Mois : avril 2009

the latest manoeuvres of the new oligopolies and what they mean

Oligopolies have been around as long as commerce has. The term denotes a situation where there are few sellers for a product or service. The members of an oligopoly change the nature of a free market.  While they can’t dictate price and availability like a monopoly can, they often turn into friendly competitors, since it is in all the members’ interest to maintain a stable market and profitable prices … (full text Defining the new oligopoly).

Homepage;
Basic principles of oligopolies (with 18 subcategories); Oligopsonies; Oligonomy defined; Competition matrix;
Topic Index;
Company profiles;
About Wal-Mart;
Pseudo-variety (in the beer market);
Contact: Steve Hannaford’s e-mail.

About: This site is an attempt to make sense of the business pages in the newspaper, particularly the stories about mergers and acquisitions. I am developing a theory about how and why big companies keep growing bigger, and some of the dynamics behind their moves.  Continuer la lecture de « Oligopoly Watch »

Linked with DARE briefs European Parliament on EDC/HRE.

The Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe (DARE) Network was officially launched on 28 June 2003 in Antwerp (Antwerp Declaration on Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe).
The network currently consists of 44 members from 28 countries in Europe ( how to become a member of DARE). DARE publishes the regular eDARE newsletter, reports and other publications … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
News – on the DARE-blog;
Publications;
The EU-project;
Become a DARE-member;
Addresses: Chair: Ingrid Halbritter, Kromolj 86, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina;
DARE Project Office Berlin: Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten, Mühlendamm 3, 10178 Berlin, Germany;
Contact.

About 2/2: …  Goals: WHY DARE? – DARE is a Europe-wide network of NGOs and other organisations devoted to raise the profile of Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE), promote transcultural and transnational cooperation, and enhance the quality of education within these fields.  Continuer la lecture de « Democracy and Human-Rights Education in Europe DARE »

DONO is a functional NGO based in Khujand, Tajikistan, and registered as an LLC (limited liability company) at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2007.

Linked with DONO – About us, and with О нас.

Internationally` DONO communicates in Russian and English, but its domestic language is Tajik, a sister language of Farsi written in Cyrillic script.

[added April 16: The name of our organization in Tajik is: Маркази интеллектуали ва таълими «Доно» (written in Cyrillic), and Markazi intellectuali va ta’limi “Dono” (written in latin letters)].

The name DONO has been derived from a famous verse of the great epic Shahnameh composed by Ferdowsi in late 10th century. The verse is:

• Tavana buvad har kih dono buvad
• Ze danish dile  pir borna buvad

The verse is in praise of ‘knowledge’ and its meaning is as this:

• One who has knowledge is a powerful person
• An old heart becomes youthful with knowledge

Our Activity: As the verse explains, the crux of our activity is dissemination of knowledge. DONO is supplements to formal education.

DONO has received two blogs on our blog-construction. You find their own presentation in English and in Russian:

• AEHRF’s Central-Asian blog in Russian;
• AEHRF’s Central-Asian Blog in English.

A warm welcome to DONO and to their further publications, to participate in a worldwide activity creating consciousness for human rights, health, justice in economy and law, education and for overall development of  humanity to lead a life of quality and dignity.

Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign

Mission Statement: The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is committed to unite the poor across color lines as the leadership base for a broad movement to abolish poverty. We work to accomplish this through advancing economic human rights as named in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such as the rights to food, housing, health, education, communication and a living wage job … (full text).

Homepage;
Actions; Members; Press; Blog;
Address: Sabathani Community Center, 310 East 38th St Room # 126, Minneapolis, MN 55409, USA;
Contact.

About: … The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is building a movement that unites the poor across color lines. Poverty afflicts Americans of all colors. Daily more and more of us are downsized and impoverished. We share a common interest in uniting against the prevailing conditions and around our vision of a society where we all have the right to health care, housing, living wage jobs, and access to quality primary, secondary, and higher education. Continuer la lecture de « Economic Human Rights.org »

Application deadline: 15 May 2009 – Call for Applicants, 7th International Human Rights Academy will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 until 31 October 2009.

The International Human Rights Academy is a Human Rights course of two weeks, organized every year in South Africa or in Europe under the auspices of six reputable universities from The Netherlands, Belgium, The Republic of South Africa and the United States of America.

