Content update - Culture and Development

1. Declaring an 'Ecolife' in Sapporo, Japan (ICLEI  Local Governments for Sustainability.)
2. Qudorat & Civil Society in Jordan: Business Initiatives Energize Local Communities, Develop "Habits of Democracy"
3. Community Learning Resource Centres in Siay District
4. Afghan Communicator
5. Agenda 21 for Culture
6. Entrevista sobre el futuro estándar ISO 26.000: "Es posible que en unos años la ISO 26.000 tenga una influencia enorme en la RSE"
7. The End of Tourism as We Know It
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1. Declaring an 'Ecolife' in Sapporo, Japan (ICLEI  Local Governments for Sustainability.) http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1101702?intcmp=700
Sapporo is actively engaging its citizens in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through ecolife declarations. The focus on emissions from local residents was a result of analysis that determined that the majority of the citys greenhouse gas emissions came from ...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 16 May, 2007

2. Qudorat & Civil Society in Jordan: Business Initiatives Energize Local Communities, Develop "Habits of Democracy"
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1101750?intcmp=700
The future of democracy in the Middle East is debated in headlines around the world and is a constant focus of summit meetings and forums in and about the region. Meanwhile, over the course of the past two years, a Jordanian government initiative has quietly engaged ...
Contributed by Rabih Yazbeck on 17 May, 2007

3. Community Learning Resource Centres in Siay District http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1101806?intcmp=700
Ugunja Community Resource Centre, a local based non-governmental organisation in Western Kenya established Community Learning Resource Centres in the year 2004. This project was initiated to decentralize activities the organisation are involved closer to the community ...
Contributed by Bernard Ochieng Oluma on 17 May, 2007

4. Afghan Communicator
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1101872?intcmp=700
Afghan Communicator started as a magazine in 1997. As of 2002, AC became a non-profit organization and stopped printing the magazine. By the time of our decision to change course from a magazine to a community based non-profit organization, we had produced 13 magazine ...
Contributed by Carmen V. Caballero on 18 May, 2007

5. Agenda 21 for Culture
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1102028?intcmp=700
The Agenda 21 for culture is the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development.

The Agenda 21 for culture was agreed by cities and local governments ...
Contributed by Giulia D'Amico on 19 May, 2007

6. Entrevista sobre el futuro estándar ISO 26.000: "Es posible que en unos años la ISO 26.000 tenga una influencia enorme en la RSE"
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1102177?intcmp=700
ISO 26.000 es la designación del futuro estándar internacional que servirá de guía en materia de Responsabilidad Social (RS). Está destinado a ser empleado por organizaciones de todo tipo, tanto del sector público como el privado y de países desarrollados como ...
Contributed by Bart Slob on 22 May, 2007

7. The End of Tourism as We Know It
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/culture/rc/ItemDetail.do~1102203?intcmp=700
Twelve years ago this lecture was presented at the International Institute for Tourism Studies at The George EWashington University. The question is how has the definition of sustainability in tourism changed over a past dozen years and what new tools do we have ...
Contributed by Alvin Rosenbaum on 22 May, 2007