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domingo, 29 de abril de 2012
sábado, 28 de abril de 2012
AfrikPlay | Filmes à Conversa
«O AfrikPlay | Filmes à Conversa é um novo projecto que apresenta filmes sobre África contemporânea, organizado pelo CRIA (Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia) | ISCTE-IUL, e pelo Centro de Estudos Africanos (CEA-IUL) | ISCTE-IUL. É um projecto em construção, e deseja trazer o cinema ao espaço universitário, criando um lugar de debate e reflexão em torno de filmes que apresentem um olhar renovado sobre África.
Reconhecendo o poder do cinema para suscitar interrogações plurais relativas a realidades e problemáticas que ocupam os cientistas sociais, é intenção deste projecto criar um espaço de debate aberto, privilegiando a reflexão crítica no cruzamento entre o campo académico e o cinematográfico.
O crescimento da produção de cinema documental sobre África tem destacado um conjunto de obras que se distanciam de uma noção clássica de documentário, quer pelos assuntos escolhidos quer pela sua linguagem estética, aproximando-se frequentemente de formas de expressão mais usuais noutros domínios artísticos, numa profusão de cruzamentos entre ficção e realidade. Algumas questões se colocam e despertam interesse: qual a relação entre as imagens de outrora e o que esta nova geração de realizadores escolhe ver em África? Que novas interpelações nos sugerem tais imagens para a compreensão de um continente tão vasto e complexo como este?»
sexta-feira, 20 de abril de 2012
África - reservatório de água / Quantitative maps of groundwater resources in Africa
"Quantitative maps of
groundwater resources in Africa",
A M MacDonald, H C
Bonsor, B E O Dochartaigh and
R G TaylorEnviron. Res. Lett. 7 (2012) 024009 (7pp)
África - um enorme reservatório de água - artigo do jornal público
quinta-feira, 15 de março de 2012
CITIES - The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning - special issue "Urban Planning in Africa"
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 155-212 (June 2012)
quarta-feira, 14 de março de 2012
África - Arquitectura e Urbanismo de matriz portuguesa
África - Arquitectura e Urbanismo de matriz portuguesa
Kavango-Zambezi Trans frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA)
Kavango-Zambezi Trans frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA)
«The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, or KAZA TFCA, is potentially the world's largest conservation area, spanning five southern African countries; Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, centred around the Caprivi-Chobe-Victoria Falls area.The goal of the KAZA TFCA is "To sustainably manage the Kavango Zambezi ecosystem, its heritage and cultural resources based on best conservation and tourism models for the socio-economic wellbeing of the communities and other stakeholders in and around the eco-region through harmonization of policies, strategies and practices."»
SADC busca novos financiamentos com seminário internacional de Tóquio
«Os estados-membros da SADC vão apresentar em Tóquio projectos de desenvolvimento da região. Um dos principais desafios da organização regional SADC para os próximos ano é vencer os entraves à livre circulação e a busca de entendimento para a obtenção de uma moeda única até 2018. Com sede em Gaborone (Botswana), a SADC - Southern African Development Community integra África do Sul, Angola, Botswana, Lesoto, Madagáscar, Malawi, Ilhas Maurícias, Moçambique, Namíbia, República Democrática do Congo, Ilhas Seicheles, Suazilândia, Tanzânia, Zâmbia e Zimbabué. Angola assumiu a presidência anual e rotativa da SADC em Agosto de 2011, sucedendo a República da Namíbia.» (info c/ base no jornal Sol_edição de Angola)
terça-feira, 13 de março de 2012
Partilhando Soluções para a Água no Mundo Lusófono
Partilhando Soluções para a Água no Mundo Lusófono - Programa
Local:Palais des Congrés e des Expositions de Marseille, 13 Março 2012
Integrada no 6 º Fórum Mundial da Água, a decorrer em Marselha de 12 a 17 de Março 2012
http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/
Local:Palais des Congrés e des Expositions de Marseille, 13 Março 2012
Integrada no 6 º Fórum Mundial da Água, a decorrer em Marselha de 12 a 17 de Março 2012
http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/
domingo, 11 de março de 2012
ZONA DE COMÉRCIO LIVRE TRIPARTIDA DA COMESA-EAC-SADC
REUNIÃO DO CONSELHO DE MINISTROS DA SADC DE FEVEREIRO/MARÇO DE 2012
«O Conselho recebeu um relatório do Grupo de Trabalho Ministerial que descreve a orientação estratégica rumo ao estabelecimento da União aduaneira da SADC e que, em particular, identifica os Parâmetros da Futura União Aduaneira, os Pontos de Referência ou Marcos a atingir e os elementos do Modelo de União Aduaneira da SADC.»
