ADFIAP launches global internship and leadership program
agosto 16, 2017 3:32 - no comments yet
The Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) recently launched the “ADFIAP Global Internship and Leadership Program” (AGILE) designed to broaden the knowledge and exposure of local and international students in development finance. Under ADFIAP’s supervision, the program will provide students with international experience while developing skills and deepening their knowledge […]
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Podcast: What is Universal Basic Income — And How Would it Work?
agosto 16, 2017 1:22 - no comments yetWhat if you were paid just for being alive? Just imagine — you are given a check every month for the rest of your life that's enough to cover all of your basic needs. You wouldn't be driving around in a Ferrari or eating avocado toast every day, but you'd be receiving enough to live relatively comfortably. And there's absolutely nothing you would have to do in order to receive it. How would that change your life? What would you do differently? Close your eyes and just try to picture that for a second.
CUENCA-POR NUESTRO DERECHO A LA CIUDAD
agosto 16, 2017 1:22 - no comments yetEsta Ordenanza establece entre las obligaciones de los productores, la prolija aplicación del Sistema participativo de Garantía SPG y el uso regulado de los espacios públicos destinados por el Gobierno Local para este fin, y por parte del GAD, las garantías necesarias para el ejercicio del comercio justo y el encuentro intercultural entre productores y consumidores responsables.
“Es un derecho de los ciudadanos el hacer uso del suelo urbano de Cuenca, de una manera responsable, solidaria y justa, donde nosotras y nosotros podemos expender nuestra producción agroecológica “ manifestó Elvia Ponce, Vicepresidenta de la Red .
Por su parte el Lcdo. Lauro Pesántez, Concejal del cantón Cuenca, en representación del Señor Alcalde, manifestó “De acuerdo a nuestras competencias, una vez que cumpla con todos los requisitos daremos seguimiento a la propuesta en el análisis, debate y aprobación de la normativa:”
La medicina ancestral:
Las denominadas limpias o sanaciones , práctica que se mantiene cotidianamente en el área andina local , se realiza con diferentes plantas repelentes y aromáticas usadas por taitas y mamas con conocimientos y experiencia ancestral. Complementariamente a las limpias se realizan rituales de homenaje a la pachamama y a los elementos vitales como agua, suelo, fuego, aire
El Proyecto de intercultural de salud ancestral de la Asociación de Yachag “Pumapungo”, también parte ocupa semanalmente un espacio público en el Parque de El Paraíso, realizando sanaciones y difusión de la cultura rural y los saberes ancestrales.
Linking Resilience Thinking and Transformative Change: Taking Development Debates to a New Level
agosto 16, 2017 0:00 - no comments yetThe concept of resilience, and “resilience thinking”, goes beyond understanding resilience as ability to withstand shocks. It has the potential to inspire much more than the palliative interventions to which it seems to be relegated by its latest use in global policy documents, from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the New Urban Agenda. This think piece introduces the concepts of resilience and transformative change, highlights useful links between them, and outlines some of the policy implications of resilience thinking for transformative change.
“Education for All”: A Hollow Pledge for International Migrant Children and Youth in the Global South?
agosto 16, 2017 0:00 - no comments yetThis think piece argues that the commitment and right to quality education for all will ring hollow without serious measures to overcome the access and inclusion barriers that face millions of school-age migrant children and youth. These access and inc...
