Full coverage: Development

21.01.2008 Panos South Asia invites media and communication practitioners in South Asia for a workshop on online radio broadcasting from March 17-21, 2008 at Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop will provide hands-on training in digital technologies, audio and content streaming and online material distribution to global audiences.

21.01.2008 Musibah yang terjadi dan merusak lahan-lahan tanaman serta dikhawatirkan akan mengancam ketahanan stok pangan ternyata tidak terjadi pada stok pangan organik. Pengadaan beras dan bahan baku pangan organik lainnya malah berada di tingkat aman dengan harga yang stabil, bahkan mampu melakukan subsidi.

21.01.2008 Opini bahwa industri tambang berkontribusi besar terhadap kemajuan pembangunan ekonomi hanyalah rekaan World Bank dan IMF saja. Fakta memperlihatkan bahwa kawasan yang bergantung pada tambang selalu mengalami penurunan ekonomi disusul tingginya angka pengangguran.

21.01.2008 Sumber-sumber energi alternatif penting untuk dikembangkan untuk ketahanan energi di masa datang, juga sebagai upaya mengatasi perubahan iklim dan dampak kemiskinan yang menyertainya. Benarkah energi alternatif seperti biofuel mampu mengentaskan kemiskinan?

21.01.2008 Mega proyek Pembukaan Lahan Gambut (PLG) di Kalimantan telah berlangsung sejak tahun 1996. Selama itu, proyek ini telah menghancurkan semua kawasan gambut seluas lebih dari satu juta hektar. Jelas masyarakat lokallah yang menuai dampaknya. Namun, dengan kearifan lokal mereka mampu memulihkan kembali semangat untuk bangkit bersama.

20.01.2008 Si è concluso ieri a La Paz l’incontro internazionale organizzato dal Caoi (Coordinamento andino di organizzazioni indigene) che ha visto la partecipazione delle organizzazioni indigene proveniente da tutti i paesi latinoamericani, per discutere di costituzioni e stato plurinazionali. L'associazione 'A Sud' ha assistito alle giornate di lavoro assieme ad altre organizzazioni sociali internazionali. L’incontro si è concluso con la formulazione della “Dichiarazione di La Paz” e segnalando tra l’altro l’importanza del "Vertice dei Popoli" che si terrà a Lima nel maggio prossimo, durante il quale i capi di stato europei incontreranno quelli latinoamericani per discutere dei trattati commerciali che l’Europa vuole imporre all’America Latina e che vengono contestati da tutti i movimenti sociali del continente.

18.01.2008 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, invites applications for a five-day refresher workshop from February 12-16 on how to use the environment to eradicate poverty in rural India. By drawing lessons from village experiences, the workshop aims to devise a framework for sustainable villages.

18.01.2008 Aparat kepolisian kembali mengarahkan moncong senapannya ke masyarakat sipil. Kali ini yang menjadi korbannya adalah seorang pengamen di Madiun. Apakah ini bertanda doktrin supremasi sipil mulai mendapat perlawanan dari orang-orang bersenjata?

18.01.2008 Bandar Lampung terancam menjadi daerah yang rawan bencana. Pasalnya, hutan mangrove di kawasan itu semakin hancur dari waktu ke waktu. Kini hanya tinggal 2 hektar hutan mangrove di sana.

18.01.2008 Alih-alih memperbaiki kualitas lingkungan hidup, Pemerintah pusat justru berencana membangun jalan tol Bekasi-Cawang-Kampung Melayu (Becakayu). Padahal, pembangunan jalan tol jelas akan merangsang penggunaan kendaraan pribadi sehingga memperparah kemacetan lalu-lintas dan polusi udara.

17.01.2008 La proposta di riforma della cooperazione non va "oltre il semplice dato economico", non prevede meccanismi e prassi innovative, non garantisce l'autonomia del Fondo unico dal ministero dell'Economia. E' il commento dell'Associazione Ong italiane all'ultimo testo sulla proposta di riforma della Cooperazione italiana depositato il 5 dicembre al Senato dal Comitato ristretto della commissione Esteri. "In vista delle audizioni sul testo di riforma" - riporta una nota dell'Associazione che raggruppa 163 organizzazioni non overnative, "possiamo notare la distanza del testo in discussione dalle richieste e dai principi da noi avanzati" in un documento già presentato lo scorso ottobre che riportava gli elementi fondamentali che devono caratterizzare le attività di cooperazione allo sviluppo.

17.01.2008 ICT experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted new guidelines on combating cyber crime in the sub-region

17.01.2008 After realising that while significant efforts were made by the government of Uganda and the Non government organisations (NGOs) to disseminate information on a range of issues to promote sustainable development for all, a lot still needs to be done. Most of this information particularly relating to womenÂ’sÂ’ economic empowerment is not readily accessible

17.01.2008 Unless something fairly radical happens in the next 12-18 months, the development of mobile content revenues on the continent will be shaped by the “hand-me-down” attitudes and technologies of others.

17.01.2008 Video Volunteers and local NGOs are helping rural communities in India voice their issues to a global audience. Locally relevant video produced by community video units, are empowering people to lead, change and take action.

17.01.2008 In wake of Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis and demands by various activist groups, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has announced doubling its humanitarian aid to £18 million over the next three years. Around one-third of the country's poor survive on less than US$ 1 a day.

17.01.2008 Iklan bukan lagi hanya menjadi media untuk menjual barang dan jasa. Saat ini iklan di media massa bisa menjadi media baru bagi korporasi untuk melakukan penyesatan informasi atas berbagai kasus yang melilitnya. Hal itu nampak dari iklan tentang lumpur Lapindo di harian KOMPAS (16/1).

17.01.2008 Aktivis mahasiswa 1998, yang umumnya aktif berdemo di masa reformasi, menolak imbauan elite politik untuk memaafkan Soeharto. Menurut mereka, imbauan para elite politik itu telah menjungkirbalikkan logika.

16.01.2008 Several organisations from South Asia are opposing the Asian Development BankÂ’s revision of safeguard policies on environment and resettlement of indigenous people. The Peoples Forum Against the ADB has called for a boycott of the ongoing consultation and held a demonstration outside the venue in New Delhi.

16.01.2008 'If ICTs are to provide equitable distribution of wealth of knowledge, they must also support the languages and cultures of our global society,' the Global Knowledge Partnership, an international network that promotes ICT use for development, said in an international conference it hosted recently in Malaysia