Posted By:  KarstenWe Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	Web 2.0 for Development
Web 2.0 has become a buzz word in recent years when talking, writing, and exchanging about Internet innovation. Free or low-cost interactive Web services designed to enhance online collaboration and sharing information are increasingly available to the public. This new dimension of innovative...... [view]

Posted By:  rustan108 Posted On:  Jul 26, 2008	OECD Civil Society and Ministerial Meeting in Seoul June 16-18,2008 Impressions
I am directing the blog I wrote in the Diplo Foundation IG (Internet Governance) Community blog. The OECD Civil Society Forum and Collective Process was within the framework of The Public Voice. The forum and Ministerial Meeting was held last June 16-18, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. I wrote 3...... [view]

Posted By:  yajitha Posted On:  Jun 12, 2008	Who is afraid of NGOs?
‘The normal types of NGOs—advocacy organizations, service delivery groups, cultural organizations and others—generally contribute to democracy, not threaten it. They do so by pushing for greater accountability and increasing citizen participation. Governments that feel threatened by NGOs...... [view]

Posted By:  Ayoussry Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008	تأشيرة هجرة لعالم أفضل
تعرف أن قدرة القطاع الحكومى و الخاص على التوظيف فى مصر تصل الى حوالى 7% من حجم الشباب المؤهل سنويا للعمل فى مصر ( المصدر تقرير التنمية البشريه 2008) ...ده رقم...... [view]

Posted By:  Ayoussry Posted On:  Dec 27, 2007	قال بقر قال
كان فى نكته كده و كنت بحب أقولها بصراحه زمان و لكن النكته دى خلاص مش هقولها تانى ... النكته بتقول ان صعيدى و سعودى كانوا بيتكلموا فالسعو دى قال انتوا المصريين...... [view]

Posted By:  michelled Posted On:  Dec 18, 2007	The Philippines at the Frontlines of Global Warming
18 December 2007 BALI: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY Statement of Dr. Walden Bello*, President of the Freedom from Debt Coalition The gap between the urgent threat of global warming and the collective will to do something about it has never been greater. The recently concluded Conference on...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Dec 5, 2007	The Economist: missing the point, once again…
The Economist reviews this week Forces for Good , a new book about exceptional NGOs, which according to the weekly are too few and rare to be worthy of the illustrious paper’s attention. The authors, Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, surveyed thousands of (US) nonprofits,...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 14, 2007	Knowledge Politics Quarterly journal launched
With the launch of the first issue of its quarterly journal, Knowledge Politics - the think-tank dedicated to exploring the implications and possibilities of the development of an ‘information society’ - has entered the arena of online academic journals, offering an innovative and...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 8, 2007	A fourth sector?
While we’re still struggling to get the third sector officially recognised in most policy circles (the European Commission, for one, has no Directorate General dealing directly with this ever-expanding sector), there are some who are already envisaging the rise of a fourth one : ...... [view]

Posted By:  Ayoussry Posted On:  Jul 7, 2007	يخرب بيت الجمال
How it all started: I'd been living in London when my world turned upside down and I'd had to come home. By the time my plane landed back in Sydney, all I had left was a carry on bag full of clothes and a world of troubles. No one to welcome me back, no place to call home. I was a...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Sep 18, 2007	nonprofits, teens, and blogs
Below, I am reproducing an extract from a really interesting post on Studio 501c - a blog devoted to exploring ways in which new ICTs can benefit social organisations - on organizations that have sponsored a youth or teen blogging project. Some examples are well known, other new to me and...... [view]