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On 3 December 2009, Czech Platform for Development Co-operation (FoRS) organized parliamentary debate “Current Challenges of the Czech Development Cooperation“

On 18. and 19. February 2010 CASE Roundtable will be held focusing on gender mainstreaming and internal project evaluation in Prague involving representatives of the national platforms from V4

On 13 November 2009, Czech Platform for Development Co-operation (FoRS introduced the evaluation study of the Czech Official Development Cooperation between years 2008 and 2009 “Czech Development Cooperation at a Crossroads.”

WIDE, a European feminist network of women's organisations, development NGOs, gender specialists and women's rights activists, is organising a one-day consultation on microcredit as a tool for for women's empowerment, thus providing a great opportunity to share experiences with speakers coming from different parts of the world and to raise awareness about positive and negative impacts of microcredit on women.

During the 17th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Prague from 4 to 9 April 2009, FoRS and CONCORD were present and engaged in dialogue with the parliamentarians, both of EU and ACP parliaments.

Members of the European Parliament and Members of Parliament of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States came together during the 17th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Prague from 4 to 9 April 2009.

The Czech Development Evaluation Training 2009 offers the possibility particularly to evaluators and development project coordinators sharpen their skills.

This week the European Commission published its communication on supporting developing countries in coping with the current crisis, also known under the name "April Package".

As part of the One World Film Festival, the Goethe Institute in Prague held a panel discussion on the topic of media and poverty reduction. The initial question concerned the role of the media in the fight against poverty, a question which also Šimon Pánek, Director of People in Need and President of the Czech Forum for Development Cooperation (FoRS) tried to answer.

On 24 February 2009 a seminar was held at the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic with the aim of discussing the issue of remittances sent from the Czech Republic. The seminar was co-organised by the Multicultural Centre Prague and the Czech Ministry of Finance. The issue of remittances - money earned by migrants and sent back to their country of origin - involves a large number of disciplines and stakeholders.