Wednesday 1 July 2009

September 7-8, 2009: EuroNGOs Conference, Riga

Registration is still open for the EuroNGOs Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2009. Papardes Zieds - Latvia's Association for Family Planning and Sexual Health, the host of this year’s events, and the EuroNGOs secretariat are inviting to join the conference which will deal with the possibilities and challenges of “Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Times of Economic Crisis". The conference will take place on 7 September 2009 in Riga, Latvia, and will be followed by EuroNGOs AGM on 8 September 2009.

EuroNGOs member and partner organisation from the EU, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as well as from the “Global South”, representatives from private foundations, UNFPA, WHO, the European Commission, the Baltic Parliaments and Baltic development cooperation agencies are invited to lively discussions and workshops aimed at enhancing understanding of the current and possible future impact of the global economic crisis on SRHR and SRHR funding streams.

This year's EuroNGOs conference will also take up the outcomes of the conference "Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development" which will take place on September 2-4 in Berlin, Germany (see http://www.globalngoforum.de/home/).

For more information, a preliminary program and to register (before 15 July) to the EuroNGOs conference and AGM, please turn to http://www.eurongos.org/Default.aspx?ID=18832.

Information provided by Mirja Leibnitz, EuroNGOs

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