From March 26th – 31st, 2007, The UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn organises a block course entitled “The Role of Vulnerability in (Disaster) Risk Management” for Ph.D. candidates starting their Ph.D. studies. The workshop will be held at ZEF, Bonn, Germany.

„Wo der wilde Kaffee wächst“ erfuhren etwa 300 Kinder und ihre Eltern bei einem Vortrag am 12. Februar, den Manfred Denich und Franz Gatzweiler vom ZEF im Rahmen der Kinderuni der Universität Bonn hielten. Interessiert sahen die Kinder sich Bilder von Äthiopien an, dem Land aus dem der Kaffee ursprünglich stammt und wo es die einzigen Restmengen an Wildkaffee auf der Welt gibt.

The "Friends of ZEF" (Gesellschaft der Freunde der Entwicklungsforschung e.V.) are awarding every two years a prize of 1500 € for an outstanding doctoral thesis in development research.

Former ZEF PhD student Felix Asante was appointed as the first member of the newly established "African Good Governance Network” by the Federal President of Germany Horst Köhler during his visit to Ghana this week.