The government of the federal state Steiermark carried a motion concerning the support of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative unanimously on
Monday, 6 February 2006. Following Upper Austria and Salzburg, the Steiermark is the third Austrian federal state that actively supports the Global
Marshall Plan for a Worldwide Eco-Social Market Economy. For further information please see
a
press release by the Eco-Social Forum Austria (pdf, 140 kB, in German)
Attac Austria has published their position on the Global Marshall Plan on their website in February. The Global Marshall Plan Initiative welcomes
this critical examination of the Initiative’s positions and is willing to enter into a discussion with Attac.
Please read the personal responses of our supporters
Klaudius Gansczyk and
Josef Riegler
who have reacted already (in German).
a) Dubai
During his lecture at the special session of the UNEP "Governing Council" from February 7th till 9th, 2006 in Dubai His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan
bin Talal presented the Global Marshall Plan as a possible solution for a world in balance."The Global Marshall Plan Initiative of 2004 provides a possible
solution to rapid and unbalanced globalisation, and provides a workable alternative to growing social inequality and environmental degradation. If properly
funded, this integrative approach could rapidly provide a broad and fast-growing network of stakeholders from politics, business and civil society."
His complete speech can be found here (pdf, 40 kB)
b) Japan
While doing a six weeks research-internship at the Gio Peace Foundation in Japan, Anne Wenger took the opportunity to promote the Global Marshall Plan
Initiative.
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative held a very constructive meeting on the Initiative’s strategy in Salzburg on February 28th which was attended by
60 participants. The decision was made to concentrate our actions on influencing the process within the EU and the G8 with respect to Germany’s
double-presidency in 2007.
Our Initiative is in contact with VENRO (Make Poverty History) and GCAP (
Global Call to Action Against Poverty)
regarding the preparation of a joint national or international campaign building up on the success of the Make-Poverty-History-campaign and Live Aid
concerts that took place during the British dual-presidency in 2005. Many supporters are preparing remarkable, targeted activities
(events, seminars, declarations, consultation processes etc.) for this purpose.
The Initiative is involved in the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and as an input for the GCAP March meeting sent these documents:
balance,
quotes Angela Merkel
Our five-cornerstones-paper including the Initiative’s core demands was further refined and accepted by consensus at the Salzburg meeting. Other highlights
in Salzburg included Dr. Franz Fischler’s report on the Initiative’s status in Brussels as well as Prof. Lorenz Jarass’ lecture on a worldwide reform of
taxation legislation, Prof. Sergey Kapitza’s speech on population growth, and nearly two dozen more contributions from other participants. Special thanks
to the Ecosocial Forum Austria for the generous hospitality and their invitation to Salzburg.
Inspired by the Initiative's book "Impulses for a World in Balance" that Prof. Dr. Christoph Stückelberger had received at the German Protestant
Church Congress in May 2005, he wrote - in collaboration with Dr. Hella Hoppe – a new book with the title "Globalance - Christian Perspectives for a
Human-Oriented Globalisation"; it is available in German and French. You can
download the
German version from our website as a PDF-document (380 kB, in German) or
order the book online.
During the winter semester 2005/06 AIESEC Passau organized a series of lectures dealing with the Global Marshall Plan. For details, please read project-coordinator
Sabrina Wohland's report (pdf, 30 kB, in German).
Prof. Franz Josef Radermacher recommends the text "Win=Win - Millenniumsziele, Global Compact und Transnationale Unternehmen" by Heinecke Werner.
The text is available in our infocenter (in German)
There are no new articles in English. For the press review in German please visit the German Newsletter or go to the Global Marshall Plan website.
Press release "Hoffnung Europa" (in German)
Am 28.02.2006 wurde eine Pressemitteilung zum neusten Buch der Global Marshall Plan Initiative
"Hoffnung Europa - Die Strategie des Miteinander" versandt.
5 April 2006, Brussels
Civil Society Monitoring the EU Sustainability Strategy - From Commenting to Shared Ownership
Symposium organised by the Brussels/EU Chapter and the European Suport Centre of the Club of Rome in co-operation with the Austrian EU Presidency, with a contribution by the Global Marshall Plan Initiative
Time 14:00 - 18:30
Place: Brüssel, Representation of Austria to the EU
More Information
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Global Marshall Plan Initiative
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