Tereza Campello, the Brazilian Secretary of State for Social Development, and Camila Batmanghelidjh of Kids Company will be among the speakers at an international policy seminar to discuss LSE research carried out in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
Experts, policy makers and grassroots activists from Brazil and the UK will discuss how bottom-up experiences of social development intersect with governments and policy-makers in shaping decisively processes of policy design and implementation.
The seminar builds on the conclusions of Underground Sociabilities, a multiple stakeholder research partnership that mapped life trajectories and grassroots strategies of social development in the favelas. 
Since the research was carried out, LSE and UNESCO have led a series of international events focusing on the continuing dialogue between government bodies, policy-makers, NGOs, activists, researchers and disenfranchised citizens, and the role of grassroots agencies in bridging the gap.
Other speakers include Professor Armando Barrientos, Brazil4Africa, Dr Lalla Ben Barka, UNESCO and Dr Paul Healey, DFID.
LSE and UNESCO International Policy Seminar. Social Development: a UK-Brazil dialogue
Date: Friday 14 November 2014
Time: 9am-5.30pm
Venue: Shaw Library, 6th Floor, Old Building
For further information, including the full list of speakers and programme details, please visit Favelas at LSE.|
To reserve a ticket, please email favelas@lse.ac.uk| or call 0207 852 3713.
Monday 10 November