Daten zur Förderung von sanftem Tourismus in Myanmar

By On May 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Verschiedenste Wege wurde bereits eingeschlagen, um sanften, nachhaltigen oder verantwortungsbewussten Tourismus1 zu fördern. Das Problem scheint dabei nicht nur darin zu bestehen, dass die Verantwortung wie eine heiße Kartoffel zwischen Reisenden, Reiseunternehmen und staatlichen Behörden hin und her geschoben wird. So sagen die Unternehmen, dass sie ihr Angebot lediglich der Nachfrage anpassen, während [...]

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Burmese pay their last respects to Václav Havel

By On December 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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“This is not only a loss for one person or one country, it is a great loss for humankind.”

Aung San Suu Kyi

This message was conveyed today through her assistant Htin Kyaw in Burma at the request of Burma Center Prague. Suu Kyi also said that she would write [...]

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Burma. The Alternative Guide. A Review

By On November 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

This is a review I wrote some time ago for Burma Center Prague. I remembered it after the NLD seems to be fine-tuning now their boycott on tourism, giving up their previous hardliner policy.

Many travelers are increasingly concerned about ethical aspects of tourism. While it can serve as an educating, connecting and emancipating force, [...]

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Eine Landkarte und ein mögliches Projekt

By On October 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment

ALTSEAN hat eine interessante Karte von Birma herausgegeben, auf der die Wahlbezirke eingezeichnet sind, in denen die Wahl gestrichen wird. Grund hierfür ist allein der voraussichtliche Sieg von ethnischen Gruppierungen, die mit dem Regime kein Waffenstillstandsabkommen geschlossen haben bzw. die sich nicht in Grenztruppen umwandeln lassen wollen.

Ansonsten habe ich heute Kontakte zu [...]

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Software for NGOs with an undersized budget

By On August 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Since over 4 years I am struggling with the contradiction between a Central-East European, absolutely-non-profit budget and the need to work efficiently, to present ourselves as professionally as possible and to keep software security in a good shape. This a particularly tricky job where private contributions to office running costs are even lower than the [...]

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Burmese dictionary hits the 0.5m mark and counting

By On August 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Our Burmese-English online dictionary has finally made it: The counter shows 505,309 search queries.

This little tool has started years ago as a spreadsheet table with English and Burmese vocabulary, followed by a transmutation into a searchable database with a frontend on the Web.

In terms of visitors, this might be the most [...]

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