«O Conselho recebeu um relatório do Grupo de Trabalho Ministerial que descreve a orientação estratégica rumo ao estabelecimento da União aduaneira da SADC e que, em particular, identifica os Parâmetros da Futura União Aduaneira, os Pontos de Referência ou Marcos a atingir e os elementos do Modelo de União Aduaneira da SADC.»
quarta-feira, 7 de março de 2012
segunda-feira, 5 de março de 2012
Carlos Nunes Silva (2012). Online Research Methods in Urban and Planning Studiessexta-feira, 2 de março de 2012
A Partnership for Resilient Communities
A Partnership for Resilient Communities
«The Equator Initiative brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses and grassroots organizations to recognize and advance local sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. The Equator Initiative seeks to: recognize the success of local and indigenous initiatives, Create opportunities and platforms to share knowledge and good practice, Inform policy to foster an enabling environment for local and indigenous community action, and Develop the capacity of local and indigenous initiatives to
scale-up their impact. The Equator Initiative accomplishes these goals through three action areas:
scale-up their impact. The Equator Initiative accomplishes these goals through three action areas:
The Equator Prize is awarded biennially to recognize and advance local sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient communities. As local and indigenous groups across the world chart a path towards sustainable development, the Equator Prize shines a spotlight on their efforts by honoring them on an international stage.
Equator Dialogues are an ongoing series of community-driven meetings and exchanges, held in conjunction with related international forums. Equator Dialogues provide opportunities for people to share experiences, develop capacities and influence policy.
Equator Knowledge is a research, documentation and learning program focused on local best practice in sustainable development. The Equator Initiative works with partners to identify, document, and analyze the success factors of local best practice, and to catalyze ongoing peer-to-peer learning, knowledge exchange and replication of best practice.»
segunda-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2012
domingo, 12 de fevereiro de 2012
terça-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2012
The Durban Climate Change Adaptation Charter
«114 mayors from 28 countries around the world adopted the Durban Climate Change Adaptation Charter,underlining their commitment for strengthening local resilience to climate change. By signing the Charter,local governments have committed to unprecedented levels of local climate action to: mainstream adaptation as a key informant of all local government development planning, ensure that adaptation
strategies are aligned with mitigation strategies, promote the use of adaptation that recognizes the needs of vulnerable communities and ensure sustainable local economic development, prioritize the role of functioning ecosystems as core municipal green infrastructure and seek innovative funding mechanisms.»
strategies are aligned with mitigation strategies, promote the use of adaptation that recognizes the needs of vulnerable communities and ensure sustainable local economic development, prioritize the role of functioning ecosystems as core municipal green infrastructure and seek innovative funding mechanisms.»
domingo, 5 de fevereiro de 2012
The carbonn Cities Climate Registry (cCCR)
«The carbonn Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) is a global mechanism that encourages local governments to regularly and publicly report on their greenhouse gas reduction commitments, GHG emissions inventories and climate mitigation/adaptation actions. The cCCR was developed by local governments for local governments. The cCCR enables cities and local governments to publicly register their greenhouse gas reduction commitments, report performance and showcase actions. The cCCR ensures that local climate action is measurable, reportable and verifiable, and that data are consistent with the standards of the global climate regime. The cCCR supports the global credibility of local climate action and ensures transparency, countability and comparability.»
quarta-feira, 1 de fevereiro de 2012
The Mexico City Pact
The Mexico City Pact«The Global Covenant of Cities on Climate (‘Mexico City Pact’) was launched at the World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City in November 2010. To date it has been signed by over 200 Mayors and representatives of local governments. The Pact sets out why cities are strategic actors in combating global warming, and establishes a set of voluntary commitments to promote strategies and actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting cities to the impacts of climate change. By signing the Pact, cities and local government have also committed to register their emission inventories, commitments, and actions to the carbonn Cities Climate Registry.»
quarta-feira, 11 de janeiro de 2012
terça-feira, 20 de dezembro de 2011
Handbook of Infrastructure Statistics
«Addressing inefficiencies and closing the funding gap for infrastructure are critical to Africa’s economic future. However, without dependable statistics on the infrastructure sectors it is difficult for policy makers to determine infrastructure priorities, track progress on infrastructure development, benchmark performance against peers, and evaluate the impact of past investments. The need for comprehensive, comparable and reliable information on infrastructure is widely recognized. For the sustainability of infrastructure databases in Africa, national statistical offices (NSOs) are expected to mainstream the collection and compilation of infrastructure statistics into their routine statistical data gathering and compilation activities over time, so that countries have time series data on infrastructure indicators to help monitor and evaluate key policy challenges. It is to this end that this Handbook on Infrastructure Statistics has been developed to provide a rigorous and consistent basis for the measurement of infrastructure trends in Africa and to ensure the harmonization and standardization of data collection methodologies to allow for benchmarking against regional, sub-regional, and country-level indicators and for further analysis.The Handbook is directed to four main audiences: Data providers at source (regulators, line ministers, utilities, operators, etc.); Data collectors (analysts and consultants in the field); Data managers (at the National Statistical Offices and other organizations) in charge of consolidating and disseminating infrastructure statistics); and Data users (sector specialists and specialized agencies.»
