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Visa Schengen : VFS Global met en garde contre cette pratique courante

Algérie 360 - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:11

VFS Global met en garde les demandeurs de visa Schengen contre la pratique courante consistant à choisir délibérément un pays moins populaire, tels que le […]

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Angeblich Erbe der Sängerin verscherbelt: Mitch Winehouse will 785’000 Franken von ihren Freundinnen

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:05
Er verklagt zwei ehemalige Mitbewohnerinnen seiner verstorbenen Tochter. Sie sollen Erbgut der Sängerin im Wert von 785’000 Franken unrechtmässig versteigert haben.

Warum er auch Ex-Schwinger Pirmin Reichmuth kritisiert: Staudenmann spricht Klartext nach ESAF-Pleite

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:04
Fabian Staudenmann zieht nach seiner bisher grössten Niederlage Konsequenzen. Der Spitzenschwinger stellt sein Training um und verrät, welche Änderungen er sich bei den Kampfrichtern wünscht.

Auch der sechsjährige Sohn hats drauf: Mini-Reichelt begeistert auf der Ski-Piste

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:02
Ex-Super-G-Weltmeister Hannes Reichelt verbringt mit seinem sechsjährigen Sohn Niklas Zeit auf der Piste. Videos zeigen kleine Riesenslalom- und Off-Pisten-Einheiten.

Umfrage zeigt: Das sind die grössten Sorgen der Schweizer

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:02
Wir sorgen uns vor allem um die Gesundheit und die Höhe der Krankenkassenprämie. Aber auch der Umweltschutz und die Politik von US-Präsident Donald Trump beschäftigten die Menschen.

Video einer Ausschusssitzung - Dienstag, 9. Dezember 2025 - 09:30 - Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten

Dauer des Videos : 90'

Haftungsausschluss : Die Verdolmetschung der Debatten soll die Kommunikation erleichtern, sie stellt jedoch keine authentische Aufzeichnung der Debatten dar. Authentisch sind nur die Originalfassungen der Reden bzw. ihre überprüften schriftlichen Übersetzungen.
Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2025 - EP

The growth case for sustainable food systems

Euractiv.com - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:00
It starts with food. Everyone everywhere deserves access to safe food. Two billion people today live without secure access to adequate nutrition,[1] while up to 40% of all food produced is lost or wasted.[2] This imbalance is a stark illustration that the global food system needs to change. Across the value chain, from farmers to […]

Lake and Sound Festival: Rimini liegt am Zürichsee

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:00
Für eine Reise in den Süden reicht der Zug nach Rapperswil – dank dem Lake and Sound Festival, das bereits seine ersten Acts angekündigt hat.
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

Transparency portals in development cooperation: more effectiveness and better communication?

Transparency portals in development cooperation serve two main functions: accountability to a specialist audience and communication with the wider public. In this policy brief, we conduct an international comparison to demonstrate how transparency portals could better fulfil these requirements.
As part of a broader effectiveness agenda, donors are pursuing the goal of greater transparency. In line with this international agenda, transparency is intended to promote learning and improve predictability for partner countries, as well as combatting corruption and fulfilling accountability requirements. Taken together, these factors can contribute to greater development effectiveness.
Donors also hope that their work will receive greater public support. By providing detailed information, experts will be better able to assess the quality of development projects. The aim is to initiate a process of learning and improvement, and to convince the general public that taxpayers’ money is being used effectively. Citizens can use the portals to understand project content and develop their own views.
However, current debates suggest a more complex dynamic. The “Bike Lanes in Peru” project caused a scandal in Germany. Against the backdrop of the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), individual projects became politicised. Accordingly, transparency portals can also have unintended consequences. For example, information can be taken out of context, leading to misunderstandings and legitimate criticism of individual projects going unanswered.
Donors can mitigate these negative effects by redesigning transparency portals. In times of declining approval ratings and cuts to development budgets, they should use the portals to communicate in a targeted manner and demonstrate a greater willingness to engage in honest debate. The following recommendations could help with this:
• Even greater transparency of impact data: Although progress is being made in transparent reporting on project content and financial data, detailed project data on impact measurement and results, as set out in logical frameworks (logframes), is lacking. Increasing transparency in this area could improve development effectiveness.
• Additional investment in communication: Information that is provided in accordance with internationally comparable standards must be translated for a lay audience. In many donor countries, a large proportion of the population has no fixed positive or negative attitude towards development cooperation. Targeted, group-oriented communication should appeal to these people more directly.
• Openness to criticism and discourse: Development policy actors often resist critical examination of their work in public debate. They tend to respond defensively to criticism, whether general or specific. However, informed discussions based on project data from the portals offer an opportunity to openly discuss ineffective projects and, if necessary, replace them with effective ones.

