Religie en Ontwikkeling

WHAT is the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development?

On line DOCUMENTATION CENTRE with all recent publications about religion and development

[location Oikos]
P.O. Box 19170
3501 DD UTRECHT
(Netherlands) +31 (0)30 236 1500 kenniscentrum
@religie-en-ontwikkeling.nl

The participants of the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development are:

Cordaid, a development organisation with a Catholic tradition, whose work is dedicated to the poorest and marginalised in 40 developing countries.
ICCO, an inter-church organisation for development whose mission is to work towards a world where poverty and injustice are no longer present.
Islamic University Rotterdam, an organisation for Islamic education for life-long learners.
Oikos, an ecumenical organisation which supports activities in the Netherlands that contribute to world-wide, just and sustainable development.
Seva Network Foundation, an international organisation for development co-operation which is inspired by Hindu values.

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Light development as a North South franchise

On July 24 2009, the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development organized a panel discussion on the topic 'Responding to Climate Change: Religion and Southern Perspectives on Light Development'. The panel was part of the conference 'Religion, Nature, and Progress', hosted by the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (Amsterdam, July 23-26 2009).

The program included a practice-based presentation by the South-African community developer Attie van Niekerk (NOVA), who demonstrated how local communities can contribute to climate change mitigation and receive funding through the Clean Development Mechanism, a carbon credit trading system set up under the Kyoto Protocol. In the Dutch magazine Vandaar appeared an article about this project.
Environmental ethicist Louke van Wensveen (Oikos/Knowledge Centre) offered a matching policy proposal for structuring 'light development' as a North-South franchise. Interfaith activist Chander Khanna focused on ancient Hindu insights for living lightly on the Earth and Seva director Radj Bhondoe stressed the importance of rethinking the meaning of development and growth. The panel was moderated by Hans Opschoor (ISS), who led the audience in the follow-up discussion.

For more information about the Light Development Franchise proposal, contact kenniscentrum@religie-en-ontwikkeling.nl. Information about the conference is available at the ISSRNC website.

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