Development Education
Irish working group on Food Sovereignty
The colonized are now the colonizers - Irish companies involved in large scale land acquisitions overseas
***Groups across Ireland organize activities to mark 17th April, International Day of Peasant Struggle of Via Campesina
***Irish company involved in landgrabbing
***30,000 hectares of publicly owned land now privatized in Serbia by Irish investors
Over the last ten years foreign governments and private firms have been increasingly investing and acquiring large surfaces of fertile land in other countries - especially in Africa and Asia - but also in Latin America and in Eastern Europe, for the purpose of agricultural production and export.
LATIN AMERICA DEVELOPMENT ISSUES COURSE: AUTUMN 2011/2012
LASC and Ballsbridge College present the course:
Term One: 15th November-8th December 2011
Term Two: From 24th January to 18th April 2012
Duration: 15 weeks
You can find more information about the different sessions and facilitators in this document.
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LATIN AMERICA DEVELOPMENT ISSUES COURSE: AUTUMN 2010/2011
LASC and Ballsbridge College present the course
You can find more information about the different sessions and facilitators in this document.
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1. Introduction to the Banana Trade
Bananas are symbolic of the wide range of injustices present in international trade today.
These include:-
LASC Open Day and Mini Fair
On Saturday 22nd October we are holding an open day and a mini fair for in LASC from 12pm-5pm, for members, volunteers and friends. This will be an opportunity for you to meet like minded people in our (your) own office. The staff will update you on their role in LASC and you will have the chance to find out what LASC is currently doing, ask questions and give suggestions.
Latin American Development Issues Course - FETAC accredited
Please note: Course is going ahead!!
The course runs for 15 Weeks at a cost of €140 beginning on Tuesday 15 November 2011.
If you still wish to enrol you can do so both today (Monday 14th) and tomorrow (Tuesday 15th November).
This is a lively and participative course open to people with any kind of interest in Latin America. The course gives participants insight into the causes and consequences of lack of development in Latin America. Participants will acquire a general understanding of Latin American social, political, historical and economic developments as well as more detailed information about topics of contemporary significance, such as trade, labour issues, indigenous issues and popular resistance.
