La Caritas: l’emigrazione non dipende dalla povertà
Monday February 21st, 2011 | 12:10 pm | Europa, Future, Migrazioni, Politica italiana
Ce ne accorgiamo adesso, in piena crisi, ma sapevamo da tempo che il “tappo” sarebbe saltato. Alla lunga i tappi saltano sempre, quando c’è troppa pressione. Le previsioni dell’Onu ci dicono che in Europa, se il saldo migratorio continuerà ad essere pari all’attuale flusso ufficiale, la popolazione residente da adesso al 2050 rimarrà stabile: i migranti infatti riequilibreranno il calo naturale. Ma andrà davvero così oppure dovremo fronteggiare una grande impennata degli arrivi? I demografi si interrogano sulla attendibilità delle previsioni dell’Onu, perché nello stesso arco di tempo la popolazione africana aumenterà di un miliardo di persone. Il problema dunque non è il “tappo”, ma la “bottiglia”: per le nuove generazioni africane l’Europa rappresenta un tale cambiamento in meglio in termini di reddito e di aiuti alla famiglia d’origine che tanto vale tentare la lotteria dell’immigrazione clandestina. Come possiamo fronteggiare questa situazione? L’ultimo rapporto statistico della Caritas fornisce elementi che fanno riflettere, partendo da quella che i demografi chiamano “migration hump”, la gobba delle migrazioni. Read more…
Proposta: più aiuto internazionale in telelavoro
Sunday January 20th, 2008 | 11:20 pm | Uncategorized
Why international agencies like the World Bank and the European Union do not apply the telework techniques to many of their missions in the developing countries? In many cases, once the working group has been established, a big part of the project could be carried out without costly trips, expensive in terms of travel allowances and CO2 emissions. The capitals of the new countries have by now adequate connections, but investing in telework structures is not considered a priority by the international donors.
La grande sfida della governance mondiale
Friday November 16th, 2007 | 06:50 pm | Uncategorized
We will not have a world government in the near future, but we can’t survive without a global governance: these are my conclusions after having been in charge of the journalists’ desk of the World Energy Congress, going through all the speeches and debates to produce with my team a hundred of press releases. We need global governance for a secure flow of oil, gas and electricity between different countries, for reducing the international speculation on energy prices, for the use of nuclear energy, for drafting a post Kyoto agreement acceptable to all and really useful for curbing the CO2 emissions, for all the consequences of the climate change. We need leaders with vision and courage and a great pressure from public opinion.
Uno strano Paese con una gran voglia d’Europa
Sunday October 28th, 2007 | 04:56 pm | Uncategorized
My impressions after a few days spent in Kosovo, for an international mission in support of their future census. The local people are friendly and willing to live a “normal” life, but everybody knows that after the 10th of December (when the government led by the Albanian majority might proclaim Kosovo’s unilateral independence) the situation between the different ethnic groups could become again very dangerous. Even if this crucial date will someway be dealt with, Kosovo will have very difficult economic problems because the long standing international missions operating in the country have not started a development mechanism. As many others, I think that the only solution can come from a strong European action replacing the United nations in leading Kosovo out of the crisis. But without a Ue’s common vision and willingness to pay the costs of development in exchange for peace the Balkan situation will remain a mess.
Come nasce la statistica del 21° secolo
Saturday October 20th, 2007 | 06:09 pm | Future, Globalizzazione, Statistica
The bi-monthly magazine East, Europe and Asia STrategies published my article in Italian and English about the Istanbul Conference on “Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies” which took place in June. Shall we see The Gross National Happiness replace the Gross Domestic Product as main indicator of the well being of a country, as in Buthan? I don’t think so. But from this field of research we can expect to witness the birth of the new statistical system of the 21st century ond of new world goals which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (Mdg).
Da dove andiamo a incominciare?
Monday June 18th, 2007 | 10:30 am | Uncategorized
Seen from Italy, all the traditional political instruments look crumbling. The United Nations cannot be reformed and cannot cope with the worst crises, the European Union is paralyzed after its enlargement and should start anew from a smaller group of nations, in this country the unity between a North and a South that are more and more different is difficult to maintain by a government who is loosing its credibility. Something should be done at all levels, to promote effective political institutions. But where do we start from? I see only one answer: from the network of people of good will who have the opportunity of talking to each other through the Net e who form a global public opinion.
