Traduction de «processus de développement communautaire » (Français → Anglais) :

raising public awareness of development issues, empowering people to become active and responsible citizens and promoting formal and informal education for development in the Union, in candidate countries and potential candidates, to anchor development policy in society, to mobilise greater public support for action against poverty and for more equitable relations between developed and developing countries, to raise awareness of the issues and difficulties facing developing countries and their peoples, and to promote the right to a process of development in w ...[+++]hich all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realised and the social dimension of globalisation.

Question No. 1184 Ms. Judy Foote: With regard to the Community Development Fund and the Grand Bank Development Corporation (GBDC): (a) how much funding in total was allocated in 1991 to the GBDC under the Community Development Fund and was the funding received in a lump sum payment; (b) what organization administers the GBDC fund; (c) has the GBDC fund been exhausted and, if not, how much is left in this fund; (d) what is the annual operational cost of the GBDC; (e) what is the current status of the GBDC; (f) are there plans to change the GBDC status in the near future and, if so, (i) what are the details of any documentation statin ...[+++]g the rationale for the change in status and, if not, (ii) will the GBDC be allowed to continue operating, in the interest of fulfilling its mandate, until such time as the initial funding on the Corporation’s balance sheet reaches zero; (g) should the GBDC cease to operate, what will happen to the unspent fund originally allocated under the Community Development Fund and the revenues being generated by money it has invested since the fund was established; (h) what is the status of the Community Development Fund allocated to (i) Trepassey, (ii) Gaultois, (iii) Botwood, (iv) South Side St. John’s; and (i) have any of those communities exhausted their funding and, if so, (i) were they permitted to continue their mandate until their funds were exhausted and, if not, (ii) was the unused portion of their funding given to another organization or agency to administer?

This has resulted in the rehabilitation of the land administration system through Aceh and Nias Islands; Community Development project: this provides block grants directly to about 3,000 villages to support the restoration of community infrastructures; Urban Community Development Project: this provides block grants directly to urban villages to rehabilitate and develop community-based infrastructure; Housing and Settlement Project: in complement to urban and community development projects, this project will contribute to building o ...[+++]r repairing about 25,000 houses over a two-year period through a community-driven decision-making mechanism; Tsunami Recovery Waste Management projects; Technical assistance to Aceh’s reconstruction agency (BRR): support to BRR to implement its mandate by supporting a facility to provide the necessary technical expertise for the reconstruction process as well as to help co-ordinate international and national assistance; (Helping to provide Aceh’s reconstruction agency with the necessary technical expertise for the reconstruction process and for coordinating international and national assistance).

The contribution of civil society to development can be enhanced by strengthening community organisations and non-profit non-governmental organisations in all spheres of cooperation.

5. The following priority aspects of development aid action must be taken into account: (a) promotion of local economic development through support for small and medium-sized businesses, cooperatives and the informal sector, and for agricultural, craft, industrial, and commercial production, with encouragement of access to credit, technical assistance and training, in particular for women and young entrepreneurs; (b) encouragement of vocational training closely linked with local economic potential in the context of local policies and sustainable policies and initiatives to boost employment; (c) promotion of action to reduce cases of in ...[+++]security and violence by improving the operation of public institutions in the context of the rule of law; (d) increased opportunities for all members of society - in particular, women, the young and disadvantaged groups - to participate in development action and the democratic process; (e) improvement of the operation of basic health services, preventive medicine and community health programmes and action designed to meet the priority health concerns of communities; (f) promotion of basic education and all educational initiatives and action to encourage communities to put down stronger roots; (g) promotion of methods for the economic exploitation of natural resources which can also have a positive impact on the environment and improve the quality of life of communities; (h) general and programmatic support for developing countries involved with the reintegration of returning migrants; (i) decentralized cooperation, particularly as part of long- term programmes, as a means of establishing the necessary lasting links between development aid and immigration policy.

The principles which should guide Community and Member States' development cooperation are: - gender analysis at macro-, meso- and micro-level must be mainstreamed in the conception, design and implementation of all development policies and interventions, as well as in monitoring and evaluation; - women and men should both participate in and benefit from the development process on an equal basis; - reducing gender disparities is a priority for society as a whole; - anal ...[+++]ysis of differences and disparities between women and men must be a key criterion for assessing the goals and results of development policies and interventions; - development cooperation must encourage and support changes in attitudes, structures and mechanisms at political, legal, community and household level in order to reduce gender inequalities and in particular: = political power-sharing and full and equal participation in decision-making must be promoted at all levels, = economic empowerment and equal access to and control over economic resources must be strengthened, = equal access to and control over social development opportunities must be fostered.