"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Generosity isn’t enough. Today, in the fight against hunger and poverty what is needed is cleverness and, most of all, co-ordination. After decades of micro projects launched into a general atmosphere of confusion, regions and local authorities are changing their way.
Decentralised cooperation steps one step closer to full recognition by European institutions of local authorities’ activities in the fight against poverty.
This is a summary of the first Assises of decentralised cooperaton which took place last Wednesday in Brussels at the Committee of the Regions and that was attended by 300 representatives of local and regional authorities from all over the world.
In a time of deep economic crisis, when more than ever the money spent by the European Union on the developing world needs to be spent well – between proximity, flexibility and efficiency – decentralised cooperation is the best instrument to respond to the essential needs of hundreds of millions of people forced to live in poverty.
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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