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Cardinal Turkson calls for an FTT for the common good

On the eve of a special EU summit on the Eurozone crisis (30 january 2012), Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, supported the adoption of a tax on financial transactions, calling for a financial sector which creates wealth for the society as a whole. Cardinal Turkson intervened at the annual Board of Directors meeting of the international alliance of Catholic development agencies CIDSE, which has long advocated for an FTT. Read More...

CIDSE partner Fr. John Patrick Ngoyi at the EU Dev Days

Rev. Fr. John Patrick Ngoyi from the Republic of Congo is Director of the Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) in the Lagos province in Nigeria. At the European Development Days (Warsaw, 15&16 December 2011) he discussed what needs to happen when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015, in a panel organised by the European confederation of development NGOs CONCORD, of which CIDSE is a member. Read More...

People and Planet First, concludes CIDSE conference

During an internal conference and a public debate on 13/14 September 2011, participants discussed the concepts of ‘inclusive growth’ and a ‘green economy’, and the need for alternative models of development. Learn all about it in our interactive conference report which includes videos and photos, as well as more information about the activities of CIDSE members on issues related to sustainable development. Read More...