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GUIDANCE NOTE on DISABILITY and DEVELOPMENT 2003 - the European Year of People with Disabilities
Guidance Note on Disability and DEVELOPMENT Development for European Union Delegations and Services This note provides guidance to EU delegations and services on how to address disability issues effectively within development co-operation. The note draws on material produced by the European Disability Forum (EDF) and the International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC). EUROPEAN COMMISSION DE 124 JULY 2004 Published in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese by the European Commission Directorate-General for Development. Use of part of, or all, the text is authorised provided the source is mentioned. © European Commission, 2004 ISBN: 92-894-7643-5 Conception/production: Mostra Communication © Photos: Christian blind mission: pages 2, 14 Christian blind mission/argum/einberger: pages 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15 Panos: cover, pages 11, 12, 13 Printed in Belgium, July 2004 Contents p.2 2003 - The European Year of People with Disabilities p.2 Background p.3 Approaches to disability p.4 Key issues p.4 Exclusion, marginalisation and vulnerability p.4 Basic resources – food, health care, education p.7 HIV and AIDS p.7 Employment p.7 Exploitation p.8 Poverty p.8 Access barriers p.8 Political processes p.8 Specific concerns of disabled women p.10 The way forward – principles for EU delegations and services p.10 ➀ Understand the scale and impact of disability in the country setting and recognise the diversity of the disabled population p.10 ➁ Advocate and support the human rights model of disability rather than the charitable or medical approach -
MAKING IMPACT REAL Encouraging Investment Into Social Infrastructure and Public Good to Stimulate the European Economy
MAKING IMPACT REAL Encouraging investment into social infrastructure and public good to stimulate the European economy Fiorenza Lipparini, Seva Phillips, Filippo Addarii, Indy Johar / April 2015 oih 1 Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................. 4 Chapter 1 – Setting the scene: inclusive economic growth ................................................................... 5 1.1 Growing inequality and its economic impact ................................................................................ 5 1.2 The European context and the new European Commission Investment Plan ................................ 7 1.2.1 The European context .............................................................................................................. 7 1.2.2 The opportunity of the European Fund for Strategic Investments .......................................... 8 Chapter 2 – Private capital for social investment and investment in the public good: why (and how) it works..................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Social investment ........................................................................................................................ 11 2.1.1 The consequences of inadequate social investment ........................................................... 11 2.1.2 Specific social investment policies and their macroeconomic -
Alexandre Grangeiro Milly Katana Jim Yong Kim Lieve Fransen Alexandre
A WORLD VISION JOURNAL OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Second Quarter, 2004 Alexandre Grangeiro National STD/AIDS Programme, Brazil Milly Katana Health Rights Action Group, Uganda Jim Yong Kim World Health Organisation Lieve Fransen European Community Late to the party This edition of Global Future has been prepared to coincide with the XV International AIDS Conference. Second Quarter, 2004 It took far too many deaths for the HIV/AIDS world to begin taking HIV/AIDS – where is hope? seriously.To see that it is more than a “health” issue (as critical as that is) and also an economic, political, The children’s suffering is neglected Ken Casey .................. 1 human rights, security and development issue. “If everyone does a little, much will be achieved” Alexandre Grangeiro.. 4 How could this have happened? For The ‘3 by 5’ Initiative – to save life and change history Jim Yong Kim .. 6 the same reason that, still, there is politicking and economising of the Towards a future and some hope Lieve Fransen .................... 8 issue – to the utter exasperation of A sleeping church awakes Christo Greyling ........................ 9 those closer to the suffering. Is enough being done to give hope? Milly Katana. ..................10 Denying the problem and stigmatising people living with HIV/AIDS have not helped.Thankfully, there are now Adolescents, gender and HIV Nafsiah Mboi .......................12 serious efforts to cease medieval- style “plague or punishment” Voices from the village Nigel Marsh .............................14 attitudes and respond proactively, with level-headedness and Disrupted lives Mark Connolly ..................................16 compassion. Faith-based organisations, including churches, Boys and men – key to reducing girls’ HIV vulnerability Sara Austin..17 have been waking up to their own complicity in this stigma problem, Mobilising the community Claudina Valdez and Ramón J Soto ............18 and transforming themselves into vital, values-driven players in the solution. -
Dinan Université De Montréal
