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Le professeur Raymond ASSOGBA, promoteur de la conférence scientifique dénommée « 10 janvier : Et après ? » organise samedi 27 janvier 2024, la 7e édition. En prélude à cet évènement de valorisation et de promotion de la culture béninoise, il a organisé une conférence de presse mardi 23 janvier 2024 à l'Ecole Doctorale Pluridisciplinaire (EDP) de l'Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC).

« Faisons l'autopromotion de nos Boo-technologies », c'est le thème retenu pour la 7e édition de l'activité scientifique « 10 janvier : Et après ? » initiée par le Pr Raymond ASSOGBA. Au cours d'une conférence de presse dans l'après-midi du mardi 24 janvier 2024, il l'a exposée au public. Cette thématique selon le Pr de Boologie de l'UAC, est censée devenir la substance des réflexions à mener pour les dix années prochaines.

Selon Raymond ASSOGBA, le Bénin est à un carrefour de son histoire où « l'heuristique connaissance du Vodùn est menacée par des essais de noyer l'intelligence des vodùnnↄ (dignitaires de cultes endogènes) dans la mare aux canards d'aliénation ». A cet effet, les campus de Boologie, véritables centre d'incubation de la pensée du vodùn vers la créativité et l'inventivité d'après lui, assument leur fonction de lieu de définition des défis à relever.
Pour la décennie des Boo-technologies, l'accent sera mis sur « l'opportunité d'ouvrir la conscience du Béninois à l'encouragement à découvrir et accepter, vulgariser et utiliser les créatifs dont nous-mêmes, fils, filles et favi sommes les inventeurs ». L'objectif visé selon le professeur, est « d'ouvrir les yeux sur les résultats de ce que nos enfants, nos parents et nos sœur sont les créateurs. Pour cela, quels sont les moyens à mettre en œuvre pour vulgariser les créatifs inventés par nos enfants, nos parents, nos amis et alliés ? Quels solidarités ou réseaux mettre en place pour raccorder la vision de faire voir, vendre, et utiliser les créatifs dérivés de l'association des lois du vodùn avec les besoins exprimés à côté de nous, ou dans notre environnement ? Sont entre autres les interrogations auxquelles il faudra selon le Pr, trouver des réponses.
Pour la conférence du samedi prochain, les participants pourront découvrir grâce à un sketch, le « contenu très riche de l'énoncé Jↄwamↄ emprunté à Danialou SAGBOHAN, le chantre du Fa » ; la différence entre Fondateur et Inventeur de la Boologie sera également portée à leur connaissance ; et certains d'entre eux pourront développer des thèmes devant permettre d'aboutir à des décisions de renforcement de la « promotion des Boo-Technologies ».
Les Campus de Boologie de Sékou et de Abomey-Calavi seront représentés, a annoncé le Pr informant qu'un pagne a été choisi pour « magnifier la maturité de cette édition » avec deux logos à savoir, le Fa et le Lɛgba. Le Fa qui renvoie à l'identité de celui qui crée des Boo-technologies : le Favi. Et le Lɛgba qui enseigne de toujours remettre en cause ce qui a été fait hier, et qui devient un problème ; son phallus est le symbole de l'entrepreneuriat, a expliqué Raymond ASSOGBA.
Le Tom1 du livre de poche de la Boologie, Manipulation de la rationalité de Sakpata sera également lancé au cours de cette 7e édition.

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Le parlement turc a ratifié mardi (23 janvier) l’adhésion de la Suède à l’OTAN, la Hongrie demeurant le dernier obstacle à l'adhésion du pays nordique à l'organisation.

Chinese officials just made an unprecedented, yet almost unnoticed, economic power grab. And instead of condemning the move, today, European officials could softly condone it -- by voting to implement a similar policy that would gut tech innovation across the EU.

Im Vorfeld eines wichtigen Gipfeltreffens der Mitglieder der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) Ende Februar in Abu Dhabi hofft die EU auf eine Reform des "Gerichts" der Organisation. Dieses ist derzeit durch eine Blockade der USA arbeitsunfähig.

