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African Royalty Community of Nubia (ARC) Social Network

Welcome back!


 
The Arc of Nubia Social Network was launched a few months ago and we are slowly building and working towards the intentions of our Arc of Nubia that being and extension of the Federation Kingdoms Royal Community for our people and friends in and out of Africa.

Our goal is that of a unification of the people of Africa outside of Africa in union with all within Africa. This towards unity of the African Community and with all friends of all Nations and towards the agenda of the African Kingdoms Federation – Arc of Nubia programs.

This agenda is as followed:

-To establish the Arc of Nubia Chapters worldwide to promote the African Kingdoms Federation and Federation Imperial House Foundation – Development agenda by the Kingdoms for within Africa, the Caricom, Americas’, USA, Europe, Middle-East and Asia, and, within all African Descendents Nations and Communities.

-To establish with the African Kingdoms all needed for all Africans that desire to have direct and far closer contacts with their ancestral roots and Kingdoms Heritage, and all friends of Africa towards a better knowledge and closer relationship and understanding of the African People and our Culture.

-To establish the needed avenues through the African Kingdoms, by the African Kingdoms and within the African Kingdoms to all wishing to re-locate or return to Africa as self or with their families. Through step by step integration and/or re-integration into the Tribes and African Kingdoms Communities. It is of critical importance this orientation process through the Arc of Nubia. This to understand and become better acquainted and orientated with the traditions and culture, equally as well as, possibility to maintain self and family, in terms of possibility of employment, and relocation to Africa.

-To open all avenue for ALL willing to participate actively in the Federations Primary Development Agenda Program: PROJECT VII PHOENIX

-To establish this Royal Community the Arc of Nubia, which is unique as your direct portal within Africa and from Africa through as a part of the African Kingdom Community.

-To establish and facilitate better support to any and all wanting to work and establish NGOs, or Commercial, Industrial or other such within the African Kingdoms Regions.

Visite the different page links given in this post to better acquaint with the African Kingdoms and Federation your host of the Arc of Nubia.

Join our Social Network and feel at home in the Arc of Nubia Community, get to know the other family members of our Community on the Arc, so we can expand to better facilitate and support the Arc of Nubia global presence.

www.arclud.ning.com

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By Sandra Rafaela – August 24, 2010

6th edition of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting 14 – 16 October 2010

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

6th edition of the Women’s Forum Global Meeting
« Change: Make it happen »
14 – 16 October 2010
Deauville, France

Paris, 25 May 2010– The Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society will hold its 6th annual Global Meeting on October 14-16, 2010 in Deauville, France under the theme “Change: Make it happen”.

“At a time when economies and models of society are questioned by an uncertain and fragile global situation, only diversity, confidence and solidarity between women, in an exchange with men, can make change happen to restore hope in a disrupted world”, declared Women’s Forum CEO and Founder, Aude de Thuin. “The Women’s Forum annual Global Meeting is a major event of expression and mobilization of women in order to spark audacious and innovative policies of change.”

The Women’s Forum Global Meeting will focus on new forms of actions and on actors of needed change. It will immerse about 1,200 participants from over 80 countries in a powerful and interactive experience with CEOs, business leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, thinkers, artists, politicians, and policymakers, all of them opinion leaders and influential in their areas of expertise. Among them, many women from emerging countries invited to join the Forum’s network will give a testimony of their exemplary actions to develop their countries.

These major issues will be debated through five “pillars of change”:
- Change in politics: How to think and act collectively in a world of mistrust?
- Change in the economy: What do we need now for true innovation?
- Change in the environment: How to make the green economy a killer app for business and a reality for all?
- Change in global health: How to build a healthier and more equitable food chain for the planet?
- Change through the woman factor: Pushing the boundaries, yet how far?

This year, among many international delegations, the Forum will host a delegation of men and women from Nordic countries where voluntary measures, as in Sweden, or political ones, as in Norway, allowed them to attain the highest rates of parity in the world. Other countries such as South Africa, United States and Russia will be largely represented.

To the plenary sessions will be added the Discovery Program, a unique place in the Forum for its design, its interactive format to facilitate exchanges, conviviality and many innovative experiences this year around three main axes:
-Performance with corners like the Diversity Club, Women on Boards, Women’s Network,
-Commitment with corners of NGOs, the Sustainability in Action Club, and “Women For Education” and “Cartier Women’s Initiative  Awards”.
- Discovery with the “Rising Talents” project, the Writer’s Corner and the Health and Nutrition Corner.

