Post-2015 Development Agenda: Targeting Poverty through Sustainable Peace
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/109240604″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Mugo Mugo Conflict Researcher and Co-Founder of African Media Initiative on Development (AMID-Africa). Masters of Arts Student of Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at Innsbruck University March 2014. Holder of Masters Degree in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies from UN’s-Mandated University for Peace (2012). e-mail: […]
Democracy, Sustainability and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Ashish Kothari Founder-member, Kalpavriksh e-mail: chikikothari@gmail.com http://radicalecologicaldemocracy.wordpress.com / www.iccaconsortium.org Abstract: In the context of the ongoing review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and their possible replacement by a new framework in 2015, it is important to highlight the issues of democracy, ecologically sustainability and socio-economic equity as being central to such a framework. This article puts forth ideas […]
‘Post-2015 Development Agenda’: Invest in Refugee Education to Expand Human Capacity
David Dickson Executive Director-Kenya at International Council for Education ddicksonsolidarityhouse@gmail.com . An analysis of the Programme of Action of the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) leads one to conclude that it is difficult to assess the […]
Tending to the Whole Person: Healthcare Chaplaincy and the United Nations Millennium Goals 2015
Rabbi D’vorah Rose Founder, director at Integrating Spirituality with Healthcare Practice. email: DLRose@rabbidvorahrose.com / web: http://rabbidvorahrose.com/ Abstract: Healthcare chaplaincy is a young field. The study of the impact of spirituality and religiosity upon health status is also a newer field. This essay examines in broad strokes what healthcare chaplaincy currently offers, reviews some of the current spiritual […]
Towards a Culture of Peace and Sustainable Development Drawing From A Philippine Experience. By Cecile Guidote-Alvarez.
CECILE GUIDOTE-ALVAREZ UNESCO Artist for Peace, 2003 / UNESCO DREAM Center 2011 President, International Theatre Institute’s Cultural Identity and Development Committee Delivered October 16, 2012 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris All of us here in Paris: Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions for Sports in this historic gathering are committed to help carry out the […]
African Centre for Community and Development in Cameroon
Arrey Mbongaya Ivo Founder and Director of African Centre for Community and Development. e-mail: ivoemmanuelarrey@yahoo.com web: www.africancentreforcommunity.com Abstract: This article explores my key areas of work as the Director of African Centre for Community and Development which is involved in diverse humanitarian and development devices towards poverty alleviation, education, sustainability and the empowerment […]
PLUGGING BUSINESS INTO THE GLOBAL AGENDA: THE PLATFORM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT
PJ Marshall Founder and Executive Director, Restore the Earth Foundation pjm@restoretheearth.org www.restoretheearth.org . ABSTRACT: Restore the Earth Foundation, Inc. (REF) is a social investment partner for corporations that value the Earth’s natural resources. Founded in 2010, we are a global nongovernmental organization that deploys landscape-scale ecosystem restoration projects and measures and reports the impact. Our exclusive […]
International Youth Day 2015 – Youth Civic Engagement
Ms. Akke M. Draijer-de Jong is initiator and co-founder of the Foundation Kebon Sepatu Indonesia-Netherlands. She leads a team of experts in the field of Educational Projects in Indonesia and is the liaison officer and spokesperson for the Team of Directors in the Netherlands. amdraijerdejong@yahoo.com – http://www.socialpsychology.org/member/draijer-de-jong . . Abstract: The International Youth Day 2015 […]
Youthful – The Mindful Natural Way for Each Life
Rashmi Chandran Natural Health and Environmental Research rashmichandran@gmail.com / http://drrashminaturallife.blogspot.in . Abstract: Youthful is a blessing for any life. The beauty of youthful is its own innocence to live naturally connected with nature, to grow up with maturity, and to embody our mutual care and share. Youthful works its level best at all ages […]
2015 UNESCO Literacy Prizes go to organizations in Chile, Madagascar, Mozambique, Slovakia and Sri Lanka
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has named this year’s laureates of UNESCO’s International Literacy Prizes: Associação Progresso in Mozambique and Sri Lanka’s National Institute of Education will receive the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize, while Madagascar’s Platform of Associations in Charge of ASAMA and Post-ASAMA will receive theUNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy alongside Juan Luis Vives School of Valparaiso in […]