Transparency portals in development cooperation: more effectiveness and better communication?

Transparency portals in development cooperation serve two main functions: accountability to a specialist audience and communication with the wider public. In this policy brief, we conduct an international comparison to demonstrate how transparency portals could better fulfil these requirements.
As part of a broader effectiveness agenda, donors are pursuing the goal of greater transparency. In line with this international agenda, transparency is intended to promote learning and improve predictability for partner countries, as well as combatting corruption and fulfilling accountability requirements. Taken together, these factors can contribute to greater development effectiveness.
Donors also hope that their work will receive greater public support. By providing detailed information, experts will be better able to assess the quality of development projects. The aim is to initiate a process of learning and improvement, and to convince the general public that taxpayers’ money is being used effectively. Citizens can use the portals to understand project content and develop their own views.
However, current debates suggest a more complex dynamic. The “Bike Lanes in Peru” project caused a scandal in Germany. Against the backdrop of the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), individual projects became politicised. Accordingly, transparency portals can also have unintended consequences. For example, information can be taken out of context, leading to misunderstandings and legitimate criticism of individual projects going unanswered.
Donors can mitigate these negative effects by redesigning transparency portals. In times of declining approval ratings and cuts to development budgets, they should use the portals to communicate in a targeted manner and demonstrate a greater willingness to engage in honest debate. The following recommendations could help with this:
• Even greater transparency of impact data: Although progress is being made in transparent reporting on project content and financial data, detailed project data on impact measurement and results, as set out in logical frameworks (logframes), is lacking. Increasing transparency in this area could improve development effectiveness.
• Additional investment in communication: Information that is provided in accordance with internationally comparable standards must be translated for a lay audience. In many donor countries, a large proportion of the population has no fixed positive or negative attitude towards development cooperation. Targeted, group-oriented communication should appeal to these people more directly.
• Openness to criticism and discourse: Development policy actors often resist critical examination of their work in public debate. They tend to respond defensively to criticism, whether general or specific. However, informed discussions based on project data from the portals offer an opportunity to openly discuss ineffective projects and, if necessary, replace them with effective ones.

Transparency portals in development cooperation: more effectiveness and better communication?

