Announcements
Continuing threats, persistent denial of LGBTIQ rights in ASEAN
The ASEAN SOGIE Caucus has released a statement urging ASEAN governments to promote LBGTIQ rights during the ASEAN summit in Manila. Please see below for their full release, or read the statement on their website. — Amidst the euphoria of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit ...
IDI releases latest 'Outsourcing Development' report on World Bank financing in Africa
Inclusive Development International (IDI) has released the latest invesitgation in their Outsourcing Development series, detailing the International Finance Corporation’as indirect financing of land grabs in Africa. Read their full press release below with links to their report.— The World Bank Group has indirectly financed some of Africa’s ...
MRC to hold 2nd Regional Stakeholder Forum on Pak Beng hydro development
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) will hold its second Regional Stakeholder Forum on the hydropower development at Pak Beng in northern Laos. The forum will be held on May 5, 2017 in Vientiane. The MRC has called for public comment on the consultation process for ...
RCSD to host summer school on Mekong land relations
Land governance is a concept that cuts across academic disciplines, bridging social and environmental sciences, an understanding of legal frameworks, political economy and policy studies.RCSD, Faculty of Social Sciences, CMU hosts the Mekong Land Research Forum. Together they run a week-long summer school on researching ...
US EPA confirms continuity of open data service
US Environmental Protection Agency Public Affairs Director confirms that EPA’s Open Data Web service will not be turned off, given a continuing resolution is passed on April 28, 2017. The service will remain operational and available.Read more at Bernadette Hyland’s Medium article. ...
Which countries are achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals fastest?
The ultimate aim of the Sustainable Development Goals, which replaced the Millennium Development Goals in 2015, is to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for everyone. Each goal has specific targets that need to be met by 2030.So how close are countries to ...
EITI releases progress report 2017: ending company anonymity – the key to fighting corruption
The Extractive Industries Transparency Index (EITI) has released its 2017 progress report, highlighting issues such as ‘Tackling hidden ownership in the extractives sector’, recommending ‘Policy steps towards tackling a trillion dollar challenge’, and ‘Mainstreaming EITI disclosures’. You can view an interactive version of their report or ...
An overview of large-scale investments in the Mekong Region
Focus on the Global South has released a new report on large scale investment in the Mekong region. Read their release below, and download the report here.Across the Mekong region, ‘development’ has become synonymous with rapid economic growth, to be achieved through predominantly large-scale, private investments. The ...
MRC announces Mekong Day event to celebrate signing of Mekong agreement
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Mekong Agreement between Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam. It is a founding agreement on regional collaboration on water management that established the Mekong River Commission.The MRC will celebrate the Mekong Day tomorrow with ...
SDG16 Initiative
An exciting new project has been launched to track progress against Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. The SDG16 Data Initiative is a collective project by a consortium of organizations seeking to support the open tracking of the global commitments made by ...
