Reports of up to 1500 words on conferences and similar events that are likely to be relevant to a wide international readership. Such conferences will either be of major significance, such as UN summits, or cover an emerging or critical topic. Reports should focus on the policy and practice aspects of the conference rather than on organisational details, unless the latter were of particular significance.

Please note that we do not carry reports on solely academic conferences; and that we do not accept reports written by the conference organisers.

All conference reports should include:

• Place, dates, and organisers of conference
• Approximate number and background of participants (e.g. half from African countries and half from OECD countries, virtually all academics, few women)
• Information about where proceedings can be obtained, or if these will be published at a future date