The Society for International Development (SID) was founded in

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, in 1957. SID has a network of individual and institutional members, local chapters and partner organisations, in more than 80 countries. It works with more than 100 associations, networks and institutions involving academia, parliamentarians, students, political leaders and development experts, both at local and international level.SID Network

Secretariat

The SID Secretariat has been based in Rome since 1979. Additionally, SID opened a Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa in Nairobi in 2003.

Governing Council

SID members elect the SID Governing Council via a mail ballot every four years. The current council for the 2012–2015 period is: *President: Juma Volter Mwapachu, Society for International Development, Tanzania *Vice President: Jean Gilson, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Information Technology at DAI *Treasurer: René Grotenhuis, Chief Executive Officer

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, The Netherlands *Managing Director: Stefano Prato, Society for International Development

SID Journal ''Development''

''Development'' (, eISSN: ) is the quarterly journal of the Society for International Development (SID), published by the

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abbreviation for the journal is ''Development (Rome)'', but it is also cited as ''Development (Washington)''.

Membership

Most SID members are organised into local chapters through which they have the opportunity to engage in development initiatives and events (such as conferences, seminars, lecture series, round tables, advocacy campaigns, charity events) in their locale maintaining a strong link with the territory.

Washington Chapter

The Washington Chapter is the largest and most active chapter of the Society for International Development, with 150 member organizations and over a thousand individual members. SID-Washington is committed to three principal objectives: *Stimulating dialogue and cooperation on global development issues *Enhancing skills, knowledge and understanding among development practitioners *Providing a network for individuals and organizations working in various sectors of international development

Notable event speakers

* J. Brian Atwood, former

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and Dean of the

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Paul Collier Sir Paul Collier, (born 23 April 1949) is a British development economist who serves as the Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Blavatnik School of Government and the director of the International Growth Centre. He currently is a ...

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, Director of the

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and author of '' The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done about It'' *Amb. John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer,

Millennium Challenge Corporation The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004. It is an independent agency separate from the State Department and USAID. It provides grants to countries that h ...

*Dr.

Kemal Derviş Kemal Derviş (; born 10 January 1949) is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development ass ...

, former Administrator of the

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and currently Director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the

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* Dr.

William Easterly William Russell Easterly (born September 7, 1957) is an American economist, specializing in economic development. He is a professor of economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and co-director of NYU’s Development Research Insti ...

, author of ''The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good'' *Michael Fairbanks, Co-Founder of SEVEN and co-author of ''Plowing the Sea, Nurturing the Hidden Sources of Advantage in Developing Nations'' * Richard Feachem, KBE,

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, Director of the Global Health Group * Henrietta H. Fore, former Under-Secretary of State and former Acting Administrator of USAID *Dr.

Francis Fukuyama Francis Yoshihiro Fukuyama (; born October 27, 1952) is an American political scientist, political economist, international relations scholar and writer. Fukuyama is known for his book ''The End of History and the Last Man'' (1992), which argue ...

, Director of the International Development Program at the

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of th ...

and author of ''

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'' *Amb.

Zalmay Khalilzad Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad ( ps, ځلمی خلیل زاد, prs, زلمی خلیل‌زاد; born March 22, 1951) is an Afghan-American diplomat and foreign policy expert. Khalilzad was appointed by President Donald J. Trump to serve as U.S. Specia ...

, former

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* Former U.S. Representative

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, former Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations * Dr. Carol Lancaster, Interim Dean of the

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and former Counsel to the

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*U.S. Representative

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, Chair, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations *

Ad Melkert Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert (; born 12 February 1956) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the Council of State since 20 January 2016. Melkert studied Political science at the U ...

, Under-Secretary General of the UN and Associate Administrator of UNDP *

Andrew Natsios Andrew S. Natsios (born September 22, 1949) is an American public servant and Republican politician from Massachusetts, who served in a number of positions in the administrations of Governor Paul Cellucci and President of the United States Geo ...

, former USAID Administrator and President's Special Envoy for Sudan * Amb. John D. Negroponte, former

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and former Deputy Secretary of State *U.S. Representative

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, Chairman,

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (; born 13 June 1954) is a Nigerian economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably, she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organiza ...

former Finance Minister and former Foreign Minister of Nigeria *

Anne-Marie Slaughter Anne-Marie Slaughter (born September 27, 1958) is an American international lawyer, foreign policy analyst, political scientist and public commentator. From 2002 to 2009, she was the Dean of Princeton University's School of Public and Internat ...

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at the

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Aaron S. Williams Aaron S. Williams is an international development expert and a former diplomat. He served as the 18th Director of the Peace Corps from 2009 to 2012 under President Barack Obama. Williams grew up in Chicago where he graduated from Chicago State U ...

