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By Jonathan Rosenberg from CityMayors.com -
30 June 2008: Back in August 1981 three barges loaded with lime juice and pith in 45 gallon barrels made their way up the Thames. At the helm on that day was a colleague of mine, Gerry Heward. He was about to have a date with history. At Brentford in west London the tiny fleet passed through the tidal lock and onto the 200 year old Grand Union Canal. From here they travelled 50 kilometres north to Hemel Hempstead. At Rose’s factory, the barges un more...
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“Cultural diversity’ has become such a buzz word nowadays. It seems to be evoked in any situation ranging from local arts events to the current debate in France concerning the recognition of regional languages in the country’s Constitution. And yet there seem to be few real debates on what this concept actually entails, particularly in the light of the new media technologies available for conveying ‘culture’. The European Audiovisual Observatory has just released a brand new report fre more...
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[26/06/2008]
''Manifesto for a new urbanity, the European Urban Charter II is a tool to help elected representatives create cohesive, citizen-oriented sustainable towns and cities'', said Carlos Alberto Pinto, Mayor of Covilha, Portugal, presenting the new Urban Charter of the Congress at the Symposium organised by the CEMAT on ''Challenges and strategies for Metropolises and metropolitan regions''. Adopted by the Congress on 29 May 2008 , the Manifesto aims at sustainable spatial development more...
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Strasbourg, 30 June 2008
'It is a great honor and pleasure for me to speak at the opening of the Council of Europe Summer University for Democracy.
Allow me to remind you that, last May, Montenegro celebrated two years since its restoration of independence and one year since its joining the Council of Europe. Restoration of independence in the referendum as the most reliable tool for democratic expression of the citizens’ will and international recognition of such restored independence more...
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From Council of Europe website-
Strasbourg, 30.06.2008 – Some 600 participants from schools of political studies in 16 European countries are attending the Third Summer University for Democracy. The Summer University is the annual highlight of the Council of Europe schools of political studies which aim to train the next generation of political, economic, social and cultural leaders in transition countries.
In his opening speech Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis said “no more...
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From Council of Europe-
[02/07/2008 09:30:00] ''We must ensure that member states have legal instruments adapted to their current needs and to the challenges they face today.'' During his 2 July speech to the Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe, in Saint Petersburg, the Secretary General also declared that there was a ''need to modernise Council of Europe conventions on cooperation in criminal matters.''
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The purpose of the EcoCafe Haiti program is to create economic self-sufficiency in rural Haitian communities by simultaneously cultivating land for food (corn, beans, and manioc) and cash crops (Haitian coffee), and restoring a heavily deforested ecological environment. EcoCafe Haiti is a corporation of landowners and workers in the Ranquitte, Haiti community. It was initiated by the not-for-profit organization Christian Flights International (CFI) in 2007 after recognizing the need for land res more...
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