On January 17th, Jeffrey Sachs, head of the UN Millennium Project,
published the report "Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to achive the
Milliennium Development Goals". The Millennium Project is an independant
advisory body to Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. In it 265
development experts have worked together to develop strategies on how to reach
the MDGs. The report includes 10 key recommendations on how to achieve them.
- overview (97-pages, pdf, 1.2 MB)
press release by
RUNIC (Regional United Nations Information Center for Western Europe)
- English (pdf, 270 kB)
- German (pdf, 120 kB)
- French (pdf, 250 kB)
- Italian (pdf, 130 kB)
Nelson Mandela welcomes the idea of a Marshall Plan for Africa as brought
up by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. Despite his
retirement, he held a speach in support of the Make Poverty History campaign in
London on February 3rd, 2005.
- article in English
- article in German
A study conducted by the WEF's (World Economic Forum) Global Corporation
Citizenship Initiative shows that 9 out of 10 surveyed CEOs feel that
partnership between business, government and civil society must play a role in
addressing todays key development challenges.
- WEF press release (pdf, 60 kB)
This is the motto of the World Economic Forum's 2005 Annual Meeting. On the
opening day, January 26th, world leaders focused on "tough issuses" facing the
world today. They identified peace, poverty, political stability, trade
liberalization and climate change as the biggest challenges. The speeches held
throughout the meeting reflect that these issuses are on top of the agenda in
the areas of politics and business alike.
Jacques Chirac, President of
France, pointed out that the participation of the corporate sector was 'crucial'
in order to battle poverty. He called for more financial resources to be
allocated to common challenges and proposed a voluntary tax for raising them.
- Speech by Jacques Chirac
Britain's Prime Minister Tony
Blair outlined his commitment to the double challenge of poverty in Africa and
climate change as president of the upcoming G8 Summit. While the challenge of
Africa is universally acknowledged, he said, the danger of climate change is
still being debated.
- Speech by Tony Blair
German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder urged rich nations to grant developing countries better market access
and to eliminate agricultural subsidies, punitive excise duties and protective
clauses. He agreed with a proposal of the United Kindom to increase the funding
required to meet the Millennium Developement Goals through the creation of an
International Finance Facility, something he said Germany is prepared to support
during the United Kingdom's Presidency of the G8 Summit. He, moreover, supported
taxation on cross-border speculative finacial transactions, as proposed by
French President Jacques Chirac at the Annual Meeting.
- Speech (in German) by Gerhard Schroeder
"Five years ago, 189 countries and their leaders made solemn promises to
solve global problems such as poverty and hunger, human rights and environmental
protection. But the release of the second Annual Report 2005 by the World
Economic Forum's Global Governance Initiative makes shockingly clear, that the
leaders are breaking their promises. The world remains far off track to achieve
its most important goals. Although the responsibility of achieving global goals
rests primarily with governments, the report argues that the goals cannot be
reached without the active participation of the private sector." (Source: www.weforum.org)
- Annual Report 2005 (pdf, 800 kB)
- Executive Summary (pdf, 70 kB)
"If the European Union says let's get on with achieving the goals, there's
a real chance for a reponse from the rest of the world," Jeffrey Sachs, director
of the United Nations Millennium Project told IPS (Jan. 18).
Read the whole
article.
"The fight against poverty and the achivement of the Millennium Development
Goals are on top of its [the EU's] political agenda for 2005 and the years to
come."
Europa Newsletter No. 49 (published by the European
Commission)
19 high-profile activists, among them two Nobel Price laureats, produced a
consensus for the World Social Foum asking other participants to sign it. It is,
however, not an official document and is a devination from the forum's
horizontal and open-space concept. The signatories' demands include debt
cancellation, adoption of a Tobin tax on financial transfers, dismantling of tax
havens, the promotion of equitable forms of trade, the implementation of
anti-discrimination policies against minorities and females, and democratisation
of international organisations.
The first signatories to the Manifesto
include Aminata Traoré, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Eduardo Galeano, José Saramago,
François Houtart, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Armand Mattelart, Roberto Savio,
Riccardo Petrella, Ignacio Ramonet, Bernard Cassen, Samir Amin, Atilio Boron,
Samuel Ruiz Walden Bello, Immanuel Wallerstein.
- manifesto in French (pdf, 50 kB)
- manifesto in Spanish (pdf, 50 kB)
The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) was launched on January
27th at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The worldwide alliance
of hundreds of organisations is the biggest ever global mobilization to hold
governments accountable for the promises they made to eradicate poverty. At the
forum, Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expressed his solidarity
and support for the global call.
- more
information
15.02.2005
14:00, Berlin
"Politik der Vernunft. Der Marshallplan
als Denkanstoß für die heutige Zeit"
Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der
Berlinale
Veranstalter: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- Weitere Informationen
19.02.2005
10:00 - 17:00
Was können wir Augsburger Bürger tun, um eine ausgewogene und gerechte Welt
zu erreichen?
Open Space Workshop mit Vortrag von Prof. DDr. Franz Josef
Radermacher, Club of Rome
Veranstalter: WJ, ASU/BJU, AIESEC, Lokale Agenda 21,
Interquality Service AG
- Weitere Informationen (pdf, 230 kB)
10.03.2005
19:30, Innsbruck
Kaiser-Leopold-Saal der Universität, Karl Rahner Platz
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Global Marshall Plan - Ein Programm für die Zukunft? Vortrag mit
anschließender Diskussion.
Veranstalter: Welthaus Innsbruck, Grüne
Bildungswerkstatt Tirol, Haus der Begegnung, Südwind Tirol, Theologische
Fakultät Innsbruck
- Weitere Informationen (pdf, 25 kB)
11.03.2005
9:00
bis 13:00 Uhr, Innsbruck
Auf dem Weg zur Globalen Gerechtigkeit - Europa als
Vorreiter eines Globalen Marshall Plans. Seminar.
Veranstalter:Welthaus
Innsbruck, Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Tirol, Haus der Begegnung, Südwind Tirol,
Theologische Fakultät Innsbruck
- Weitere Informationen (pdf, 25 kB)
Articles in German
Sonnenseite, 16.01.2005
"Gebt ihnen Fischernetze, keine Fische"
Franz Alt
Welt am Sonntag, 09.01.2005
"Wir erleben
die erste globalisierte Hilfsaktion"
Der Bestsellerautor Franz Alt über
die Entwicklungspolitik nach der Flut
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