Summer Seminar on Population

The 39th East-West Center Summer Seminar on Population will be held at the East-West Center from 3 June to 3 July 2008. the deadline for applications  is  31st December 2007. Information on the three workshops to be offered and application materials are posted here. Information on previous Summer Seminars is posted below.

39th Summer Seminar—2008

• Workshop 1: Population, Development, and Policy: A Follow-Up Workshop
• Workshop 2: Use of Discrete-Time Survival Models to Draw Out the Policy Implications of Demographic and Health Surveys
• Workshop 3: Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health
• Information for applicants and application forms

The Summer Seminar on Population, held annually since 1970, serves as a forum for individuals and institutions concerned with population- and health-related issues. Participants identify emerging research and policy concerns, learn and share new research methods and program approaches, and forge links between researchers and practitioners working in key institutions throughout Asia, the Pacific, the United States, and other regions of the world.

The East-West Center's Summer Seminar contributes to the sharing of knowledge and experience on the demographic and health situation in Asia-Pacific countries, including policy initiatives and related policy research needs and outputs. The Summer Seminar also provides opportunities for participants from the Asia-Pacific region to share knowledge and experience with participants from other regions of the world. Former participants are found throughout Asia and the Pacific, working in virtually all the major government, nongovernmental (NGO), and academic institutions of the region that deal with population and health issues.

The Summer Seminar consists of three or four concurrent but independent workshops, coordinated by East-West Center staff and invited co-coordinators and resource persons from outside organizations. Participants are university graduates proficient in English, with training and experience in a field relevant to the topic of their workshop. Participants are selected on the basis of their potential contribution to one of the Seminar's workshops and to future professional work.

Previous Summer Seminars: 1997-2007

• 38th Summer Seminar—2007
• 37th Summer Seminar—2006
• 36th Summer Seminar—2005
• 35th Summer Seminar—2004
• 34th Summer Seminar—2003
• 33rd Summer Seminar—2002
• 32nd Summer Seminar—2001
  
• 31th Summer Seminar—2000
  
• 30th Summer Seminar—1999
  
• 29th Summer Seminar—1998
  
• 28th Summer Seminar—1997
  

All materials used in Workshop Three, Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health, are available on this website. Additional materials on policy communication are also posted on the site. Go to:

Communicating with Policymakers about Population and Health (Workshop 3): Workshop materials