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Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
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Four years ago, public services were a luxury for most residents of Telenesti, a town of 9,000 people, whose water supply and sewer systems had not been repaired in 20 years.
In response, the local government teamed up with community members to prioritize the most pressing development needs and come up with projects to address them.
The United Nations and the Government of Sweden supported local authorities as they developed the town’s development strategy together with the community, and helped find funds to purchase equipment for waste disposal, and to rehabilitate the water supply and sewage systems in Telenesti.
Read more about community-led development in Moldova
Measuring Brazil nuts in Pando, Bolivia.
Photo by Amy Duchelle/CIFOR
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
Four years ago, public services were a luxury for most residents of Telenesti, a town of 9,000 people, whose water supply and sewer systems had not been repaired in 20 years.
In response, the local government teamed up with community members to prioritize the most pressing development needs and come up with projects to address them.
The United Nations and the Government of Sweden supported local authorities as they developed the town’s development strategy together with the community, and helped find funds to purchase equipment for waste disposal, and to rehabilitate the water supply and sewage systems in Telenesti.
Read more about community-led development in Moldova
Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights
(Jason Taylor, Kerala)
It was a policy born of a shining promise-that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives? Has it resulted in more girls going to school, more pregnant women receiving a doctor’s care, more women owning the land they till, and more women playing their rightful role in all levels of government?
Promoted by many donor organizations, decentralization is intended to make government more effective and accountable by bringing it closer to the people. For women who have been excluded from political decision-making, decentralization theoretically allows them to challenge how resources are allocated in their communities, including services like basic health care, access to water and education.
For more information: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Défendre ses droits ! Prendre la parole ! Les pouvoirs locaux et les droits des femmes
(Jason Taylor, Kérala)
On avait fondé beaucoup d’espoirs dans la décentralisation. En effet, on pensait qu’elle contribuerait à l’autonomisation de dizaines de millions de femmes dans les pays en développement. Mais le transfert de pouvoirs et de ressources à l’échelon local s’est-il réellement traduit par une amélioration de la condition des femmes ? Par un plus grand nombre de fillettes sur les bancs d’école, de femmes enceintes ayant accès à un suivi médical, de femmes possédant les terres qu’elles cultivent, de femmes qui jouent le rôle qui leur revient au sein des divers ordres de gouvernement ?
De nombreux bailleurs de fonds promeuvent la décentralisation, car elle est censée rendre le gouvernement plus efficace et plus responsable en le rapprochant de la population. Les femmes ayant été exclues de la prise de décision politique, la décentralisation devrait en théorie les aider à s’élever contre la façon dont la répartition des ressources se fait dans leur collectivité, notamment en ce qui concerne les besoins fondamentaux que sont l’accès à des services de santé de base, à l’eau et à l’éducation.
Pour plus de renseignements : www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Katey Loman (second from left), 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron decentralized materiel support journeymen, is recognized as the Arctic Warrior of the Week by U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar (left), Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander, and U.S Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Lee Mills (third from left), JBER and 673d ABW command chief, at JBER, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2020. Loman is responsible for supporting 27 U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors by liaising between the 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, the 673d LRS and the 735th Supply Chain Operations Group at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Loman corrected discrepancies in inventory which prevented loss of man hours and helped isolate potential failure points. Loman spearheaded the Due-In From Maintenance program by processing assets back into the repair cycle and ensuring quick turnaround of critical parts for the F-22 mission set. Loman was key to helping the AMU complete a total of 153 sorties by acquiring 313 vital assets. The AWOW is an award highlighting JBER’s top performing Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Samuel Colvin)
Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebbles.
Akrotiri, a Bronze Age settlement preserved under ash from the eruption, provides a frozen-in-time glimpse into Minoan life. The ruins of Ancient Thera lie on a dramatic bluff that drops to the sea on 3 sides. Fira, the island's commercial heart, has the Archaeological Museum of Thera and boutique shops. It also has a lively bar scene and tavernas serving local grilled seafood and dry white wine, made from the Assyrtiko grape. Oia is famous for sunsets over its old fortress [Santorini Google Travel]
Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
It was a policy born of a shining promise-that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives? Has it resulted in more girls going to school, more pregnant women receiving a doctor’s care, more women owning the land they till, and more women playing their rightful role in all levels of government?
Promoted by many donor organizations, decentralization is intended to make government more effective and accountable by bringing it closer to the people. For women who have been excluded from political decision-making, decentralization theoretically allows them to challenge how resources are allocated in their communities, including services like basic health care, access to water and education.
