'Citizenship: Cities of Hope, Cities of Despair?'
05 Sep 2007
From October 15 until 20 the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague will be celebrating its 55th anniversary. The theme of the lustrum activities is ‘Citizenship: Cities of Hope, Cities of Despair’.
With this theme ISS intends to revive the debate on the importance of citizenship in the context of cities, the place where major development issues are being confronted every day.
ISS will kick off the lustrum week with an International Symposium entitled ‘Cities of Extremes’ (15-16 October 2007), hosted by the ISS-based journal Development & Change. On Wednesday October 17 there will be a lively day of public debate on ‘Cities of Hope, Cities of Despair’.
Parallel to this, NGOs, researchers and ministries will be present at an information market in the afternoon where they will present their work in the field of poverty alleviation in urban areas. For more information please visit www.iss.nl.