What’s the reason why the common approach of Media in Europe is that of highlighting in the news only the negative events of murders, violence, family destroyed by young boys and girls, instead of good news related to actions focused to build positive and interactive future? In this interview – taken from the backstage of the activities held in Sierra Leone with the Eugad team, related to the Documentary production in support of MDGs – FRANCESCO BRANCATELLA, national RAI television journalist and expert of reportage in Europe, Middle East and Third World, gives his own point of view on this issue. He talks about the unsaid phobias of western people, the collective unconscious repression of their fears of living, and the way how a strong identity culture, built through a true intercultural dialogue, can help overcoming those fears. He also cites the lesson we can learn by Brazil, as vivid example of multicultural cohabitation.
ITALY – Workers at Mirafiori, the main Turin plant of Italian carmaker Fiat, narrowly approved a tough deal on working conditions . In this interview Stefano Bartolini, Economist, makes a critic analysis of this deal which, on his opinion , may be intended as a good case history of “misunderstanding about development”. For Bartolini, the new Mirafiori working rules – directed to increase time work, reduce rights, strengthen workers’ stress – not only are not likely to increase the factory productivity, but are also a risky cause for quality deterioration of Fiat products. Development, in his idea, means Read more of this article »
As a good example of the way how to concretely and succesfully promote Development through a Participatory approach, the Eugad team in Sierra Leone selected the action run, in over 15 years, by EFA (Environmental Foundation for Africa), an Organization which aims to protect and restore the environment in West Africa and take advantage from the use of the local natural resources through environmental awareness raising and capacity building activities.
In February 2010 EFA started a new Cooperation partnership, named FOSED, focused on conservation agriculture and natural resource management. Its aim is to increase the agricultural productivity, develop activities in order to handle the marketing and processing of agricultural products and increase the value chain development of the agricultural products, supporting the institution building and decentralization process at district and community level as well.
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What’s the reason why the common approach of Media in Europe is that of highlighting in the news only the negative events of murders, violence, family destroyed by young boys and girls, instead of good news related to actions focused to build positive and interactive future? In this interview – taken from the backstage of the activities held in Sierra Leone with the Eugad team, related to the Documentary production in support of MDGs – FRANCESCO BRANCATELLA, national RAI television journalist and expert of reportage in Europe, Middle East and Third World, gives his own point of view on this issue. He talks about the unsaid phobias of western people, the collective unconscious repression of their fears of living, and the way how a strong identity culture, built through a true intercultural dialogue, can help overcoming those fears. He also cites the lesson we can learn by Brazil, as vivid example of multicultural cohabitation.