Transparency portals in development cooperation serve two main functions: accountability to a specialist audience and communication with the wider public. In this policy brief, we conduct an international comparison to demonstrate how transparency portals could better fulfil these requirements.
As part of a broader effectiveness agenda, donors are pursuing the goal of greater transparency. In line with this international agenda, transparency is intended to promote learning and improve predictability for partner countries, as well as combatting corruption and fulfilling accountability requirements. Taken together, these factors can contribute to greater development effectiveness.
Donors also hope that their work will receive greater public support. By providing detailed information, experts will be better able to assess the quality of development projects. The aim is to initiate a process of learning and improvement, and to convince the general public that taxpayers’ money is being used effectively. Citizens can use the portals to understand project content and develop their own views.
However, current debates suggest a more complex dynamic. The “Bike Lanes in Peru” project caused a scandal in Germany. Against the backdrop of the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), individual projects became politicised. Accordingly, transparency portals can also have unintended consequences. For example, information can be taken out of context, leading to misunderstandings and legitimate criticism of individual projects going unanswered.
Donors can mitigate these negative effects by redesigning transparency portals. In times of declining approval ratings and cuts to development budgets, they should use the portals to communicate in a targeted manner and demonstrate a greater willingness to engage in honest debate. The following recommendations could help with this:
• Even greater transparency of impact data: Although progress is being made in transparent reporting on project content and financial data, detailed project data on impact measurement and results, as set out in logical frameworks (logframes), is lacking. Increasing transparency in this area could improve development effectiveness.
• Additional investment in communication: Information that is provided in accordance with internationally comparable standards must be translated for a lay audience. In many donor countries, a large proportion of the population has no fixed positive or negative attitude towards development cooperation. Targeted, group-oriented communication should appeal to these people more directly.
• Openness to criticism and discourse: Development policy actors often resist critical examination of their work in public debate. They tend to respond defensively to criticism, whether general or specific. However, informed discussions based on project data from the portals offer an opportunity to openly discuss ineffective projects and, if necessary, replace them with effective ones.

Melde dich bei uns: UKW bleibt – aber hast du extra auf ein DAB+-Radio umgerüstet?

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:52
Seit dem UKW-Aus boomen Privatradios und ausländische Radiosender. Derweil verzeichnen die Sender von SRF einen Hörerverlust. Nun hat der Ständerat entschieden: Die UKW-Konzessionen werden erneut verlängert. Was denkst du darüber? Nun bist du gefragt!
Categories: Africa, Swiss News

Verhandlungstermin steht fest: Ex-Coach Celestini zieht den FCL vor Gericht

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:47
Im Januar kommts zu einer Gerichtsverhandlung zwischen dem FC Luzern und dem Ex-Trainer Fabio Celestini. Dabei geht es um eine «Forderung im Arbeitsvertrag».
Categories: Swiss News

Halálra gázoltak egy zebrán átkelő idős nőt a Nyitrai járásban

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:43
Hétfőn délután tragikus közlekedési baleset történt Nyitra Nagyemőke városrészében. Egy 41 éves sofőr halálra gázolt egy 80 éves nőt a zebrán.

Stellantis El Djazaïr : Des plaquettes de frein « Made in Algeria » grâce à un nouvel accord avec IKAM

Algérie 360 - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:37

Stellantis El Djazaïr a annoncé la signature d’un partenariat stratégique majeur avec IKAM Auto Industrie, un leader algérien spécialisé dans le secteur du freinage. Cet […]

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Populist billionaire Babiš returns as Czech prime minister

Euractiv.com - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:33
The new government's coalition agreement positions Czechia as a sovereignty-focused actor in Brussels
Categories: European Union, Swiss News

Eigengewächs traf gegen Stammklub: «Der FCB muss ihn zurückholen»

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:22
Andrin Hunziker ist aktuell vom FCB an den FC Winterthur ausgeliehen. Mit bisher fünf Saisontoren, inklusive dem gegen den FCB am letzten Wochenende, empfiehlt er sich bei seinem Stammklub.
Categories: Swiss News

FCZ-Trainer macht vieles richtig: «Was da passiert, spricht für Hediger»

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:22
Dennis Hediger macht aktuell an der Seitenlinie des FC Zürichs vieles richtig, wenn auch mit vielen Umwegen. Über ihn sprechen die beiden Fussballreporter Florian Raz und Sven Schoch im Blick-Fussballpodcast «FORZA!».
Categories: Swiss News

Lustrinelli macht einen Top-Job: «Ich lege mich fest – Thun ist Meisterkandidat!»

Blick.ch - Tue, 12/09/2025 - 11:22
Der FC Thun weilt mit sechs Punkten Vorsprung vor St. Gallen immer noch an der Tabellenspitze. Deshalb kommt nun von Fussball-Reporter Sven Schoch die erste Meisteransage.
Categories: Swiss News

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