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Die erste Schlüsselübergabe ist über die Bühne. Elisabeth Baume-Schneider übernimmt das Justizdepartement von Karin Keller-Sutter. Diese zieht ins Finanzdepartement um.

Du gehörst du den Glücklichen, die bald heiraten? Dann wird es schleunigst Zeit, einem der schönsten Dinge einer Hochzeit nachzugehen: der Auswahl des Kleids.

Avec la levée des restrictions de voyage, de nombreuses compagnies aériennes ont renforcé leurs programmes des vols vers le territoire national. Un renforcement qui vise à atteindre les niveaux de trafic aériens précédents la pandémie du Covid-19. Dans ce même sillage, en plus de la compagnie nationale aérienne, Air Algérie qui a lancé sa nouvelle […]

L’article Vols France – Algérie : Transavia inaugure deux nouvelles lignes est apparu en premier sur .

Die Tage sind kurz, der Terminkalender voll. Der Alltag scheint zur Weihnachtszeit oft hektisch. Da eignet sich eine kleine Flucht über die Berge ins Südtirol, um ein paar Tage die Seele baumeln zu lassen.

Für vier Wochen WM-Fussball liess Katar sieben Arenen erbauen. Nicht bei allen Wettkampfstätten ist nach der grossen Sause klar, wie es weitergehen soll.

Die Nachwuchsabteilung des FC Luzern funktioniert hervorragend. Doch was geschieht, wenn Bernhard Alpstaeg tatsächlich zum Rundumschlag ansetzt?

Taking in account the relative strengths of the two armies, the state of the two countries’ economies, and the impact of sanctions on Russia’s finances, a 3-4 year war is realistic, Cristina Vanberghen writes.

Sarah Chan a une brillante carrière dans le basket-ball. La joueuse a joué dans tous les parquets du monde. Du Soudan au Kenya, en passant par l'Europe et les États-Unis. Mais elle a dû se battre et surmonter les violences sexistes et le racisme pour être au sommet de son art.

Französische Viehzüchter haben das kürzlich vereinbarte Handelsabkommen zwischen der EU und Chile kritisiert, da es Chile erlaubt, Produkte nach Europa einzuführen, die nicht den gleichen Standards entsprechen müssen, die innerhalb der EU gelten.

Ein Korruptionsskandal erschüttert die EU. Jetzt hat Ex-Vizepräsidentin Eva Kaili ein Teilgeständnis abgelegt. Sie wusste über die Koffer voller Geld in ihrem Haus Bescheid.

Über ein Liebescomeback zwischen Moderatorin Michelle Hunziker und Tomaso Trussardi wird schon seit längerer Zeit diskutiert – in den sozialen Medien gibt die Schweizerin nun Hinweise, wie es zwischen den beiden stehen könnte.

Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU und die Europäische Kommission sollten die Auswirkungen der Russland-Sanktionen der EU auf die einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten bewerten, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit der anhaltenden Energiekrise, so der Chefberater von Premierminister Viktor Orbán.

Wegen Beihilfe zum Mord in mehr als 10 500 Fällen ist eine ehemalige Sekretärin im NS-Konzentrationslager Stutthof bei Danzig (Gdansk) schuldig gesprochen worden.

Die Wirtschaftsminister Deutschlands und Frankreichs erklärten am Montag (19. Dezember), Europa müsse mit den US-Subventionen für die grüne Industrie Schritt halten, und forderten die EU auf, Regeln für staatliche Beihilfen einzuführen, um Verzerrungen im Binnenmarkt zu verhindern.

Im US-Bundesstaat South Dakota tobte vergangene Woche ein heftiger Wintersturm mit über 60 Zentimeter Neuschnee. Den Rindern und Kühen auf dieser Farm kann dies aber scheinbar nichts anhaben.

Das Spitalzentrum Oberwallis bereitet sich auf einen Patientenansturm an den Feiertagen vor. Das Problem: Schon in den letzten Wochen waren alle Betten belegt. So sieht die Lösung aus.

Les dirigeants de l’UE et la Commission européenne devraient évaluer l’impact des sanctions européennes contre Moscou sur les différents États membres, notamment dans le contexte de la crise énergétique actuelle. C’est ce qu’a indiqué le conseiller principal du Premier ministre hongrois.

Für einen erfolgreichen Skitag braucht es die passenden Ski. Worauf du beim Kauf oder beim Mieten achten solltest, findest du hier.

Patients seeking treatment at the Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Credit: World Bank/Dominic Chavez
 
The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat has called on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy.

By A.H. Monjurul Kabir
NEW YORK, Dec 20 2022 (IPS)

Promoting innovation and technology to promote inclusive development means using new technologies to enhance equal access to services, eliminate discrimination, increase transparency, and create a stable and just future for all – especially the most vulnerable and marginalized.

