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The most important activities of PIE are as follows:
2010
22 June: Seminar Knowledge for Development: Towards a new vision on the Dutch contribution to capacity building for knowledge in a globalising world. Information about the programme and registration is mentioned in the invitation. Background information can be obtained from the PIE discussion paper Higher Education and Development Cooperation: To a new vision on knowledge capacity building in higher education for development.
1 April: Debate with Peter van Lieshout on WRR report "Minder pretentie, meer ambitie" and Doekle Terpstra (HBO-raad), Adam Szirmai (UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University), Isa Baud (University of Amsterdam), Bram van Ojik (Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DSO) and Henk Molenaar (NWO/Wotro). Location: conference centre Hoog Brabant, Utrecht. Time: 15.00 - 17.00 hrs. Registration via PIE secretariat.
2009
18 November: Seminar on Erasmus Mundus programme (EU) at ITC in Enschede. The programme is mentioned in the invitation.
26 June: International PIE seminar on Capacity Development and HRM; a follow up of the 1st seminar in January 2009. For the programme please visit the seminar website.
21 January: Seminar on Capacity Development and Human Resources Management: Results are available on the seminar website
2008
6 March: Seminar on cooperation in education, research and capacity building with non-EU countries in Brussels in cooperation with Nether.
10-12 September: EAIE Conference in Antwerp: PIE will organise a session and workshop on capacity building programmes in combination with exchange programmes North-South.
2007
12 April: Workshop with Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO and Ecorys on the evaluation of the NFP & NPT programmes. 10 May: Annual Meeting with PIE members in combination with discussion on the evaluation of the NFP & NPT programmes with the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO and Ecorys. 10 July: Meeting with Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Higher Education umbrella organisations to discuss the code of conduct for recruitment of foreign students. 1 November: DCO consults PIE, VSNU, SAIL, HBO-raad, and various Ministries about ideas for renewed programmes of NFP & NPT 7 November: PIE workshop with its members on NFP & NPT 6 December: Annual Meeting with PIE members in combination with presentation and discussion with Henk Molenaar, Executive Director WOTRO on research and capacity building 2006 21 September: Brainstorm session with representatives from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and PIE members on “Ideal Programmes for Capacity Building, Human Resources Management and Research”. PIE vision papers on Capacity Building Programmes and Fellowship Programmes
2005 21 April: Seminar “Good Practices, Good Programmes” with 60 participants from Dutch Institutes for Higher Education and two experts from the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and ICCO. A PIE paper as a result of the seminar on Good Practices, Good Programmes was submitted to the Nuffic Conference “A Changing Landscape” on 23-24 May in Den Haag. 10 November: Seminar “Bologna & Development” for PIE members, with contributions from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and from the University of Bergen, Norway.
2004
6 April: PIE becomes an official Association, with a legal status. The Co-Chairs of PIE, Ms Lem van Eupen and Mr Paul Althuis have signed the articles of the association at the notary’s office of Westvest Notarissen in Delft.
14 April: Seminar in cooperation with DGIS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ahold and Gasunie: “Matching of Higher Education and Private Sector in Development Cooperation”.
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