Surviving an uncertain future

INDEX is the Irish Newsletter for Development Education Exchange
Issue 30 - September 2011 (815KB)

In this issue:
This issue looks at the effects of funding reductions and policy changes both in Ireland and the UK. The food crisis in the Horn of Africa, political changes in the Middle East, and runaway climate change are some of the issues currently grabbing our attention. We may want to focus on how to enable people to understand the root causes and implications of these events. However the amount and quality of our efforts is dramatically affected by the availability of resources, the policies of governments and other institutions, as well as the financial and other assistance provided by funders and supporters.

Contributions include:
•    DE’s role in global development, by Alison Leahy                 
•    Now more than ever! by Matthias Fiedler                 
•    DFID’s changing funding & policy priorities, by Eleanor Knowles     
•    Dev Ed in Schools    
•    INDEX Links: Dev Ed courses & events                           
•    EU Corner & International Dates                                   
•    IDEA Corner                                    
•    Dev Ed news, funding, & resources                                
•    Dealing with the funding crisis, by Louise Robinson & Martin Mikhail     
•    Time to broaden our horizons, by Bobby McCormack
•    Resource Review: Changing education paradigms, by Shane O’Connor

The next issue will be out in January 2012. If you have any information you’d like included, an issue you’d like to see covered, or if you’d like to contribute an article yourself please get in touch with Roisin Boyle (roisin@comhlamh.org) or another member of the Editorial Group.