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Terra Viva - Accra 2008
GCAP, IPS, TI, Interaction, CIVICUS and Better Aid have partnered to bring you a publication from the Civil Society Organizations parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana.
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Compiled news feed with articles related to poverty and aid effectiveness and the 2008 Forum in Accra, Ghana.
Gordon Brown sent off to Japan with 60,000 wishes for action
UK campaigners have sent Gordon Brown off to the G8 in Japan with strong anti-poverty messages. On 3 July, a Tanabata tree and a 60,000 strong petition were delivered to the Prime Minister’s door.
Impressions from the GCAP Global Council and CIVICUS World Assembly
Glasgow played host to the first GCAP Global Council before the CIVICUS World Assembly, attended by over 20 people from around the world representing the regions and constituency groups that make up this unique global alliance. Among those present were two regional secretariat staff, Tasneem Athar and Chona Ramos – both in Scotland for the first time. During one of the WA breaks they talked about their impressions;
GCAP hands over People's wishes to the Japanese Prime Minister
GCAP Korea representative, Hykungung Kim was one of a group of international NGOs to meet Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda in Tokyo on Wednesday June 18th. She also tied a white and, the symbol of the campaign, around the wrist of the Prime Minister who stood for a photograph beside the campaign symbol, a Tanabata bamboo tree.
Stop the Food Crisis 2008: Mobilising around the world
On June 3-5, world leaders met in Rome to discuss ways to address the current global food crisis. GCAP called for a global day of action on or around June 1, to demand that governments Act Now to End Poverty and Inequality and Stop the Food Crisis.
International Fast for Justice at time of Food Price Crisis
With the unprecedented rise in food prices causing mass hunger around the world, Agricultural Missions, in coalition with churches, agrarian partners and allied organizations in the U.S. and abroad, will be participating in a 3-day Fast in Solidarity with the Famished of the World starting Friday May 23 and ending after dusk on Sunday May 25th. We will be fasting for 3 days corresponding to the 3 billion people now living under $2 per day.
Global Campaign for Education breaks world record for world's biggest ever lesson
7.5 million children, adults, teachers joined politicians in over 100 countries to learn about the importance of everyone having the chance for a quality education
Renegotiate EU trade deals, Oxfam urges poor states
Proposed trade deals between Europe and dozens of its former colonies would expose poor nations to cheap industrial imports and slash their customs revenues, British-based charity Oxfam said.
OECD Development Co-operation Report 2007 shows uneven donor progress in meeting aid commitments
In general the report portrays a picture of uneven progress. Figures for 2006 show a significant correction in relation to 2005 and overall aid volumes for 2007 are expected to continue diminishing as the recent series of debt cancellations reach to an end. Falls in aid volumes in real terms are especially significant in non-EU countries. Worst performers are the United States (-18.2%), Canada (-9.9%), Japan (-9.1%), Finland (-9%), Switzerland (-7.4%) and Austria (-6.9%). Italy shows a fall of -30.6%, but the report comments that it is mainly due to the timing of its contributions to international organisations. Most of these drops can be explained by distorting effect on aid figures exerted by debt cancellations to Nigeria and Iraq .
Global Day of Action in the Philippines
Around 1,000 people marched through downtown Manila as part of the 2008 World Social Forum Global Day of Action.
Mary Robinson speaks to The Guardian
The popular former president of Ireland, recently appointed one of Nelson Mandela's 13 wise "elders", does sometimes slip into a kind of UN human rights-speak that is opaque to the rest of us. But Robinson also has a down-to-earth passion for helping ordinary families - and she has big ideas about the ways in which the current generation of female heads of state can put a new kind of women's leadership into practice.
Grassroots and CSOs to hold workshops for a People’s Protocol on Climate Change
The same time that dignitaries from over 180 countries are convening inside the fully air-conditioned Bali International Convention Center (BICC) to design the Bali roadmap to climate change, people from the grassroots and civil society are also gathering in a forest conservation area to come up with their very own roadmap towards a stable climate.
GCAP partners launched “Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Bangladesh ”
The Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) was launched in Bangladesh with the objective of seeing more women and men living in poverty with vulnerable livelihoods in rural areas realize their right to secure sustainable livelihoods. Nearly 70 non-government, community based organizations have already joined the Campaign, supported by OXFAM-GB, and agreed to address and work on agriculture, climate change and trade policy related issues. Most of the campaigners are members of the People’s Forum on MDGs (PFM), the GCAP Alliance in Bangladesh .
