At 34, Emmanuel Aliba Kiiza became the youngest ever Prime Minister of Eastern Africa’s oldest kingdom. Mike Lowe meets him in Australia. Read more >>

After the G20 – More Work Still Needed to Curtail Shadow Economy

Our analysis shows that $850 billion to $1 trillion a year of illicit money passes out of developing countries, through the shadow financial system, and into industrial countries. This is the most damaging economic condition hurting the global poor. G20 leaders need to refocus on changing the culture of opacity embodied in the global shadow financial system in order to curtail the flow of illicit money across borders. Several measures can achieve this end—automatic exchange of tax information, beneficial ownership, harmonizing predicate offenses, and country-by-country reporting.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Raymond Baker

Dealing with Extreme Capitalism and Unrestrained Greed

Now in the wake of global financial crisis may be the time for business and political leaders, who have a passion for integrity, to take up the challenge of changing on a global scale the moral environment in which business is conducted.

 

Monday, June 22, 2009

Brian Lightowler

European Elections: a New Generation of Politicians?

Europe is more than just a free-trade zone, more than just another treaty. It is one of the first successful attempts ever to bring forgiveness and ethics to the heart of politics on a large scale. Europe is about making peace and building a safe future with your former enemies and with culturally different people.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Antoine Jaulmes

9 – 15 July 2009: Learning to Live in a Multicultural World
For community relations workers and those living in multicultural societies

9 – 15 July 2009: Leading Change for a Sustainable World
For people who want to invest time in concrete change projects

17 – 22 July 2009: Caux Forum for Human Security
For peace-builders at all levels, and from varied sectors, around the world

24 – 29 July 2009: Trust and Integrity in the Global Economy – a people-focused approach to globalization
For young professionals, students, business leaders, farmers, media, academics

9 – 15 August 2009: Tools for Change – Learning to be Peacemakers
A week exploring alternatives to violence as methodologies for change

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Information on 2009 conferences >>

'The Imam and the Pastor' >> At a time when many in the world are wondering whether friendly relations are possible between those of Muslim and Christian background, the Nigerian protagonists of this new documentary on Muslim-Christian relations emphatically assert that they are.

A Transforming Experience>> Summer 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of a transforming experience of Frank Buchman, founder of IofC. A very diverse group of seventeen people journeyed from Keswick in the UK, to Sweden, Germany and Caux, Switzerland. In this new DVD they explore the essence of Buchman’s spiritual journey, what developed from it, and its significance for today.

The Worldwide Legacy of Frank Buchman>> In 1908 Buchman, an American Lutheran minister of Swiss descent who was the originator of Initiatives of Change, had a spiritual experience of release from bitterness in crucial relationships that altered the course of his life.