For more information: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Défendre ses droits ! Prendre la parole ! Les pouvoirs locaux et les droits des femmes
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
On avait fondé beaucoup d’espoirs dans la décentralisation. En effet, on pensait qu’elle contribuerait à l’autonomisation de dizaines de millions de femmes dans les pays en développement. Mais le transfert de pouvoirs et de ressources à l’échelon local s’est-il réellement traduit par une amélioration de la condition des femmes ? Par un plus grand nombre de fillettes sur les bancs d’école, de femmes enceintes ayant accès à un suivi médical, de femmes possédant les terres qu’elles cultivent, de femmes qui jouent le rôle qui leur revient au sein des divers ordres de gouvernement ?
De nombreux bailleurs de fonds promeuvent la décentralisation, car elle est censée rendre le gouvernement plus efficace et plus responsable en le rapprochant de la population. Les femmes ayant été exclues de la prise de décision politique, la décentralisation devrait en théorie les aider à s’élever contre la façon dont la répartition des ressources se fait dans leur collectivité, notamment en ce qui concerne les besoins fondamentaux que sont l’accès à des services de santé de base, à l’eau et à l’éducation.
Pour plus de renseignements : www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Packing dried Bazil nuts in Pando, Bolivia.
Photo by Amy Duchelle/CIFOR
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
Many more salesmen like this man in Kenya are needed to increase solar photovoltaics (PV) sales. Sales of PV have sharply risen in Europe, America, Japan and China – but Africa sales didn’t even register. In the heady early days of PV market growth, Africa was an important market and there was much talk about how PV would help solve the low access to power throughout rural areas of the continent. Today, Africa does not even feature in PV executives’ world-view and we are no closer to widespread electricity access, PV or otherwise. More that in any other part of the world, solar energy must play a role in Africa, as alternatives become increasingly expensive. New efforts in PV must take different approaches that learn from successes in the North, and mistakes of past projects. An Africa with a large PV market benefits everybody. For more information visit: www.internationalrivers.org/en/node/1807
Photo: Mark Hankins
Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
A woman has settled in villages that have the full support from CDC.
Photo by Mokhamad Edliadi/CIFOR
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! Learn more about decentralized days of action for squats and automous zone, which will take place on 11-12th of april 2008.
Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
It was a policy born of a shining promise-that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives? Has it resulted in more girls going to school, more pregnant women receiving a doctor’s care, more women owning the land they till, and more women playing their rightful role in all levels of government?
Promoted by many donor organizations, decentralization is intended to make government more effective and accountable by bringing it closer to the people. For women who have been excluded from political decision-making, decentralization theoretically allows them to challenge how resources are allocated in their communities, including services like basic health care, access to water and education.
For more information: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Défendre ses droits ! Prendre la parole ! Les pouvoirs locaux et les droits des femmes
(Jason Taylor, Rajasthan)
On avait fondé beaucoup d’espoirs dans la décentralisation. En effet, on pensait qu’elle contribuerait à l’autonomisation de dizaines de millions de femmes dans les pays en développement. Mais le transfert de pouvoirs et de ressources à l’échelon local s’est-il réellement traduit par une amélioration de la condition des femmes ? Par un plus grand nombre de fillettes sur les bancs d’école, de femmes enceintes ayant accès à un suivi médical, de femmes possédant les terres qu’elles cultivent, de femmes qui jouent le rôle qui leur revient au sein des divers ordres de gouvernement ?
De nombreux bailleurs de fonds promeuvent la décentralisation, car elle est censée rendre le gouvernement plus efficace et plus responsable en le rapprochant de la population. Les femmes ayant été exclues de la prise de décision politique, la décentralisation devrait en théorie les aider à s’élever contre la façon dont la répartition des ressources se fait dans leur collectivité, notamment en ce qui concerne les besoins fondamentaux que sont l’accès à des services de santé de base, à l’eau et à l’éducation.
Pour plus de renseignements : www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
Standing Up, Speaking Out: Local Power and Women's Rights
(Jason Taylor, Kerala)
It was a policy born of a shining promise-that decentralized governments would help empower tens of millions of women in developing countries. But has shifting more power and resources to the local level really improved women’s lives? Has it resulted in more girls going to school, more pregnant women receiving a doctor’s care, more women owning the land they till, and more women playing their rightful role in all levels of government?
Promoted by many donor organizations, decentralization is intended to make government more effective and accountable by bringing it closer to the people. For women who have been excluded from political decision-making, decentralization theoretically allows them to challenge how resources are allocated in their communities, including services like basic health care, access to water and education.
