Mois : octobre 2006

Linked with Wally N’Dow – Gambia, with Lori Wallach – USA, and with Marshall B. Rosenberg – Switzerland & USA.

Big Picture TV BPTV – an online media channel that streams free video clips of global leaders in sustainability. (To) browse a growing archive of internationally renowned names including scientists, environmentalists, politicians, journalists, academics and activists. BPTV is easy to watch. Simply select a speaker, choose a clip and press play (see how to watch tv). (The) video clips can only be watched with Microsoft’s Media Player (can be downloaded on their website).

They write about themselves: Big Picture TV (BPTV) is a free media channel based in London and San Francisco. We stream short talking heads of some of the most renowned pioneers in Sustainable Development and from the environmental, social justice and peace movements. By offering progressive leaders in these inter-related fields a fully independent web-based media platform, we aim to make the big picture a clearer one for the world’s online community. We would very much like to thank our sponsors Green & Black’s and Groovy Gecko, with particular thanks to Craig Moehl at Groovy Gecko for providing us with their excellent streaming services free of charge. We would also like to thank all the speakers who have so generously contributed to the archive. In addition, we want to thank Petica Watson and Simon Levermore for their much valued technical expertise and advice as consultants. Finally, we wish to thank the following people for their kind help and support: (Read the rest on ‘about‘).

Register and Newsletter.

Linked with Lori Wallach – USA, with Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, and with Why Does the WTO Want My Water?

The Public Citizen for Protecting Health, Safety and Democracy. Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress.

The executive branch and the courts:

• Take Actions;
• the Latest Publications;
• the Latest Press Releases.

We have six divisions and two state offices. To learn more about each of the divisions, click on the links below:

• Auto and Truck Safety;
• Congress Watch;
• Critical Masss Energy Program;
• Global Trade Watch;
• Health Research Group;
• The Litigation Group.

… and Texas and California offices:

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Linked with Lori Wallach – USA, with Why Does the WTO Want My Water?, and with The Public Citizen. Also linked with Third World Traveler, and with Michael Parenti – USA.

Global Trade Watch was created in 1995 as a division of the U.S.-based NGO Public Citizen that monitors the WTO and other trade agreements such as NAFTA and CAFTA. Like Public Citizen in general, GTW advocates for a greater public role in international, federal, state and local policy-making, and for a different set of policies and institutions that govern the current model of globalization, according to its website. [See Public Citizen].

Its director and founder is trade lawyer and activist Lori Wallach. Wallach has been compared to « Ralph Nader with a sense of humor » in a Wall Street Journal profile, dubbed « the Trade Debate’s Guerrilla Warrior » by the National Journal,[see the Journalism School] and « a key player in Washington debates on trade policy » by The Nation. [See commondreams].

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From November 30 – December 3, 2006 will take place WANGOs World Congress. This year in the Mövenpick Resort & Spa, Dead Sea, Jordan.

Some links:

• Conference Committee;
• General Information;
• About Conveners;
• Important Dates;
• Registration;
• Lodging.

Linked with Marshall B. Rosenberg – Switzerland & USA., and with Raising Children Compassionately.
The Center for Nonviolent Communication emerged out of work he was doing with civil rights activists in the early 1960s. During this period he provided mediation and communication skills training to communities working to desegregate schools and other public institutions. (Read much more on wikipedia).
Nonviolent Communication NVC helps us stay connected with what is alive in ourselves and others moment-to-moment, and enhances our ability to make life more wonderful for ourselves and others.

Vision: The Center for Nonviolent Communication CNVC is a global organization whose vision is a world where all people are getting their needs met and resolving their conflicts peacefully. In this vision, people are using Nonviolent Communication NVC to create and participate in networks of worldwide life-serving systems in economics, education, justice, healthcare, and peace-keeping.

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Linked with Thavrin THONG – Cambodia, with Boua Chanthou – Cambodia, with The Khmer Rouge next at Trial, and with NGO Forum on Cambodia.

Established in 1922, DanChurchAid DCA is today one of the major Danish humanitarian non governmental organisations (NGO), working with local partners, international networks, churches and non-religious civil organisations to assist the poorest of the poor. DanChurchAid’s work abroad is focused on the poorest population groups in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central America, and Central Asia & Eastern Europe. Financed by private donations and funds DanChurchAid is an independent non-profit organisation whose activities are financed by private donations and funds from the Danish government (Danida), the UN, EU and other bilateral donors.

Homepage;
News and Publictions;
Newsletter;
E-mail.

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Linked with Fawzia Adam – Somalia.

renewal is the website turning adversity into opportunity for refugees in West-London.

What is Renewal SRB? West London is the most dynamic economic sub region in London. However, most refugees face a number of complex barriers that prevent them from taking a full part in daily life and contributing to Renewal is a unique programme funded by SRB6, via the London Development Agency, to support Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) in the 6 West London boroughs of (Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hounslow, Harrow, Brent and Hillingdon). The Accountable Body for the SRB Scheme is Ealing Primary Care Trust, one of the new NHS Trusts set up in April 2002 to provide primary care and to commission health services. The Renewal project team is based at Ealing PCT and consists of 5 staff, headed by a Programme Manager.

