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Building more inclusive, sustainable and prosperous societies in Europe and Central Asia
Posted on: 10 October 2013
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The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and UNECE have released a report which presents the UN system’s vision for the post-2015 development agenda in Europe and Central Asia. It argues that the region has a critical role to play in shaping the generation of new development goals. The report was created as a series of 14 short thematic pieces, accompanied by an advocacy paper that lays out the overall vision. The short issue briefs provide policy-makers and negotiators of the future development agenda with a concise overview of the key points for each issue. Themes include managing the earth’s ecosystems, and governance for sustainable development.
The impact of visa facilitation in APEC economies
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A new report by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) shows that visa facilitation could create up to 2.6 million new jobs in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies by 2016. The report indicates that although there has been successful collaboration and advances across the APEC region to facilitate visas, including progressive approaches to implement new visa policies, 21% of expected international tourists arriving into APEC over the period 2014-2016 would still be required to obtain a traditional visa prior to travel under current visa policies.
Basic services for all in an urbanizing world
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The third report of the Global Observatory of Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD III) details the provision of public local services and is in-line with the UCLG objective to present every three years a report on the state of local and regional democracy and of decentralisation throughout the world. The report examines the basic services that are essential to quality of life and human dignity and highlights a worrying deterioration in access to basic services in cities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It also explores the challenges faced by local authorities in ensuring universal access to basic services to the world’s billion urban slum-dwellers, as well as to the 5 billion people who will inhabit the world’s cities within the next thirty years at a time when we are unable to meet the needs of the almost one million inhabitants in precarious neighbourhoods that have limited access to these services.
Food and cities: Analysis
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This analysis summarises the main aspects of urban food topics: why should cities address food issues, how to strengthen urban food systems, what are the components of a food system, what is a food strategy, how to engage citizens, and the many advantages of promoting a sustainable food system.
The guide to greening cities
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This is described as the first book written from the perspective of municipal leaders with successful, on-the-ground experience working to advance green city goals. Through personal reflections and interviews with leading municipal staff in cities from San Antonio to Minneapolis, the authors share lessons for cities to lead by example in their operations, create programs, implement high-priority initiatives, develop partnerships, measure progress, secure funding, and engage the community. Case studies and chapters highlight strategies for overcoming common challenges such as changes of leadership and fiscal austerity. The book is augmented by a companion website, launching with the publication of the book, which offers video interviews of municipal leaders, additional case studies, and other resources.
Private rented housing: A manifesto for growth
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The Residential Landlords’ Association’s (RLA) fringe event at the 2013 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester dealt with the issue of promoting a manifesto for growth in the private rented sector. Speakers included: Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP, chairman of the Conservative Economic Affairs Committee; Alex Morton, head of housing, planning and urban policy at Policy Exchange; and, Alan Ward, chairman of the RLA. A video of the event is available online. A video of the RLA fringe event at the Labour Party 2013 conference is also available here.
Consultant & Contractor File 2013
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The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has published the 2013 edition of its guide to consultants and contractors.
The new climate economy
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The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, and its flagship project, The New Climate Economy, have been set up to help governments, businesses and society make better-informed decisions on these crucial issues. The Commission brings together expert research institutes from five continents, overseen by an International Council comprising former heads of government and finance ministers and leaders in the fields of economics, business and finance. Reporting in September 2014, the project will make recommendations on the policies that can simultaneously deliver better economic growth and address the risks posed by climate change.
Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme
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The Government has launched phase 2 of its Help to Buy scheme, confirming the final scheme rules including the level of the commercial fee the lenders will be charged.
VisitBritain Annual Review 2012/2013
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VisitBritain has launched its latest annual review, outlining inbound tourism performance, highlighting how it has been working to deliver the Olympic legacy in 2013 and sharing priorities for the year ahead.
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