Published on
February 26, 2010 in
Miscellaneous.
Tags: cluburile de film one world, drepturile omului, ecologie, environment, filme, licee, mediu, One World Film Clubs, owfc, romania, scurt metraje.
Un proiect la care muncesc de ceva vreme creste din ce in ce mai mare… Thank you, dear team, for making it happen. Thank you, dear high-school coordinators, for being creative and brave. Vineri, 26 februarie, 16 licee din 10 orase din Romania proiecteaza simultan filme green in cadrul Cluburilor de Film One World!
Mai jos, comunicatul de presa!
În ultimii ani, cineaştii români câştigă constant premii internaţionale prestigioase, de cele mai multe ori în ciuda susţinerii precare din partea statului sau a sistemului de educaţie.
Continuând o tradiție regională inaugurată de People in Need din Republica Cehă, Asociaţia Oricum, organizatorul festivalului de scurtmetraje ShortsUP, a adus în România Cluburile de Film One World, care se concretizează în proiecții și dezbateri lunare în 16 licee din Bucureşti şi din ţară. Proiectul încearcă să suplinească lipsa educaţiei cinematografice în şcoli şi constă în organizarea unor cluburi de film documentar cu tema drepturilor omului și chestiunilor globale. Filmele de lungmetraj, dar şi cele de mediu şi scurtmetraj ating tematici globale precum migraţia, discriminarea, sărăcia, rasismul, schimbările climatice sau conflictele armate. Continue reading ‘Eco-liceenii One World Film Clubs’
I had to deliver this last week a 10 minute informative presentation on this topic, for my “States and Markets” class. I’m sharing some thoughts with you here and would be really curious to see what non-economists/ non-policy students think about the proposed solutions. Since I am surrounded by such folks, though, views from the community are also welcome 
The figures
- there’s great news: the proportion of people living in extreme economic poverty, i.e. on less than $1.25/ day (at 2005 prices, adjusted for purchasing power parity) had dropped worldwide from 52% in 1981 to 26% in 2005
- the bad news: there are great regional disparities – China and East Asia in general, which used to be the poorest in the 80s (80% of the population affected by extreme poverty) have reduced their percentage of poor drastically (18% in 2005); however, sub-Saharan African has kept its poverty rate unchanged in the last 40 years, at about 50% of its population. Moreover, because of population increase, in absolute numbers the number of the poor has doubled (from 200 million in 1981 to 380 million in 2005) Continue reading ‘Ending Poverty. What Approach Works Best.’
Last semester I took a core class at Hertie, called the “Public Policy Process – German Budgeting”. As our final project, we were supposed to get into the shoes of the German Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (you don’t want to imagine how the full name sounds in German) and propose a new budget for 2010 for our ministry.
Initially, I thought I would learn a bit of number crunching and plenty of insights into German politicking. I ended up learning more about family/ population policy and demography (especially within a OECD context) than I ever imagined. Also, I ended up being totally alarmed by how little attention decision-makers pay to these matters. In Germany, they are at least on the agenda, while in Romania… Oh, my!
Continue reading ‘Where Are All the Baby Boomers Gone?’
Do not jump to conclusions. I am not sure I will start being an active blogger again. It’s just that sometimes I read and/or listen to things I want to share, and, even better, I work on some exciting projects and papers. Before we can all declare a comeback, let’s just be patient and walk the walk.
Cum zic si in engleza mai sus, nu sunt convinsa ca voi deveni din nou un blogger activ. Din cand in cand insa, citesc, aud sau fac lucruri despre care vreau sa vorbesc si altora. Deci sa nu zicem inca hop pana nu trecem pragul. La recitire placuta!