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CIDSE Member CAFOD Looking for Head of Programme Development & Funding

Friday, 15 March 2013 16:40

CAFOD, one of the UK’s leading international aid agencies and CIDSE Member Organisation, is currently looking for an ambitious institutional funding specialist to grow and diversify our donor funding base through spearheading our programme development and funding strategy.

CIDSE President Chris Bain blog on election of Pope Francis: "The God of Surprises"

Friday, 15 March 2013 11:34

On the rooftops around St Peter’s Square, the world’s television media built makeshift studios with powerful camera lenses fixed onto a simple red copper chimney stack. In the Square itself I joined Catholics from all over the world chatting and making friends, sharing coffee and pizza and umbrellas. Twice we looked up in anticipation, only to see black smoke swirling from the chimney, a sight greeted with disappointed sighs from both the pilgrims and the seasoned Vatican watchers.

CIDSE on election of Pope Francis: “We see a Church committed to sustainable development and human dignity”

Thursday, 14 March 2013 13:27

CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development agencies, greeted the news of the first pope from South America, and thus from the Global South. Pope Francis, previously Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Cardinal and Archbishop of Buenos Aires will serve as head of the Catholic Church.

CIDSE assesses tool to help local communities in ending human rights violations by business

Tuesday, 05 March 2013 10:03

CIDSE issues a new briefing for partners to equip local communities to stand up for their rights when facing human rights violations by business (version française ci-dessous - versión española abajo).

Banques et paradis fiscaux : « Mesdames et Messieurs les députés, encore un effort ! »

Friday, 15 February 2013 11:57

Il faut exiger des banques qu'elles publient leurs bénéfices et leurs impôts par pays, selon notre organisation membre française CCFD-Terre Solidaire.

Slovak eRko joins CIDSE alliance of Catholic development agencies

Monday, 21 January 2013 08:32

‘Dobrá Novina’ - good news – at CIDSE’s Annual Board of Directors meeting hosted in Portugal by FEC. (French version below)

Climate change wins, the poorest bite Doha's dust, says CIDSE

Saturday, 08 December 2012 17:54

The absence of new carbon cuts and petty cash for climate action at the U.N. talks leads the world towards catastrophic climate change.(French version below)

Doha summit must lay foundations for climate justice, Catholic development networks say

Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:27

Catholic development networks CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis about their expectations for the Doha climate summit, 26 November - 7 December 2012. (French and Spanish version below).

EU budget: Plug gaps in development and climate promises via financial transaction tax

Tuesday, 20 November 2012 16:48

As European leaders gather in Brussels to discuss the EU 2014-2020 budget, CIDSE calls upon the EU to dedicate FTT resources to honour development and climate commitments with FTT revenues.

Christian development and peace groups call on Europe to act urgently against new escalation of Gaza violence

Monday, 19 November 2012 13:15

Three international Christian development and peace groups call on the EU and its Member States to use their influence for a ceasefire in Gaza and Southern Israel, where escalating violence is once again putting civilians at risk.

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CIDSE demands on corporate transparency met by European legislators

Campaigners celebrated as the European Parliament and European Council met key demands of the coalition on corporate transparency, Publish What You Pay. CIDSE has demanded changes to the Accounting and Transparency directives which will require oil, gas, mining and forestry companies listed on European stock exchanges to publish what they pay governments. This country-by-country-reporting will improve the possibility of local campaigners to learn what their governments are paid by European and transnational companies.

Written by - Written on Friday, 12 April 2013

Report: CIDSE at the WSF 2013

That was it! The last of our CIDSE-events at the World Social Forum in Tunis, 2013, is over! Thank you to everyone who attended throughout these three days, and especially for those who joined our Open Forum on the Tax Justice Agenda today, which we co-organised with Tax Justice Network – Africa and a bunch of other organisations.

Written by - Written on Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Report: CIDSE at WSF 2013, day 3

What a busy day! Today we have finally started to learn the layout of the WSF area, the campus of the El Manar University, apparently the best in the country! The area is huge, about one kilometre across. We spend lots of time hiking from one location to the next, and are grateful for the light cloud cover...

Written by - Written on Tuesday, 26 March 2013