Dr Penny Burns has told her story of guiding the management of entity and state-wide infrastructure. If you have ever been in a position to guide public policy, you’ll know that the options are not clearly set out by parliaments. Rather, they appear out of a complex web of interactions among people and between people …
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EAROPH Australia is hosting a workshop at which people from the Torres Strait Islander and Salt Water and Rainforest Aboriginal communities and Pacific Islanders, who are finding ways to combat climate change and fighting for their rights, will draft a Climate JustUs Charter for First Nations Peoples. This Charter will be a key input and …
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In 2022, I\Jane focused a lot on climate change, and presented on the Loss and Damages issue to the World Urban Forum in June. She finalised strategies for UN Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Program in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, and progressed her thinking on the informal economy and how it links …
In May 2022 Dr Penny Burns presented to the IAM Global Forum on “The Fourth Wave -are you ready?” looking at current developments and issues in Asset Management. 2022 also saw the completion of volume 1 of “The Asset Management Story” covering historical developments over the period 1984 to 1993. Publication is scheduled for May …
Nepal became a federation with the gazetting of the Constitution of Nepal on 20 September 2015. Kerry McGovern from K McGovern & Associates was happy to share Australia’s experiences of inter-governmental fiscal relations across the three tiers of government with a visiting group of senior public servants, elected officials, civil society representatives from federal, provincial …
Author: Dr Jane Stanley It is expected that loss and damages compensation will be a focus of discussion at COP27 in November 2022, particularly addressing the needs of small island developing states. It would be helpful if simple and practicable options could be developed and put forward for consideration and decision. The COP should then …
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We’ve migrated to a new server and the gremlins have deleted posts since early 2021. We are down in the engine room fixing this.
“It is crucial that local governments ensure markets are safe spaces for women. Many marketplace vendors are women. Marketplaces offer women the opportunity to advance their socioeconomic status, protect their livelihoods and improve overall well-being. But the gender bias built into markets’ organizational structure and management culture impedes women from taking these opportunities. In fact, …
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This blog is the first in a series on public financial management (PFM). We start by identifying the principles of financial management from the experience of an individual. Later we will investigate how the personal and organisational interact. Much of the focus of political discussions is on the budget surplus or deficit. Figure 1 US …
Budgeting – why the deficit is only part of the story Read More »
Dr Jane Stanley attended WUF10 before the lock down, and this resulted in firm commitments to form a new Pacific Partnership involving EAROPH, UN Habitat, UN ESCAP, CLGF, ICLEI, Compass Housing and some universities. Jane is now on the Steering Committee for this PP-NUA Partnership. We have secured the support of various interns and volunteers …
