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The digital revolution has caught up fast in the world of African creativity! Over the last ten years, the increase in African Internet users has been 16 times greater than that of North American users. Alongside this, a growing number of African organisations and cultural operators are creating...
The EU closely cooperates with France and the United Kingdom, the only two EU countries with separate aid programmes in PNG; with Australia – the biggest donor to PNG, New Zealand and with multi-lateral agencies. The remoteness of communities, big population growth and a lack of...
Interview with Martin Dihm, EU Ambassador to the European Union in Papua New Guinea Newly-appointed Ambassador of the EU in PNG, German national, Martin Dihm, has previously held senior posts in the EU’s delegations in Barbados and Abuja, Nigeria. From 2001, he was on the trade desk and EPA...
The NGO ActionAid has brought to light the potential negative effects on developing nations of the EU’s renewable energy policy.
Its report, ‘Fuelling Evictions: Community Cost of EU Biofuels,’ documents how 20,000 people in Kenya’s Dakatcha woodland are facing eviction...
Under this title, an important forum on small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) gathered in Lisbon, Portugal on 6-7 June 2011. The conference was organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Brussels based international Association, EMRC , involved in promoting public and private...
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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...
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...
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...
The NGO ActionAid has brought to light the potential negative effects on developing nations of the EU’s renewable energy policy.
Its report, ‘Fuelling Evictions: Community Cost of EU Biofuels,’ documents how 20,000 people in Kenya’s Dakatcha woodland are facing eviction...
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...