Public welfare
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24 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 24 febbraio 2008 Turkey: President Gül ratifies headscarves at university
On 22 February, President Gül ratified the constitutional amendments of Articles 10 and 42, which allow women with headscarves to attend university
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20 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 20 febbraio 2008 EU: An end to homelessness by 2015
Ending Street Homelessness, a campaign to stop people in Europe from having to sleep rough, is calling on MEPs to back a written declaration and change
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17 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 17 febbraio 2008 Kosovo: Independence declared
Kosovo Assembly declared the region a new country yesterday February 17, in a step that marks the further dissolution of former Yugoslavia into ethnically based Balkan states
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13 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 13 febbraio 2008 UK: Livingstone announces new £25 traffic tax
If Livingstone stays on as Mayor Londoners driving polluting cars will have to pay a £25 tax to drive into London in a bid to reduce pollution and wasteful habits
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11 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 11 febbraio 2008 Moldova: NGOs seek funds for worlds poorest
The worst drought in 60 years to hit Eastern Europe is driving thousands of people in Moldavia to hunger. The IFRC is appealing for cash to help.
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6 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 06 febbraio 2008 Serbia: Programme to support social welfare transition
All local associations and informal civic groups from Serbia are eligible to apply for budgets through BCIF's Active Communities and Social Transition programmes
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4 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 04 febbraio 2008 UK: Minister for the Third Sector calls for more social enterprise procurement
Phil Hope, the Minister for the Third Sector, called for more local authorities to procure from social enterprises
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3 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 03 febbraio 2008 Poland: New committee for the third sector deemed a replica by civil society
A committee for cooperation with non prfoit organisations created in 2007 by the government is looked as with doubt by civil society, who claim it is another empty political move ...
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1 Febbraio Feb 2008 0100 01 febbraio 2008 UK: Peter Kyle, Director of strategies and enterprise, Acevo
88% of social service users prefer those provided by the third sector. Why? Because they cater for the individual. But what is the future of the third sector in the UK? ...
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30 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 30 gennaio 2008 Albania: International NGOs advocate significance of data protection
Marking the Data Protection Day, the OSCE Presence in Albania emphasized the importance of a data protection system that meets European standards