Month: July 2012

DELGOSEA Final Conference: The Journey Towards Democratic Local Governance Continues

DELGOSEA network is calling for a more permanent dialogue on decentralization and local governance to be established between ASEAN member states and for expanded collaboration with local authorities (LAs), as well as civil society, in a multi-stakeholder approach. The importance of regional cooperation on local governance with the aim of securing better living conditions for …

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Seminar on Women in Contemporary African Society

METROPOLIS Women International Network is pleased to invite participants to the Capacity-building Seminar for Local Elected Female Representatives in Africa. Organised by the city of Abidjan, the seminar will be held from 24 to 28 July in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. This seminar seeks to formally establish the International Network of Local Elected Female Representatives in …

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Rio Plus Nothing

THE  Economic and Political Weekly published their editorial on rio+20 Conference: The 20-year commemoration of the historic Earth Summit produced nothing except more words. Sequels rarely match or surpass the original. Twenty years ago, the ‘;Earth Summit’ – the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 – was …

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