domingo, 11 de dezembro de 2011
segunda-feira, 28 de novembro de 2011
17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
«The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol, will be held in the city of Durban, South Africa»
quarta-feira, 9 de novembro de 2011
Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements 2011
Descarregue relatório completo:
UN-HABITAT (2011). Cities and Climate Change: A Global Report on Human Settlements. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Descarregue sumário (Abridged edition):
UN-HABITAT (2011). Cities and Climate Change: A Global Report on Human Settlements. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
«Cities and Climate Change reviews the linkages between urbanization and climate change, two of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity in the 21st Century, and whose effects are converging in dangerous ways. It illustrates the significant contribution of urban areas to climate change while at the same time highlighting the potentially devastating effects of climate change on urban populations. It reviews policy responses, strategies and practices that are emerging in urban areas to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as their potential achievements and constraints. In conclusion, the report argues that urban areas have a pivotal role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation and identifies strategies and approaches for strengthening this role.»
quarta-feira, 2 de novembro de 2011
Human Development Report 2011. Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
terça-feira, 1 de novembro de 2011
Open Data Kenya - Government 2.0
«This site makes public government data accessible to the people of Kenya. High quality national census data, government expenditure, parliamentary proceedings and public service locations are just a taste of what's to come. There's something for everyone: maps to start exploring, interactive charts and tables for a deeper understanding, and raw data for technical users to build their own apps and analyses. Our information is a national asset, and it's time it was shared: this data is key to improving transparency; unlocking social and economic value; and building Government 2.0 in Kenya»
segunda-feira, 31 de outubro de 2011
BUILDING BEIRA: A MUNICIPAL TURNAROUND IN MOZAMBIQUE, 2003 - 2010
«SYNOPSIS - When Daviz Simango took office in 2003 as the mayor of Beira, Mozambique’s second most prominent city, the odds were stacked against him. A member of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO, or the Mozambique Resistance Movement), Simango was one of just five opposition mayors in the country. Mozambique’s long and bitter civil war between RENAMO, a guerrilla movement at the time, and the ruling party, the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO, or the Liberation Front of Mozambique), left a legacy of hostility and distrust between the parties. Soon after Simango became mayor, the central government began delaying the transfer of funds to his administration, harassing his officials with inspections and publicly undermining his leadership. He responded by strengthening the city’s financial independence through a series of reforms. In addition, he worked through the media to make the public aware of the city’s difficulties with the central government. Simango also took his complaints directly to central-government ministers. Through these efforts, he bolstered the capacity of the municipal administration to tackle the city’s urgent problems of recurring cholera outbreaks and poor sanitation.»
EMBRACING THE POWER OF TRADITION: DECENTRALIZATION IN MOZAMBIQUE, 1992-2000
EMBRACING THE POWER OF TRADITION: DECENTRALIZATION IN MOZAMBIQUE, 1992-2000
«SYNOPSIS - The government of Mozambique began to decentralize in the early 1990s as the country emerged from 16 years of civil war. The minister of state administration, Aguiar Mazula,
pushed for greater citizen involvement at local levels of government, an agenda that opened the sensitive issue of what role would be played by traditional leaders, or chiefs, who wielded strong community influence. Because many chiefs had cooperated with the country’s former colonial powers, the ruling party sidelined traditional leaders and played down related customs when it came to power in 1975. Mazula faced stern political opposition to his belief that the state should recognize the role of traditional interests at a local level. He built diverse support for his ideas, and his successors at the ministry reached a compromise between groups that wanted to involve traditional authorities and factions that regarded the chiefs with suspicion. The move reversed the state’s history of opposition to the chiefs while limiting the chiefs’ influence over local government.»
«SYNOPSIS - The government of Mozambique began to decentralize in the early 1990s as the country emerged from 16 years of civil war. The minister of state administration, Aguiar Mazula,
pushed for greater citizen involvement at local levels of government, an agenda that opened the sensitive issue of what role would be played by traditional leaders, or chiefs, who wielded strong community influence. Because many chiefs had cooperated with the country’s former colonial powers, the ruling party sidelined traditional leaders and played down related customs when it came to power in 1975. Mazula faced stern political opposition to his belief that the state should recognize the role of traditional interests at a local level. He built diverse support for his ideas, and his successors at the ministry reached a compromise between groups that wanted to involve traditional authorities and factions that regarded the chiefs with suspicion. The move reversed the state’s history of opposition to the chiefs while limiting the chiefs’ influence over local government.»