For more information: www.idrc.ca/en/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Défendre ses droits ! Prendre la parole ! Les pouvoirs locaux et les droits des femmes
(Jason Taylor, Kérala)
On avait fondé beaucoup d’espoirs dans la décentralisation. En effet, on pensait qu’elle contribuerait à l’autonomisation de dizaines de millions de femmes dans les pays en développement. Mais le transfert de pouvoirs et de ressources à l’échelon local s’est-il réellement traduit par une amélioration de la condition des femmes ? Par un plus grand nombre de fillettes sur les bancs d’école, de femmes enceintes ayant accès à un suivi médical, de femmes possédant les terres qu’elles cultivent, de femmes qui jouent le rôle qui leur revient au sein des divers ordres de gouvernement ?
De nombreux bailleurs de fonds promeuvent la décentralisation, car elle est censée rendre le gouvernement plus efficace et plus responsable en le rapprochant de la population. Les femmes ayant été exclues de la prise de décision politique, la décentralisation devrait en théorie les aider à s’élever contre la façon dont la répartition des ressources se fait dans leur collectivité, notamment en ce qui concerne les besoins fondamentaux que sont l’accès à des services de santé de base, à l’eau et à l’éducation.
Pour plus de renseignements : www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-142655-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
2019-05-15: Mr. Danho Paulin Claude, Minister of sports, Côte d'Ivoire during Decentralization of Nationally Determined Contributions in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Born in the United Arab Emirates from immigrant Egyptian parents who soon later moved to the neighboring Kuwait, Alaa Mazloum (TL, 2014) was exposed to the richness of the region early on in her childhood. Her diverse upbringing led her to study political science with a minor in communications at the American University of Beirut as a MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship recipient. Alaa further enriched her academic and global experience by doing a semester abroad at the American University in Washington DC. Upon returning to Kuwait where plentiful teaching opportunities were available, the emphasis of civic engagement in the Tomorrow’s Leaders experience drove her to a career in political science.
Despite never have lived there before, Alaa took the bold step of moving to Egypt where she was able to gain journalistic experience. She joined the School of Continuing Education, associated with the American University in Cairo, where she was able to establish professional and personal connections in Cairo. Her experience brought more acquaintances in Alaa’s life and helped her gain a professional Public Relations certificate, and later received a Master of Arts in International Human Rights Law from American University in Cairo.
This academic milestone allowed Alaa to obtain an Internship at the Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution, Peace Keeping and Peace Building (CCCPP), where she was hired later as a researcher and Program Associate on Countering Violent Extremism with a focus on the African continent. Having spent three years at the CCCPP and developing considerable experience in conflict resolution analysis research, Alaa entered the private sector world as a Senior Public Policy Analyst for Moharram & Partners, a tax and legal consultancy company catering for big international companies like Coke Cola etc. From establishing relationships in the MEPI Alumni Network to fostering networks in cities around the region, Alaa attributes her academic and professional success to the power of networking, mentorship, and global exposure.
In November The International Potato Centre in conjunction with the City of Kigali launched the Kigali Good Nutrition and Innovative Urban Farming Campaign. Here, pregnant and lactating mothers, and mothers of children under the age of 2 were shown how to prepare a balance meal for strong healthy young bodies. Of course orange flesh sweet potato was on the menu. Did you know as little as 125 gms of bio-fortified orange-fleshed sweet potato provides enough of the daily recommended dose of Vitamin A to protect a child from under 5 from Vitamin A deficiency.
Learn more about the visit here
Photo by: Hugh Rutherford for CIP.
Aerial view of the landscape around Halimun Salak National Park, West Java, Indonesia.
Photo by Kate Evans/CIFOR
If you use one of our photos, please credit it accordingly and let us know. You can reach us through our Flickr account or at: cifor-mediainfo@cgiar.org and m.edliadi@cgiar.org
In November The International Potato Centre in conjunction with the City of Kigali launched the Kigali Good Nutrition and Innovative Urban Farming Campaign. Here, pregnant and lactating mothers, and mothers of children under the age of 2 were shown how to prepare a balance meal for strong healthy young bodies. Of course orange flesh sweet potato was on the menu. Did you know as little as 125 gms of bio-fortified orange-fleshed sweet potato provides enough of the daily recommended dose of Vitamin A to protect a child from under 5 from Vitamin A deficiency.
Learn more about the visit here
Photo by: Hugh Rutherford for CIP