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HLP Quotes/Speeches/Summaries
Henri Dommel, Director, Financial Inclusion Division, United Nations Capital Development FundQuote - 17/10/2012 “The role we can play is to help set up national platforms that can help drive the social inclusion agenda and expand the range of stakeholders […] We need to maximise the synergies and leverage between different development institutions […] We need to work more on complementarity on the funding side to really make it happen.’ Henri Dommel was speaking during the panel, Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Flavia Bwire, Association of Microfinance Institutes of UgandaQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘The one thing that I think should be done is to aim at attitude change. With the right attitude, everything else will follow. I mean attitude change at all levels, be it at investor level or service provision level. If disability issues are on the agenda at all levels the planning will be able to integrate disability.’ Flavia Bwire was speaking during the panel, Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Imoni Akpofure, Director, Western Europe, International Finance CorporationQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘When you are focusing on money and making money without actually setting specific targets it is easy to say you are being inclusive without showing that you actually are being so.’ Imoni Akpofure was speaking during the panel, Making Finance Work for Inclusive Development, at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Hélène Bourgade, Head of Unit for Employment, Social Inclusion and Migration, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European CommissionQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘La jeunesse constitue une dimension clé de nos politiques alors qu'un milliard de jeunes, âgés de 14 à 24 ans, arriveront sur le marché de l'emploi au cours des dix prochaines années.’ Hélène Bourgade speaking during the panel, Youth Economic Empowerment, at the seventh edition of European Development Days. |
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Rahmawati Retno Winarni, Programme Director, Sawit Watch IndonesiaQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘People are being expelled from the land and being harassed. It is happening more frequently. We need to remember that the forest is never empty – there are communities there. In my line of work I need to bring hope and it is not getting easier. We need regulation on palm oil production.’ Rahmawati Retno Winarni was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Stina Soewarta, Member of Cabinet, Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European CommissionQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘These are complex problems and the solutions will be complex. We can’t avoid the need for access to energy but we must not break the boundaries of the Earth. The question is, how do we tackle this? It will require work from all of us.’ Stina Soewarta was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Johan Kuylenstierna, Executive Director, Stockholm Environment InstituteQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘Focusing on greenhouse gases does not recognise the need for a wider focus on development. This must be an increasingly integral part of policies - it will be a big step forward.’ Johan Kuylenstierna was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Roman Herre, Policy Coordinator on EU Agrofuels policy, Food First Information and Action Network – FIANQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘The EU must accept its extraterritorial obligations in relation to human rights. It must assess the energy directive and link it to human rights. If the EU made the results of the assessment public, it would be a step in the right direction.’ Roman Herre was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Belinda Calaguas, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy, ActionAid InternationalQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘We already know that there is an increase in hunger and a rise in staple food prices. We need a clear signal from the European Commission that it will not allow land and food to be used for fuel.’ Belinda Calaguas was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
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Phil Bloomer, Director, Campaigns and Policy, Oxfam Great BritainQuote - 17/10/2012 ‘[The industry] has a special interest. This is just like the link between tobacco and cancer and greenhouse gases and climate change. Hunger is about distribution, but we know that food markets are massively distorted.’ Phil Bloomer was speaking during the panel, Promoting Biofuels, Creating Scarcity? at the seventh edition of the European Development Days. |