The end of the European five-year term and the start of the new year have the climate community thinking about the upcoming period. Euractiv has you covered on the key debates in Brussels.

The new rules aim to attract innovators to the EU and ensure EU consumers benefit from goods based on the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Committee on Legal Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The new rules aim to attract innovators to the EU and ensure EU consumers benefit from goods based on the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Committee on Legal Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The new rules aim to attract innovators to the EU and ensure EU consumers benefit from goods based on the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Committee on Legal Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The new rules aim to attract innovators to the EU and ensure EU consumers benefit from goods based on the latest cutting-edge technologies.
Committee on Legal Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

On Tuesday, 23 January 2024 a joint hearing on “The European Union’s Strategy in the Sahel” will be organised by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence. It will be an opportunity to critically reflect on the EU's policy and approach towards this important region in light of recent coup d’états.
The hearing will take a holistic approach that looks at the full picture of the root causes of instability in the region and the EU's policy towards the Sahel until now. It will allow MEPs to discuss ways in which the EU's strategy should be adapted to ensure that the EU's security, development, humanitarian and democracy-support assistance contributes to lasting sustainable development and enhanced security in this vital region and complements the efforts of the EU's partners.
Location : SPAAK 3C50
Draft programme
Hearing poster
Briefing on the new EU strategic priorities for the Sahel
Video recording of the hearing
Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

On Tuesday, 23 January 2024 a joint hearing on “The European Union’s Strategy in the Sahel” will be organised by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence. It will be an opportunity to critically reflect on the EU's policy and approach towards this important region in light of recent coup d’états.
The hearing will take a holistic approach that looks at the full picture of the root causes of instability in the region and the EU's policy towards the Sahel until now. It will allow MEPs to discuss ways in which the EU's strategy should be adapted to ensure that the EU's security, development, humanitarian and democracy-support assistance contributes to lasting sustainable development and enhanced security in this vital region and complements the efforts of the EU's partners.
Location : SPAAK 3C50
Draft programme
Hearing poster
Briefing on the new EU strategic priorities for the Sahel
Video recording of the hearing
Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Recent decades have shown an unprecedented growth in demand for resources, with a trend that is projected to accelerate in the future. Policymakers around the world have started to recognise that transitioning to a more resource-efficient and circular economy (CE) is key to addressing this challenge. Two important enablers for the transition to a CE are circular business models (CBMs) and consumers. The two are interlinked, as demand shifts among consumers can foster the development and supply of new business models, which in turn require the uptake by consumers to be successful. To promote the development and increase the uptake of new CBMs, policymakers need to provide the respective regulatory frameworks and incentives. Doing so requires systemic policy mixes that go beyond encouraging technological innovations and include targeting the demand side as well. This paper zooms in on the role of the consumer for CBMs, discusses potential consumer barriers to CBM demand, and outlines how policy-making can address these barriers by applying systemic mixes of instruments to tackle the macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors that influence consumer demand simultaneously. While the macro-level describes the economic context of consumers’ decision-making, that is, the availability and supply, infrastructure and price of CBMs in the market, the meso-level characterises the social environment, including social norms and social status, whereas the micro-level focuses on individual characteristics such as consumption habits, security and quality concerns, and environmental knowledge or concern. This paper illustrates how the different consumer barriers are closely interlinked, and that, ideally, policymakers should target all three levels jointly to encourage CBM demand most effectively. In doing so, policymakers should consider the principles of the waste hierarchy in order to maximise the environmental benefits of CE policy mixes. The paper mostly takes a European perspective on the topic, especially when discussing relevant policy frameworks, and reflects on potential differences to other regions, particularly in the Global South, when appropriate

