Author : ID4D (multi-author)
Date : October 22, 2009
This year, the 4th edition of the European Development Days (EDD) will be held in Stockholm from the 22nd to the 24th of October. Co-organized by the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency of the European Union, this forum brings together development actors from around the world: 4 000 people are expected, as well as 1 500 organizations active in development, and delegates from 125 countries. The European Development Days provide unprecedented opportunities for sharing ideas and launching innovative partnerships through frank and sometimes controversial debates on pressing issues, such as governance, poverty and environmental sustainability. In this framework the authors of the blog “Ideas for Development” invite you to discuss and debate around the themes of this year:
- Democracy and development Jean-Michel Severino - Development Aid and Good Governance (video)
- Adapting to climate change Copenhagen: Best Of ID4D Contributions on Climate Change
- Global recession – no countries left behind Supachai Panitchpakdi - Fixing Global Finance
Discover what our members came to write on the blog in Stockholm:
Dr Pachauri blogging:
President Kaberuka interviewed by the press on our stand:
President Kaberuka blogging:
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Date : November 5, 2009 08:12
Social disharmony; not the root causes of progress
People can not blame the World vulgar envy and can not be too indulgent; freedom, in the same community must do a more responsibility; obligations, there must be a system of forced unstable people, democracy; freedom of opinion; standards of ideology and culture; wisdom and technology is important , to tolerance, the strong must help the weak. But one can not be over-dependence, excessive need help in providing a helping hand sometimes pay attention to education; to improve the weak minds; knowledge and providing a more stable substance. people who trust each other; Help ; fair; a noble idea that everyone understands the principle of things and people, need to have a standard educational technology, Einstein; the wisdom of Lincoln and some other celebrities, and their view of society is worth learning. pursuit of material; spirit; fighting; work; conditions, the principle factors that need to understood, over-the pursuit of comfort would be harmful. But need some free lifestyle, in order to enable some people to play a dynamic and effective promotion of social thought; system; technology. Today, Jin The society is not some people trying to create. American society thought; system is most suitable for instability, and this is our inevitable choice, nobody will want to choose oppression; violence; selfish; unsympathetic society. the basic urge of conscience We choose the former. selfish; indifference; discrimination would be harmful and create disharmony are social factors.
Society as a whole need to have love and tolerance, human beings are a good way to education, continuing ideological education, knowledge, education, essential to carry out the activities of some love, institutional will make people become used to it. A people-centered education and some social organizations constraints, big government, education and a strong constraint, even some ordinary off the small company education; mutual help are doing a good, strong noble team, big government, big society can be done. vision of social organization; big government sustainability; institutional standards of the people some of the ideas; system and knowledge of education, daily or weekly period of time, each person must be a thorough education, some bad people would like parasites; bacteria to make next people are infected, the regular assessment, plus a number of reward and punishment. This is compared with some spending money on law and order; anti-corruption; distribution of material; mediation to prevent social conflicts; Shanghao to prevent potential danger, I believe that the environment and conditions caused by things that cause people role, there is no natural bad things bad people.