sábado, 22 de outubro de 2011
African Cities. Alternative visions of urban theory and practice
«As African societies come to live more and more in cities, they do so in ways that challenge prevailing theories and models of urban development in geography, sociology, anthropology, and planning. In this groundbreaking book, Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. It argues for a re-visioning - a seeing again, and a revising - of how cities in Africa are discussed and written about in both urban studies and African studies.Cities in Africa are still either ignored - banished to a different, other, lesser category of not-quite cities - or held up as examples of all that can go wrong with urbanism in much of the mainstream and even critical urban literature. Myers instead encourages African studies and urban studies scholars across the world to engage with the vibrancy and complexity of African cities with fresh eyes. Touching on a diverse range of cities across Africa - from Zanzibar to Nairobi, Cape Town to Mogadishu, Kinshasa to Dakar - the book uses the author's own research and a close reading of works by other scholars, writers and artists to help illuminate what is happening in and across the region's cities.»
terça-feira, 18 de outubro de 2011
Doc Lisboa 2011 - IX Festival Internacional de Cinema
Retrospectiva – Movimentos de Libertação
«A Retrospectiva Movimentos de libertação em Moçambique, Angola e Guiné-Bissau (1961-1974) reúne uma selecção muito importante e original do cinema das guerras de independência, da qual constam Festival Panafricain d'Alger, de William Klein e Behind the Lines, de Margaret Dickinson. No dia 28 de Outubro, às 21h30, no Cinema São Jorge, haverá uma mesa redonda sobre este tema com os realizadores convidados.»
sábado, 15 de outubro de 2011
sexta-feira, 14 de outubro de 2011
Centro Amilcar Cabral
Centro Amilcar CabralBiblioteca Amilcar Cabral sobre Ásia, África e America
Latinavia San Mamolo 24 - 40136 Bologna (Italia) telefone 051/581464 -
fax 051/6448034 email: amicabr@comune.bologna.it
sexta-feira, 30 de setembro de 2011
Arquivos dos Dembos no registo da Memória do Mundo
«A UNESCO acaba de aceitar os Arquivos dos Dembos no registo da Memória do Mundo. A proposta fora apresentada por Angola, através do Arquivo Nacional, e por Portugal, através do Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical/IICT, e contempla correspondência datada de finais do séc. XVII até meados do séc. XX entre autoridades africanas da região dos Dembos, no Norte de Angola, e autoridades coloniais portuguesas em Angola.Os Arquivos incluem ainda correspondência trocada por aquelas autoridades africanas entre si e com o Rei do Congo.Uma das características distintivas destes documentos reside no facto de refletir a apropriação da escrita, através da língua portuguesa, por povos africanos do grupo Mbundu, com uma tradição oral Kimbundu.O Arquivos dos Dembos fazem parte do acervo do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino e são constituídos por 1160 manuscritos em papel e outros suportes. Os documentos foram guardados por autoridades locais africanas no norte de Angola, na região conhecido por Dembos (Ndembu), do grupo Mbundu, que organizava arquivos do Estado. partir da consulta destes manuscritos é possível compreender os continuados relacionamentos entre diferentes povos africanos e entre estes e os europeus.» (Fonte: Expresso,29.09.2011, http://aeiou.expresso.pt/arquivos-dos-dembos-sao-patrimonio-mundial=f677175#ixzz1ZQGxs600 »
terça-feira, 20 de setembro de 2011
quarta-feira, 7 de setembro de 2011
CABO VERDE - Recenseamento Geral da População e da Habitação 2011 (resultados definitivos)
CABO VERDE - Recenseamento Geral da População e da habitação 2011
Resultados definitivos
http://www.ine.cv/CaboVerdeAt/default.htm
Resultados definitivos
http://www.ine.cv/CaboVerdeAt/default.htm
quinta-feira, 1 de setembro de 2011
Imagem de Satélite - Planeamento Urbano - Nigéria
Nigeria launches two satellites
«The satellites could also provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, advance the country's technological capability. (...)»
sábado, 9 de julho de 2011
SUDÃO DO SUL - 54º Estado em África
República do Sudão do Sul
República do Sudão Meridional
República do Sul do Sudão
54º Estado em África e 193º no Mundo (critério das NU)
Nações Unidas: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38989&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1=
Wikipedia: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud%C3%A3o_do_Sul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan
BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2011/07/110708_sudao_do_sul_independencia_mm.shtml
República do Sudão Meridional
República do Sul do Sudão
54º Estado em África e 193º no Mundo (critério das NU)
Nações Unidas: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38989&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1=
Wikipedia: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud%C3%A3o_do_Sul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan
BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2011/07/110708_sudao_do_sul_independencia_mm.shtml
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