Competing claims on natural resources is one of the international priority themes for Wageningen UR. Jointly with the North-South Centre, the Wageningen UR working group 'Competing Claims', chaired by Prof.dr. Ken Giller, is planning a series of seminars in 2005 on various aspects of competing claims issues. This series is a follow-up on past events such as the interdisciplinary workshop on competing claims (2003) and a seminar convened by Alterra (2004). The seminars provide a platform for in-depth discussions between scientists with different scientific backgrounds and policy makers. As such they provide input to a DGIS-WUR Platform that develops a conceptual framework for analysing and coping with competing claims on natural resources for sustainable cosio-economic development in the South.
In the first seminar, Prof.dr. Han van Dijk, working for the Chair Group Law and Governance (Wageningen University) and the Africa Studies Centre (Leiden) will present his views on the effect of bad governance and violent conflicts on competing claims on natural resources. Han van Dijk will illustrate his ideas using his extensive experiences gained in Chad, West Africa.
Tentative programme:
15h30 - 15h40 Welcome and introduction - Ken Giller
15h40 - 16h15 Competing Claims, the case of Chad - Han van Dijk
16h15 - 17h00 Discussions - Ken Giller
If you like to attend the seminar and participate in the discussions, please subscribe at the Norht South Website (http://www.north-south.nl">http://www.north-south). In the last week of February, we will send you the final programme and the abstract of Han van Dijk's presentation.