SADF PRESS RELEASE: On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Balochistan’s independence...
On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Balochistan’s independence declaration
On the 11th of August 2017, the South Asia Democratic Forum promoted a ceremony to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Balochistan’s independence declaration which took place at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The event was hosted...
SADF Briefing: Terrorism in Sri Lanka
On 11 June, SADF hosted His Excellency Rodney Perera, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the European Union in its office for a briefing on the Easter terrorist attacks that took place in Sri Lanka earlier in 2019.
The event was also attended by EEAS personnel, and featured a generally...
SADF Webinar Series – Why Goa matters to theory
https://youtu.be/pt2wSAA4hr4
On 22 July 2020, the South Asia Democratic Forum hosted in its Webinar Series, Dr Jason Keith Fernandes from the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) who talked on ‘Why Goa matters to theory’. The webinar was moderated by SADF’s Executive Director Mr Paulo Casaca.
Dr Fernandes explained how Goa offers...
SADF Workshop: Urbanisation and regional sustainability in South Asia
On 5 March 2019, SADF hosted a workshop in its Brussels office. The event focussed on the arguments of the upcoming book Urbanisation and Regional Sustainability in South Asia, which explores the interplay between urbanisation and its negative effects on the sustainability of communities.
The presentation given by Professor Tomaz...
Putin’s War in Europe – Where lies South Asia?
On Friday, 22 April SADF promoted a conversation with Dr. Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy. Dr. Ferenczy is an Assistant Professor at National Dong Hwa University in Hualien, Taiwan; she is Head of Associates Network at 9DASHLINE; a Non-Resident Fellow at NextGen Taiwan; a consultant on China and India for Human...
PRESS RELEASE ‘National reconciliation in Sri Lanka’
On 15 May 2018, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF), in cooperation with the ‘European Friends of Sri Lanka’ group in the European Parliament, held a conference entitled “National reconciliation in Sri Lanka” at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
The host of the conference, Mr Geoffrey Van Orden MEP...
EU-SAARC Think Tank Summit
EU-SAARC Think Tank Summit
“Advancing EU-SAARC Cooperation”
20-21 January, 2021
The two regional blocks, EU and SAARC, have been cooperating on multiple fronts. For instance, the EU is South Asia’s largest trading partner as well as a major development and aid partner. The EU is also an observer within the SAARC....
SADF Conversation – Strengthening Bangladesh’s democracy, development, and human rights
https://www.facebook.com/SouthAsiaDemocraticForum/videos/634496985400417
On June the 23, at 13:00 UTC, SADF promoted a discussion titled Strengthening Bangladesh’s democracy, development, and human rights. SADF Director Mr. Paulo Casaca moderated the exchange, which included four speakers. Amb. Rensje Teerink, who is Deputy Director at the ASIAPAC Department of the European External Action Service and...
SADF joint conference: ‘Global aspirations of emerging Asian powers’
SADF conference on global aspirations of emerging Asian powers
jointly organised in cooperation with the universities of Warsaw and Heidelberg
On the 24th of November 2017, the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) co-organised a joint conference on ‘Global aspirations of emerging Asian powers: comparative analysis of international status of China and India’,...