Greece
Greece is not well known for its research into renewable energy, but it is a promising and growing field, and developing countries are set to potentially benefit from it. The CRES (Centre for Renewable Energy Sources), which operates as a national coordinator in this area, conducts groundbreaking research for Greece as well as the European Commission and third party countries.
The EC project...
Glamour and a gifted activism for the cause of migrants
Yvette Jarvis is a talented Athens-based artist and politician, who is one of a kind. Since she arrived in Greece from the United States in the 1980s, she has quickly become the voice of immigrants, particularly those of African origin. A sports champion, model, singer, TV presenter, and feminist activist, Jarvis left the...
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Konstantina Papadimitriou is the head of Policy and Campaigns at ActionAid Hellas (www.actionaid.gr) which is notably active in lobbying the European Parliament. A number of the group’s suggestions have been supported by Greek members of the Parliament, and the group is responsible for finalizing news relating to Greece in reference documents* for CONCORD, the...
Development policy in Greece is in the hands of a true connoisseur. Athanasios Theodorakis, former Director-General for Development at the European Commission, is the head of the Directorate General for International Development, Cooperation - Hellenic Aid. He is undertaking major reforms with the aim of focusing development aid on the ACP countries, instead of concentrating principally on...
The world’s attention has recently been drawn to Greece, as a victim of the international financial crisis and, it is true, of a notable lack of transparency and economic mismanagement. No mention has been made of the prosperity that the country has enjoyed since joining the European Union, and neither has its dynamism in certain scientific fields or in the arts, above all theatre, been...
EU member states are becoming increasingly inward-looking and eager to promote aid policies which prioritise foreign or domestic policy objectives. These are the main conclusions of the annual AidWatch report by CONCORD, released on May 19th in Brussels.
Despite being the world’s biggest aid donor, only nine countries met their EU aid targets in 2010, with the bloc as a whole falling...
The presence of the African Union Commission at the G8 Summit in Deauville (26-27 May 2011) underlined the importance of reinforced partnership between the G8 and Africa. Africa is on the move and becomes a new pole of a worldwide growth, in spite of remaining difficulties, notably in the least developed and vulnerable countries. Both sides promised to work jointly during this crucial period of...
Noella Coursaris’ face may be her fortune but her charity work is worth more than its weight in gold. In 2007, the model established the Georges Malaika Foundation (GMF), named after her late father, to provide educational opportunities for young girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the charity came into being, it has sponsored the education of sixteen youngsters, paying...
On 15 March in Brussels, the President of the Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) launched an offensive aimed at generating a new impetus on the part of the European Union and the United States to mobilise support of African cotton.
The action is being led by the UEMOA and the Cotton-4 group (C4) that represents the four producing countries (Burkina Faso,...
The European Commission has been asked to draft a proposal for an EU-wide financial transaction tax (FTT), in a report on “innovative financing” adopted at the European Parliament’s Strasbourg session in March by 529 votes for, 127 against and 18 abstentions. Drawn up by Greek Socialist Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Anni Podimata, it says that the introduction of a...
Greece is not well known for its research into renewable energy, but it is a promising and growing field, and developing countries are set to potentially benefit from it. The CRES (Centre for Renewable Energy Sources), which operates as a national coordinator in this area, conducts groundbreaking research for Greece as well as the European Commission and third party countries.
The EC project...
Glamour and a gifted activism for the cause of migrants
Yvette Jarvis is a talented Athens-based artist and politician, who is one of a kind. Since she arrived in Greece from the United States in the 1980s, she has quickly become the voice of immigrants, particularly those of African origin. A sports champion, model, singer, TV presenter, and feminist activist, Jarvis left the...
Sorry, no good news today
Konstantina Papadimitriou is the head of Policy and Campaigns at ActionAid Hellas (www.actionaid.gr) which is notably active in lobbying the European Parliament. A number of the group’s suggestions have been supported by Greek members of the Parliament, and the group is responsible for finalizing news relating to Greece in reference documents* for CONCORD, the...
Development policy in Greece is in the hands of a true connoisseur. Athanasios Theodorakis, former Director-General for Development at the European Commission, is the head of the Directorate General for International Development, Cooperation - Hellenic Aid. He is undertaking major reforms with the aim of focusing development aid on the ACP countries, instead of concentrating principally on...
The world’s attention has recently been drawn to Greece, as a victim of the international financial crisis and, it is true, of a notable lack of transparency and economic mismanagement. No mention has been made of the prosperity that the country has enjoyed since joining the European Union, and neither has its dynamism in certain scientific fields or in the arts, above all theatre, been...
EU member states are becoming increasingly inward-looking and eager to promote aid policies which prioritise foreign or domestic policy objectives. These are the main conclusions of the annual AidWatch report by CONCORD, released on May 19th in Brussels.
Despite being the world’s biggest aid donor, only nine countries met their EU aid targets in 2010, with the bloc as a whole falling...
The presence of the African Union Commission at the G8 Summit in Deauville (26-27 May 2011) underlined the importance of reinforced partnership between the G8 and Africa. Africa is on the move and becomes a new pole of a worldwide growth, in spite of remaining difficulties, notably in the least developed and vulnerable countries. Both sides promised to work jointly during this crucial period of...
Noella Coursaris’ face may be her fortune but her charity work is worth more than its weight in gold. In 2007, the model established the Georges Malaika Foundation (GMF), named after her late father, to provide educational opportunities for young girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the charity came into being, it has sponsored the education of sixteen youngsters, paying...
On 15 March in Brussels, the President of the Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) launched an offensive aimed at generating a new impetus on the part of the European Union and the United States to mobilise support of African cotton.
The action is being led by the UEMOA and the Cotton-4 group (C4) that represents the four producing countries (Burkina Faso,...
The European Commission has been asked to draft a proposal for an EU-wide financial transaction tax (FTT), in a report on “innovative financing” adopted at the European Parliament’s Strasbourg session in March by 529 votes for, 127 against and 18 abstentions. Drawn up by Greek Socialist Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Anni Podimata, it says that the introduction of a...
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