The 7th International Human Rights Academy will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 until 31 October 2009. The various intensive courses that make up the Academy are designed to provide high quality legal education in comparative international Human Rights and in Humanitarian Law, with an emphasis on the practical aspects in various fields.

Only a limited number of applicants will be selected to participate in the 2009 Academy. The content of the course presupposes a fair existing knowledge of human rights, and participants must be at a graduate or professional level. The working language of the course is English, and candidates applying for the course are expected to be able to converse fully in the English language.

Participants of the course usually include:

• Academics
• Staff of international, regional and national non-governmental organizations
• Judges, lawyers and other legal practioners
• Post graduate students

More Information about the Academy and the application form can be found on this website. If you have any questions, feel free to send an email to the IHRA secretariat.

Links:

This event is also named: on Friedrich Naumann Stiftung; on wcl.american.edu; on HURIdics; on The University of the Western Cape online.

• CHRI’s mandate is to promote awareness of and adherence to the Harare Principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognised human rights instruments and declarations made by the Commonwealth Heads of Governments as well as domestic instruments supporting human rights in the Commonwealth.
• CHRI believes that the promotion and protection of human rights is the responsibility of governments but that the active participation of civil society acting in concert is vital to ensuring rule of law and the realisation of human rights. (Mandate).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Citizens for Police Reform, Right to Information, Police reforms, Prison reforms, Human Rights advocacy;
Reports to CHOGM; What’s new; Publications; Archives; CHRI in the news;
Programmes; Governing Bodies; Job Opportunities; Links;
Addresses – CHRI New Delhi Office: B-117, Second Floor, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi – 110 017, INDIA;
Contact.

About: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, international non-governmental organisation, mandated to ensure the practical realisation of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth.  Continuer la lecture de « Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative CHRI »

(also in french)

• Our mission: Equitas works for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs;
• our vision: Our innovative programs equip organizations and the communities they serve to build a global culture of human rights:
• our values: … (full text /mission).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Overview our programs; our Vision of Human Rights Education; Volunteer; Newsletter; Links;
Address: Equitas, 666 Sherbrooke West, Suite 1100, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1E7;
Contact.

About: Equitas was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in 1967 by a group of leading Canadian scholars, jurists and human rights advocates with a mandate to advance democracy, human development, peace and social justice through educational programs.  Continuer la lecture de « International Centre for Human Rights Education equitas »

Linked with Understanding and Addressing the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers.

Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users. We have prepared an introductory guide to forced migration for visitors who are new to the subject … (full text Homepage).

Sitemap; Regional resources; Thematic resources; Events;
working papers; Journals; Blog; Discussions; Podcast; Videos; Photos;
FAQ; Donate; Feedback;
Address: Forced Migration Online FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK;
Contact.

About: Forced Migration Online – An Introduction And Overview. For more information about Forced Migration Online’s audience see our user survey results.

Continuer la lecture de « Forced Migration Online FMO »

mainly in russian – but also in german

Knowledge — Is that invaluable capital, riches, which under any conditions will be your property and will help to become the Man and the Person.

The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute was founded on September, 23, 1994. Then it was the Humanitarian-Economic NonState Institute renamed in IHEI in 2000. For ten years of its activity the institute has prepared more than three and a half thousand specialists in seven specialties: « Economy and management at the enterprise », « Finance and credit », « Book keeping, analysis and audit », « International relations », « Law », « History and a foreign language », « Psychology » … (english homepage 1/2).

Photos;
Address: Mayakovskogo Street 129 А, Minsk 220028, Belarus;
map (in Minsk, in russian);
Contact: tel/fax: (+375-17) 221-17-27, e-mail.

English homepage 2/2:
The founder and the General director of International Humanitarian-Economic Institute is Alexander Nikolaevich Alpeev who has devoted all life to education and bringing up of youth. Today he is a good scientist and the organizer of science, a doctor of political sciences, professor, an academician and an honorable doctor of the International Personnel Academy and International Academy of Psychological Sciences, is awarded with the International gold medal « For Merits in Education ».  Continuer la lecture de « The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute IHEI »

ODI is Britain’s leading independent think thank on international development and humanitarian issues

Homepage;
Programmes; Resources; Events; Events bookings; Themes;
Media; Audio, video, podcasts; Updates and ODI news feeds;
Staff; Stucture and management; Fellowship; Jobs; Humanitarian Policy Group;
Address and map: Overseas Development Institute ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD, UK;
Contact.

