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Policy Dialogue and Public Awareness<br />
● Joseph Intsiful from Ghana received the highest award for his presentation “Study of<br />
the Impact of Land Cover Change on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Interactions" at<br />
the summer colloquium at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in<br />
Trieste, Italy.<br />
● Frank Mussgnug, a <strong>ZEF</strong> doctoral student and Robert Bosch Foundation scholar,<br />
received the Albrecht Thaer Prize from the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture,<br />
Humboldt University, Berlin, awarded for the best diploma thesis and best student<br />
of the year 2000.<br />
The European Development Research Network (EUDN)<br />
Around one and a half years ago, in September 2000, the EUDN was established, with<br />
its secretariat being set up at <strong>ZEF</strong>. It is currently being supported by the Land<br />
Government of North Rhine-Westphalia. The network, which originally consisted of 17<br />
European development researchers, was extended by 13 members by official elections<br />
in 2001. A further expansion is envisaged for 2002. The idea of EUDN was to support<br />
EUDN in brief<br />
1999, December:<br />
● The Global Development Network (GDN) is inaugurated at the First<br />
Annual Global Development Conference in <strong>Bonn</strong>, Germany.<br />
2000, September:<br />
● The European Hub of the GDN is established at a round-table<br />
meeting at <strong>ZEF</strong> in <strong>Bonn</strong>, Germany.<br />
October:<br />
● The Executive Committee is elected with the secretariat being established<br />
at <strong>ZEF</strong>. Initial funding is provided by North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.<br />
December:<br />
● The existence of the Hub, called the European Development Research<br />
Network (EUDN), is officially announced at the Second Annual GDN<br />
conference in Tokyo, Japan.<br />
2001, October:<br />
● The first EUDN Workshop for doctoral students on development research<br />
is held in <strong>Bonn</strong>.<br />
December:<br />
● EUDN organises a session on “Understanding Reform" and participates in<br />
the knowledge fair at the Third Annual GDN Conference in Rio de Janeiro,<br />
Brazil.<br />
2002, March:<br />
● The first EUDN Member Workshop is held in Namur, Belgium.<br />
The Global Development<br />
Network (GDN) is an amalgamation<br />
of research institutes<br />
from all over the world. It has<br />
the objective of generating,<br />
sharing, and applying knowledge<br />
for development. EUDN is<br />
one of its Regional Networks.<br />
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