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The role of Parliaments in the changing aid architecture - focus on South-South Cooperation

In the context of the emerging debate on South-South Cooperation (SSC) and the nascent discussions around a new aid architecture, The Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) and the Spanish Senate hosted a seminar entitled 'Parliament and the MDGs in the context of the changing aid architecture, prioritising South-South Cooperation.” The Seminar facilitated an open discussion about the current state of the changing aid architecture, the important role of parliament therein, and the need to support and monitor positive developments in SSC. 

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Submitted by zoeyoung on Tue, 2010-03-09 16:51.
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Protect Indonesia's biodiversity by rejecting World Bank funding

A planned nickel and cobalt mine in Indonesia could destroy the fragile ecosystem of Halmahera island. Please take action and call on the world bank to halt their funding of the project.

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Tue, 2010-03-09 13:39.
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World Bank recapitalization update - “New world – same World Bank”

The proposed capital increases for the World Bank and IFC would expand their size without expanding the scope of their reform.

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Mon, 2010-03-08 17:46.
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New CAP paper on the MDBs and climate change

A new report from the Center for American Progress looks into the World Bank's ability to exacerbate or alleviate climate change through its project funding and its ability to set standards for other institutions. BIC's analysis of the Bank's energy lending is cited

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Thu, 2010-03-04 23:16.
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New from BIC: CSO participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

In 2009, BIC conducted a survey of civil society organizations involved in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a coalition that works with the World Bank Group to promote transparency in extractives. The survey looked into the effectiveness of CSO participation and the role of the World Bank in the process.

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Thu, 2010-03-04 21:16.
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Having trouble with a nightmare EU funded project? Get inspired by the Save the Kresna Gorge campaign

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Thu, 2010-03-04 08:53.
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IFC to discuss forestry in DC on Feb. 25th

This Thursday, Mark Constantine of the IFC will speak at the Greenpeace offices in Washington, DC about the IFC's new approach to the forestry sector. The meeting is open to the public, so feel free to join us.

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Wed, 2010-03-03 18:46.
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Eskom's R29 billion World Bank loan runs into opposition

A broad coalition of civil society in South Africa is mobilizing opposition to the controversial loan proposed to help fund the Medupi coal plant. They threatened a boycott of World Bank bonds if the loan is approved.

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Wed, 2010-03-03 18:46.
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New report: EU funds must plug clean energy gap in central and eastern Europe

On the day that the European Commission launches its vision for 2020, its ‘Europe 2020 strategy’, a new report from CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe lays out how improved targeting of EU structural and cohesion billions for energy efficiency and renewables can get the EU - and particularly the new member states in the east - on track to meet and exceed emissions reduction targets for tackling climate change.The new analysis from CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe points to alarming shortcomings in how billions of EU funds earmarked for clean energy projects in the new member states are being deployed. It calls for big increases in the marginal allocations that the new member states have thus far given to clean energy schemes, citing widespread evidence from the ground that building efficiency schemes are ready to take off if they become more affordable and if EU money is better targeted.

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Submitted by ifitv-admin on Wed, 2010-03-03 09:30.
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France publishes list of tax havens: France is missing the point, says CCFD-Terre Solidaire

Eurodad member CCFD-Terre Solidaire supports the start that the French government is making towards tackling tax havens: the government has announced that it will publish a list of tax havens, with specific sanctions -demonstrating that it is taking the issue seriously. Furthermore, the list will be revised every year. But the measures France is putting in place leave a lot to be desired. 

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Submitted by zoeyoung on Thu, 2010-02-25 13:17.
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