Public welfare
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29 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 29 gennaio 2008 Italy: Daniela Bacchetta, Vice president for the Cai
Interview with the Cai (Commission for International Adoptions) Vice president, Daniela Bacchetta, to find out where Italy stands and where it expects to be in 5 years time
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29 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 29 gennaio 2008 EU: Convention against trafficking in human beings enters into force
The Council of Europes Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings ( CETS n° 197) enters into force on 1 February 2008 and applies to all victims of trafficking: women, men and children
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24 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 24 gennaio 2008 Finland: Johanna Suurpää, Ombudsman for Minorities
According to the newly appointed Ombudsman for Minorities these are historically interesting times with retiring baby boomers and growing immigration. Here are the challenges that lie ahead
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21 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 21 gennaio 2008 Turkey: A year to take children off the streets
Kids of Hope, an NGO that fights youth homelessness in Turkey, has called on local authorities to do more for children who live on the streets. In one year the problem could be solved
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21 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 21 gennaio 2008 Sweden: A global first in sustainability reporting
The Swedish government has announced that state owned companies must file an annual sustainability report based on the Global Reporting Initiative (G3) Guidelines yearly
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20 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 20 gennaio 2008 Italy: Homeless? No excuse to not write your own blog
Milan's homeless are tired of being invisible spectators and have decided to let their voices be heard. How? By writing their own blog and taking their lives into their own hands ...
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16 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 16 gennaio 2008 EU: European civil society bodies call for approval the EU Reform Treaty
The treaty will recognise for the first time the position of civil society
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13 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 13 gennaio 2008 Croatia: EU membership by 2011 not likely
The plans for Croatia to conclude the negotiations with EU by 2009 and join the Union in 2001 are increasingly less realistic
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10 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 10 gennaio 2008 Spain: Best practices in labour integration
According to a recent study by the Fundació Un Sol Món, in Spain there are currently 189 labour integration enterprises that help more than 4,000 individuals to find work
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10 Gennaio Gen 2008 0100 10 gennaio 2008 Albania: Youth Unemployment at 50%
Employment is a problem in Albania, says study condcted by the AGENDA Institute and MJAFT Movement, with the support of the World Bank