[DMANET] ICORD 2012 (Djerba island, Tunisia) - deadline extension to 15th August

Workshop: Problem Structuring Methods
Tunisia, October 12-13, 2012
http://ifors.org/web/icord-workshop/


The workshop is designed to introduce workshop members to Problem
Structuring Methods, and give guidance on how they can be applied to
problems with a development context. Tuition will be by a mixture of
exposition and case exercises. Participants will be asked to
contribute an example of a development issue or problem relevant to
their own country and situation, which may be chosen for discussion at
the workshop.


The program will be limited to 30 participants. Acceptance onto the
program will be based on applicants' previous, current or intended
involvement in the area of OR for development. The purpose of the
workshop is to help participants in strengthening their capacity to
work effectively on development-related problems.

Participants will be introduced to methods that help deal with
problems arising from the nature of under-development, and of the
development process. The limitations of more traditional OR methods in
this context will be discussed


The Workshop will be held in Djerba island. The island of Djerba
appears as a beautiful garden filled with thousands of olive trees and
palms, beaches of fine white sand and crystal clear seawater. Today,
the island is the most important touristic pole of the south of
Tunisia and a favorite touristic destination.
The venue is scheduled in Djerba Plaza Hotel
(http://www.djerbaplaza.com/) which is located inside a palm park of
14 ha next to a turquoise blue sea and sandy beach in the heart of the
touristic area of midoun.


Program Leaders:
The principal tutors for the Workshop are Mike Cushman and Professor
Jonathan Rosenhead of the London School of Economics, and Professor
Leroy White of the University of Bristol.


If you are interested to attend then please send your curriculum vitae
together with a letter explaining how you feel that the workshop could
be useful to your teaching and/or practice no later than August 15,
2012 to:
Youssef Masmoudi
Email: youssef.masmoudi@gmail.com
Mobile: 00216 23269550


Organized by:


IFORS (International Federation of Operational Research Societies)
http://ifors.org/
EWG ORD (Operational Research for Development Working Group of EURO)
http://web.ing.puc.cl/~fcrespo/eurofdv/<http://web.ing.puc.cl/~fcrespo/eurofdv/>
LOGIQ research Unit Tunisia (LOgistique, Gestion Industrielle et de
la Qualit) http://logiq-giad.org/


Registration fee: 200 USD
NOTE: In special cases, a waiver of workshop fees maybe granted.
The Workshop is designed to follow on from the ROAD Conference
(Recherche Oprationnelle et Aide la Dcision) on October 10-11
(http://road2012.logiq-giad.org/).
The participants of ICORD can attend the ROAD and they are exempted
from registration fees of ROAD.


International Advisory Committee
- Willi Weber - Turkey
- Honora Smith - UK
- Hugo Scolnik - Argentina
- Arabinda Tripathy - India
- Elise del Rosario - Philippines


Local Organizing Committee
- Youssef Masmoudi - Tunisia
- Ayman Boujelbene - Tunisia
- Walid Besbes - Tunisia
- Taicir Loukil - Tunisia
- Habib Chabchoub - Tunisia




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