Upcoming Events and Training

Find details of all upcoming Alliance events and training courses. We also advertise events on behalf of our members and other events of interest to the Scottish international development sector.

Previous Events and Training

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Scottish Fair Trade Campaigner Conference 2017

2nd September 2017, 10:30 to 13:00

The conference will feature various keynote speakers who will cover a range of different topics addressing the theme of this years conference 'Fair Trade in Context: Challenges and Opportunities'

Young Citizen Advocates events

9th June 2017 (all day) - 31st October 2017 (all day)

IDEAS is extending our work in schools to stage a series of major events directly geared towards young people and increasing their participation in local and global change.

KWISA: Introduction into Young Women in Leadership Training

26th August 2017, 09:00 to 16:00

KWISA are calling on young women of African descent in Scotland between the ages of 16-40 years for an introduction to leadership training on the 26th August 2017.

Pedal for Scotland 2017

10th September 2017 (all day)

A joint cycling team from The Mamie Martin and Soko Funds will ride in Pedal for Scotland 2017 to fundraise for girls' education in Malawi.

Towards Global Citizenship: Taking forward system-wide global health engagement

15th September 2017 (all day)

Global Citizenship is the title of the Scottish Government's new International Development Strategy. This conference will explore the questions of how this should be best displayed in the Scottish health service.

Ethnic Minority Women’s Network We Want To Hear Your Voice On “Violence Against Women!”

20th September 2017, 09:30 to 14:30

CEMVO Scotland has organised a series of events to develop an Ethnic Minority Women’s Network.

Edinburgh World Justice Festival

30th September 2017, 09:00 - 16th October 2017, 17:00

Join the fight for a fairer future with Edinburgh World Justice Festival. Events run from the 30th of September until the 16th of October, with the theme of ‘Creating Hope Through People Power’.

Design for Sustainability

15th October 2017 (all day)

The course provides you with the knowledge and confidence to take an active role in designing for sustainability, both professionally and personally, for small and large scale community projects.

Towards Global Citizenship: Taking forward system-wide global health engagement

15th September 2017, 08:30 to 17:00

Global Citizenship is the title of the Scottish Government's new International Development Strategy. This conference will explore the questions of how this should be best displayed in the Scottish health service.

Talk Action - Media Training, Edinburgh

7th November 2017, 10:00 to 16:00

Learn how to improve your communication and journalism skills to create positive media interest (national, local, specialist and social media) and gain public support.

Take One Action Film Festival

13th September 2017 (all day) - 24th September 2017 (all day)

The UK’s leading social change film festival celebrates its tenth edition with a powerful programme brimming with urgent, impassioned films about some of the most pressing issues of our time, from climate change to conflict resolution and EU immigration policy.

WHAT DOES OPEN BORDERS ACTUALLY MEAN?

18th September 2017, 19:00 to 21:30

An event by Global Justice Now Scotland

Having Difficult Conversations About Migration

17th September 2017, 15:00

A free event by Global Justice Now Scotland

SDGs Training for Multipliers

26th September 2017, 09:00 to 13:00

Gaia Education, SCVO and UNESCO GAP on ESD present SDGs Training for Multipliers. The purpose of the training is to engage participants in the vitally important conversation about how to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local and regional scale in ways that are carefully adapted to the bio-cultural uniqueness of each locality.

Edinburgh World Justice Festival launch

30th September 2017, 18:00 to 21:00

Come celebrate the movements and meet the people committed to world justice.

Building World Justice Today: The Power of Popular Movements

14th October 2017, 10:30 to 18:30

All day conference on how to mobilise for social change in the face of the new world order.

NFP Workshops

23rd October 2017, 12:00 to 14:30

Affordable training courses for charities, schools, associations and social enterprises

Changing Landscapes - Protecting the environment in a new Europe

6th November 2017, 09:00 to 19:30

This year’s conference will debate how to put people and planet central in these uncertain times for the EU, the UK and Scotland.

Organiser of Scotland's Diverse History: Scotland’s Muslims – Society, Politics and Identity

17th October 2017, 18:00 to 21:00

Minority Community considerations and discussions celebrating Scotland’s 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.

Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation

20th September 2017, 16:00

How do people live in a country that has experienced rebellions and state-organized repressions for decades, marked by routine forms of violence and impunity? Drawing on over ten years of fieldwork conducted in Chad, Marielle Debos (University of Paris Nanterre) explains how living by the gun has become both an acceptable form of political expression and an everyday occupation.

Film screening: Fire in the Blood

5th October 2017, 18:30 to 21:00

Fire in the Blood tells the little-known story of an unlikely alliance, fighting back against the pharmaceutical industry.

George Monbiot: Out of the Wreckage

20th October 2017, 18:30 to 21:30

What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the twenty-first century?

Scottish Government Small Grants Programme Information Day

10th October 2017, 10:00 to 13:00

Information session details for Scottish Government Small Grants Programme

Rainbow Turtle's Producer Visit & The Scottish Fair Trade Forum Awards

12th October 2017, 19:30 to 22:00

Rainbow Turtle and The Scottish Fair Trade Forum will be combining forces this year for an event incorporating a producer visit, a Fair Trade 3-course meal and the Scottish Fair Trade Forum's 5th Annual Awards.

Link Community Development - An Evening of Gin Tasting

16th November 2017, 18:00 to 00:00

Link is pleased to host a fabulous evening of gin tasting at Harry’s Bar, Randolph Place, on Thursday 16th November from 6pm.

Papua Merdeka: Towards Freedom in West Papua

2nd October 2017, 19:00 to 21:00

Benny Wenda, Nobel Peace nominee will talk about the West Papuan struggle for independence, and the 5 year plan to make merdeka (freedom) a reality.

Crossing boundaries for sustainability

3rd October 2017, 18:30

The University of Edinburgh invites you to join them for the Our Changing World Lecture, "Crossing boundaries for sustainability", with Michelle Brown.

Ceilidh for Education for South Sudan

7th October 2017, 19:00 to 23:00

Local people of all ages from diverse backgrounds come together once a year to support the event, which has a life-changing effect on the lives of young South Sudanese refugees. All funds raised by the ceilidh go towards educational programmes, run by self-help organisation MADEF.