COP 21: LDC Watch reactions to the 9 December draft text
декабря 11, 2015 22:00 - no comments yet
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Azeb Girmai, climate lead LDC Watch (from Ethiopia) said: having studied the sections relating to finance, we find throughout the text that the new emphasis is to reduce the previous certainty that developed countries should provide financial support to developing countries.
For example, in Article 4 Adaptation (sub-article.12) the text has changed from indicating that developed countries shall provide support to developing countries, to simply stating that developing countries need support. This is a move from the principles of the Climate Convention that developed countries’ had a historical responsibility to provide finance to developing countries (LDCs and Africa). This new theme, which discounts developed countries’ responsibility runs through the document.
64% of municipal markets in Barcelona to be ecological
декабря 11, 2015 15:33 - no comments yetBarcelona Municipality is promoting food sovereignty policies in order to ensure the right to food. In a recent international food policy summit held in Milan (Italy), the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau announced a willingness to join the international pact Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, whereby 110 cities around the world have committed to defend a healthier and responsible food system, and to strengthen the role of municipalities and regional authorities in the sustainable development of these systems. From this perspective, the administration’s goal during its next three and a half years in office is to transform 25 of the … Continue reading →
The Hotel Bauen definitely for workers
декабря 11, 2015 15:05 - no comments yetThe Argentine Congress approved on 26 November the expropriation of Hotel Bauen and its ownership by the worker cooperative Buenos Aires Una Empresa Nacional (Bauen), which regroups 130 workers that recovered and managed the hotel since 2003, after its owners went out of business following the 2001 crisis. According to Deputy Carlos Heller, the promoter of the resolution, “since the workers took over the management of the abandoned hotel, the Bauen has become a space for popular organizations of different kinds, without discrimination. The hotel is emblematic in Argentina because of its illustrious past and because of this reconversion. Today, … Continue reading →
Charla Economía Solidaria en Castellón
декабря 11, 2015 13:27 - no comments yet CategoríasEl 15 de diciembre a las 17:00 horas estaremos en Castellón (Casa de los Caracoles, c/ Mayor 78) hablando de economía solidaria. Queremos hacer de esta conferencia un punto de encuentro de los actores del territorio de la plana que trabajan en este ámbito para conocernos, coordinarnos y construir una alternativa a la economía capitalista actual.
Fóruns de Economia Solidária do PR e RJ renovam suas Coordenações
ноября 16, 2015 18:39 - no comments yet
Por Secretaria-Executiva do FBES

O Fórum de Cooperativismo Popular (RJ) e o Fórum Paranaense de Economia Solidária renovaram suas coordenações para o triênio 2015-2018. Segundo o Estatuto da Coordenação Nacional do FBES, agora as representações sofrem troca a cada 03 anos. Pelo Rio de Janeiro assume a Elza Santiago (Bordadeiras da Coroa), Luiz Antunes (Cooperativa ABC) e Rosimery Gomes Faces do Brasil. Pelo Paraná, temos agora a Keiko Rosana Sato (EES), Vanessa Silveira - (EES) e Marcos José Ferreira - EAF - Curitiba.