About the Women’s Forum
Founded in 2005 by Aude Zieseniss de Thuin, the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society is an independent global forum of feminine inspiration, recognized among the top 5 global forums worldwide, dedicated to building and implementing a more balanced world for all.

The Forum is a platform of debate, sharing, brainstorming and action where women are given pride of place for speaking out on all major societal issues that count today and will count tomorrow. 2010 will be a year of a reinforced international visibility, a program anchored in major issues that cannot be ignored, fed by a global vision and messages that will be addressed at the Forum’s closing, on October 16th.

In September 2009, Publicis Groupe acquired a majority stake in the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society.

Press Contacts

Women’s Forum
Claudine Ripert-Landler
+33 (0)6 73 45 18 43
claudine.ripert@womens-forum.com

Joanna Spiette
+33(0)1 58 18 62 09
joanna.spiette@womens-forum.com

Publicis Consultants
Vilizara Lazarova
+33 (0)1 57 32 86 46
vilizara.lazarova@consultants.publicis.fr

Isabelle Rivière
+33 (0)1 57 32 86 99
isabelle.riviere@consultants.publicis.fr

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By Sandra Rafaela – August 16, 2010

The ACP Observatory on Migration


by Joyce van Genderen-Naar

On Monday 2 August 2010 a press conference and prelaunch of the ACP Observatory on Migration took place in the ACP House in Brussels, with statements from the ACP Assistant Secretary General, Ms. Michèle Dominique Raymond; Head of Governance and Operational Support Section EuropeAid Cooperation Office (AIDCO) European Commission, Ms. Kirsi Pekuri; and Director of the ACP Observatory on Migration, Mr. Laurent de Boeck.

The objective of the Observatory is to produce data on South-South ACP migration flows. There are 12 pilot ACP countries selected, but the research will concern all ACP countries and all ACP regions. The Observatory cooperates with universities in Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and EU. One of the main pillars of the Observatory’s activities is Capacity Building for civil society. They wish to integrate civil society actors in the dialogue concerning policy-making on migration, and give NGO’s, local organizations and individual actors from civil society their say in the process of improving migration policies in ACP countries. Furthermore, these contacts will help to increase the visibility of the Observatory amongst civil-society based organizations.

The Observatory is an institution designed to produce data on South-South ACP migration flows for migrants, civil society and policy-makers and enhance research capacities in ACP countries for the improvement of the migrants’ situation and the strengthening of the migration-development nexus. The total budget for the project is 9 404 776 €. The European Union contributes with 7 994 060 € .

The Observatory will create a network of research centres and private researchers to provide policy-makers, the civil society and the public at large with reliable and harmonized data on ACP migration. It will focus its attention on the migrants’ situation and will foster the inclusion of migration into pilot countries’ development strategies. The Observatory will be officially launched in October 2010. While currently based in Brussels (Belgium), the Observatory will move to one of the 79 ACP countries. The Observatory is open to the participation of Universities, research centres, government agencies, consultants, experts and general public interested in producing or using comprehensive data on ACP migration. Joining institutions will be part of a high-level research network including research facilities from around the world focusing on migration data and migration management policies. The Observatory will function as an exchange platform for migration research papers and expertise. Through its website, the Observatory will publish research studies and papers which will contribute to a better understanding of ACP migration flows and migration and development issues for policy-makers, government officials and general public.

The ACP observatory works with :

- A Research Consortium with 15 partners, among which National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho, University of Cape Town (UCT) , Cape Town, South Africa, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal; Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal; Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; MOI University, Eldoret, Kenya; Centre for the Study of Forced Migration of the University ofDar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Université de Goma, Goma, DRC; University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Associated Partners are: The International Migration Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom; The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, United Kingdom; Université de Yaoundé II, Yaoundé, Cameroon; The Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The 12 Pilot Countries are: in West Africa: Senegal and Nigeria; in East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania; in Central Africa: Cameroon and DRC; Southern Africa: Lesotho and Angola; Caribbean: Haiti and Trinidad&Tobago; Pacific: Timor-Leste and Papua-New-Guinea.

PRESS RELEASE: 02/08/2010 – For immediate release

The ACP Observatory on Migration: improving migration research in ACP countries for better policy making
The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States Observatory on Migration is a new institution created to provide reliable data and information on migration flows in ACP countries. The objective is to design better policies to enhance the migration contribution to development. The Observatory will be officially launched in a ceremony foreseen for 25-27 October 2010 which will gather relevant figures from the political, economic and cultural fields both in the EU and the ACP countries.

