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CEDAR Inspiration Day

A Mentoring scheme event

9 May 2010
Brussels

CEDAR held its first mentoring 'Inspiration Day' in partnership with ABPM in the Belgian capital, Brussels in May 2010. It brought together business representatives, CEDAR mentors and young people aged 15 to 18 around themed information stalls for one-to-one exchange, advice and inspiration. Offering hundreds of young people access to a wealth of personal and professional development opportunities, the Inspiration Day particularly targeted young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. CEDAR members came from France, Belgium and Netherlands to take part and share their expertise. Professions represented ranged from fashion design, to research, cuisine and engineering. The event was also delighted to welcome several high profile politicians including Hamza Fassi-Fihri, deputy mayor of Brussels and deputy Prime Minister, Joelle Milquet as well as Belgian footballers Sinan Bolat and Christian Bentéké.

Peter Kellner, President of YouGov and Dr David Muir, Faith in Britain, at the launch conference of the Phoenix Initiative, October 2010
HE Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Foreign Minister, addresses an invited audience at an ISD policy breakfast, October 2011
Acclaimed sociologist Manuel Castells, Humanitas Visiting Professor in Media, Cambridge University, November 2011
CEDAR Chair Ahmed Larouz, addressing the Social Innovation and Social Action Conference, Lambeth Palace, November 2011
Jonathan Powell, former aide to Tony Blair, addresses the inaugural Turkey Workshop, London, September 2011
The tenth meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network, hosted by the Home Office, London, November 2011
Lord Weidenfeld and Sir Ronald Grierson, co-founders of the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme, April 2010

Policy Session: Oslo and Utøya, Six Months On

London, 23 January 2012

Weidenfeld Scholars Leadership and Public Policy Seminar

Hartwell House, 10 to 14 January 2012

Prison and Probation Officers Practitioner Exchange

Birmingham, 5 to 6 December 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Architecture

University of Oxford, 28 to 29 November 2011

Weidenfeld Scholars' ISD Briefing

London, 22 November 2011

Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Media

Cambridge University, 16 to 23 November 2011

10th Meeting of the European Policy Planners' Network (PPN)

London, 15 to 16 November 2011

Social Innovation and Social Action Conference

Lambeth Palace, 13 to 15 November 2011

CEDAR Reception

Mica Gallery, 12 November 2011

CEDAR Management Board Meeting

London, 12 to 13 November 2011

Europe-China Media Exchange Tour

Chengdu, China, 24 to 28 October 2011

Policy Breakfast with HE Karel Schwarzenberg

London, 13 October 2011


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