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Documentation of the Dialogue Forum “No longer ‚one size fits all‘ in ending poverty? The MDGs and the Post-2015 Agenda from a Human Rights Perspective” with Mwangi Waituru
In this presentation, Mwangi Waituru criticizes the MDGs for their “one size fits all” approach to development and their focus on donor countries’ priorities at the expense of recipient countries. Mwangi Waituru further gives an overview of the current discussions on the SDGs, arguing for a legally binding post-2015 agenda based on a human rights…
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Diskussionsveranstaltung von Brot für die Welt über „Deutschlands Rolle im Super-Entwicklungsjahr 2015“
In der Reihe „Im Dialog“ zum Thema: „Deutschlands Rolle im Super-Entwicklungsjahr 2015 – Vorreiter, Ideengeber, Mitläufer oder Bremser?“ wird beleuchtet, worum es auf den vier großen bevorstehenden Gipfeltreffen geht: G7-Gipfel in Elmau, Weltkonferenz zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung in Addis Abeba, UN-Gipfel zur Verabschiedung der neuen Post-2015-Entwicklungsagenda in New York und Weltklimakonferenz in Paris. Wie können Blockaden überwunden…
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Konferenz von dem Forum Umwelt und Entwiclung & Brot für die Welt: Der Privatsektor und „Partnerschaften“ im Post-2015-Prozess. Eine Agenda für wen?
Private Akteure bringen sich zunehmend in internationale Debatten der Entwicklungs- und globalen Nachhaltigkeitspolitik ein. Dies gilt auch für die Erarbeitung einer globalen Agenda nachhaltiger Entwicklung für die Zeit nach 2015. Gleichzeitig setzen politische Akteure auf internationaler wie auf nationaler Ebene zur Lösung globaler Entwicklungs- und Umweltprobleme zunehmend auf „Partnerschaften“, in denen die Privatwirtschaft eine zentrale…
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Council of the European Union: Conclusions on a transformative post-2015 agenda. December 16, 2014
The Council of the European Union published its "Conclusions on a transformative post-2015 agenda" in December 2014, calling on the European Commission to find ways to support and put into practice the transformative development agenda laid out by the Open Working Group (OWG) in their proposal for the Sustainable Development Goals and the Secretary General…
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Chika Ezeanya’s lecture on “Post-2015: Creating a Pathway for Africa’s Advancement? Political visions from an African perspective” – presentation and additional information
In this presentation, Dr. Chika Ezeanya examines the MGDs’ shortcomings one year before their phasing out and presents her vision for the post-2015 development agenda for Africa. She argues for a sustainable development grounded in indigenous knowledge and local resources while refusing to let Africa’s development depend exclusively on external financial aid. nread the full…
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Wir haben TTIP und CETA satt! Großdemonstration am 17.01.2015, 12 Uhr am Potsdamer Platz
Großdemonstration am 17. Januar in Berlin gegen die Handels- und Investitionsabkommen CETA und TTIP unter dem Motto “Wir haben es satt!".nMit Abkommen wie TTIP, die das bestehende globale Handels- und Wirtschaftssystem verfestigen, kann es niemals einen Dialog und eine Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe geben, wie sie die aktuell diskutierten Sustainable Development Goals versprechen! Agrar-, Wirtschafts-, Rohstoff-…
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Videointerview with Dr. Ibrahima Hathie: “Is the current consensus on the post-2015 agenda favourable to Africa?”
In this interview, Dr. Ibrahima Hathie presents what the post-2015 development agenda and the suggestions recently presented by the intergovernmental Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) mean for African countries. He points to how crucial the Common African Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (CAP) is in this respect. In addition, he analyses…
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AfricAvenir Windhoek setting the scene for the cinema season 2015
AfricAvenir Windhoek is busy setting up the screening schedule for 2015, bringing once again high quality cinema from Africa to Namibian audiences. The year will start with a Big Bang, as AfricAvenir opens its “African Perspectives” series in 2015 on 31. January 2015, at the Goethe-Centre Windhoek, with the Namibian Premiere of “Toussaint Louverture”, directed…
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Kwame Opoku: Wilful Dispersal of Disputed Cultural Objects as Different Strategy: British Museum’s Defiant Tactics
The new strategy of the British Museum, writes cultural commentators Kwame Opoku, may in the short run bring cash to Bloomsbury but in the long term will damage its reputation and complicate its relations with other institutions and governments. Those who have followed the discussions on restitution of cultural artefacts in the last few years…
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On Thomas Sankara’s 65th Birthday: „Your Ideas Live On“
Today, the 21st of december 2014, Sankara would have turned 65 years old. For this reason, the Balai Citoyen has invited for a ceremony on the cemetery in Dagnoen, where his remains are assumed to rest (an investigation about the real whereabouts of his body, which has been claimed for years, is pending, if we…