 The RSC organises events in response to emerging research agendas as well as to the policy needs of international NGOs, intergovernmental and government agencies.The RSC's weekly seminars and annual lectures are open to the public.The RSC has a programme of institutional links with Southern-based agencies and academic centres involved in the study of forced migration; it works in partnership with academics, policy makers and practitioners in the South and North concerned with forced migration to strengthen research and teaching capacities and to improve policy and project practice.