News From Around The world
Strasbourg, 22/11/2011
Strong measures have been taken by the Macedonian authorities to prevent citizens from travelling to EU countries - and seeking asylum there. The numbers doing so have gone up considerably since the EU agreed that people in Balkan countries would no longer require visas to enter EU territory. Governments within the EU have reacted and warned that the entire process of visa liberalisation might now be in jeopardy, says Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe...
United Nations Press release
23 November 2011
In August 2011, men and boys aged 18 to 25 were invited by the UNiTE campaign to use their creativity and imagination to create designs that Say NO to violence against women and girls and embody equality and respect.
The T-shirt design competition reached out to young men throughout the world to help end violence against women and girl. Thirty-four regional and global judges have selected the five top designs, one each from...
Overview
This year’s Report focuses on the challenge of sustainable and equitable progress. A joint lens shows how environmental degradation intensifies inequality through adverse impacts on already disadvantaged people and how inequalities in human development amplify environmental degradation.
Human development, which is about expanding people’s choices, builds on shared natural resources. Promoting human development requires addressing sustainability—...
To appear in The Tax Journal, Chartered Institute of Taxation, GhanaVirtually all countries of the world, especially developing countries, give tax incentives to foreign firms and individuals in order to attract investment, generate employment, and boost economic growth. An example of these tax incentives is a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between countries.Double taxation is the imposition of taxes in two or more States on the same tax payer in respect of the same income or the imposition...
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Events at Thirdway
congratulations Dr. Minh for getting this job!!!
Hello everyone,
I would like to anounce that from today Thirdway is present on facebook; http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=164793759154&ref=nf
Feel free to join the group and promote it to your friends!
Best,
Ted
One old Buddhist proverb says: Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
After Thirdway Netherlands “lit” the “life” of Thirdway Ghana and Thirdway Human Rights Education and Development America, on September 25, 2009 the “flame” of Thirdway Thirdway Human Rights & Development France was “lit”.
Thirdway France is focused on ...
"We have two Interns now on their way to Ghana for three months they are Solene and Floriane information on the current site."
- From Christoph's letter
The current site:
http://www.third-way.org
At the Thirdway new website, the Forum is ready for work. All of the departments has an own forum which helps at the communication. We have one informal Forum too: "Who Is Who" which (I hope) will help get to know each others. Let's discover the new website. Everyone can put comments to the pages (it helps to correct the bugs) and if someone like to upload new contents, just let's send it to Attila.
