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  • Rome
    • 31 July 2014
     
     

    From vulnerabilities to resilience: strengthening human development

      Education, welfare and the gender gap were at the top of the agenda of discussions at this international roundtable, which featured guest speaker Khalid Malik, Director of the UNDP’s Human Development Report Office. The Office’s 2014 report sets out to measure progress in long-term human development against three main areas of achievement: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge, and a decent standard of living. Also taken into account are the capacity to enjoy equal opportunity of access, and to exercise the universal right to the same opportunities in life.

    • Rome
      • 8 May 2009
       
       

      Global solidarity: redefining values in a flat world

        The 8th Annual Conference of the Aspen Junior Fellows addressed the issue of solidarity at a time when the global crisis is widening social gaps. Indeed, imbalances in the concentration of global wealth and poverty are increasing, no longer merely signaling economic disparity but also a geopolitical – as well as a moral – differential that is impacting more and more on our future and on the carrying capacity of our planet.

      • Rome
        • 11 June 2009
         
         

        The future of welfare in Italy: opportunites and social responsability

          The aim of this meeting was to debate the issues raised by a White Paper entitled “Living well in an active society: the future of the Italian welfare model”, recently published by the Italian Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Policies, and to focus specifically on the concerns facing young people in Italy today.