The European Commission and the Secretariat of the ACP Group of States have partnered in the establishment of an intra-ACP Migration Facility aimed at fostering institutional capacity in the ACP countries and strengthen the civil society with the ultimate aim to include migration issues into national and regional development policies and strategies.
Available data on ACP migration is scarce and often unreliable. In many countries, the lack of relevant information has serious political consequences, since migrants’ need cannot be taken into account by policy makers. Migration is widely considered to present one of the factors influencing development but in many cases it has not been included in development strategies because of the lack of reliable data. According to Laurent de Boeck, Director of the ACP Observatory on Migration, “unlike South-North movements, South-South migration flows have received very limited attention in the past years.

Yet contrary to public perceptions, South-South migration is highly important in many regions and often takes place between neighbouring countries and those with small wage differentials. Drive factors include labour migration, family reunification, forced migration, traditional cross border flows and the effects of climate change”.
The ACP Observatory on Migration will tackle existing data and information gaps by improving policy-oriented knowledge on migration flows between ACP countries. Under the Secretariat of ACP States and funded by the EDF and Switzerland, the Observatory will introduce an innovative approach to enhance research capacities in ACP countries and provide policy makers the tools to improve their action. Information will be provided to general public to improve knowledge on migration issues. Research will focus on the protection of migrants’ rights through several research topics including forced migration, labour migration, migration and health, remittances and migration and climate change. The Observatory will foster networking and cooperation between research institutions, private researchers and government agencies through a website and will conduct research to obtain currently inexistent information. The total budget for the project is 9 404 776 €. The European Union contributes with 7 994 060 €.

An official ceremony will be organized in Brussels on 25-27 October 2010 to launch the Observatory. High representatives from EU and ACP institutions will be present to support the initiative, which strengthens the cooperation between European and ACP countries on migration and development. The launching ceremony will include working session and an artistic event foreseen for the 26th October 2010 where cultural and artistic creations from the ACP countries will be presented to the public.
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Contact:mrfbrusselsacp@iom.int

An ACP Initiative, Empowered by IOM, Funded by the European Union (European contribution: 7 994 060 €) and with the financial support of Switzerland.

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By Sandra Rafaela – August 5, 2010

International Press Institue Announces Appointment of Deputy Director Alison Bethel McKenzie as Interim Director

Bethel McKenzie to Lead IPI through High-Profile 60th Anniversary World Congress in September, Following Departure of David Dadge to Pursue New Opportunities

IPI Interim Director Alison Bethel McKenzie

IPI Interim Director Alison Bethel McKenzie. Photo: IPI

The International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Board announced on Monday that it was appointing IPI Deputy Director Alison Bethel McKenzie as Interim Director following the decision by Director David Dadge to pursue new opportunities after overseeing two successful IPI World Congresses and strong development of the organisation’s press freedom activities.

Chairman of the IPI Board Janne Virkkunen said: “David has done an excellent job during his relatively short term as the Director of IPI, under the difficult circumstances created among other things by the global financial crisis. I have known David for many years and I know that he has been and will always be a true fighter for press freedom and freedom of expression. David is now, of his own will, stepping down from his post as the Director of IPI and it is time to thank him for his tremendous efforts to fulfil our mission as an important global press freedom organisation. On behalf of the IPI I wish David good luck in the future, whatever his coming challenges will be. Our new Interim Director, Alison Bethel McKenzie, starts her job only a month and a half before our next World Congress and 60th year anniversary celebrations, to be held in Vienna and Bratislava in September. I know that Alison will do an excellent job in leading the IPI secretariat and preparations for the next congress.”

Ms. Bethel McKenzie, who joined IPI in 2009, has over 25 years of experience in journalism, as a reporter, bureau chief, editor and media trainer. From 1995-2000 she was senior assistant city editor at The Boston Globe, supervising a reporting staff that covered City Hall, urban affairs and transportation. In 2000, she joined The Detroit News as features editor, and then became the paper’s Washington, D.C. bureau chief from 2001 to 2006, overseeing coverage of the White House. She joined the Legal Times in Washington, D.C. in 2006 as executive editor, moving on in 2007 to the Nassau Guardian, in the Bahamas, as managing editor.

Before joining IPI, she spent a year in Accra, Ghana, for the Washington, D.C.-based International Center for Journalists, as a Knight International Journalism Fellow, helping Ghanaian journalists improve their reporting skills in the run-up to the country’s 2008 presidential election.

Web: www.freemedia.at

IPI World Congress
Vienna & Bratislava
11 – 14 September 2010
www.ipiworldcongress.com

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By Adrianne – August 5, 2010