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Dominica Nature Island Grenada, Rapid Renaissance After Destruction The N. 11 N.E. – MAY JUNE 2009 CThe magazine of Africa - Caribbeanurier - Pacific & European Union cooperation and relations REPOREPORRTT DominicaDominica NatureNature IslandIsland Grenada,Grenada, rapidrapid renaissancerenaissance afterafter destructiondestruction DOSSIEDOSSIERR SportSport targetstargets developmentdevelopment DISCOVEDISCOVERRINGING EEUURROPEOPE TheThe SwedishSwedish paradoxparadox The CThe magazine of Africa - Caribbeanurier - Pacific & European Union cooperation and relations Editorial Board Co-chairs Sir John Kaputin, Secretary General Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States www.acp.int Mr Stefano Manservisi, Director General of DG Development European Commission ec.europa.eu/development/ Core staff Editor-in-chief Hegel Goutier Journalists Marie-Martine Buckens (Deputy Editor-in-chief) Debra Percival Editorial Assistant and Production Joshua Massarenti Contributed in this issue Elisabetta Degli Esposti Merli, Sandra Federici, Andrea Marchesini Reggiani, Anne-Ma- rie Mouradian, Hans Pieenar, Pov, Igino Schraffl and Joyce van Genderen-Naar Project Manager Gerda Van Biervliet Artistic Coordination, Graphic Conception Gregorie Desmons Public Relations Andrea Marchesini Reggiani Distribution Viva Xpress Logistics - www.vxlnet.be Cover Nutmegs from Grenada. © Reporters.be / LAIF Back cover Indian river / Dominica, 2009. © Hegel Goutier Contact The Courier 45, Rue de Trèves www.acp-eucourier.info 1040 Brussels Visit our website! Belgium (EU) You will find the articles, [email protected] www.acp-eucourier.info the magazine in pdf Tel : +32 2 2345061 and other news Privileged partners Fax : +32 2 2801406 ____________________ Published every two months in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese For information on subscription, Go to our website www.acp-eucourier.info or contact [email protected] Publisher responsible ultural centre promoting artists Hegel Goutier Cfrom countries in Europe, Afri- ca, the Caribbean and the Pacific Consortium and cultural exchanges between Gopa-Cartermill - Grand Angle - Lai-momo communities through performance arts, music, cinema, to the holding The views expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the official view of of conferences. It is a meeting place the EC nor of the ACP countries. for Belgians, immigrants of diverse origins and European officials. The consortium and the editorial staff decline all responsibility for the articles written by external contributors. Espace Senghor Centre culturel d’Etterbeek Brussels, Belgium [email protected] www.senghor.be The N. 11 N.E. – MAY JUNE 2009 CThe magazine of Africa - Caribbeanurier - Pacific & European Union cooperation and relations Table of contents THE COURIER, N.11 NEW EDITION (N.E) EDITORIAL 3 Government strategy. Sustaining growth while awaiting a fair wind 37 TO THE POINT Psychology 38 4 Glynis Roberts: A beacon for women… and men Opposition wants more transparent government 39 ROUND UP 6EC aid. A recompense for good governance 40 DOSSIER Discovering the beauty of a country to be seen on foot 41 Sports and donors team up Surprising Grenada 43 ‘International Inspiration’ targets 12M children Do not put all our eggs in one basket 45 11 in 20 countries by 2012 Financial crisis. Keep people in jobs 46 13 A World Cup that can change South Africa Authentic Caribbean: Flash of Wit 46 15 UN gets behind Sport for Development Government has lost millions in investment The power of Jamaica’s track success 16 for Grenada, alleges the opposition 47 Kick off for EC sport for development projects 17 EC-Grenada Cooperation. Wager on Grenada’s decisions 48 The power of Sport 18 Explore. Bright Red Grenada 49 Art. Heart Attack 50 INTERACTION After the razzmattaz… What’s in the G-20 package? 20 DISCOVERING EUROPE Stockholm. The Swedish paradox ACP countries in line for ‘Food Facilty’named 22 A model of openness 52 NGOs alert over aid cuts 23 Migration: a characteristically Swedish sensitivity 53 The ACP-EU Assembly condemns the G20 24 Development Days 2009 54 The dismantling of the Netherlands Antilles 25 Innovation at all costs 55 ACP/Commonwealth links step up 26 What a Green city! 56 ZOOM Hammarby Sjöstad, a laboratory for sustainable towns 57 A man of many parts. A day in the life of South 58 African actor, Tobie Cronje 28 Light and Dark CREATIVITY TRADE 59 ACP-EU parliamentarians call for greater flexibility 30 African publishers networking against invisibility 60 Africa’s ‘America’ resists an EU trade deal 31 Eco-and cultural tourism: a panacea for African tourism? When Africa meets the blues 62 OUR PLANET Targeting climate justice 32 FOR YOUNG READERS 63 REPORT Sport and development Dominica/Grenada YOUR SAY/CALENDAR 64 Dominica. A Passion for Nature and Focus on People 34 Work of Hemerson Andrianetrazafy. Malgagasy artist, Art historian from Antananarivo University. © Marie-Martine Buckens Incrustation: Nathalie Murphy, executive