El desarrollo de capacidades tiene una función crucial en el desarrollo de ambientes propicios para los ejercicio de la rendición de cuentas que aseguren una mayor efectividad en la provisión del servicio de agua. La Escuela Virtual y la Red de Integridad del Agua, conscientes de la importancia de la reducción de la corrupción, el aumento de la transparencia y la integridad en el sector del agua, han diseñado un curso de virtual de 10 semanas dirigido a profesionales,…

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By Beverly Bell

May 14, 2012

 

Welcome to Birthing Justice: Women Creating Economic and Social Alternatives. The series features twelve alternative social and economic models which expand the possibilities for justice, equity, and strong community. They are based in the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Some are national-level, some global-level. Some are propelled by people’s movements, some forced or adopted into government policy. In…

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• Brandeis University in Massachusetts is offering a Master’s Program in Coexistence and Conflict with several scholarship opportunities. The program is geared towards professionals.
• The Summer Peacebuilding Institute in Harrisonburg, Virginia is still open for the 2012 year. The institute offers courses in development, humanitarian assistance,…

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Krishnaa Human Initiatives is a Citizen Sector Organization Registered Under The West Bengal Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961 And enlisted with  the NGO Partnership System of Planning Commission, Government of India. 

 

The organization launched Career Upliftment Program for Academics (CUPA). The PROGRAM is available online at the following link:

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Between July 27- 30, 2011, Peace Revolution participated in Ignite Change Now! Global Youth Assembly 2011 at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada.

 

The theme of the conference this year is, “OUR WORLD. OUR WATER.” The program focuses on efforts around the world by various organizations to create sustainability for the environment.

Participants at the GYA 2011 are able to deepen…

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Krishnaa Human Initiatives is happy to announce the launching of Career Upliftment Program for Academics (CUPA) at Kolkata…

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This video by Water for People demonstrates why how matters on this Blog Action Day 2010 for access to clean water. When “solutions” are delivered to disadvantaged people without sufficient thought about how community ownership, maintenance, and long-term access to water and sanitation will occur, here’s what… Continue

I n this blog series I am likening conflict transformation to conflict composting. We have seen that this process of composting is actually taking the dead mater, adding some elements of air and water and finally putting some little critters called microbes into the mix and the result is rich blend that regenerates the soil. I suggested that the dead plant matter we added first might be analogous to the trauma and brokenness that violent conflict leaves in its wake and be seen as an… Continue

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• The New Economics Foundation found that the earth is using up resources faster than ever. The study monitors nature’s capital and concluded that this year the earth was using up its own natural
  
  resources to support itself a full month earlier than in the previous
  
  year.
• August 19th was World Humanitarian Day. The…

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WATER RIOTS IN MANILA: TOO SOON!

Erle Frayne D. Argonza…

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I decided to start a new type of post on a Peace of Conflict reviewing conflict situations in the world on a somewhat weekly basis. I figured, I read this stuff every week anyway-- I might as well share it with readers in condensed form.

Here's some of what's happening in the world of conflict this week:

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• The UN General Assembly voted to recognize the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation in a…

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Some research shows that climate change will worsen water-related challenges and impact the use of water resources. According to the Independent Evaluation Group’s Water and Development study, with continued climate change severe water crises will cover wider geographic areas. This in turn will worsen the existing food shortages, population displacement and localized restrictions on trade in food. It has…

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Dear Members,



Consensus Building in Asia: A Network of Academics and Practitioners (CBAsia) is hosting a workshop on January 28-29, 2010 at the National University of Singapore on Multi-stakeholder Processes and Water Governance in Asia: Lessons and Next Steps. We have a good set of presenters ready to go, but we are looking for a few more to make the workshop a true success.



The purpose of the workshop is aimed at gathering, comparing, and finally… Continue

Water is our lifeblood. Without it, we will die. More than half of our bodies are composed of water. We drink it. We wash in it. We water plants with it. We feed it to our pets. We use it constantly throughout the day. 70% of our planet is covered in it. It’s everywhere, but it’s also limited. “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink”… Only about 2% of all water is fresh, with almost 2% of that fresh water trapped away in the ice caps and glaciers.



We currently are… Continue

Originally written for the Carnegie Council's Policy Innovations site, July 2, 2009 (Creative Commons license)



As the rift has widened between the Chinese government and the Tibetan leadership in exile during the past year, it is high time that innovative strategies be considered for conflict resolution. During a recent visit to the Netherlands, I had an opportunity to interact with the Dalai Lama at a seminar on water security organized by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.… Continue

Forest and wetlands conservation is a controversial topic in most developing countries. On the one hand, there's the desire to utilize forests, lakes and rivers for the purpose of national economic development. These areas are needed to produce food, provide pasture and to supply growing cities and industries with water and timber. Yet, experience is showing that poverty increases as more and more forest cover is cleared.



Over the past 50 years, as populations in developing countries… Continue