About: ODI is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries..

exploring informal education, lifelong learning and social action

Linked with learning theory – What is learning?

Homepage;
mark k. smith (edits the homepage); main index;
informal education within a formal setting; ideas; thinkers; practice;
events; debate; archives; extras; write for us; Writing style/guidelines; feedback;
Address: infed.or, 39 Monnow Road, Bermondsey, London, SE1 5RP, England;
Contact.

About: a space to explor – Our aim is to provide a space for people to explore the theory and practice of informal education, social action and lifelong learning. We want to encourage educators and animateurs to develop ways of working and being that foster association, conversation and relationship.  Continuer la lecture de « the encyclopedia of informal education – infed.org »

Linked with Real Girl Power in Tanzania.

In 1976 Habitat for Humanity was founded with the sole aim of tackling poverty housing on a global scale. Thirty two years later we are working in over 90 countries around the world and have built 300,000 homes in partnership with people in need of safe, decent housing … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Global housing needs; Habitat houses; Build me a home (an interactive game); Disaster reconstruction;
Advocacy; Annual review 2007-2008; Download the full review, 12 pdf pages;
Newsletter; Support; Frequently asked questions; Homeowner stories; Volunteer stories;
Address: Habitat for Humanity Great Britain, 46 West Bar Street, Banbury OX16 9RZ, England;
Contact.

About 2/2 … Our vision and values:

Homeowner family from the Dominican RepublicEvery morning one third of the world’s population – that’s two billion people – will wake up in appalling poverty … squalid, spirit-crushing poverty. Most were born into those conditions and many will die in them … too many will die as a consequence of them. Continuer la lecture de « Habitat for Humanity UK »

Linked with Consultation on education for sustainable development.

The current research agenda is to examine all the significant dimensions of sustainable development in order to integrate the resulting multi-dimensional knowledge and make it available in a form suitable for use sustainable development groups. Click here for a list of the dimensions already examined and under consideration. The issues on the « sustainable development paradox » will be incremental attempts at knowledge integration … (full text Research Agenda).

Homepage;
News; Archive; Please email your papers to the SSNV Editor; Logo;
The Google Groups website (for Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence); Search-tools;
Knowledge Taxonomy and Links Database; Free subscription; Free downloads;
Contact /feedback.

Mission Statement: There is overwhelming evidence that violence is the main obstacle to sustainable development. It is also well known that there is an intrinsic link between patriarchy and violence. Therefore, mitigating violence requires overcoming the patriarchal mindset in both secular and religious institutions.
Continuer la lecture de « The E-Journal of Solidarity, Sustainability, and Nonviolence »

enabling e-inclusion

• humanITy is a not-for-profit Consultancy, Registered as a UK Charity (1059921), which works on a commercial basis with Government, Major Corporations, the Research Sector and Civil Society, using our surplus time to provide a free service to e-inclusion implementors.
• We exist to serve all those who experience a difficulty in accessing, processing and creating digital content.
• All resources not covered by official or commercial confidentiality are published on our website as free resources. (Homepage).

Who we are;
Engage our Services;
Articles and Papers;
Address: humanITy, 108 High Street, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 9PX, United Kingdom;
Contact.

What We Do: humanITy exists to serve all those who experience a difficulty in accessing, processing and creating digital content.
Continuer la lecture de « humanITy »

of the University of Oxford

Linked with Policy Foresight and Global Catastrophic Risks, and with Probing the Improbable: Methodological Challenges for Risks with Low Probabilities and High Stakes.

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) is a unique multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. FHI belongs to the Faculty of Philosophy and the James Martin 21st Century School. (About).

Research; Staff; Excellence; Get involved;
Recent Publications; Press; Multimedia; Archive News; Events;
Address: The Future of Humanity Institute FHI, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Suite 8, Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbe’s Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT, England;
Contact.

Mission: FHI’s mission is to bring excellent scholarship to bear on big-picture questions for humanity. Our work centres on how anticipated technological developments may affect the human condition in fundamental ways‒-and how we can better understand, evaluate, and respond to radical change. We currently pursue four interlinked research programs:  Continuer la lecture de « Future of Humanity Institute FHI »