processes in development education projects

Governance and = Legitimacy=20 in Latin America = I

Room:C1059

Deysi=20 Cheyne: = Const-ruction of=20 women=92s full citizenship so as to contribute to governability, = democracy=20 and development in El=20 Salvador

Leila Mavel = Hernandez:=20 Coup=20 D=92Etat and Democratic Governance in Honduras:=20 Implications for State /Civil Society Relations

Miguel Antonio = Orellana=20 Mel=E9ndez: Characterisation of = the=20 pharmaceutical sector and the commercialisation of medicines in=20 El=20 Salvador

NGOs and NGO workers in Development

Room: C1=20 060

Chair: Garvan = McCann,=20 Irish Aid =

Fergal=20 Rhatigan:=20 Beyond =91damaging dogmas=92 Irish development workers=92 = perspectives on=20 development

Sinead=20 Walsh: A=20 Review of Approaches to NGO Accountability: Looking Beyond the=20 Headlines

Cormac=20 Russell:=20 From Needs to Assets: Charting a Sustainable Path towards = development in=20 Sub-Saharan African Countries

Walt Kilroy=20 Whose voice now? = Consultation of=20 stakeholders in Sierra=20 Leone=92s programme of = disarmament,=20 demobilisation and reintegration

Development = education in=20 teacher education

Room: C1062

Chair- M=E1ire = Matthews,.=20 Irish Aid

Rosarii=20 Griffin

Teacher Education = in the=20 Developing World: Challenges for Teachers in Lesotho and=20 Uganda

Audrey Bryan,=20 Marie Clarke, = Sheelagh Drudy=20 Where=92s=20 the action? Learnings from the UCD School of Education = Programme of=20 Teaching and Research in Development Education

Maria=20 Campbell

Education for = sustainable=20 development and special education provision: insights from=20 Lesotho and = Ireland

Higher Education = and=20 Sustainable Development

Room: C1063

Matselane Belina=20 Khaahloe:=20 Use of Alternative assessment in institutions of higher education = in=20 Lesotho

Mary Goretti=20 Nakabugo:=20 Maximising the Potential of Higher Education Partnerships for=20 Development

Kathy=20 Harrison:=20 Capitalising on Motivation as a Catalyst for Sustainable = Assessment=20

Edward=20 Lahiff

Development Studies in the Irish University Sector: = searching=20 for synergies in a diverse field

Integrating = Sustainable=20 Development into Curricula

Room: BM 015

Niamh=20 Gaynor:=20 Develo-pment and internationalisation within Irish = universities

Natasha=20 Bailey: = Opportunities for=20 Development Education in adult basic education and community=20 education=94

Francisca=20 Aladejana: = Junior = Secondary School = Curriculum and=20 Sustainable Development

Oliver=20 McGarr

Exploring = opportunities for=20 the integration of education for sustainable development in = technology=20 education in Irish schools

11:30=20 =96 12:00

Tea/=20 Coffee

C1=20 Corridor

12:00=20 =96 13:00

Participatory Workshop 1

Room:=20 C1058

Rosie Gowran

Sustainable = Healthcare=20 Communities =96 forging relationships of understanding =

Participatory Workshop 2

Room:=20 EGO08

Evelyn Egan, Roland Tormey

Designing the UL = campus=20 sustainable development map and walk

Participatory Workshop 3

Room:=20 C1060

CELT

Centre for Environmental = Living and=20 Training

Sustainable=20 Living

Participatory Workshop 4

Room:=20 C1062

80-20 & Stary Mwaba

Public Art as = Development=20 Education

Participatory &n= bsp; =20

Workshop 5

Room:=20 C1063

Centre for Global

Education, Jenna Coriddi

NGO and academic=20

partnership- writing=20

for policy and=20 Practice

Participatory=20

Workshop 6

Room:=20 C1059

The Irish Aid Third Level Institution Project = Promoters Group=20

The Irish = National=20 Observatory for Development Research=20

Participatory=20

Workshop 7

Room:=20 EG010

Just Forests, Tom Roche

Wood for=20 Life

13:00-14:00

Lunch

Stables Bar

14:00=20 =96 15:00

Keynote Address

Ana=20 Valadez =93Protecting Biodiversity and Health Care in the = Chiapas highlands=94=20

Room: Jean Monet = Theatre=20 (DG 012)

Main Building- number 13 on = UL campus=20 map downloadable from conference website

15:00=20 =96 15:30

Tea/=20 Coffee

C1=20 Corridor

15:30=20 =96 17:00

Science = Education and=20 Sustainable Development

Room: C1=20 058

Matselane = Khaahloe and=20 Bonang Makamane: Use of = continuous=20 assessment in science in Lesotho Secondary Schools

Bonang=20 Makamane:=20 Women in science for sustainable development in = Lesotho

Francisca=20 Aladejana: = Biodiversity,=20 Sustainable Development and the Curriculum Implications in=20 Nigeria

Kaheeru Katigo=20 Jokshan.=20 Elizabeth Oldham, Paul=20 Conway Classroom Environment and Student = Aspirations=20 in Learning Mathematics and Science in Uganda=92

Governance and Legitimacy in Latin=20 America II

Room:=20 C1059

Barry Cannon and = Mo=20 Hume.=20 Attitudes to and visions of civil society/ state relations in = Central America

Sally=20 O=92Neill

Criminalisation = of social=20 Protest

Juan Munoz = Portillo=20 Do = electoral=20 system rules matter in legislators=92 decisions? Evidence from = Honduras

Sustainable = development=20 innovation in education Room C1060

Chair- Rosarii = Griffin

Marty Holland, = Laura Regan=20 Stephen Kalya

A=20 collaborative approach to evaluating the implementation of the = thematic=20 curriculum in Ugandan Schools

Susan = Walsh

Quantitative and=20 qualitative lessons learnt from interventions on education with = public and=20 private schools in Haiti

Eric Slade/ = Serene=20 Philip = Education for all = vulnerable children in Nyanza- Dream or Reality?

Financing Sustainable Development

Room:=20 C1062

Chair- Nicola = Brennan,=20 Irish Aid

Anne C.=20 Conroy:=20 Addressing Hunger in Malawi: The Inputs = Subsidy=20 Programme and Complementary Investments to Improve Agricultural=20 Productivity

Earn=E1n =D3=20 Cl=E9irigh:=20 Affordability of Social Protection Measures in Poor Developing=20 Countries.

Finbarr Murphy = Martin=20 Mullins

Financial = globalisation,=20 state autonomy and modern financial instruments: the case of = Brazil

Research in = Development=20 Education Roundtable

Room:=20 C1063

Mags Liddy, = Audrey Bryan,=20 Mella = Cusack: Future = directions:=20 Research methodologies for understanding pre-service teacher=92s = attitudes=20 to development education and education for sustainable=20 development

Roundtable on = Attitudes to=20 Development

Room=20 BM015

Moving beyond = youth workers=20 and young peoples ambivalence to global justice=20 issues

Johnny=20 Sheehan

National=20 Youth Council of Ireland

Hilary=20 Tierney

NUI=20 Maynooth

Elaine=20 Nevin

ECO=20 UNESCO