dgPoverty - June 5, 2006
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Dear member, in this edition you will find:
1. NEW! DG Special Report : Urban Environment: Challenges for
Sustainability
2. dgPoverty Highlight : Resources Centres for Urban Agriculture and
Food Security
3. NEW Discussion Forum: Consultation with Civil Society and Indigenous
peoples in the framework of the First Inter-American Meeting of
Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development
4. Five Most Popular Resources
5. New Member Directory
6. Did You Know?[Learn about the tools/services that we offer]
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. NEW! DG Special Report : Urban Environment: Challenges for
Sustainability
From small towns to megacities of more than 10 million people, the
developing world is irreversibly urbanizing. As rural migration into cities
escalates, municipal infrastructures are struggling to find efficient,
less polluting ways to meet the water, sanitation, transportation and
power demands of its residents. By 2030 60 percent of the world's
population are projected to live in settlements larger than 2,500 people. As
such there is an urgent need to seriously consider the kinds of cities
in which we want to live, and the critical issues that affect them;
from air pollution and lack of clean water, to adequate financing and
effective civic engagement, urban sustainability presents a host of
challenges and opportunities.
"Urban Environment: Challenges for Sustainability" is a Special Report
that looks at steps currently underway to manage the urban environment.
It coincides with the third session of the World Urban Forum in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in June 2006, the UN Environment Day, and
follows the World Water Forum in Mexico City in March 2006.
See this Special Report at :
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2. The Resources Centres for Urban Agriculture and Food Security
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On the framework of the new DG Special Report "Urban Environment:
Challenges for Sustainability", the dgPoverty Community highlights the new
website of the Resources Centres for Urban Agriculture and Food Security
(RUAF). The RUAF Foundation aims to contribute to urban poverty
reduction, employment generation and food security and to stimulate
participatory city governance and improved urban environmental management.
Visit dgPoverty to view this highlight together with related links:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/highlights/viewHighlight.
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3. NEW Discussion Forum: Consultation with Civil Society and Indigenous
peoples in the framework of the First Inter-American Meeting of
Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development
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The Government of Bolivia, the Department of Sustainable Development
(DSD) of the Organization of American States (OAS), in cooperation with
the Summit of the Americas Department and Development Gateway Foundation
would like to invite you to participate in the Virtual Consultation
Forum with Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples. The forum is being
organized as part of the preparation process of the First Inter-American
Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development
that will address economic development sustainability and strengthening
of environmental management through public participation, governance,
gender equality, and protection of the rights for indigenous peoples.
This virtual forum has been created to facilitate the discussion on
three important themes related to sustainable development in the region
and that will be analyzed during the Meeting: (1) sustainable development
of water resources, supporting integrated water resources management;
(2) managing risks of natural disasters; and (3) sustainable
agriculture, sustainable forestry and sustainable tourism.
You are invited to participate answering these key questions:
1. What are the needs on sustainable development that require an
immediate response from competent organisms?
2. What do you think should be the priority on sustainable development
during the discussion of ministers and why?
3. What are the benefits of using adequate practices for sustainable
development?
In English:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment/discussion/showDiscussion.
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In Spanish:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment/discussion/showDiscussion.
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4. Five Recent Resources
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Take a look at the five most visited resources on dgPoverty in the past
week.
-> Understanding the Linkages between Agriculture and Health
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.
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-> Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020 -- Proceedings of an
International Conference.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.
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-> Research for Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.
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-> Slum Ecology - Inequity Intensifies the Earth's Natural Forces
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.
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-> ICT for Development Success Stories: Youth, Poverty and Gender.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.
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5. New Member Directory
With over 30,000 registered dgCommunities members, the Member Directory
provides a one-stop shop for key contacts and collaboration worldwide.
We invite you to take advantage of this unprecedented collaborative
tool and add your profile today!
Our new Member Directory enables you to more easily contact fellow
professionals in the international development community for expert advice,
information, and collaboration. You will be able to find development
practitioners from over 200 countries, with interests and expertise in
dozens of areas, including your own! We?re sure you'll find the profiles
very useful when using the Member Directory to communicate and
collaborate with fellow members on your next program or project.
Member Directory Quick Start - 4 Easy Steps:
-ESTABLISH YOUR PROFILE
Let your colleagues in development know more about your interests and
expertise through your dgCommunities profile. Simply log in, go to My
Gateway, scroll down to "My Member Profile", and click "Edit this
information".
http://www.developmentgateway.org/topics/um/user/showUserAccount.
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-SEARCH FOR MEMBERS
Log in to the Development Gateway, and click the Member Directory link
located in the right column on any dgCommunity home page. You can
search by: name, country, interest, expertise, organization, organization
type, or by keywords in member bios. Search results will show you a list
of members with a link to their profiles. You can also reach the Member
Directory when you log in, go to My Gateway and click on "Add Members
to My Contacts".
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/um~user/showMemberDirectory.
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-COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS
When viewing a member's profile, click "Contact this user". This will
open a message box in which you can type and send an email through our
email forwarding system.
-CREATE OWN CONTACT LIST OF MEMBERS
You can build a list of key contacts and form your own network of
members. Searching for members will produce a results list; you can then
select members to be added to your "My Contacts" list by clicking on the
plus sign under "Status" for each desired contact. Or, when viewing a
particular member's profile, click "Add this member to My Contacts". Your
full "My Contacts" list can be viewed when you log in, go to My
Gateway, scroll down to "My Contacts" and click "View My Contacts."
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6. Did you know?
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Did you know that as a member of dgPoverty community you can share
articles, reports, news, events and other knowledge on dgPoverty :
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benefit from them.
Thank you!
Carmen Villegas-GRADE
Guide dgPoverty
cvillegas@grade.org.pe
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