Modernising European Development Policy
Date : January 5, 2012
The links between development and democracy are a core topic in current discussions on European Union (EU) development cooperation, particularly since the “Arab Spring” events.
During the panel “Modernising European Development Policy”, which was held on 16 December at the EDDs in Warsaw, speakers and the public debated the long-term strategies that the EU should adopt to promote development worldwide and to reinforce democratic governance.
How to prevent another famine in the Horn of Africa: the role of the EU in building resilience
Date : January 2, 2012
In 2011, the Horn of Africa, which includes Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti, experienced its worst famine in 60 years, which triggered a serious humanitarian crisis. Almost 13.3 million people are still suffering from the consequences of the drought. The worst affected regions are northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia and south-central Somalia. Although the UN has now downgraded the crisis in southern Somalia from famine to “emergency” status, 250 000 people are still at risk of dying of hunger, and the UN communiqué states that “tens of thousands of people have died since April” in Somalia.
Democracy 3.0: what strategies to adopt for media development?
Date : December 30, 2011
The massive use of communication tools (Twitter, Facebook, mobile phones, etc.) helped give the revolts in Arab countries a suddenness and importance which took the whole world by surprise. It also gave the people a voice, free from censorship, and allowed them to share their demands, which were closely linked to freedom and dignity, at the international level.
How to share experiences of transformations: from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the Arab Spring
Date : December 28, 2011
The 2011 popular uprisings in Northern African and Middle East countries constitute a major geopolitical event of the 21st century which may be compared to the 1989 revolutions in Eastern European countries and, going back further into history, to the 1848 “People’s Spring”. A few months ago, the Italian Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, compared the “Arab Spring” to the fall of the Berlin Wall, “This is a new 1989”, he said in front of the media.
7/12 14H30 | Interview with a Cameroonian Entrepreneur: Célestin Tawamba
Date : December 7, 2010
Célestin Tawamba is Cameroonian businessman. Following his success in agribusiness, he is now working at establishing Cinpharm, a company manufacturing generic medicines in Makepe, a suburb of Doula – the only one of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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