http://www.search4dev.nlOnline library for Dutch development cooperationenwww.kit.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nlSat, 25 May 2013 23:10:53 CEST/d/dprn/graphics/bbhead.gifhttp://www.search4dev.nlhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/445148http://www.search4dev.nl/record/445148On Wednesday 14 September 2011 the Society for International Development (SID), in cooperation with Amnesty International, PwC, NCDO and the Worldconnectors, organized its annual conference in The Hague. It was the closing event of the 2010-2011 Lecture Series ‘Global Values in a Changing World: Challenging Universality’. This report provides a summary of the presentations and discussions.R. Muskenshttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/445105http://www.search4dev.nl/record/445105The SID NL Closing Conference 2012 was organised on Friday September 14 in cooperation with the African Studies Centre (ASC) and Vitens Evides International (VEI), supported by NCDO and the Worldconnectors. It is the closing session of the SID 2011-2012 Lecture Series ‘The State in a Globalizing World: problematic, yet indispensable’, in which we aim to understand the changing role of the nation state, and its relations with other actors including other states, corporates and civil society. This conference is looking at a concrete case: the cooperation of a private partner with both the Dutch and an African State (Mozambique) in providing drinking water to households. What works and what does not? What is the potential of private sector involvement, and which role should the state have herein?K. Kustershttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/434655http://www.search4dev.nl/record/434655This discussion paper provides an overview of the most important shifts within the field of international cooperation. Then it briefly discusses the current motivation and goals of the Dutch international cooperation. The third section presents a new agenda for international cooperation and focuses on the various financing channels and the role of different actors. Finally, the paper offers tools for the practical implementation of the agenda, especially when it comes to coherence and coordination.H. WijffelsR. van der HoevenJ. van GennipF. van den BoomG. Spitzhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/402330http://www.search4dev.nl/record/402330The drafting of a vision document on the Worldconnectors theme Sustainable World Citizenship is part of our working programme for 2010. The theme itself has been important for our way of working as a dynamic network. A thematic working group (WG SWC) has been active since January 2009. The focus of the WG SWC has been more on activities to catalyse change towards a sustainable future, instead of on drafting a statement. A Worldconnectors SWC community is being built up, partly by making use of social media. This focus will continue, but at the same time, and as a contribution to the celebration of 10 Years EarthCharter, it was decided that now is the moment to capture the ideas underlying the activities. This vision document was created as a preparation for the ten year anniversary of the Earth Charter in The Hague, June 2010.E. Lammershttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/400199http://www.search4dev.nl/record/400199This is a Worldconnectors vision document in response to the Report on International Cooperation “Less Pretension, More Ambition” by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), published in January 2010. The Roundtable of Worldconnectors – assisted by a wide range of external advisors – developed three short statements that are meant to complement the Council’s report.Worldconnectorshttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/400198http://www.search4dev.nl/record/400198The objective of the Worldconnectors Working Group Financial Systems is to offer comprehensive, future oriented recommendations with regard to commercial, risk management and supervisory policies in the Dutch banking sector. These recommendations have been limited to addressing those issues that have to date received less attention in the public debate on reforming the financial sector: corporate social responsibility and sustainability. The Working Group recognises that Dutch banks have taken initiatives in this area, but the crisis of confidence in the banking sector and the urgency of addressing the issue of “public goods” require more priority and urgency. A number of the recommendations made in this document could be incorporated in the Bank Code, which became effective on 1 January 2010.Worldconnectorshttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/400197http://www.search4dev.nl/record/400197In this Worldconnectors vision document recommendations are given on on how the Dutch government should face the challenges in terms of global food and nutrition security.T. DietzW. AerdtsJ. BertelingH. EenhoornJ. van GennipS. VanenburgE.T. WedershovenL. ZebedaA. ZoomersR. RabbingeT. FogelbergD. ElsenT. Lambooyhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/376949http://www.search4dev.nl/record/376949This is the annual report of the Worldconnectors for 2010. The Worldconnectors are a group of people with diverse backgrounds who dedicate themselves in different ways to a just and sustainable society at all levels, from local to global. They have backgrounds in business, the NGO sector, government, knowledge centres, media and international organisations and they are opinion leaders in their field. Whatever their background or age, they all share the ambition for the Netherlands to play a proactive role in the global community. They are willing to contribute to this ambition by speaking on matters related to international solidarity, global sustainable development and universal responsibility in their own networks and in public. The Worldconnectors meet four times a year at a Round Table to engage in cross-sector dialogue with each other on relevant themes. The central aim is to influence the political agenda and the policy debate in the Netherlands from a global perspective. Another goal is to reinforce a global mindset among the Dutch public.NCDOhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/364773http://www.search4dev.nl/record/364773This is a statement on the role of civil society, in response to the Report on International Cooperation “Less Pretension, More Ambition” by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). In the WRR report there is little attention for the role of civil society in development. Also, in its paragraphs on civil society, the report focuses on the organisational and financial set-up of Dutch civil society. The report lacks a reflection on the fundamental role that civil society plays, in each and every society, in the processes of social and societal development. With this statement, the Round Table of Worldconnectors (RTW) wants to draw attention to the crucial and autonomous role of civil society in development processes and in shaping a just and sustainable world – a role that is under increasing pressure.R. GrotenhuisS. Borrenhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/364771http://www.search4dev.nl/record/364771This is a Worldconnectors vision document in response to the Report on International Cooperation “Less Pretension, More Ambition” by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), published in January 2010. This document is based on a dialogue on the WRR Report at the Worldconnectors Round Table meetings of 16 February 2010 and 27 May 2010 and two Steering Group meetings. It has also been formed by the consultation process initiated by Worldconnectors among business actors.S. Borren