NUIG TO HOST PIVOTAL INTERNATIONAL AID CONFERENCE

Date Published: 12-Nov-2007

Up to 200 International Aid activists, practitioners and educators will gather at NUI Galway later this month to see what the future holds for overseas development.They'll be presented with the latest research and practice in development education and international development issues.Government Agency, Irish Aid, is behind the conference and is hoping to improve links between academics and practitioners working in the field of development and activism.Minister of State for Overseas Development and Galway East TD Micheál Kitt will officially open the two-day conference at NUIG on Saturday 24 November.