Digitalisation for Development in the air - CONCORD Bimonthly 6 November 2018
Eingestellt von
Karsten Weitzenegger
am
Link abrufen
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
E-Mail
Andere Apps
Digitalisation for Development in the air - CONCORD Bimonthly 6 November 2018
6 November 2018
Digitalisation for development is in the air
Digital innovation impacts, transforms and challenges development aid as it is today. New technologies question the status quo and bring a lot of opportunities and threats to our ways of working. It is a timely discussion, which needs to take place within and outside our sector. This is exactly why many organisations, institutions and other stakeholders get to grips with this topic. >From AidEx Brussels focusing on how digital innovation is impacting humanitarian aidto our recent report exploring the key trends of digitalisation for development or the worldwide movement of hackathons Hack the Goals from the Belgian Development Agency, all these recent initiatives explore the prism of transcending human limitations thanks to new technologies. In that matter, we wanted to bring the recent article in Alternatives Humanitaires to your attention "Putting humans first in humanitarianism during the digital era".
Enjoy!
CONCORD Secretariat
CONCORD's NEWS OF THE MONTH
AidWatch in the press
Our recent AidWatch report monitoring aid quality and quantity got quoted in several media pieces shaping the debate in a broader scope. We invite you to go through this excellent selection of pieces from Devex, Euractiv Poland, Arbetet (Sweden) and El Diario (Spain).
CONCORD responded to the stakeholder consultation on how to address inequality through EU development cooperation. Read the paper and get concrete recommendations from our confederation on the topic.
CONCORD recently signed the Civic Charter "because the right of people to shape their own societies, in Europe and in the world, should not be taken for granted", says Seamus Jeffreson, CONCORD Director. Read the Charter and sign it too!
CIDSE published a new online resource called Acting to transform our relationship with nature with the aim of explaining systemic change simply and visually. The report is based on seven messages which are the synthesized outcomes of the first CIDSE Systemic Change Forum held in April 2018.
In addition to its new name and identity, Forus has also a new governing board. The new Forus Council (2018-2020) elected the new Executive Committee composed of: the President, Iara Pietricovsky (ABONG, Brazil); the 3 vice-Presidents, Saroeun Soeung (CCC, Cambodia), Rilli Lappalainen (Kehys, Finland) and Sam Worthington (InterAction, USA) as well as the Treasurer, Jean-Marc Boivin (Coordination Sud, France).
Global Hunger Index 2018 - Focus on migration and hunger
How has the level of hunger worldwide developed in recent years? How do hunger and forced migration relate? The Global Hunger Index 2018 from Alliance2015 offers composite data and analysis on latest developments. This year's edition shows that while the world has made progress in reducing hunger since 2000, we still have a long way to go to meet the 2030 goal of Zero Hunger. Share the report via #GHI2018.
We invite you to visit the new website of Caritas Europa. Go to caritas.eu to find out more about the organisation, its mission and its activities! The brand-new look will provide you more info and make stories from its network easily accessible.
'Hack the Goals' was a series of seven hackathons organised by the Belgian development agency, Enabel. In Senegal, Niger, the Palestinian territory, Morocco, Uganda and Belgium, dozens of young people, digital experts, IT engineers, civil servants and development practitioners co-created innovative solutions for concrete challenges in development projects. To bring this initiative to a close, Enabel organises a knowledge sharing day on digitalisation on 16 November which will end with an Award Ceremony including a panel discussion, a reception and a concert! Don't miss this outstanding event!
