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Past ASAP Events

Below is a list, in reverse chronological order, of the various conferences and workshops that ASAP has staged or sponsored, with links to further resources and information wherever available.

You might also be interested in seeing a list of the other outputs ASAP has produced over the years

Date Location Theme
Sept 2019 Medellin, Colombia Exploring the structural drivers of poverty
Jun 2019 Barcelona, Spain A Better Future for our Planet conference
Jun 2019 London, UK Redefining Migration Discourse
Jun 2019 Cracow, Poland Launch of ASAP Poland
Mar 2019 Kathmandu, Nepal Launch of ASAP Nepal
Oct 2018 Islamabad, Pakistan Launch of ASAP Pakistan
Oct 2018 Sydney, Australia ASAP Oceania launches its audit report assessing the Australian Government’s progress towards the SDGs
Aug 2018 Sao Paolo, Brazil The 3rd ASAP-Brazil Conference held at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo-Brazil.
Feb 2018 London, UK Bridging Our Divides: International Perspectives on Overcoming Social Disintegration
Oct 2017 Connecticut, USA Global Justice Conference
May 2015 Toronto, Canada Global Health/Global Justice
Jan 2015 Lagos, Nigeria Political campaigns funding and the looming tsunami of poverty
Oct 2014 Toronto, Canada Rethinking Sustainability Beyond 2015: An Agenda for Citizen Action
Sep 2014 Connecticut, USA Justice in Development
Jan 2014 Berlin, Germany The Structural Roots of Global Poverty: Analysis, Critique, Reforms
Dec 2013 Sao Paulo, Brazil Launch of ASAP Brazil
Nov 2013 Barcelona, Spain Launch of ASAP Spain
Oct 2013 London, UK Illicit Financial Flows
Oct 2013 Connecticut, USA Human Rights & Economic Justice: Essential Elements of the Post-MDG Agenda, 1: 2, 3, 4.
Aug 2013 Mexico City, Mexico Launch of ASAP Mexico
Jul 2013 London, UK ASAP UK Innovation Workshop
Feb 2013 Connecticut, USA The Structural Roots of Poverty: Theory Meets Practice
Nov 2012 Mexico City, Mexico Poverty and the Global Academic Community: Promoting Positive Impact
Nov 2012 Mexico City, Mexico Global Poverty and the Duties of Global Citizenship in Developing Countries
Oct 2012 Toronto, Canada Beyond 2015: Towards a New Consensus on Ending Global Poverty
Apr 2012 Connecticut, USA Global Poverty: What Do We Know? Where Do We Go from Here?
Oct 2011 New Delhi, India Building Consensus on Global Poverty
Oct 2011 London, UK ASAP: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Sep 2011 Oslo, Norway Building Consensus on Global Poverty
May 2011 Birmingham, UK Impact: Global Poverty
Apr 2011 Connecticut, USA Impact: Global Poverty

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