Full coverage: Development

29.04.2005 Kofi Annan nimitti tiistaina Mark Malloch Brownin seuraajaksi Turkin entisen valtiovarainministerin Kemal Dervisin Turkkilainen kansanedustaja Kamal Dervis (56) on toiminut aikaisemmin Maailmanpankin Lähi-idän ja Itä-Afrikan aluejohtajana. Taloustieteilijänä tunnettu Dervis päihitti Norjan kehitysyhteistyöministerin Hilde Frafjord Johnsonin niukasti viimeisellä haastattelukierroksella.

28.04.2005 The April 19 conference of NEPAD, the partnership of African countries working to improve governance and encourage foreign aid and investment, was poorly attended and did not release key reports as promised. Professor John Stremlau of South Africa's University of Witwatersrand counsels patience, however, noting that several African states are making positive strides on the path to greater accountability.

28.04.2005 Atlanta high schoolers joined more than 2 million of their peers around the world this week lobbying to hold lawmakers accountable for their promises on education for the world's children. In 2000, 189 world leaders promised to get all kids into school by 2015 and make sure that as many girls were in school as boys by 2005. So far, they're falling short.

28.04.2005 Giulio Tremonti, il “nuovo” ministro dell’ambiente propone di fare cassa con la vendita delle spiagge italiane. La proposta ha fatto indignare le organizzazioni ambientaliste italiane. Il Wwf sostiene la proposta della regione Sardegna pronta a comprare le proprie spiagge per metterle sotto tutela. A questa proposta si aggiunge quella del ministro Miccichè che propone per il Sud sale da gioco d’azzardo. “Un’idea di sviluppo suicida perché è la qualità che premia il turismo e porta soldi all’Italia, non le colate di cemento in riva al mare” commenta Legambiente. Per Alfredo Somoza dell’Icei, questa visione ci vede concorrenti di Tunisia, Marocco, Turchia o Egitto. Ma la domanda turistica è indirizzata sempre più alla ricerca di qualità soprattutto ambientale" dichiara Walter Ganapini di Greenpeace che propone la rinaturalizzazione delle aree costiere, fino a ricostituirne le cortine di dune.

27.04.2005 Despite the criticism aimed at many water privatisation schemes across Africa, Senegal has provided a successful model of a public/private partnership in water management. Senegalaise des Eaux, a subsidiary of the French firm Saur, the fourth largest water company in the world, has contributed in reconstructing Dakar's ailing water system, with the government claiming that the city's needs are met until 2015.

27.04.2005 Toronto, Canada: Think that a computer card game, e-cards, and online blogs can help end global poverty? TakingITGlobal (TIG) does. In partnership with the United Nations Millennium Campaign, TIG aims to empower young people to add their voices to the global fight against poverty, and campaign for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in their local community.

27.04.2005 A partnership between the International Youth Foundation and the Nokia Corporation--famous for their cell phones--has helped equip disadvantaged young people in 20 countries with skills so they may contribute to their communities.

26.04.2005 RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 26 (IPS) - The Brazilian minister of culture, renowned singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil, has a new passion: the creative industries, which he believes can play a key role in boosting the economies of developing countries.

26.04.2005 E’ stato presentato a Trento il portale OneWorld South East Europe, che nasce dall'esperienza di Unimondo, sito internet realizzato a Trento e divenuto in breve tra le principali fonti di informazione indipendente e pluralistica sui diritti umani e lo sviluppo sostenibile in Italia. OneWorld South East Europe è il primo portale multilingue della società civile nei Balcani, con le sue edizioni in lingua serbo-croata, albanese, macedone e inglese. Alla presentazione hanno partecipato anche Giorgio Dossi, presidente di Unimondo; e Fabrizio Franchi, presidente dell’Ordine dei giornalisti del Trentino Alto Adige.

26.04.2005 Britain's Gordon Brown has been named 2005's recipient of the Commitment to Development Award, presented every year to an individual or organization from the rich world that has made a siginificant contribution to changing attitudes and policies towards the developing world.

25.04.2005 Komisijata za odrzliv razvoj pri Obedinetite nacii, ON go prezentirase izvestajot za mladite i Mileniumskite razvojni celi, MRC, (Millenium Development Goals, MDC). Izvestajot e podgotven od strana na megunaroden tim na mladinski eksperti i im nudi preporaki na stranskite i nacionalnite institucii za involviranje na mladinata vo implementacijata na Mileniumskite razvojni celi, MRC.

25.04.2005 The UN Commission for Sustainable Development presented the report on youth and the MDGs. The Report was prepared by an international team of youth experts and it offers recommendations to foreign and national institutions to involved the youth in the implementation of the Millenium Development Goals.

22.04.2005 Ministria e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit, në një takim me donatorë, prezantoi sot politikat zhvillimore për vitin 2005, që kanë të bëjnë më integrimin e minoriteteve në vend. Buxheti prej 15 për qind që ka ndarë ministria nuk është i mjaftueshëm në krahasim me kërkesat që ka marrë deri tash kjo ministri.

22.04.2005 Initiatives like the "Africa Season" of programmes to be broadcast by the BBC this summer could be scheduled much more often under proposals in the Green Paper for the future of the BBC. More public support is needed however to ensure that the newly elected government does not tinker with the detail.

21.04.2005 On your next vacation, use the World Wide Fund for Nature's tip sheet to help you be an environmentally savvy traveller and ensure that your trip benefits the people and places that you visit without harming the environment.

21.04.2005 Chile's National Environment Commission and the United Nations are collaborating to develop the Chilean Trail eco-tourism project. At its completion in 2010, the 8,000 km trail--which will promote environmental protection and bring revenue and jobs into its communities--will be one of the longest pathways in the world for hiking or tours on bicycle or horseback.

21.04.2005 Domani, 22 aprile 2005 a Roma, presso la Sala Promoteca del Campidoglio, Eveline Herfkens, Coordinatrice mondiale della Campagna delle Nazioni Unite "No excuse 2015" per gli otto obiettivi di sviluppo del millennio, e Marie-Louise Correa, presidente del Comitato Mondiale dello Scoutismo Wosm (Organizzazione Mondiale dello Scoutismo) firmeranno un Memorandum d'intesa (Mou) che avvierà una partnership per creare una migliore sinergia tra le strategie educative e la mobilitazione dei giovani per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi del Millennio.

21.04.2005 The public relations success of the Make Poverty History campaign runs the ironic risk of creating supporters who can respond only to shallow messages of the mainstream media - comforted by ephemeral slogans and untroubled with learning about the underlying issues. A crucial opportunity for stimulating activism beyond 2005 may have been missed, argues the Director of the Development Education Association.

21.04.2005 Make Poverty History on maailmanlaajuinen verkosto, jonka tavoitteena on tehdä vuodesta 2005 köyhyyden vastaisen kampanjan läpimurtovuosi ja pakottaa päättäjät elämään lupaustensa mukaisesti. Sen symboli on valkoinen nauha, White band, jota käytetetään erityisesti merkittävien kokousten alle sovittuina nauhapäivinä. Suomessa kampanja starttasi keskiviikkona, ja sitä koordinoi YK-liitto.

20.04.2005 Over the next year, the Christian Science Monitor will follow one Indonesian family that is relying on foreign aid to rebuild, and other that's chosen to go it alone. Check out the first pair of reports.