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The Green Growth Leaders (GGL) is a global alliance of cities, regions, countries and corporations sharing a vision of building prosperous green economies and communities. Their web site has a good deal of information on innovative policies and strategies including country reports (the report on China is the most recent). See http://greengrowthleaders.org

The Carnegie UK report Making Good Society contains the statement that liberal democracy is a three-legged stool comprising government, market, and civil society with the civil society role important in providing social capital and bonding society.

Angelina Valeria Ospina in a recent blog has helpfully explored links between cultural identity and ICT in sustaining resilience and promoting innovation in vulnerable communities in the face challenges such as those presented by climate change. 

The Nordic Centre for Heritage Learning was founded in 2005 after discussions with several directors of museums and archives and professors in history, museology and education in the Nordic Countries. The initiaive came about when we realised that our relatively small branches in the small Nordic countries were all trying to find their ways forward in getting the influence of policy development in UNESCO, OECD and EU together with daily needs for development and improvement in the heritage sector. Our basic thinking has naturally been influenced from many souces. The following can be seen as an outline of that. Colleagues will without problems realise from where the influences come and our dependensy of all our colleagues goes beyond description.

The lives of Tanzanians are intimately connected to the environment, their survival and that of future generations depend on the harmonious relationship which natural elements. This is the concern of the people. However, the situation in Dar Es Salaam City is exacerbated by the high rate of urbanization coupled with the growth of spontaneous settlements of different categories. Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania, is growing fast as people move from the countryside to seek a better future. The vast majority of the city’s inhabitants are a result of rural-urban migration.