Udenrigsudvalget 2011-12
URU Alm.del Bilag 244
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TheDanish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminaron:
The Future of China in Africa: An Alternative for Peace and Development?Monday, 24 September 2012, 13.00-15.20Danish Institute for International StudiesMain AuditoriumStrandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen KBackgroundThe fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held thisJuly in Beijing. In his keynote address to visiting African heads of state, ministers and otherdignitaries, Chinese President Hu Jintao promised Africa USD 20 billion in financial assistance,training programs and people-to-people exchanges, regional infrastructure partnerships, and adeeper cooperation on peace and security.In the twelve years since the very first FOCAC in 2000, China has become Africa’s largest tradingpartner with two-way trade reaching over USD 166 billion in 2011. Chinese policy banks are nowmajor sources of finance for African governments. Chinese companies are investing in Africa’snatural resources, infrastructure, manufacturing, and agriculture. But after over a decade of suchremarkable growth in trade and investment, what does the future hold for the relationship betweenChina and Africa?Can China achieve a sustainable development impact in Africa? Nearly a year after the Busan DACsummit, can it work together with OECD donors to foster new forms of cooperation with Africangovernments and organizations? How is Beijing’s role in African peace and security evolving?China has shown it can do plenty in Africa to date. This seminar explores how relations have beenchanging and what directions we can expect the relationship to head in the future.SpeakersZhang Chun,Deputy Director, Department for West Asia and Africa Studies, Shanghai Institutes ofInternational StudiesTatiana Carayannis,Deputy Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, Social ScienceResearch CouncilJohanna Jansson,PhD Candidate, Roskilde UniversityDaniel Large,Research Associate, South African Institute of International Affairs, China in AfricaProgrammePeter Kragelund,Associate Professor, Roskilde UniversityBjørn Møller,Professor, Aalborg UniversityLuke Patey,Postdoc, DIISProgrammeMore details about the speakers and the seminar are available on ourwebsite.Practical Information
The seminar will be held inEnglish.Participation isfree of charge,butregistration is required.Please use ouronline registration formno later thanFriday, 21 September 2012 at 12.00 noon.Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.Sincerely,Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)The Conference SectionStrandgade 56DK-1401 Copenhagen KDenmarkPh. (+45) 32 69 87 51Fax (+45) 32 69 87 00E-mail:[email protected]Web:www.diis.dk
