Welcome to the website of the research project
International Civil Society Forum on Conflicts (INFOCON)
INFOCON aims to promote a better understanding of how Civil Society Organisations representing Transnational Communities can work on preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and worldwide. Financed by the EU under the Seventh Framework Programme, this three-year research project was launched in April 2008. Coordinated by the Internationalist Foundation, INFOCON is a joint endeavor of several research institutes such as the Université Catholique de Louvain (research direction), University of Kent, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut d’Études Politiques de Lille, Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, Université de Liège, Université Laval (Québec) and CSO’s based in the Netherlands, Kosovo, Belgium, United Kingdom and Germany.
Joint DIASPEACE/INFOCON conference on diaspora and conflict issues in Brussels
The international event will be the occasion of presenting and discussing the results of more than two years of intentive research on diaspora communities in Europe and around the world. The conference will be held on December 16-17 2010 in Brussels. To register, please email Stephan Kampelmann (stephan[at]internationalistfoundation.org). For all information related to the conference, click here.
INFOCON conference in Nijmegen: 22-23 April 2010
The second INFOCON conference brought together civil society representatives, researchers and other stakeholders related to diaspora communities. The event was hosted by the Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN) at the Radboud University Nijmegen. See the conference summary.