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The equity conundrum – Can Global South think tanks glocalize the Development Agenda?

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Add to Calendar 2021-11-10 16:30:00 2025-05-24 10:23:33 The equity conundrum – Can Global South think tanks glocalize the Development Agenda? Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

Len Ishmael, Senior Fellow at Policy Center for the New South, will be speaking at the panel “The equity conundrum – Can Global South think tanks glocalize the Development Agenda?” during the online seminar the 3rd Southern Voice Research conference led by the Nkafu Policy Institute.

Pandemic policy responses have been designed and anchored mainly in the Global North. Only tangentially were they extended to the Global South, frequently without consideration for the national or regional context. It is time to re-calibrate this power dynamic and Global South think tanks can play a role in this. Using context-specific knowledge they can spearhead pragmatic policies geared towards an equitable post-COVID recovery for all.

This session will explore ways through which cooperative actions by Global South think tanks could translate into decolonized or glocalized policies and concrete action. The session will bring together recommendations for an equitable recovery during the 2030 Agenda Decade Action.

This event is taking place virtually on Wednesday November 10, 2021, 16:30 (GMT+1).

Speakers
Len Ishmael
Senior Fellow
Ambassador Dr. Len Ishmael is an affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University teaching the MSc course New South Dynamics, as well as Geopolitics and Geo-economics in the Joint HEC Paris/Public Policy School Executive Program. She is a Senior Fellow of the Policy Center for the New South, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the German Marshall Fund of the United States of America and a Senior Fellow of the European Centre for Development Policy Management. Dr. Ishmael is the Global Affairs Advisor and Head of the Expert Groups of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is the former Ambassador of the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Belgium and European Union, past President of the 79-member African, Caribbean & ...