Recent decades have shown an unprecedented growth in demand for resources, with a trend that is projected to accelerate in the future. Policymakers around the world have started to recognise that transitioning to a more resource-efficient and circular economy (CE) is key to addressing this challenge. Two important enablers for the transition to a CE are circular business models (CBMs) and consumers. The two are interlinked, as demand shifts among consumers can foster the development and supply of new business models, which in turn require the uptake by consumers to be successful. To promote the development and increase the uptake of new CBMs, policymakers need to provide the respective regulatory frameworks and incentives. Doing so requires systemic policy mixes that go beyond encouraging technological innovations and include targeting the demand side as well. This paper zooms in on the role of the consumer for CBMs, discusses potential consumer barriers to CBM demand, and outlines how policy-making can address these barriers by applying systemic mixes of instruments to tackle the macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors that influence consumer demand simultaneously. While the macro-level describes the economic context of consumers’ decision-making, that is, the availability and supply, infrastructure and price of CBMs in the market, the meso-level characterises the social environment, including social norms and social status, whereas the micro-level focuses on individual characteristics such as consumption habits, security and quality concerns, and environmental knowledge or concern. This paper illustrates how the different consumer barriers are closely interlinked, and that, ideally, policymakers should target all three levels jointly to encourage CBM demand most effectively. In doing so, policymakers should consider the principles of the waste hierarchy in order to maximise the environmental benefits of CE policy mixes. The paper mostly takes a European perspective on the topic, especially when discussing relevant policy frameworks, and reflects on potential differences to other regions, particularly in the Global South, when appropriate

Recent decades have shown an unprecedented growth in demand for resources, with a trend that is projected to accelerate in the future. Policymakers around the world have started to recognise that transitioning to a more resource-efficient and circular economy (CE) is key to addressing this challenge. Two important enablers for the transition to a CE are circular business models (CBMs) and consumers. The two are interlinked, as demand shifts among consumers can foster the development and supply of new business models, which in turn require the uptake by consumers to be successful. To promote the development and increase the uptake of new CBMs, policymakers need to provide the respective regulatory frameworks and incentives. Doing so requires systemic policy mixes that go beyond encouraging technological innovations and include targeting the demand side as well. This paper zooms in on the role of the consumer for CBMs, discusses potential consumer barriers to CBM demand, and outlines how policy-making can address these barriers by applying systemic mixes of instruments to tackle the macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors that influence consumer demand simultaneously. While the macro-level describes the economic context of consumers’ decision-making, that is, the availability and supply, infrastructure and price of CBMs in the market, the meso-level characterises the social environment, including social norms and social status, whereas the micro-level focuses on individual characteristics such as consumption habits, security and quality concerns, and environmental knowledge or concern. This paper illustrates how the different consumer barriers are closely interlinked, and that, ideally, policymakers should target all three levels jointly to encourage CBM demand most effectively. In doing so, policymakers should consider the principles of the waste hierarchy in order to maximise the environmental benefits of CE policy mixes. The paper mostly takes a European perspective on the topic, especially when discussing relevant policy frameworks, and reflects on potential differences to other regions, particularly in the Global South, when appropriate

Une star zambienne est absente de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations en raison d'un problème cardiaque, mais d'autres Africains ont joué malgré les risques cardiaques.

Die Slowakei gleitet möglicherweise in Richtung eines Orban-ähnlichen Modells. Deshalb beabsichtigt Berlin, bei dem Treffen zwischen dem slowakischen Ministerpräsidenten Robert Fico und Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz am Mittwoch die Rechtsstaatlichkeit zur Sprache zu bringen.

Thousands of kilometres of decaying asbestos cement water pipes are releasing possibly carcinogenic fibres into drinking water across Europe, but thus far, no EU measurement or reporting standards are in place.

Le Monténégro pourrait-il devenir un paradis de la cryptomonnaie ? C'est bien l'intention du Premier ministre Milojko Spajić. La réponse pourrait être apportée par la nouvelle loi visant à réguler ce marché. Explications.

- Articles / Radio Slobodna Evropa, Monténégro, Economie

Le ministre letton de l’Agriculture Armands Krauze, a réitéré sa demande auprès de la Commission européenne et des Vingt-Sept d’agir « concrètement et sans délai » pour interdire les importations de céréales russes qui affluent dans le pays balte.

Die Ziele der EU für klimafreundliche Flugkraftstoffe drohen verfehlt zu werden. Davor warnen Umweltorganisationen und Ölkonzerne in einem seltenen Akt der Einigkeit angesichts ausbleibender Investitionen in Produktionsanlagen.