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Archive for the ‘Civil society’ category
January 25th, 2009
A team of journalists from around the world covered the event for IPS TerraViva, in an effort carried out with the support of Oxfam Novib and ActionAid. Read more » More about: Civil society, Global, Globalization and the South
December 2nd, 2008
The book is the outcome of a seminar organized in Santander, Spain by IPS and Fundacion Carolina during the summer of 2007, which analysed the role of communication in development cooperation. Read more » More about: Civil society, Europe & Mediterranean
October 24th, 2008
IPS is pleased to inform that the IPS Support Group Meeting was held on 23 October in The Hague. This year’s meeting aimed to highlight the role of media related to ongoing strategies to preserve and increase the support base for global sustainable development. Global warming and the new food crisis are hot news items and high on political agendas. However, important aspects and perspectives get little attention. Inter Press Service (IPS), Oxfam Novib and the Netherlands’ National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) organised this high level seminar in order to analyse these intertwined issues from different angles, giving special attention to Southern perspectives. Read more » More about: Civil society, Global, Sustainable development
September 5th, 2008
Tierramerica is a specialized information service on environment and development and was first published in 1995 by the international news agency Inter Press Service (IPS) with the support of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In 2002 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and in 2008 The World Bank joined as supporters. Read more » More about: Civil society, Dissemination and networking, Latin America, Projects, Providing news and content
June 17th, 2008
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IPS TerraViva
Inter Press Service (IPS) is pleased to announce the publication of the book “Comunicacion y desarrollo: en busca de la coherencia”, published in collaboration with Fundacion Carolina and the International University Menendez Pelayo (UIMP).
IPS is delighted to announce that the Tierramerica International Centre for Sustainable Development and Environmental Defence was founded in the city of Manaus, Amazon state capital in Brazil, during a high-level seminar, August 2008.
Civicus, the Johannesburg-based international NGO is holding its 8th World Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland, Jun 18 - 21, gathering hundreds of civil society groups from around the world. Along with the World Social Forum, Civicus’ World Assembly is one of the most comprehensive and representative international meeting of social activists. 
