BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Columba Systems Ltd//NONSGML CPNG/SpringViewer/ICal Output/3.3- M3//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20190328T131924Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190614 SUMMARY:Scaling up participatory development in towns and cities of the g lobal South UID:{http://www.columbasystems.com/customers/uom/gpp/eventid/}g57-joplly1 5-7unrt DESCRIPTION:The Global Development Institute will host a mini-conference to understand the opportunities and constraints on scaling up participat ion in towns and cities of the global South with a range of academics an d practitioners. The purpose is to develop and share experiences of part icipation that is taking place\, analyse outcomes from efforts to date\, and develop an understanding about how to shift participatory developme nt from a niche to the mainstream. \n\nWe welcome participation from sch olars including PhD candidates who are researching similar themes. \nThi s conference has some limited space for additional papers and we welcome contributions concerned with the key themes around scaling up participa tion and amplifying the voices marginalised citizens\n\nKey Dates: \n\nD eadline for abstract submission: extended to 5 April 2019\n\nConference registration: 28 February - 31 May 2019\n\nConference: 12 and 13 June 20 19\n\nRegister to attend here - https://estore.manchester.ac.uk/conferen ces-and-events/faculty-of-humanities/school-of-environment-education-and -development/scaling-up-participatory-development/scaling-up-participato ry-development-in-towns-and-cities-of-the-global-south\n\n\nThe need for action: There is global recognition of the serious consequences of risi ng inequality. While this new recognition is to be welcomed\, we have to also recognise long-standing problems that are receiving relatively lit tle attention. Both inequalities and long-term disadvantage are particul arly acute in towns and cities of the global South where between 30-70 p er cent of the population live in informal settlements. This situation r equires a multi-faceted response that includes new political priorities\ , new capital investments (particularly for regularisation and infrastru cture) and new approaches by state officials. \n\nParticipation and poli tics: Organised citizens have long been active in the urban context. Whi le some residents’ associations have been critiqued for engaging in clie ntelistic practices to advance their interests\, urban social movements have taken direct action and developed multi-stakeholder alliances to ch ange political relations and gain the investments they need. In many cas es\, these movements have reached beyond the neighbourhood level to secu re improved access to basic services. Improved participation in both dev elopment programmes and government decision–making remains a priority fo r such movements. These efforts have developed a plurality of participat ory practices\, each building on critical engagement with past experienc es and on present development governmentalities and technologies. As mov ements increase the scale and depth of influence\, they provoke new resp onses (positive and negative) from the state. How can the benefits of su ch participation be secured? This conference will enable academics and c ivil society activists to share experiences and learning. \n\nConference Themes:\n* What is the challenge to participation represented by market -based development\, and how can citizen participation be relevant if st ate engagement with informal settlements is focused on incorporating res idents into the modern economy as consumers. How can citizens co-produce basic services with the state if the primary objective of the state is to maximise revenue?\n* Governments create opportunities for participati on especially in housing and/or upgrading programmes. While much of thei r discourse suggests these opportunities are substantive\, citizens’ exp erience these opportunities as superficial and demeaning. They often red uce citizen engagement by trivialising this potential. How can movement s recapture the initiative and negotiate more substantive openings?\n* T he devolution of powers to local government appears to create greater op portunities for participation. The localisation of governance processes appears to strengthen relations between the local state and citizens. Ho wever many devolution processes do not appear to have resulted in signif icant new efforts at participatory development. What can be learned from recent efforts at devolution and citizen engagement? \n* While particip ation is relevant to many disciplines\, planning has a particularly clos e association with this practice. There have been efforts to shift away from master planning to collaborative practice\, but these have had limi ted success. What can we learn from these efforts and what does this exp erience mean for professional and citizen planning?\n\nThe primary empha sis of discussions will be on the global South. However\, we will use th is opportunity to strengthen the shift in thinking away from internation al development towards global development through an engagement with Uni versity of Manchester activities to strengthen participatory democracy i n Manchester.\n\nIf you are interested in taking part in the panels\, pl ease send us an abstract. We are planning a publication (probably a spec ial journal issue) after the event.\n\nThis conference is generously sup ported by The University of Manchester’s Hallsworth Conference Fund and the Leverhulme Trust. \nIt is held under the auspices of the Global Deve lopment Institute.\n\n STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:People's History Museum\, Left Bank\, \, Spinningfields\,\, Manc hester\, Greater Manchester\, M3 3ER END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR