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16 November Nov 2015 1557 16 November 2015 Fighting ISIS' invisible hand
“We live in difficult times", said Gilles De Kerchove, the EU counter-terrorism co-ordinator, talking to Vita International just a few days before the November 13th attacks in Paris. “I know I am saying nothing new, but what we are seeing now is a war of information.”
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10 November Nov 2015 0840 10 November 2015 Education and intercultural dialogue as tools against radicalisation
At a time of rising concerns in Europe over radicalization and violent extremism, the role that education and intercultural dialogue can play in promoting respect for diversity, pluralism and human rights is increasingly under the spotlight
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9 November Nov 2015 1615 09 November 2015 Asset management: the beginning of a new era?
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s decision to divest from fossils fuels is raising the stakes of transparency and coherence in the foundation sector. But could this herald the start of a new asset management era for philanthropic institutions? Are other foundations ready to follow and can they preserve their endowment and remain entirely true to their philanthropic mission?
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8 November Nov 2015 1227 08 November 2015 The voice of the unheard
Radio Nikosia is the first Spanish radio produced by people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness.
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7 November Nov 2015 1037 07 November 2015 ThinkYoung, the think tank giving youth a voice
It is an NGO that provides European youth under 30 with a platform for debates with decision-makers within Europe. ThinkYoung has been lobbying for young people since 2007 in Brussels, and in the last years it as expanded also to Geneva and Hong Kong.
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5 November Nov 2015 1122 05 November 2015 In the bathroom doorway
The doubt faced by a young man who is son of a culture in which the victory of religion as an ideology has led to the destruction of any possibility to practice religion on his own terms, and on the on the other hand, he lives according to the dictates of a Western world in which the defeat of religion as ideology has led to the marginalization of religious practice from public life.
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4 November Nov 2015 1121 04 November 2015 When ex offenders help young people break free from gang crime
SOS Gangs Project is the first ever ex-offender led project in the UK. The project has dramatically cut re-offending, with less than 20% being recalled for further offences against the national average of 75%.
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3 November Nov 2015 1657 03 November 2015 Juncker Commission 1st anniversary: a ‘lost year’ for environmental protection
One year since the entry into office of the current European Commission headed by Jean-Claude Juncker, environmental groups have criticised the EU executive for a paralysis in policymaking on issues related to the environment
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2 November Nov 2015 1731 02 November 2015 Bikes for refugees
In London a community of volunteers refurbishes abandoned bikes and donates them to refugees and asylum seekers
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2 November Nov 2015 1135 02 November 2015 Caritas Africa new calls for action
Worried by the tragic events and the dire conditions of thousands of people, the humanitarian organization steps up with concrete proposals and measures. African and European institutions take note…