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ARI 12/2016 - 28/1/2016
Erika Rodríguez Pinzón
El gobierno colombiano ha emprendido una activa búsqueda de recursos para financiar el postconflicto, una vez se firme un acuerdo de paz con las FARC. Se prevé que parte de la suma necesaria provenga de la comunidad internacional.

Die Politische Stiftungen wollen in einer gemeinsamen Initiative den Ursachen und der Bedeutung sinkender Wahlbeteiligung nachgehen und konkrete Maßnahmen vorschlagen, die zu einer Steigerung der Wahlbeteiligung beitragen können.

Spätestens seit dem 18. Parteitag der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas im November 2012 zeichnet sich ein vielschichtiger ökonomischer, politischer und gesellschaftlicher Wandel ab. Um über dessen Implikationen zu sprechen, lud die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung am 28. Januar 2016 zum vierten Außenpolitischen Quartett.

Postdoctoral Fellow of ELIAMEP Dr Dimitris Skleparis spoke on Mediapart on Greece and the Schengen Area. The article was published on 26 January 2016 and is available here.

 

 

 

 

Nach Kairo ist in den vergangenen Jahren viel saudisches Geld geflossen. Aber Riad ist nicht...

Violent extremism has become a dominant problem in the Sahel-Sahara region in the last couple of years. An increasing array of nonstate actors are threatening the state and the safety of populations while at the same time taking on a transnational character and increasing ties and affiliations with actors beyond the francophone space. Despite the urgency of this critical threat, current responses of states in the region seem to be uncoordinated and inadequate.

This meeting note, written in French with an English summary included as an annex, aims to contribute toward better mutual understanding of violent extremism in the Sahel-Sahara region and its underlying causes. It also outlines a number of potential regional, national, and community responses.

The report stems from a seminar IPI organized in Tunis, Tunisia, from December 7 to 8, 2015, in partnership with the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) and the Centre for Strategies and Security for the Sahel Sahara (Centre 4S, Nouakchott, Mauritania).

The following are among the recommendations that emerged from the seminar’s discussions:

• Analyze, Disseminate, and Communicate: Local actors could benefit from greater access to research, analysis, and lessons learned from other contexts. In addition, local researchers could be supported in developing their own knowledge and narratives, and media could be encouraged to adopt a more positive and analytical approach to covering violent extremism.
• Promote a Culture of Dialogue and a Dialogue of Cultures: A culture of dialogue must be promoted both between and within different cultures and religions, as well as between the state and religious actors. This dialogue should extend to the regional level.
• Rethink State-Society Relations: Increased space for dialogue among different actors in society is needed to help the state engage in more long-term preventive solutions. Such solutions could include reaching out to youth and preventing the manipulation of religious discourse.
• Invest in Prevention: Regional integration could help find common preventive strategies for the francophone space. This integration should not be limited to cooperation among states.

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Retrouvez les interviews des auteurs de la série "Valeurs d'islam"

Cet article Retrouvez les interviews des auteurs de la série « Valeurs d’islam » est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

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You can read here the article on Greece and the challenge of migration, which was written by Director General of ELIAMEP Dr Thanos Dokos. This commentary was published in the Greek daily Kathimerini on 26 January 2016.

Retrouver en version arabe les travaux réalisés dans la série Valeurs d'islam.

Cet article Retrouvez en version arabe la série « Valeurs d’islam » قيم الإسلام est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

Cet ouvrage reprend l’ensemble des travaux réalisés dans la série « Valeurs d’islam », de janvier 2015 à janvier 2016.

Cet article Sortie en librairie de « Valeurs d’islam » est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

Retrouvez la note Le pluralisme religieux en islam, ou la conscience de l’altérité de Éric Geoffroy en version arabe.

Cet article Retrouvez en version arabe « Le pluralisme religieux en islam, ou la conscience de l’altérité » de Éric Geoffroy est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

Retrouvez la note Coran, clés de lecture de Tareq Oubrou en version arabe.

Cet article Retrouvez en version arabe « Le Coran, clés de lecture » de Tareq Oubrou est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

Retrouvez la note L’humanisme et l’humanité en islam de Ahmed Bouyerdene en version arabe.

Cet article Retrouvez en version arabe  » L’humanisme et l’humanité en islam » de Ahmed Bouyerdene est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

Retrouvez la note Le soufisme : spiritualité et citoyenneté de Bariza Khiari en version arabe.

Cet article Retrouvez en version arabe « Le soufisme : spiritualité et citoyenneté » de Bariza Khiari est apparu en premier sur Fondapol.

ARI 11/2016 - 27/1/2016
Miguel Otero Iglesias
En un contexto de estancamiento secular, la política monetaria ha llegado a su límite. ¿Hay que aplicar una dosis fiscal superagresiva o el paciente está mejor de lo que pensamos?

Non-economic loss and damage (NELD) has emerged as a new concept in the negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It refers to the negative impacts of climate change that are difficult to measure or quantify. The value of NELD cannot easily be expressed in monetary terms, which has left them mostly neglected in climate-risk and cost estimates. As a result, although NELD are vital to those affected, they often go unnoticed by the outside world.
A focus on NELD invites engagement with the normative dimensions of the loss-and-damage debate: Whose losses and damages count and how are they counted? What losses are the global community willing to accept as a result of unmitigated climate change? At the same time, the practical aspects of NELD need to be considered: What tools and instruments are available to avoid NELD? What are appropriate ways to react to NELD that prove to be unavoidable or that have already occurred?
Instances of NELD are highly diverse. Relevant insights can be gained from a range of academic disciplines, including economics, human geography and environmental psychology. Still, few studies explicitly address NELD. Currently, 10 meta-categories of NELD can be identified: Human Life, Meaningful Places, Cultural Artefacts, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Communal Sites, Production Sites, Intrinsic Values, Identity and Agency.
The diversity of NELD can be better understood through a focus on their main characteristics: context-dependence and incommensurability of value. Both attributes pose challenges to policy-making. Context-dependence is particularly problematic in an international setting in which actors will likely need to rely on universal standards for the recognition of losses.
Incommensurability means that values cannot be ex-pressed through the use of a common unit. This renders monetary assessments as a means of valuation problematic. Monetisation may provide useful information for cost-benefit analyses of mitigation or adaptation scenarios, but it is less insightful in terms of how to avoid NELD or respond to them once they have occurred. Such conceptual clarity is key for the integration of available knowledge and the identification of effective approaches to NELD.
In order to avoid NELD at the national level, they need to be included in risk- and vulnerability assessments. Assessments need to include negative side-effects of mitigation and adaptation and be conducted in a decentralised and participatory manner. Efforts should be made to share findings with the wider public, nationally and inter-nationally.
Addressing NELD at the international level should rely on agreed assessment rules for the recognition of NELD rather than a static set of items. The universality of standards needed for an international framework would thus shift from indicators to a process-based scheme of assessment rules under the UNFCCC. These should inform measures that avoid as well as those that react to NELD.
The emergence of NELD in the context of the UNFCCC provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of an oft-ignored dimension of climate impacts. An orchestrated integration of research findings from a broad range of disciplines is needed to provide a solid evidence-base for designing just and effective approaches to address NELD.

Comentario Elcano 4/2016 - 27/1/2016
Carmen González Enríquez
Según el último Barómetro del Real Instituto Elcano, la propuesta de cambio constitucional dirigida hacia la formación de un Estado federal resulta divisiva. Por ello, es improbable que logre su objetivo de canalizar el conflicto en Cataluña obteniendo a la vez un consenso social en el resto de España.