Dear Readers,

Issue 7 of ERD News takes you around the world – stopping off in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital – to bring you news of the 2010 European Report on Development’s ‘roadshow’. We also share details about the upcoming ERD 2011/2012, which will be produced by a new ERD team and will cover the topic of natural resource management.  Read more

Towards the 3rd ERD
By 2030, demand for food, energy and water is expected to rise by some 30-40%. Population growth, together with a growing middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put worldwide food production and security under extreme pressure. In the context of increasing resource scarcity and climate change, effective natural resource management is ripe for a major development policy discussion, especially in the run-up to the 2012 Rio+20 Conference. The European Report on Development 2011/2012 – which deals with Effective natural resource management for inclusive and sustainable growth in the context of increased scarcity and climate change: what role for the public and private sector?– tackles this hot topic head on.

The ERD team, led by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), in partnership with the German Development Institute (DIE-GDI) and the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), unveiled a draft outline of the Report on 6 April in Brussels:

• Media release: Effective natural resources management for sustainable and inclusive growth – the development dimension
• Workshop: Minutes of the Brussels research workshop  
• Documents: Draft Outline

Since then, several consultative events have taken place:

• "Governance of natural resources with a focus on land", Maastricht, 18-19 May 2011
• "Effective natural resource management for inclusive and sustainable growth in the context of increased scarcity and climate change: with a focus on water and energy", Bonn, 8-9 June 2011
• "Natural resource management of the water-energy-land nexus with a focus on the private sector role", Nairobi, 11-12 July 2011

ERD 2010 roadshow roll-out

In parallel to the preparations for the ERD 2011/2012, the ERD 2010 roadshow has continued at full speed. A number of events have been held in Europe, Africa and elsewhere around the world. Here is just a sample:

• Launch event at the European Development Days – Brussels, 7 December 1010
• Presentation at the United Nations,  New-York 11 February 2011
• Presentation at the InterAmerican Development Bank –  Washington, 14 February 2011
• Presentation in Bogor, Indonesia, 23 February 2011
• Panel during the Workshop on social protection for informal workers – Nairobi, 10-11 March 2011
• ‘Social protection for inclusive development – A new perspective in EU cooperation with Africa’, Launch event in Bonn, 31 March 2011
• Debate in the framework of the Day of Action on Social Protection – European Parliament, 20 April 2011
• Presentation during the ABCDE Conference – Paris, 29 April 2011

  To find out about the other launch events, please see: http://erd.eui.eu/erd-2010/launch-events/