Review of European and Russian Affairs 10 (1), 2016 ISSN 1718-4835 THE SLOW ROAD TO THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Shannon Dinan Université de Montréal Abstract The European Union has no unilateral legislative capacity in the area of social policy. However, the European Commission does play the role of guide by providing a discursive framework and targets for its 28 Member States to meet. Since the late 1990’s, the EU’s ideas on social policy have moved away from the traditional social protection model towards promoting social inclusion, labour activation and investing in children. These new policies represent the social investment perspective, which advocates preparing the population for a knowledge-based economy to increase economic growth and job creation and to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. The EU began the gradual incorporation of the social investment perspective to its social dimension with the adoption of ten-year strategies. Since 2000, it has continued to set goals and benchmarks as well as offer a forum for Member States to coordinate their social initiatives. Drawing on a series of interviews conducted during a research experience in Brussels as well as official documents, this paper is a descriptive analysis of the recent modifications to the EU’s social dimension. It focuses on the changes created by the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Social Investment Package. By tracing the genesis and evolution of these initiatives, the author identifies four obstacles to social investment in the European Union's social dimension. 2 Review of European and Russian Affairs 10 (1), 2016 Introduction1 The European Union’s (EU) social dimension is a policy area that has been subject to numerous transformations within the more general evolution of the Union. -
Debrework Zewdie, Former Director of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund
Harvard School of Public Health | Debrework Zewdie, Former Director of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of The Global Fund BEVERLY HO: Good afternoon. My name is Beverly Ho. I'm a physician from the Philippines and a candidate for the master of public health in health policy and management here at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. It is my privilege to welcome all of you today and to introduce Dr. Debrework Zewdie. Her 30 year career in strategy, policy implementation, management, and teaching encompasses national, regional, and global levels. Among the many highlights of her career are her innovative and groundbreaking HIV/AIDS program for the World Bank, her co-leadership and management of the organizational restructuring of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in her capacity as its deputy executive director and chief operating officer, and her instrumental role in making the unique structure of UNAIDS a working reality. By pioneering the call for a large scale multi-sectoral response and subsequently providing direct financing to civil society and the private sector, she changed the landscape of HIV/AIDS financing. Dr. Zewdie's passion for women's health also led her to be a co-founder of the Society of Women and AIDS in Africa. She's a sought after lecturer and public speaker in leading academic institutions and mass media outlets, as well as a thought leader, having published in over 100 journals and book chapters on a variety of subjects. Dr. Zewdie obtained her PhD in clinical immunology from the University of London and was Senior MacArthur Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. -
Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life
Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life Cancer, AIDS, and Quality of Life Edited by Jay A. Levy University of California San Francisco, California Claude J asmin H6pital Paul Brousse Villejuif, France and Gabriel Bez Ministere de la Sante Publique Paris, France Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Llbrary of Congresl Cataloglng-In-Publlcatlon Data InternatIonal Councll for Global Health Progress. Internatlona Conferance (2nd : 1998 : ParIS, Franca) Cancer, AIOS, and quallty of Ilfe I edlted by Jay A. Levy, Claude Jas.'n, and GabrIel Bez. p. c •. ·Proceedlngs of the Second InternatIonal Conferenca of the InternatIonal Councll for Global He.lth Prograss (ICGHPI, hald January 16-17, 1998, In ParIS, France"--T.p. varso. Include. blbllographlcal referances and Index. ISBN 978-1-4757-9572-1 ISBN 978-1-4757-9570-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-9570-7 1. Cancar--Patlants--Cara--Congresses. 2. AIOS (Olsaase) -Patlants--Cara--Congrassas. 3. Quallty of llfa--Congressa •• 4. Ter.'nal cara--Congrasses. 1. Levy, Jay A. II. Jas.ln, Clauda, 1938- III. Bez, Gabriel. IV. Tltle. RA646.C3168 1996 382.1'SS9792--dc21 97-6782 CIP Cover design by Georgia Kalnin Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the International Counci! for Global Health Progress (lCGHP), held January 15 - 17, 1996, in Paris, France ISBN 978-1-4757-9572-1 © 1997 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1997 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover Ist edition 1997 http://www.plenum.com AII rights reserved 1098765432 No part ofthis book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher CONTRIBUTORS George J. -
ICT-ENABLED SOCIAL INNOVATION Evidence & Prospective
