Catégorie : Project, Partnership, good work

the central address for a fairer globalization – a publication of the carnegie council

Linked with National Labour and Economic Development Institute NALEDI, and with Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU.

Global Policy Innovations Program: Over the last decade, the development engine appears to have stalled in some regions. Many of the world’s poorest countries are experiencing falling growth rates, rising unemployment, and environmental degradation. Many in the developing world have come to view free trade and financial liberalization not as pathways to prosperity, but as tools of exploitation … (about/Program 1/2).

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Ideas; Innovators; Submissions; Board; Staff; Internships; Events; Support us;
Address: Global Policy Innovations, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 170 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065-7478, USA;
Contact.

About/Program 2/2: … A growing body of innovative scholarship offers promising strategies for sustainable development and a fairer globalization. Yet, these proposals have not been disseminated in a coordinated fashion. Continuer la lecture de « Policy Innovations »

a national campaign to protect older americans from abuse

Linked with Our Elders Are Suffering in silence, and with National Council on Aging NCOA.

Elder abuse includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect, and abandonment.  Perpetrators include children, other family members, and spouses – as well as staff at nursing homes and assisted living and other facilities … (full text about us).

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Watch videos; Host a screening; Take action; 5 thing you can do; Blog; Share a story;
Address and Contact, as a Campaign of  the National Council on Aging: NCOA, 1901 L Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036, USA.

About the Campaign: To heighten the visibility of elder abuse and to give elders and advocates a voice in affecting policy change, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and WITNESS partnered with the Elder Justice coalition to create Elder Justice Now early in 2009. Continuer la lecture de « Elder Justice Now »

Linked with Robert Cox on World Orders.

• About Theory Talks: is an interactive forum for discussion of debates in International Relations with an emphasis on the underlying theoretical issues. By frequently inviting cutting-edge specialists in the field to elucidate their work and to explain current developments both in IR theory and real-world politics, Theory Talks aims to offer both scholars and students a comprehensive view of the field and its most important protagonists.
• We invite you to react and leave any kind of comment, question or suggestion – the invitees frequently respond to comments and welcome any contribution to ongoing debate. Learn how you can participate on the page ‘You Talk!’. (in right column of any page).

Homepage;
You Talk; All Talks (37 until today): links in the right column of any page;
Address: Theory Talks, Peer Schouten, Institutionen för globala studier, Konstepidemins Vag 2D, Box 700, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden;
Contact.

About me: Peer Schouten (1983) is a PhD candidate in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. Continuer la lecture de « Theory Talks »

OneResponse is a collaborative inter-agency website designed to enhance humanitarian coordination within the cluster approach, and support the predictable exchange of information in emergencies at the country level. The website will support Clusters and OCHA fulfill their information management responsibilities as per existing IASC guidance … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Countries; Disasters; Global Clusters, specially Global Nutrition Cluster; Coordination; Resources;
Contact at the United Nations: Patrick Gordon, or Delphine Pastorel.

About 2/2: … Key characteristics of the site include:  Continuer la lecture de « One response »

This website has only one long page, full of links.

The page is maintained by the Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment, located at Université Libre de Bruxelles.
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• Description: A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases;
• keywords: sustainable development, index, environment, development, resources, internet, world wide web, sites, WWW, durable, sustainability, Virtual Library, ecological economics. (Last update: 29 July 2009).
• … (a full long page of links).