Full Coverage: International cooperation
February 2007
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24.02.2007
Five years after the Sri Lankan government signed a Norway-brokered ceasefire agreement (CFA) with Tamil separatist rebels, all actors are now agreed that the document now remains solely on paper.
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23.02.2007
Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development (DFID) Suma Chakrabarti tells The Financial Express in an interview that a political consensus is building on in the UK over committing its Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment of 0.7% of its GNP. Read on for more.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] [United Kingdom] [Development] [Aid] [International cooperation] |
23.02.2007
The Left parties and experts demanded the scrapping of the Mashelkar committee report on patents, and asked the Government to reject any proposal from its members to rewrite the "plagiarised" and "pro-multinational corporation" paper.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [MDGs] [Development] [International cooperation] [Trade] [Human rights] |
23.02.2007
Kehitysyhteistyön määrärahoja on tulevina vuosina nostettava 11 prosentin vuosivauhtia, mikäli OECD-maat aikovat täyttää avun lisäämiselle annetut sitoumukset. Järjestö peräänkuuluttaa avun keskittämistä kaikkein köyhimpiin maihin.
Story linkFrom: global.finland Related topics/regions: [International cooperation] [Politics] Image: © GlobalGiving
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22.02.2007
According to a World Health Organisation survey, many Indian families, whose inability to access or afford water, sanitation and nutritious food has made them more prone to ill-health, have been pushed below the poverty line by the rising cost of healthcare
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22.02.2007
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)'s climate coordinator in the South Pacific says that a recent United Nations report on climate change has "underestimated" the threat to millions of people in the region from sea-level rise.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Development] [International cooperation] [Environment] [Climate change] [MDGs] Image: ABB poster on taking action on climate change © Peter Armstrong
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21.02.2007
El presidente de Argentina, Néstor Kirchner, llega este martes a Venezuela, en una visita oficial de 24 horas para suscribir, con su par Hugo Chávez, distintos acuerdos en materia energética y agropecuaria
Story linkFrom: Diario CoLatino Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Governance] Image: Kirchner e Chavez - da Selvas.org
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20.02.2007
Timot na GPKT (Gnjilane, Presevo, Kumanovo, Trgoviste Cross-Border cooperation) finansiran od East West Institute (EWI) go objavuva tretiot povik za podnesuvanje na predlog proekti za GPTK prekugranicni mikrograntvi, koj ima za cel da go pottikne razvojot na prekugranicni i multietnicki partnerstva pomedju NVO-ta i da ja poddrzi izgradbata na kapacitetite na gragjanskoto opstestvo za implementacija na prekugranicnite aktivnosti.
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20.02.2007
For the third time in less than a year, terrorists have attempted to derail the peace process between India and Pakistan. Handing them a victory is the last thing we should do.Mr Siddharth Varadarajan. express this view in Hindu.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Development] [International cooperation] [Human rights] [Governance] [Justice and crime] [Conflict] [MDGs] Image: Train © New Internationalist
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20.02.2007
Vietnam on valittu yhdeksi YK-reformin kokeilumaaksi. Tavoitteena on luoda maassa oleville YK-järjestöille yhteinen toimintasuunnitelma ja budjetti, yhdistää hallinnollisia palveluja ja koota järjestöt yhteisiin tiloihin. Uudistuksella karsitaan byrokratiaa, järjestöjen päällekkäisiä toimintoja ja keskinäistä kilpailua.
Story linkFrom: global.finland Related topics/regions: [South East Asia] [Vietnam] [International cooperation] [United Nations] Image: Catching Helix, Vietnam © Thanh Sang Tran/UNEP
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19.02.2007
The East West Institute announces public competition for grants under its GPKT Project (Gnjilane, Presevo, Kumanovo, Trgoviste Cross-Border cooperation). The deadline for application expires on March 15, 2007.
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19.02.2007
Some of the biggest brands in electronics industries and their suppliers are contaminating rivers and underground wells with a wide range of hazardous chemicals, according to a Greenpeace survey
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16.02.2007
The federal cabinet to increase public-private investment in the education sector from the current level of 2.6 per cent of GDP to four per cent is a good step.However, approval of this decision comes with several qualifiers.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [MDGs] [Development] [Children] [Education] [International cooperation] |
14.02.2007
Perussuomalaisia lukuunottamatta eduskuntavaaleihin osallistuvat puolueet kannattavat kehitysyhteistyömäärärahojen nostamista ja köyhiä maita syrjivien maatalouden vientitukien poistamista, ilmeni tiistaina Kepan, Ulkopoliittisen instituutin ja YK-liiton vaalipaneelissa. Maailman kauppajärjestön WTO:n neuvotteluissa Suomi on ollut tähän asti yksi vastahakoisimmista EU-maista sitoutumaan maataloustukien poistoon.
Story linkFrom: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus, Suomen YK-liitto Related topics/regions: [Finland] [International cooperation] |
14.02.2007
Mere expansion of the Indian economy will not address the issues relating to the plight of the Indian child who continues to suffer from under-nourishment, anaemia and lack of basic schooling facilities, Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen said.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Development] [Capacity building] [Children] [Education] [International cooperation] [MDGs] Image: prof sen
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13.02.2007
Kaksi katolista kehitysyhteistyöjärjestöjen verkostoa, Caritas ja CIDSE, kutsuvat katolisen kirkon jäseniä liittymään "Make aid work. The World can't wait" -kampanjaan. Kampanjalla muistutetaan G8:n johtajia lupauksista lisätä ja parantaa kehitysapua ja muuta köyhille maille suunnattua tukea.
Story linkFrom: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus Related topics/regions: [International cooperation] [Economy] Image: © OneWorld US
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12.02.2007
Mladi liberali Evrope (LYMEC) sprovešće u Beogradu, 13. februara uličnu akciju s ciljem ukidanja viznih režima u Evropi i za slobodno kretanje ljudi.
Story linkFrom: Radio B92 Related topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [International cooperation] [Activism] [Geopolitics] |
12.02.2007
Perheväkivalta on vaiettu asia Perussa. Andien vuoristossa sijaitsevassa Mirafloresin kylässä asuva Benedicta mursi hiljaisuuden. Tämän vuoden Yhteisvastuukeräyksen dokumentti kertoo Benedictasta ja hänen taistelustaan.
Story linkFrom: Kirkon Ulkomaanapu Related topics/regions: [Peru] [International cooperation] [Gender] |
12.02.2007
Faced with energetic and widespread popular protests against special economic zones, India has decided to go slow on this particular model of industrialisation based on creating export-oriented tax-free enclaves.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Development] [International cooperation] [Poverty] [Economy] [Human rights] [MDGs] |
12.02.2007
Kirkon Ulkomaanapu ja Suomen Lähetysseura kampanjoivat kehitysyhteistyömäärärahojen nostamiseksi 0,7 prosenttiin bruttokansantulosta ja tavoitteen kirjaamisesta uuden hallituksen ohjelmaan. Järjestöjen johtajat, Antti Pentikäinen ja Seppo Rissanen, pyytävät yhteisessä kirjeessään seurakuntia tukemaan kampanjaa ja järjestämään aiheesta julkisia keskustelutilaisuuksia kansanedustajaehdokkaiden kanssa.
Story linkFrom: Kirkon Ulkomaanapu, Suomen Lähetysseura Related topics/regions: [Finland] [International cooperation] |
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