JRC SCIENCE FOR POLICY REPORTS ICT-ENABLED SOCIAL INNOVATION evidence & prospective COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE COCREATION SOCIAL NETWORKING CROWDSOURCED TECHNOLOGIES DATA ONLINE OPEN / LINKED DATA EMERGENCY MOOCS SUPPORT SENSORS BIG DATA ANALYTICS NETWORK INTEGRATION SYSTEM JOINEDUP GOVERNANCE RESILIENCE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION Gianluca Misuraca, Giulio Pasi, Cesira Urzí Brancati EUR 28814 EN This publication is a Science for Policy report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use that might be made of this publication. Contact information Gianluca Misuraca Edificio Expo, Calle Inca Garcilaso, 3 41092 Seville, Spain [email protected] Tel.: +34 95 44 88 718 JRC Science Hub https://ec.europa.eu/jrc JRC108517 EUR 28814 EN PDF ISBN 978-92-79-73964-4 ISSN 1831-9424 doi:10.2760/494727 Print ISBN 978-92-79-73965-1 ISSN 1018-5593 doi:10.2760/61005 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2017 © European Union, 2017 Reuse is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. The reuse policy of European Commission documents is regulated by Decision 2011/833/EU (OJ L 330, 14.12.2011, p. 39). For any use or reproduction of photos or other material that is not under the EU copyright, permission must be sought directly from the copyright holders. How to cite this report: Misuraca, G., Pasi, G and Urzi Brancati, C., ICT-Enabled Social Innovation: Evidence & Prospective, EUR 28814 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-73964-4, doi:10.2760/494727, JRC108517. -
Governance- Made in Africa
European Policy Centre Governance- Made in Africa EPC Issue Paper No. 38 25 July 2005 EPC Issue Papers represent the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the EPC. 1 European Policy Centre Table of Contents Governance - Made in Africa conference summary report 3 by James Mackie Governance - Made in Africa conference programme 11 Africa at the crossroads 14 by Fraser Cameron and Julien Bouzon Annex I: The Blair Commission on Africa (Executive Summary) 28 Annex II: European Union-African Union Ministerial Meeting Final Communiqué 34 Annex III: G8 conclusions on Africa and development 43 2 European Policy Centre European Policy Centre Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Hanns Seidel Stiftung Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit Conference Brussels, 12 July 2005 Governance – Made in Africa Summary Report by James Mackie, ECDPM, Maastricht Introduction This wide-ranging conference, held in the aftermath of the G8 Summit which headlined the need for international support for Africa, was addressed by a broad range of African political leaders and leading experts on development issues. As well as discussion on the international support to Africa, conference sessions addressed a range of specific issues: health and education, conflict resolution and the role of business. One session focused specifically on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) experience and the role of the EU in support of Africa. The key twin messages to emerge from the conference, presaged in its title, were the vital importance of African leadership in the international effort to support the continent and the need to focus on good governance as the foundation on which to build effective development. -
Comparison of Two Generations of Wellcozyme Kits
COMPARISON OF TWO GENERATIONS OF WELLCOZYME KITS Tsehaynesh Messele* and Debrework Zewdie* ABSTRACT: A study to compare the specificity of two generations of Wellcozyme kits was performed using sera obtained from three different groups with different prevalence rates of HIV-1 infection, namely, females with multi-partner sexual contacts (MPSC) with an average HIV prevalence of 20% representing the high risk group, specimens from patients who have been suspected to have been infected with HIV based on clinical diagnosis, and scholarship winners with a prevalence rate of 3.4%. ELISA was performed on 1000 samples from each of the first two groups and 377 samples from the third group using both generation of kits. The percentage of false positivity using the first generation kit was 16.3% (33/202), 5.1% (14/271),36% (9/39) and using the second generation kit, 7.94% (12/151), 0.25% (1/399) and 5.8% (1/19) in MPSC females, suspected AIDS patients and scholarship students respectively. ELISA false positivity was highest in the group with a low HIV sero-prevalence rate. The result of the study, in relation to the specificity of the kits, is presented. Students who have won scholarships to countries that require HIV testing. INTRODUCTION Several screening tests have been developed after the advent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the subsequent isolation of its etiologic agent, now termed the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV). The virus is an RNA virus which belongs to the lentivirus family (6). The ability to cultivate the virus in vitro using T -lymphocyte has made the antigen available for the different tests used for screening. -
