Tutti i temi: Governo

30.09.2007 PAHELI (People’s Audit of Health, Education and Livelihoods) takes MDGs to the local level so that ordinary residents can understand how far they have fared on their social goals. This exercise has been carried out by the NGO Pratham with support from UNDP and UNICEF in 11 of the poorest districts in India.

29.09.2007 The southern state of Karnataka in India has set up E-Halli centres – an e-governance initiative to provide important information and services in rural areas. The centres will operate from the panchayat premises and will charge a small annual fee.

29.09.2007 India’s first Local Area Portal (LAP) on a parliamentary constituency has been launched by Digital Empowerment Foundation. The idea is to make all data – social, cultural, historical – available to its citizens, including announcements from the local MPs and MLAs. The LAP project plans to represent every electorate cluster in the country.

28.09.2007 The recent decision by Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to grant citizenship to three million people who have no official identity has been hailed by the UN Refugee Agency as a ‘major breakthrough.’

27.09.2007 The recently concluded Manthan Awards 2007 brought together India’s E-content stakeholders from across the ICT arena, government, civil society, NGOs and industry to discuss the role of e-content for development to empower rural India. The high-profile event was held from September 21- 22 at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.

26.09.2007 Mauritius on kärkisijalla Mo Ibrahim -säätiön uudessa hyvä hallinto -indeksissä. Perässä luokituksessa tulevat Seychellit, Botswana, Kap Verde ja Etelä-Afrikka. Huonoimman luokituksen sai Somalia.

26.09.2007 The community radio movement in Bangladesh has received a boost as the government set up a high level committee to review the draft broadcasting policy. This has been the result of a strategic campaign by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) and other civil society groups.

25.09.2007 The IMF has backed away from a formal involvement in Bangladesh’s economic policies following protest from civil society groups and a High Court rule on why the government shouldn’t be asked to stop deal with the multilateral lending agency.

22.09.2007 For the first time in history, activists, academicians, policy analysts and project affected communities congregated at the Jawarharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on the 21st of September 2007, to conduct a four day comprehensive analysis of the World Bank and its impact on people in India.

17.09.2007 India’s first attempt to introduce social security and other welfare schemes for workers in the unorganised sector, which constitutes an overwhelming majority of the country’s workforce, has received Cabinet approval. But it will have to wait until the winter session of Parliament to be passed into law.

16.09.2007 NEW YORK, Sep 14 (OneWorld) - A forceful campaign launched by an international humanitarian organization is likely to bring a positive change in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people living in Bangladesh who are not protected by the laws of any government.

14.09.2007 PROVIDENCE, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Observers of the situation in Iraq lashed out at the Bush administration Thursday ahead of the president's prime time address to the nation.

12.09.2007 NEW YORK, Sep 11 (OneWorld) - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the United States' two closest allies in its so-called "war on terror," violated international law this week when a key political opposition leader was forcibly flown out of one country and into to the other, a leading human rights watchdog has charged.

07.09.2007 The Indian Ocean tsunami has led to a marked improvement in mental health services in Sri Lanka, says Dr Shekhar Saxena of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

06.09.2007 The Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Bill that has been mired in controversy, following trade union protests on the grounds that it was inadequate, is likely to be cleared by the Indian cabinet. The Bill is likely to incorporate some but not all concerns of the trade unions.

05.09.2007 SYDNEY, Sep 5 (IPS) - As 21 world leaders representing 3 billion people prepare to meet at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend, civil society groups are calling for an instant end to poverty and the war in Iraq and immediate action on climate change.

05.09.2007 In a bid to enlist the cooperation of the local population in saving the endangered Asiatic lion, the Gujarat government has initiated a reward scheme for information on poachers and poaching activities in the Gir wildlife sanctuary, the last refuge of the endangered Asiatic lion.

03.09.2007 A partnership between MTN Business and State Information Technology Agency of South Africa will offer secure mobile and network solutions to government departments. One of the foremost challenges facing government has been to increase the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into the country’s rapidly expanding economy.

03.09.2007 A cholera outbreak has hit parts of Orissa, India in the wake of massive flooding, following South Asia's worst monsoon season in living memory. Local sources have told ActionAid that nearly 250 people have died in Koraput, Rayagada and Kalahadi, more than double the official death toll of 115.

01.09.2007 NEW YORK, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It is one of the most affluent countries in the world, but sill millions of people in the United States find it very difficult to put a nice meal on their dinner table.