SESRIC will participate in the International Symposium on Poverty Alleviation Strategies: Experiences and New Ideas, which will be held in Istanbul during the period 13-15 October 2010. The Symposium will be hosted by the Prime Ministry General Directorate of Social Assistance and Solidarity of the Republic of Turkey, and will bring together scientists from different disciplines, researchers, national/international experts from public/private sector, representatives from international organizations, and representatives from NGOs.

The main objective of the Symposium is to strengthen the awareness on combating poverty in all segments of the society and increase the potential cooperation among both governmental and non-governmental organisations at national and international level. The Symposium will be carried out within the context of main themes stated below:

• New ideas and new trends for poverty alleviation 
• Human capacity building in poverty alleviation 
• Cooperation for poverty alleviation 
• Designing efficient poverty alleviation programs 
• Impact assessments of poverty alleviation programs

Poverty alleviation is one of the priority developmental issues highlighted in the OIC Ten-Year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing Muslim Ummah in the 21th Century adopted during the Third Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in Makkah al-Mukarramah in 2005.

For more information about the Symposium please visit the official website: http://poverty2010istanbul.org/