The latest english news concerning ICCO, an Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation. en http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:12:00 +0100 The recent 14-0 decision of the Supreme Court on November 22, 20110 that favoured the redistribution of Hacienda Luisita, came as a breath of fresh air that have inspired rural reform advocates in the Philippines. The decision capped decades of difficult, and often times bloody, struggle of farm workers to own the lands they till. As a result, hope for reform has been rekindled and demands for the land redistribution of the remaining 1.4 million hectares targeted under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER) have been raised. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2658 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:12:00 +0100 2658 The Dutch Novamedia/Postcode Lotteries is the third-largest private charity donor in the world. This was announced last December by City A.M., a popular business-focused newspaper in London. ICCO has been one of these beneficiaries since 2008. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2636 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:37:00 +0100 2636 ACT Alliance welcomes the hard-fought political victory championed by the EU, small island states and the least developed countries in the waning hours of the UN climate conference in Durban, where governments of the world's largest polluters finally agreed to the principle of a global plan to tackle climate change. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2627 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:56:00 +0100 2627 Last week, the Dutch National Postcode Lottery visited several projects of ICCO in Colombia. The Lottery, who is an important donor for ICCO, regularly visits projects of their beneficiaries. This year, the Lottery's managing director and several members of their Supervisory Board wanted to visit project of ICCO in Colombia. This past week, they were in Bogota, together with ICCO's chairman of the Executive Board, Marinus Verweij and others. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2626 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:22:00 +0100 2626 The ICCO Climate Program and its South African partner Nova Institute joined forces with Fairtrade International to host a side event on day three of the COP17 climate talks in Durban. The objective was to explore how climate finance could and should work for poor communities and farmers in developing countries. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2609 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:40:00 +0100 2609 The EU has granted EUR 4.55 million to TASK, a group of international humanitarian organisations including ICCO, to support their work reducing and alleviating the after-effects of the conflict in 2010 and preventing further escalation of conflicts. ACT Alliance - CA headed by DanChurchAid spearheads this work. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2606 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:21:00 +0100 2606 This month, the Dutch Postcode Lottery will travel to Colombia to visit several of ICCO's projects in Colombia. The Lottery, who is an important donor for ICCO, regularly visits projects of their beneficiaries. This year, they wanted to visit ICCO, as the destination of this visit, they chose Colombia. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2602 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:37:00 +0100 2602 In the Top 50 of Dutch Charities of the Dutch national newspaper Trouw ICCO ranks fourth. The Top 50 has been set up in co-operation with CIGD (organization for public information about charities) and the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. The list ranks the transparency of the charity and how big the chance is that the charity will accomplish a high social goal. ICCO scored 8 out of 9 points on transparency, 11 out of 11 points on the quality of the organizational aspects and 10 out of 14 point on how well projects are set up, how much beneficiaries are involved and evaluation. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2595 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:03:00 +0100 2595 "How can we eradicate poverty and fight injustice? How can we change things in the Central and Eastern part of Africa?" With these central questions we started our "Theory of Change" workshop, to be incorporated in our strategic plan 2015. All our Program Officers and assistants, working in seven different countries and from three different offices, came together to think about our theory of change. We aimed to focus on what matters and what works. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2580 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:47:00 +0100 2580 The 2011 edition of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch identifies accountability as the most immediate challenge to the fight against hunger. Human rights and state obligations go hand in hand - rights can only be realized when they are effectively enforced. This is sadly not the situation in many countries, as the case studies in this edition of the Watch illustrate. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2578 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:45:00 +0100 2578 After 35 years of dedicated work, Bram van Leeuwen is leaving ICCO. Without hesitation one can say that Bram had great merits for the organization and many partners abroad and the Netherlands. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2576 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:44:00 +0100 2576 Imagine: existing Fairtrade producer organizations setting up projects, which make them less vulnerable to climate change and which contribute to sustainable livelihood improvement while being financed on the basis of the generation of carbon credits. This is what the Max Havelaar Foundation (an independent Dutch fair trade certification organization) and ICCO aim for in our Fairtrade Climate Program. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2577 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:44:00 +0100 2577 Civilians in the Netherlands have raised over 25 million euros for the victims of the drought in the Horn of Africa during a national campaign in July and August, which was coordinated by ICCO and Kerk in Actie. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2575 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:43:00 +0100 2575 Last November ICCO's government contribution was strongly reduced with about thirty percent. This large discount has enormous consequences on our financial support to counterpart organizations worldwide. After we had informed them, ICCO received a long letter of the Haitian partner Aprosifa. They wanted gladly to return something to ICCO for the many years of support. They offered us 25 beautiful paintings, made by four young Haitian artists from the slums of Port-au-Prince. The paintings will be sold on auction and the revenues will flow back to emergency aid projects of ICCO and Kerk in Actie. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2574 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:42:00 +0100 2574 Information en Communication Technology (ICT) can viably provide access to education, healthcare, agro-services or financial services to the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Hystra and Ashoka sponsored by AFD, Ericsson, France Telecom-Orange, ICCO and TNO. The study provides new insights on successful and sustainable business modelsthat result in a positive socio-economic impact on the BoP: 4 billion people who live on and income of less than 2 dollars per day. The study describes 15 of the most innovative and market-based business models. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2546 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:58:00 +0200 2546 OnJuly 28 ICCO delivered a talk on responsible microfinance to 258 local and foreign delegates from the private and public sectors who attended the Microfinance Council of the Philippines’ annual conference on responsible microfinance held at the Hyatt Hotel Manila. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2516 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:59:00 +0200 2516 ICCO started emergency aid in all three countries that have been stricken with the worst drought since 60 years: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. We are also working on long term solutions for food-security in the region. ICCO co-operates with Kerk in Actie and other partners in its ACT Alliance network. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2507 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:57:00 +0200 2507 Since last year, Rachel Kyozira is program officer at the regional office of ICCO and Kerk in Actie in Kampala, Uganda. She is responsible for the co-ordination of emergency aid programs, amongst other things. She visited Ethiopia last week and giver her personal strory about what she found there. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2502 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:41:00 +0200 2502 Already more than 5 million euro has been raised in the SHO campaign (Giro 555). As member of the SHO, ICCO and Kerk in Actie will receive a percentage of the raised amount. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2497 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:51:00 +0200 2497 The Dutch development agency ICCO and Oikocredit International signed a five-year contract of cooperation for a total amount of EUR 15 million. The contract is a renewal of a long-standing partnership between the two organizations. http://www.icco.nl/en/news/news-overview/news-item/en/2488 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:26:00 +0200 2488