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:  zephyr Posted On:  May 25, 2008	Martí’s Immortal Ideas
Reflections of Fidel: JUST a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me the text of a report from Gallup, the well-known U.S. opinion pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural lack of confidence given the lying and hypocritical information usually used against our...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Apr 26, 2008	Agent Kolar, Bush’s new hope for destabilizing Cuba
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD —Granma International staff writer— • CAUGHT up in a series of scandals that erased what little credibility it had on the Cuba issue, the Bush administration, which until now trusted that its Cuban-American mercenaries would succeed in destabilizing the country, has...... [view]

Posted By:  manpo2k Posted On:  Jan 29, 2008	TakingitLocal
I saw something like this sometime ago this site but I dont actually know what has been done about it. I have this TIG awareness Summit in mind for Akwa Ibom youths. Much of our youths down here dont know about TIG and its programmes. Working in partnership with other organizations will be...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Dec 19, 2007	The Story of Stuff
Here’s something that got me thinking: The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the...... [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 22, 2007	My heart’s with Ethan
Ethan Zuckerman remains my No. 1 favourite blogger of all times, and given how much I struggle to update GlobaLab at least 2-3 times a week, while trying to work and retain a decent social life, I am in awe at his amazing prolificacy. A quick browse at his last few entries would be...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 17, 2007	Enterprising answers to development
A few good sources exploring the themes of social entrepreneurship and microcredit. Beyond Good Intentions reproduces an article from the International Trade Forum on innovative approaches to reduce poverty through trade, which are bringing business, NGOs, government and aid agencies...... [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:  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]