manager of the Dominican branch of the NGO ‘Channel Cross Disability’, 2009. © Hegel Goutier Editorial When a blind person's expression is a joy to behold er face lights up, breaking into a dazzling the French economist Jean Gadrey puts forward to smile that alters her expression com- challenge GDP’s status as an indicator of “progress” pletely, when she is asked how her life is may strike people as being somewhat curious if not H different now. Keeping her eyes firmly specious: that GDP is a male-gendered phenomenon. shut, she tells you, “My entire life’s been changed”. His explanation is that first of all, when it was adopted The utter beauty, the pure joy that she radiates is like during the 1930s, the people who took the decision an unexpected gift. You see, Nathalie Murphy was were all men. Second, it was a reflection solely of born partially sighted, but her condition continued to wealth and power, because the key aim, according deteriorate so that by the time she reached adolescence to François Fourquet, was to give the powers-that-be she could not see at all. some idea of what resources could be called upon in the event of war. Third, the domestic production of Today, she is the executive manager of the Dominican goods, such as car repairs, was included – even at a branch of the NGO ‘Channel Cross Disability’. Her later date but domestic services were not. In other life-changing experience was the information and words, men fixing and making things count, women communication training scheme that got underway five doing housework do not. years ago with the help of grants from various sources, including the European Union (EU). Now, thanks Sweden (see the separate article on this country to the scheme, she is able to use the Internet using elsewhere in this issue) may have something to teach specially adapted computers and a sophisticated piece us about the status of women since the time of the of software known as ‘Job activation with speech’ Vikings and particularly regarding its focus on non- (JAWS). As Nathalie explains, “my entire daily exist- market services. ence has changed. Yes! Before, I was dependent on other people. Now I can do everything by myself. Oh Equally, Sweden can be seen as a source of inspira- God! It really is a wonderful new life”. tion in the struggle against climate change, particu- larly in Africa, according to on-the-ground experts. Much more than the aura of happiness that surrounds Organisations such as the German NGO Misereor Nathalie is the joy she conveys. A joy she shares with are calling for a better form of what is termed “cli- everyone she meets. That’s what’s so impressive. mate justice”. New facts about climate change have And, of course, this raises the question that given the emerged at just the right time, appearing as they do in current economic climate, what is the value of this aid the countdown to the next UN Convention on this sub- that has brought so much happiness and pure joy into ject in Copenhagen this December. However, for the a person’s life? The answer to this question should be people living in these impoverished nations, the day- somewhere in the conclusions of the G20 summit (see to-day reality of dealing with climate change means separate article in this issue of The Courier), as one of simply making adjustments to their way of life and the objectives the G20 members decided upon was the their relationship with the environment. Something creation of new development indicators. However, for that is hardly likely to have any value in terms of that we will just have to wait and see. measuring their country’s GDP! As you will read in the report on Dominica in this Hegel Goutier issue, the country is in the upper level of the UNDP Editor-in-chief human development index. This nation is one of the Recommended reading: few countries boasting the biggest number of people Jean Gadrey, “Nouveaux indicateurs de richesse" (“New Indicators of to attain 100 years of age. Indeed, it would seem that Wealth”, two volumes), La Découverte, coll. Repères 2009. Jean Gadray “En finir avec les inégalités” (“Enough of Inequality”), both rich and poor alike can look forward to a com- Mango, 2006. paratively long life. Logically, this is indicative of François Fourquet, “Les comptes de la puissance” (“The Accounts of Power”), Encres Editions Recherches, 1980. effective social and development practices. But what Françoise Héritier “Masculin/Féminin II” (“ Masculine/Feminine II”), about GDP? Odile Jacob, 2002. With regards to GDP, one of the myriad arguments N. 11 N.E. – MAY JUNE 2009 5 o the point Grenada, East coast, 2009. T © Hegel Goutier Hegel Goutier GLYGLYNISNIS ROBROBERTSERTS:: AA beaconbeacon forfor womenwomen …and…and menmen Glynis Roberts is Minister for Labour and Social Development and Gender in the year- old National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of the eastern Caribbean nation of Grenada. She started off her career in the EC office in Grenada.
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