, Director of the

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Aaron Williams, former board member,

Buenos Aires Chapter

The Buenos Aires Chapter (SID-Baires) was created at the end of 1957, by a group of Argentinean intellectuals and scholars. The chapter – known as "Argentine Chapter" changed the name to "Buenos Aires Chapter" in 2000, following the creation of two new chapters in the cities of Rosario and La Plata. The Buenos Aires Chapter is one of the oldest chapter of SID that has engaged consistently and continuously for more than 50 years in activities and programmers addressing development questions and processes from a both national and international perspective. In September 2010, the first issue of SIDbaires' new magazine, ''Qué? Hacer para el Desarrollo'', was launched.

Netherlands Chapter

The Society for International Development in the Netherlands (SID NL) was founded in 1991.

Activities

SID NL organises lectures, debates and conferences on international cooperation development. Each activity provides the audience with the opportunity to enter into a debate with influential (international) speaker(s).

SID Lectures

Series of lectures discussing a specific subject from multiple perspectives. The lectures take place at the

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. Each series of lectures has a common theme: *2004–2005: Security and Development *2005–2006: Religion, Development and International Relations *2006–2007: Democracy and Development *2007–2008: Emerging Global Scarcities and Power Shifts *2008–2009: Economic Growth and the Common Good *2009–2010: Common Goods in a Divided World *2010–2011: Global Values in a Changing World *2011–2012: The State in a Globalizing World *2012–2013: The Private Sector and Development *2013–2014: Dispersed Power in a World in Transition *2014–2015: New spaces for international engagement in a globalised world

Notable event speakers

*Dr.

Ben Bot Bernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot (; born 21 November 1937) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2003 until 22 February 2007 in the Cabinets Balkene ...

, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands *Dr. Denis Broun, Executive Director of

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*Dr. J. Brian Atwood, Former Chair of the

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate e ...

Development Assistance Committee The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is a forum to discuss issues surrounding aid, development and poverty reduction in developing countries. It describes itself as being the ...

*Mr.

Bert Koenders Albert Gerard "Bert" Koenders (; born 28 May 1958) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is curr ...

, Former Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and current Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). *Prof. Dr.

Thomas Pogge Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge (; born 13 August 1953) is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University. In addition to his Yale appointment, h ...

, author of ‘World Poverty and Human Rights’ *Mrs.

Agnes van Ardenne Anna Maria Agnes "Agnes" van Ardenne-Van der Hoeven (born 21 January 1950) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Career Agnes van Ardenne was born in Maasland in 1950. Before taking office as a me ...

, Former Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands *Prof.

, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford *Dr.

Jan Pronk Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk Jr. (; born 16 March 1940) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and activist. Pronk studied Economics at the Rotterdam School of Economics obtaining a Master of Economics degree and ...

, Former Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands and former Special Representative and Head of Mission for the United Nations Mission in Sudan *Dr. Inge Kaul, Adjunct professor at the

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*Prof. Dr. He Wenping, Director of African Studies section, Institute of West-Asian & African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences *Mr.

Anwar Ibrahim Anwar bin Ibrahim ( ms, انور بن ابراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, IPA: ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia since November 2022. He served as the 12 ...

, Former Deputy Prime Minister and former Finance Minister of Malaysia *Mr.

, Former Minister of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands and former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq *Mrs. Manuela Monteiro, Former Director of

Hivos Hivos ( nl, Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation) is an international cooperation organization, with its global office in The Hague, The Netherlands. Hivos provides support to civil ...

*Judge Song Sang-Hyun, President of the International Criminal Court in the Hague *Dr.

Jan-Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (; born 7 May 1956) is a politics of the Netherlands, Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October ...

, Former Prime-Minister of the Netherlands *Dr.

Benjamin Barber Benjamin R. Barber (August 2, 1939 – April 24, 2017) was an American political theorist and author, perhaps best known for his 1995 bestseller, ''Jihad vs. McWorld'', and for 2013's ''If Mayors Ruled the World''. His 1984 book of political t ...

, Author of "Why Mayors Should Rule the World" *Ms.

Lilianne Ploumen Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen (; born 12 July 1962) is a Dutch politician and activist who served as Leader of the Labour Party from January 2021 until April 2022. She had been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017, a ...

, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands

Other activities

*The organisation of ad hoc debates and panel discussions on topical issues *The organisation of expert meetings, where invitees debate a particular issue. Expert meetings have taken place on topics such as global citizenship, migration and performance based aid *The organisation of network events *The publication of reports

References

External links

Official website
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