WASHINGTON, DC (April 17, 2012) - In light of the intense criticism
leveled against credit rating agencies for their perceived failure to
analyze adequately sovereign creditworthiness, the Bertelsmann
Foundation has developed a blueprint for an international non-profit
credit rating agency (INCRA), whose rating criteria are designed to
increase credibility and international acceptance.
Joel's Blog
INCRA - Bertelsmann Foundation releases report on creating an organization for sovereign-debt ratings
Thu, 31/05/2012 - 13:34
Barefoot Guides - free resources
Wed, 23/05/2012 - 19:03
Free downloads for:
Barefoot Guide to Working with Organisations and Social Change
and
The Barefoot Guide to Learning Practices in Organizations and Social Change
Guide Barefoot 2 portant sur la conception et la facilitation des activites creatives d’apprentissage
Slavoj Žižek on the Occupy Movement
Tue, 24/04/2012 - 16:58
"The emergence of an international protest movement
without a coherent program is therefore not an accident: it reflects a
deeper crisis, one without an obvious solution."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/24/occupy-wa...
cacoo and slideshare apps elevate virtual meeting space of google+
Thu, 29/03/2012 - 16:03
Using Cacoo for Google+ Hangouts, members can share diagrams during a
live video chat. No matter how far the other members are, you'll feel
as if everyone is in the same room with one whiteboard. - cacoo press
release
"Arguably the two most practical new arrivals, SlideShare’s app lets Google+ users view presentations, documents and videos together, while +Cacoo supports wire-framing, mind-mapping and collaborative diagramming." -- Sarah perez, TechCrunch
number of meetings held in Poland increases in 2011
Thu, 29/03/2012 - 14:34
News from the Poland Convention Bureau:
"We have summed up the data on meetings organised in 2011 by the companies recommended as Professional Congress and Incentive Travel Organisers. Thanks to the activities of companies associated in programs year after year we manage to define more meetings. This affects the promotion of Poland and improve its competitiveness on the international market. In 2011 we organised 3001 meetings, which is almost three times as many as we did in 2010!"
The Normative Position of International Non-Governmental Organizations under International Law - Rephael Harel Ben-Ari
Fri, 16/03/2012 - 14:15
The Normative Position of International Non-Governmental Organizations under International Law
The
activities of International Non-Governmental Organizations give rise to
multifaceted questions of legality and legitimacy. The normative
position of INGOs within the 'international community' has proved to be
acutely controversial, demanding a fundamental reconsideration of the
concepts of the nation-state and of international organizations of all
kinds. There is manifestly a crying need for a comprehensive framework
1960 - Ouvrages de références sur les organisations et réunions internationales
Mon, 12/03/2012 - 21:08
G. P. Speeckaert
Ouvrages de références sur les organisations et réunions internationales
Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France
bbf 1960 - t. 5, n 11
http://bbf.enssib.fr/consulter/bbf-1960-11-0413-003
Research Network: Mega-Events, Regional Development and Regeneration
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 17:51
Regional Studies Association research network on Mega-Events, Regional Development and Regeneration
Egypt judges in NGO funding trial resign
Wed, 29/02/2012 - 17:04
Belgian nonprofit registration simplifies with online application process
Thu, 09/02/2012 - 22:21
As of February 2012, the opportunity to establish a non-profit
association (asbl/vzw) in Belgium will be open to anyone – at the click
of a computer mouse.
As a further step in an evolving federal programme of eAdministration, with the overall aim of streamlining procedures generally, the Brussels commercial court (Tribunal de Commerce/Rechtbank van Koophandel) will now accept applications online, dramatically simplifying and speeding up the registration process.
Currently in a test phase it will soon be open to the public.