dgPoverty: World Cup Special ?New Highlight on Sports and Development
June 15, 2006 http://www.developmentgateway.org/poverty?intcmp=923
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1. NEW HIGHLIGHT: Offside! Labor Rights and Sportswear Production in
Asia
2. NEW SPECIAL REPORT: Urban Environment: Challenges to Sustainability
3. NEW! VIRTUAL CONSULTATION FOR INTER-AMERICAN MINISTERIAL MEETING ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
4. NEW MEMBERS DIRECTORY: Update Your Profile for New Networking
Features
5. SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY
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Dear dgPoverty Member,
Welcome to your newsletter from the PovertyTopic Community of the
Development Gateway.
GRADE Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo, Guide
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1. NEW HIGHLIGHT:
The World Cup has started and the Development Gateway marks this event
highlighting various resources that address the role of sports on
economic development.
Offside! Labor Rights and Sportswear Production in Asia is a a new
report released on May 24th by OXFAM International. This report considers
12 international sporting labels and examines the steps they are taking
to ensure their suppliers in Asia allow workers to organize trade
unions and bargain collectively for better wages and
conditions.
Read this dgPoverty highlight at :
http://www.developmentgateway.org/poverty/highlights/viewHighlight.
do~activeHighlightId=109961?intcmp=923
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2. NEW SPECIAL REPORT: Urban Environment: Challenges to 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 is projected to live in settlements larger than 2,500 people. It
is urgent to consider now 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.
Two major international events underscore how closely interrelated
urban development is with the environment. World Environment Day on June 5
brings to the forefront urban challenges with air pollution, lack of
clean water, and energy shortages. The World Urban Forum3 (WUF3), an
international meeting held biannually by UN Habitat, brings together urban
experts in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from June 18-23, 2006
to discuss critical issues for urban sustainability, such as municipal
financing and effective civic engagement. This Special Report assembles
our own roster of experts to discuss these issues.
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3. NEW! VIRTUAL CONSULTATION FOR INTER-AMERICAN MINISTERIAL MEETING ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dgCommunities members are invited to share their views in a virtual
consultation forum with civil society and indigenous peoples sponsored by
the Government of Bolivia and the Organization of American States, in
cooperation with the Development Gateway Foundation. The forum will
address sustainable development issues. A summary of comments will be
presented by the OAS to the First Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and
High-Level Authorities on Sustainable Development, to be held in Bolivia
on October 5-6.
To participate in the consultation in English:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment/discussion/
showDiscussion.do~id=1441?intcmp=800&intcmp=923
To participate in the consultation in Spanish:
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment/discussion/
showDiscussion.do~id=1461?intcmp=800&intcmp=923
To explore similar collaborative opportunities with the Development
Gateway, please contact us at partners@dgfoundation.org
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4. UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE!
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 invite you to update your member
profile to let your colleagues in development know more about your
interests and expertise. 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. From
http://www.developmentgateway.org?intcmp=504&intcmp=923 simply click
on "My Gateway" in the upper right corner, log in, scroll down to "My
Member Profile" and click "edit this information."
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5. SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY
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