[RED DEMOCRATICA] 6 steps to defining success for development projects

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | $100 billion each year needed to counteract climate change, Ban says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 15, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story 6 steps to defining success for development projects Scalable innovation is critical to ensuring development projects are successful, writes Louis Boorstin, former deputy director at the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. Scalability, impact and sustainability must be addressed at the outset of any project if it is destined to make "a real, lasting difference" in people's lives, he argues. Stanford Social Innovation Review (Fall 2013) Share:      Above the Fold $100 billion each year needed to counteract climate change, Ban says Dutch envoy Verburg elected as head of World Food Security group Valuing education over marriage for young girls Will Iran nuclear talks achieve a breakthrough? UN Radio   Quote of the Day @UNFoundation: The @WFP is providing assistance to 1.1 million refugees in Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey: trib.al/EiQqhKG via @UNDispatch Share:      UN Dispatch "Today's map comes via the International Food Policy Research Institute, which compiles an annual listing to measure levels of hunger around the world." UN Dispatch (10/14) Share:      United Nations $100 billion each year needed to counteract climate change, Ban says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said combating climate change will need $100 billion annually. Ban urged the international finance community on Sunday to boost funding for technologies and policies that will help stave off climate change. "With enlightened action, we can create jobs, improve public health and protect the environment," Ban said. Nature World News (10/14) Share:      Health Development Dutch envoy Verburg elected as head of World Food Security group Gerda Verburg, elected to of the Committee on World Food Security, wants to see the group tighten its focus so it can better deliver on its goals. Verburg also expects CWFS to improve its outreach capacity, acting as a platform for discussion and ideas, and become more collaborative with Rome-based agencies. 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