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HIV-AIDS_cover.qxd 9/23/05 2:54 PM Page 1 THE WORLD BANK WORLD BANK OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT Committing to Results: Improving the Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Assistance AnAn OEDOED EvaluationEvaluation ofof thethe WorldWorld Bank’sBank’s AssistanceAssistance forfor HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS Control ™xHSKIMBy363881zv,:':$:>:) THE WORLD BANK ISBN 0-8213-6388-3 HIV-AIDS_cover.qxd 9/23/05 2:54 PM Page 2 OPERATIONS EVALUATION DEPARTMENT OED PUBLICATIONS ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH EXCELLENCE AND INDEPENDENCE IN EVALUATION Study Series 2004 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness: The Bank’s Contributions to Poverty Reduction The Operations Evaluation Department (OED) is an independent unit within the World Bank; it reports directly Addressing the Challenges of Globalization: An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank’s Approach to Global Programs Agricultural Extension: The Kenya Experience to the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. OED assesses what works, and what does not; how a borrower plans Assisting Russia’s Transition: An Unprecedented Challenge to run and maintain a project; and the lasting contribution of the Bank to a country’s overall development. The Bangladesh: Progress Through Partnership goals of evaluation are to learn from experience, to provide an objective basis for assessing the results of the Brazil: Forging a Strategic Partnership for Results—An OED Evaluation of World Bank Assistance Bank’s work, and to provide accountability in the achievement of its objectives. It also improves Bank work by Bridging Troubled Waters: Assessing the World Bank Water Resources Strategy identifying and disseminating the lessons learned from experience and by framing recommendations drawn Capacity Building in Africa: An OED Evaluation of World Bank Support The CIGAR at 31: An Independent Meta-Evaluation of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research from evaluation findings. -
Combination Prevention
Working Group Briefing Combination Prevention Paper Prevention Working Group UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development The Prevention Working Group The Prevention Working Group was established in December 2007 as a working group of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development. Members as of March 2010: British Red Cross, CAFOD, Care International UK, Christian Aid, Interact Worldwide, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, International Partnership for Microbicdes, IPPF, Oxfam GB, Restless Development, RESULTS UK, UNICEF UK, VSO, Womankind Worldwide, World Vision. The UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development The UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development is a group of UK based organisations which work together to develop effective approaches to the HIV epidemic in developing countries. It enables each agency to bring its own experience to be shared and used to help all the members improve their responses to the epidemic through: information exchange – networking – advocacy – and campaigning. UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London N1 6HT +44 (0)20-7324-4780 [email protected] www.aidsconsortium.org.uk Registered Charity no. 1113204 Design: Richard Walker Published by: UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, 2011 i Combination Prevention In 2010 the Global HIV Prevention Working cut the number of new adult HIV infections Group issued a “report card” which in half by the year 2031. Even then, more provided a comprehensive assessment of than a million people will still be newly the world’s progress on HIV prevention. infected each year. New prevention tools Their findings were dismaying: prevention could dramatically reduce this. -
Selected Bibliography
Selected Bibliography Background Papers Jones, Christine, and Allechi M'bet. 1996. "Does Struc- tural Adjustment Cause AIDS: One More Look at the Ahlburg, Dennis, and Eric Jensen. 1996. "Economics Link between Adjustment, Growth, and Poverty." of the Commercial Sex Industry in Developing Countries." Kremer, Michael. 1996a. "AIDS: The Economic Ra- tionale for Public Intervention." Ainsworth, Martha, and Innocent Semali. 1997. "Socio- economic Correlates of Adult Deaths in Tanzania." . 1996b. "Optimal Subsidies for AIDS Prevention." Bechu, Natalie. 1996. "Les Effets du Sida sur L'Eco- nomie Familiale en C6te d'Ivoire : Analyse empirique Menon, Rekha, Maria J. Wawer, Joseph K. Konde-Lule, de l'eolution de la consommation des menages tou- Nelson K. Sewankambo, and Chuanjun Li. 1996a. ches en C6te d'Ivoire." "The Impact of Adult Mortality on Households in Rakai District, Uganda." Biggs, Tyler, and Manju Kedia Shah. 1996. "The Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on African Firms." . 1996b. "The Socioeconomic Correlates of HIV Infection among Household Heads in Rakai District, Dayton, Julia. 1996. "World Bank AIDS Interventions: Uganda." Ex-ante and Ex-post Evaluation." Mills, Anne, and Charlotte Watts. 1996. "Cost- Deheneffe, Jean-Claude, Michel Carael, and Amadou Effectiveness of HIV Prevention and the Role of Noumbissi. 1996. "Socioeconomic Determinants of Government." Sexual Behaviour and Condom Use: Analysis of WHO/GPA Surveys." Morris, Martina. 1996. "Sexual Networks: What Is Their Relevance to Modeling the Spread of HIV?" Filmer, Deon. 1997. "Socioeconomic Correlates of Risky Behavior: Results from the Demographic and Health Over, Mead. 1997. "Societal Determinants of Urban Surveys." HIV Infection: An Exploratory Cross-country Regres- sion Analysis." Janjaroen, Wattana.