Obviously, the rule of law is a key driver of inclusive, equitable, and sustainable development, and empowers people from all strata of life to seek and obtain justice. Doing more with less is posing a challenge here. We are operating in an increasingly connected yet complex global and national settings and fiscally fragile environment.

Our traditional structures, systems and processes are proving to be inadequate to deal with new developmental challenges, pandemics, inaccessibility and exclusions, conflicts, and humanitarian crisis. Our governance and justice systems are not the most transparent and data friendly domain. Bringing that information to light is no easy task.

Barriers to Governance and Rule of Law

As indicated before, there are many barriers to accessing public services and ensuring accessible public health, rule of law, especially where there are high levels of poverty, marginalization, and insecurity. Governance institutions – formal and informal – may be biased or discriminatory. Public governance systems may be ineffective, slow, and untrustworthy.

In the last 3 years of pandemic, we also realized our public health system is often crippled by lack of investment, inclusive and accessible initiatives, and innovation. Discriminatory decision making and exclusivity further complicated the situation at all levels. People may lack knowledge about their rights.

Often legal assistance and consumer protection are out of reach, leaving people with little recourse to formal mechanisms for protection and empowerment. There may be a culture of impunity for criminal acts, unacceptable level of tolerance for exclusionary practices.

Other discriminations, injustices, and abuses in the family, or through deprivation and labour exploitation, may go unaddressed. Despite all these, more can be done to ensure that they benefit from the inclusive governance and public health work, and, rule of law practices, which expand their opportunities and choices.

Quest for New Ideas …

Despite all these, more can be done to ensure that the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups benefit from inclusive public health, legal empowerment, and access to justice, which expand their opportunities and choices.

We need fresh ideas, resources, and unconventional ways of collecting and analyzing data, such as using micro-narratives or innovative, accessible public hearings, targeted consultations, to complement traditional mechanisms including surveys. But innovation is rapidly becoming the new buzzword, so I would be careful in applying it here:

• Innovation is not cost-free and takes time so it should be mainstreamed:
• Innovation is both science and arts. And it should be seen as a standalone practice. one of the biggest problems that public sector innovation faces today is that governments have de facto created a ‘class of innovators,’ rather than making innovation an inclusive process that is open to anyone who has the motivation and capacity to influence change. This must change.
• Repackaging or reproduction is not innovation unless it caters to the specific needs of vulnerable and marginalized communities which are not supported by existing mechanisms and services.
• What is innovative in Bangladesh, Turkey, and Tanzania may not be so in India, Turkmenistan, Senegal, or Mexico;
• Big data is important but harnessing it for the right cause should be central consideration. Linking it with better evidence base is of critical significance. The COVID-19 challenges amply demonstrated it.
• Going beyond social networking is key – while Facebook, Twitter and other Social Media outlets play an admirable role in connecting people, these are not enough to solving a protracted problem and sustaining a solution. We must also be mindful of the recent trend of using social media to silence public defenders, journalists, and whistle blowers. The twitter is a case in point (December 2022).
• Innovative ideas, while refreshing, need to be pragmatic so that they can be implemented. They mast be part of a solution, not the overall problem.
• Evidence of impact is more important than the novelty factor.

Innovation and New Technologies for Solutions

My own take is that ideas do not need to be always transformational or revolutionary. Our platforms can replicate or even recycle what already works by introducing successful models to new actors and environments.

Even seemingly ordinary things can become innovative in different terms, approaches, or settings. linking inclusion to innovation is not only about looking at how it can advance policies and create better impact for governments, but also about giving people, public servants, and citizens alike, the self-efficacy, power, and freedom to direct change in the way they see necessary. This contributes directly to the making of inclusive development.

New technologies are changing the lives of people around the world. In the same way that they make daily tasks simpler, they can make official and routine interactions with government institutions, service providers easier and can provide innovative solutions to a host of public sector governance, public health, and rule of law challenges.

Technology has an immense untapped potential to strengthen inclusive practices for governance including public health governance, and the rule of law. Technological innovation must provide equal access to services, help to eliminate discrimination, and assure more transparency and accountability. They must not be used to silence voices, deny human rights, or create justifications for maladministration, inaccessibility, and exclusions.

As we are approaching 2023 in a few days, let us hope for a more inclusive and diverse public sector governance rooted in human rights values and practices.

Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir, currently UN System Coordination Adviser and Global Team Leader for Gender Equality, Disability Inclusion/Intersectionality at UN Women HQ in New York, is a thought leader, political scientist and senior policy and legal analyst on global issues and regional trends. For policy and academic purpose, he can be contacted at monjurulkabir@yahoo.com. He can be followed in twitter at mkabir2011

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Der WM-Titel lenkt die argentinische Bevölkerung kurzzeitig von der wirtschaftlichen Misere im eigenen Land ab. Doch eine Wirtschaftsexpertin glaubt, dass er gar zur Lösung beitragen kann.