It is generally of low quality, no good sense; selfish; pursuit of material desires; nepotism; a clique. Democracy will only serve the practical needs of people representing the majority of the interests and democratic elections in rural areas; Township to promote the value of this approach was welcomed by the masses generally supported the civil vigorously promote education for democracy, people understand the nature of democracy, I believe that No one will go against the interests effectively with their own, plus to control, in the present system is feasible, vulnerable groups, justice approach. There are many parts of the township elections to recommend by general acclaim, that is, on-site election, to conduct lectures and questions and answers, to be chosen after what action to complete what goals, do something, qualified people who can run, there is no adverse phenomenon, These need to be fair; and fair election committee, who need some impartial supervision. In my village, my town to see the election bribery, canvassing candidates care relationship, a ticket to give voters a few hundred yuan to 100 yuan, so that elected officials, not too strange, and some candidates even surgery or a gun, I Chengguan Yuanzhong Chang village in Hunan Province Hengdong County saw for himself. Sadly, the masses of voters are willing to accept the people's most basic moral thought is too far behind, and this is harmful and sinful behavior, no wonder so many corrupt officials, the exploitation of too many; violence, too much; crimes are also more than can be read from these into people generally low quality, no good sense; selfish; pursuit of material desires; nepotism; a clique. Even the election but nobody can bribe; representative at the village level, town level, such substances as a basis of the election by the people, how things for people, not too strange. These are the product of the phenomenon of social misfits, I have said repeatedly that people in the community with like Yushuiguanxi, but also a man's basic obligation - of conscience, at least love, it is envisaged there is no love between people, what is violence; oppression ; do not a free society, who do not want and hope that citizens of the world unite to promote harmony and social progress, we have seen some bad phenomenon, in his heart will feel a strong sense of unease shameful. Do not help each other unfriendly social environment we have to believe that creation made man's role, there is no inherently bad people, social scientific thinking people need to vigorously promote education, to eliminate the negative thinking of some backward, so that these become our common ideals, can not be something to do with them calmly pull. But now society can not lack the necessary managers; technical persons, it is necessary to a certain gap between the material distribution, necessary for the community to improve people's thinking further improvement, the improvement of various systems.
Date : November 1, 2009 12:04
To all participants of this event .
We feel the climate change badly impact to our life .In this time STORM after STORM - we are very worry .
Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are in floods after raining.
Because the trees are destroyed in the forest - floods and water in river is high . Water out from city can't find the way to go to the sea .
Mosquito born and dengue now in Hanoi and some provinces .Special in Ho Chi Minh city.Other epidemic will came because the environment is duty and dank climate .
The epidemic A/H1N1 is expanding .Now they STOP to do TEST for every patient . The TEST is carry only for some in one epidemic community .
Vietnam import 1.500.000 doses vaccine A/H1 N1.It will be use for pregnants womens, health care workers working for A /H1 N1 prevention and patients suffer from Chronic diseases .
This is not happy to see what happen around me : worry after worry
Date : October 22, 2009 14:59
I agree with Dr Pachauri about the importance of these development days and in particular the interconnected themes of development and climate change. Both the financial crisis and global warming will have lasting effects on Africa, even though Africa’s own contribution to these crises has been marginal.
It is vital that in the search for a global solution Africa’s voice should be heard and Africa’s interests are taken into account. Any lasting solution must be inclusive. To give but one example, virtually the only contribution Africa makes to global warming, and that is less than 4% of the total, is through changes in land use. Therefore it is in our common interest that we preserve Africa’s lakes and forests. We must find ways to use these resources sustainably whilst allowing the communities who depend on them to continue to earn a livelihood. Additional financial resources will be needed, and not at the cost of existing development commitments. I therefore have very high expectations of the Copenhagen summit especially in the area of adaptation and the REDD Programmes. To this effect, as some of you may well know, the Bank houses the Congo River Basin initiative which I hope can receive additional support in Copenhagen to insure our preservation of this common carbon sink and permit sustainable livelihood for millions of people who live in this basin.
Date : October 22, 2009 11:54
It is heartening that the European Commission has in partnership with the Swedish Presidency of the European Union organised the European Development Days in Stockholm this year. The discussion on this occasion covers extremely important issues that are critical to the welfare of human society including the serious challenge of climate change. It is essential that in fifty days when the next COP takes place in Copenhagen, the world takes adequate action for preventing the serious impacts of climate change, which would fall disproportionately on the world’s poorest societies. It is also essential that the developed countries set an example of sustainable development and mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases. It is only through timely and adequate action that we can ensure a sustainable and safe future for our children and grandchildren. In this context I also salute President Sarkozy for having commissioned a landmark effort to redefine the measure of GDP, which clearly distorts our understanding and assessment of human welfare. The world has to move on a different path and adopt a new pattern of sustainable development, at the core of which would be efforts to carry out appropriate adaptation and mitigation in the field of climate change.
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