One of the student initiatives during the Annual Conference was to stage a panel discussion, the focus of which would be the issues surrounding the ownership and management of Berlin’s water. This would be placed in the context of global concerns about water access and water management, both in general, and with specific reference to
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ECLA Annual Conference – Student Project: Water Fund
During the Annual Conference, projects initiated by students complemented the theoretical framework generated by the guest lectures and the seminars offered by ECLA professors. Such a project, initiated by ECLA student Cholpon Degenbaeva (Kyrgyzstan), under the guidance of the ECLA professor Rafael Ziegler, had as its goal research and proposals which would go into the
ECLA Annual Conference Lecture: Maude Barlow – Blue Covenant. The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
On Monday 5 May 2008, ECLA welcomed Maude Barlow to deliver the opening lecture of the Annual Conference. Maude Barlow is a human rights activist and author of several books, the most recent being Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water. Based on the research included in
Doors open at ECLA’s Annual Conference, 2008
Yesterday (Monday 5 May) saw the opening of the Annual Conference at ECLA. This year Annual Conference takes water as its theme for the week. Also chosen as the 2008 topic for the UN-decade Education for Sustainable Development, water is now at the heart of a number of key global political problems, such as inequality,