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Evènements à Bruxelles
Cycle de conférences en collaboration avec l'OCIPE

Le développement durable: Et les pauvres?

lundi, 19 mai 2008 à 13h
Chapelle de la Résurrrection, 24 rue van Maerlant

Listen to an interview with Llorenç Puig and Santi Torres from the "Cristianisme i Justicia" center in Barcelona:

In October 2005 the European Commission published ‘Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate’ to ‘assist national debates on the future of Europe’, and to ‘strengthen dialogue, public debate and citizen participation’. In October 2007, the Commission recommended a ‘partnership approach to communication’, this time specifying three aims: ‘to improve citizens’ access to information, to increase their understanding of the European, national and local dimensions of Community policies, and to include them in a constant dialogue on European issues’.

The African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) has published its first programme report about Jesuit initiatives to fight the pandemic across the continent.
Spanning 2002 to 2006, the first five years of AJAN, the Report of African Jesuit AIDS ministries gives a picture of over 100 works undertaken in 23 sub-Saharan African countries. The many initiatives are placed in a wider context of how HIV and AIDS affect each country. Also explained in-depth is how AJAN House, the coordinating office in Kangemi, Kenya, implements its mission of supporting the network.

Barack Obama: l’Amérique et ses "vieilles blessures raciales"

La campagne présidentielle outre-Atlantique vient de se radicaliser autour des questions raciales, ces "vieilles blessures" qui peinent à cicatriser en Amérique. Pendant des mois, Barack Obanna, le candidat noir à l’investiture démocrate, a pourtant tout fait pour éviter de tomber dans des clivages ethniques qui  auraient causé sa perte. Mais, il y a quelques semaines, l’homme de couleur qui  entend se garder de toute crispation "communautariste", a été rattrapé par son histoire, la couleur de sa peau et le poids du racisme ordinaire dans certains Etats fédéraux.

At present in the Philippines, the Government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is under acute public pressure, as it is faced with public demands for greater transparency, and even allegations of serious corruption. The present document, prepared by the Social Apostolate Commission of the Jesuit Province of the Philippines, is a closely argued and reflective analysis of the issues. The document focuses on a single case The ‘NBN deal’ is a $329.5 million contract between the Philippines Government and the Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment Limited (ZTE) to set up a ‘National Broadband Network’ on behalf of government. To finance the project, the Government will take a loan from China. Allegations have been made that the deal is overpriced because of bribes made to certain officials close to the President: and also that the contract violates Philippine laws.
The President recently pronounced that the ZTE deal with China was cancelled, but public scrutiny is still continuing, along with other agreements that the Philippine government is undertaking with ZTE, such as the proposed entry in the small-scale mining area in Diwalwal, Mindanao.

A presentation made at the Chapelle de la Résurrection, 10 March, 2008, in the series ‘Développement Durable : un avenir pour l’Europe’

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