AEGEE-Europe, together with 10 youth organizations from all over Europe, has launched the campaign YouthRights.NOW for the recognition of specific rights for youth. These youth rights include education and training, employment, housing, health and the right to a healthy environment, participation, sexual and reproductive health, culture and sport, non-discrimination, as wells as proper information on… » read more
Archives for Development Policy
New arrests link corruption with land expropriation at Serbian Kolubara mine
September 11, 2013
Land expropriation and corruption have been two recurring themes at the Kolubara mine. This week’s arrests indicate that they are closely connected. by Zvezdan Kalmar, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog Recent developments in Serbia forebode gloomy times for the country’s energy company EPS. After the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s confirmation on Friday that… » read more
ETC as a strong integrationist instrument
August 29, 2013
Back in 1990 the European Commission launched its first INTERREG Community Initiative (ICI), financed via the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with more than one billion Euros. One of its main goals was to create a common vision on the future of borders in Europe. Best practices of cross-border cooperation from Benelux and the Rhine… » read more
Live from the Syrian refugee Crisis, Day 4: Jordan
August 26, 2013
The fourth of a six-part daily series by Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council on the reality for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. At the reception centre in Zaatari refugee camp today I met some new arrivals from Syria. They made the dangerous trip to escape the violence and find… » read more
The third of a six-part daily series by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of NRC, on the reality for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. Reposted from http://marhabablog.nrc.no/. I have arrived in Lebanon where NRC has been active since 2006. This country is currently host to over 700,000 registered Syrian refugees, several hundred thousand other… » read more
Live from the Syrian refugee crisis: Day 2, Iraq
August 23, 2013
The second of a six-part daily series by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of NRC, on the reality for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. Reposted from http://marhabablog.nrc.no/. The Syria refugee crisis is a truly regional emergency. International attention has concentrated on the vast number of refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, but in the Kurdistan… » read more
Crowdsourcing for Human Dignity
August 22, 2013
Technology plays an even greater role in our daily lives today, than it used to twenty years ago. Nowadays it is inconceivable to live in a modern society without access to internet, a mobile phone or a banking card. The ingenuity of the human mind merged with the determination to strive for excellence to open… » read more
The first of a six-part daily series by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of NRC, on the reality for Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. Reposted from http://marhabablog.nrc.no/. Over the next five days I will visit NRC operations in Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan, where my colleagues are working hard to provide shelter, water, education and protection… » read more
Greenpeace’s Colonialist Ambitions
August 19, 2013
Whether it is from campaigns in the Philippines against Golden Rice as a solution for Vitamin A Deficiency, which kills hundreds of thousands of children per year, or spreading a culture of activist civil disobedience in non-Western societies, Greenpeace has been spending millions in developing countries to impress its anti-progress, anti-development message on locals a… » read more
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Development Policy, English, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking |
Deforestation and extreme weather are factors that exacerbate food insecurity in Haiti. Building people’s resilience to these hazards is a key part of WFP’s programme in Haiti. Thanks to funding from the European Commission, over 25.000 people are taking part in this ‘cash for work’ programme aimed at preventing soil erosion. Through such programmes Haitians… » read more
Much has been made of the apparent acquisition of large areas of land mainly in Africa, but also in Asia and South America by rich, but land-poor countries as well as international investors, in order to grow food and biofuel crops. According to the headlines, vast tracts of land have been gobbled up at peppercorn… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, Development Policy, Energy, English, Sustainable Dev. |
Why Africa doesn’t need EU anti-ILUC legislation
July 23, 2013
The European Parliament’s somewhat frenzied concern about the possible indirect land use change (ILUC) resulting from EU biofuel policies is a splendid example of the phenomenon of unintended consequences. While acting on the basis of some pretty questionable science, the MEPs are constructing a new form of protectionism which is likely to damage the interests… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, Development Policy, English, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
How The EU Supports Food Assistance In Darfur – VIDEO
July 19, 2013
Ten years after the outbreak of violence in Darfur, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) is providing vital support to WFP’s work helping families escape hunger. Food distributions to people forced from their homes and nutritional assistance to mothers and young children are just a few ways that support makes an impact. For more… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, Development Policy, English, Global Europe |
Crisis-hit North is rethinking development cooperation
July 17, 2013
By Dagfinn Høybråten As economies grow in The South, countries hit by financial crisis in The North, including European countries, are rethinking their strategies for development cooperation. Rather than merely cutting back on their official development assistance (ODA) or retreating to programmes that merely serve their self-interest, donor countries should renew their thinking as well… » read more
The current review of the European Investment Bank’s mandate for lending outside of the EU brings some of the pitfalls of the bank’s development lending to the fore and offers a chance for improvements. by Xavier Sol, cross-posted from the Counter Balance blog “The European Investment Bank is not a development bank, it is an… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Development Policy, English, Global Europe |
Hundreds of thousands Brazilian citizens have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest against high public transport fares, publicly financed football stadiums, inadequate investments in education and health and, last not least, rampant corruption. High transport fares have been the detonator of these unprecedented demonstrations in one of the most successful emerging countries;… » read more
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Development Policy, English, Global Europe, Sustainable Dev., Transport |
Little impact of EU aid for Egypt – Ongoing abuses and Brussels scrutiny puts EBRD’s best laid plans in question
June 24, 2013
How is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development able to justify a brand new host country agreement with Egypt, given the abuses still being endured in Egypt and the failure of one billion euros of EU money to improve the economic and human rights situation there? by Anne-Sophie Simpere, cross-posted from the Bankwatch blog… » read more
By Natalia Alonso, Head of Oxfam’s EU Office Oxfam’s Penny Lawrence asked us to picture Isutu, a mother of five in Mali with elderly relatives at home and a husband in search of work. She has survived famine and fears she may soon be forced from her land by conflict, yet also struggles to feed… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Development Policy, English, Global Europe |
Nutrition for Growth
June 7, 2013
As leaders of the G8 nations prepare to meet in London for their annual summit, a high-level meeting on Nutrition will be co-hosted by the UK, the Government of Brazil and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. This summit, which kicks-off on Saturday 8th, will bring together business leaders, scientists, governments and civil society to make… » read more
Ending Institutional Care for Children in Europe
June 6, 2013
Children need the type of nurturing and love that a family gives to develop to their full potential. This loving, nurturing environment is a proven biological necessity, essential for brain development. Without it, children suffer serious delays in their development. Guest post by : Dr Delia Pop, Director of Programmes at Hope and Homes for… » read more