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Jubilee USA - Joining hands to break the chains of debtJubilee USA Network is an alliance of more than 80 religious denominations and faith communities, human rights, environmental, labor, and community groups working for the definitive cancellation of crushing debts to fight poverty and injustice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Jubilee calls ...
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Strengthening Local Self-Governance through Community UnionsGovernments are beginning to decentralise some political, fiscal and/or administrative responsibilities to lower level governments and to the private sector. The process is particularly widespread in developing countries, often for different reasons: * In Africa due to the advent of ...
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The Art of Storytelling with Children - Building a School Storytelling ClubOn a warm, spring night in June of 2003 nineteen third and fourth grade elementary storytelling students took center stage in the school auditorium. The event was the first Student Storytelling Festival where their dedication and talent came together for a glorious evening of folktales, ...
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Social LearningA social, relational, conversational, transformative and liberational Learning Circle, South Africa. This picture is from a Pioneers of Change's work on Dialogue and Learning.
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Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in AfricaWelcome to ALIA, home of the Shambhala Summer Institute and a growing network of regionally based, globally connected leadership programs and learning communities. ALIA offers a uniquely integrative model of leadership development for organizations and communities seeking more inspired and ...
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Changing from the inside out - Leadership developmentSometimes ‘ learning organisations’ oversell the effects of what they can deliver. The idea is easily used without taking into account all that it takes to have a process of learning within or among organisations. Switching from a traditional organisation to a learning one is difficult. It takes ...
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Networks and partnershipsLike organisations, networks come in different shapes and sizes. At one extreme, they are informal, loosely structured communities of practice, with a shared leadership or none at all. At the other, they have a secretariat, a recognised leader and a clear agenda. The form of a network can evolve ...
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Learning for organisational developmentCountless organisations have experimented with ways to improve their performance through learning since Peter Senge published his trailblazing book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization in 1990. Although Senge drew mainly on experiences and insights gained in ...
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Producer organisations and value chainsOne might think that the recent rise in global food prices presents an opportunity for the developing world’s 450 million smallholder farmers. But too few are responding by increasing production. Why is this so? In this issue, Jack Wilkinson, former president of the International Federation of ...
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Linking Local Learners. Negotiating New Development Relationships between Village, District and Nation.We introduce our book with the story of how a learning approach was developed in East Africa – what was done, who was involved, what was created, and what was learned. We also share the ideas of the local learning groups on how modern Information and Communication Technology could support their ...
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