Feb 15, 2013

Between 2000 and 2011, the employment rate of young people decreased globally from 52.9 to 48.7 per cent.  This means that, as of 2011, less than one out of two young people are actively participating in the labor market while many are relegated to precarious, underpaid and informal jobs.  Poverty Everywhere, underemployment most affects the poorest. Because...

Nov 27, 2012

In 2006, tens of thousands of young people, encouraged and supported by the Scout and Guide associations, were mobilized to develop a major peace education program in the Great Lakes region of Africa (Rwanda, Burundi, and Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo). Their aim was to fight against the ethnic prejudices that have divided Hutus and Tutsis...

Sep 12, 2012

China has become the world’s workshop. If I buy a parasol, a screwdriver,  or a stove, I can see all the objects marked “Made in PRC – People’s Republic of China.” Wood that is purchased in Europe is exported to China and then comes back in the form of furniture. International transport of both raw materials and manufactured goods...

Aug 20, 2012

I love the Olympic Games Like many of my peers, I confess I like to watch, every day, the show in constant motion of the Olympic Games. Thus, I am a sentimentalist. Seeing a parade of delegations of countries, which are never mentioned alongside those about which we talk too much, gives me a rare lesson in human geography. Seeing all those looks, all similarly...

The Albert Londres Prize, in the audiovisual category, was awarded to “Zambia: who benefits from copper?,” broadcast on “France 5″ on May 31, 2011. In the film, two journalists, Odiot Alice and Audrey Gallet, provide an investigative report on Zambia where the Swiss multinational, Glencore, has operated copper mines for many years. The...

May 20, 2012

For people of my generation, European integration represents a promise of peace and prosperity. After the second world war, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg decided to create the European Coal and Steel Community, originating the idea of the European Union. It was initially a political decision of great significance: the...