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Linked with Boua Chanthou – Cambodia, and with Thavrin THONG – Cambodia, with The Khmer Rouge next at Trial, and with DCA DanChurchAid Cambodia – the right to food.

NGO Forum on Cambodia’s Homepage in english; and Homepage in local language.

The NGO Forum has employed a full-time Representative since 1995. Since that time, the Representative and core staff have played an essential role in organising discussion and debate among member organisations, responding to requests for information, and representing NGOs’ perspectives on a range of development issues. The Representative (now termed “Executive Director”) represents the NGO Forum to government, donors and other bodies on the full range of NGO Forum’s concerns. As such, the Core Project is the most essential and permanent feature of the NGO Forum’s work. As the NGO Forum’s influence increased, it became necessary to create projects to better fulfil the demand for the NGO Forum’s services. Since 1998, the NGO Forum has created additional projects that look after particular sectors of the NGO Forum’s work. Thus the Core Project now provides administrative and management support to ensure effective functioning of the NGO Forum’s ten projects, each of which facilitates an NGO network on a thematic issue. Therefore, in addition to the Core Project’s representational role, the Core Project provides essential back up to the projects, without which the projects would be unable to function.

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Somewhat like Amnesty International begins more and more taking place, but here by forcing governments to stop war.

Go to Ceasefire Campaign and follow the indicated steps to act for stopping a possible war with Iran.

About CeasefireCampaign.org: The Ceasefire Campaign began when 300,000 individuals from over 150 countries came together to demand a ceasefire in Lebanon. The campaign is a project of Res Publica, a global civic advocacy group and registered charitable organization based in New York City. Please write by email.

And visit the Res Publica.org-website for more information.

A website providing human rights professionals with easy access to the best online resources.

Here 6 graphical illustrations:

1) by INA’s infographics, the International Networks Archive INA: Glass half empty: the coming water wars;

2) Darfur Drawn, pictures made by children in Darfur;

3) true Majority;

4) Survival International; and its Homepage:

5) Advancing Science Serving Society;

6) Global map of hunger.

The website is primarily aimed at human rights activists – persons monitoring the respect of human rights and advocating for positive change. Persons who are passionate about quality human rights work, have a thirst to continually deepen their knowledge, and are looking for a collection of top reference material.

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Linked with Lyudmila Alekseeva – Russian Federation.

On December 12 2005 the Second All-Russian Civil Congress took place in Moscow. Advancing the slogan “Russia for democracy, Against Dictatorship” it has brought together leaders of liberal opposition parties and more than 700 representatives of civil and human rights organizations from all over the country. Several questions were discussed during the Congress: resistance to the destruction of civil society in Russia, elections in 2007-2008 and the creation of a united party of democrats, the threat of nationalism and fascism and the creation of a civil (independent) television network (20-DEC-2005). (Read more on humanrightshouse.org).

Links:

Kaukasian Knot;

Russia Profile.org;

the other Russia.

Linked with Ngun Fung Liu – Hong Kong SAR.

The Hong Kong Association for the Survivors of Women Abuse Kwan Fook is part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

Some sites:

• Homepage;
• English Version;
• english Text only Version;
• Subcommittee on Review of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme;
• Subcommittee on Strategy and Measures to Tackle Family Violence;

etc.

Linked with Gauriben RaysinghbHai KOLI – India, and with Women as the Leaders of Development.
Read all the rest on SEWA’a Website.

Introduction: SEWA is a trade union registered in 1972. It is an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers. These are women who earn a living through their own labour or small businesses. They do not obtain regular salaried employment with welfare benefits like workers in the organised sector. They are the unprotected labour force of our country. Constituting 93% of the labour force, these are workers of the unorganised sector. Of the female labour force in India, more than 94% are in the unorganised sector. However their work is not counted and hence re-mains invisible. In fact, women workers themselves remain uncounted, undercounted and invisible.

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Linked with Doreen Spence – Canada.

And also linked with Chief Arvol Looking Horse – Sioux Nation USA, with Rev. Mother Mary Elizabeth Thunder, with Peacemessage from Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Sioux Nation, with The Wolakota Foundation, Facing the Winds of Change.

The DNA Ancestry Project.

Links to American Indian Reference Sites by Phil Konstantin – Page 1 (goes to 4, with hundreds of links).

The Native Americans (Homepage), with their countless sub-pages, like the Native American Testing; the American Native Press Archives; Native American Religion. Find also many links to more Websites for Newspapers, Treaties, Assemblies, Friendship Centres, Indigenous Education and some Enterprise Activities on this page of the Native American.

To find a special nation, put Native American(s) into Google and find a selection of many nations, like for exemple this site for Eskimos.

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Website, Services etc. in english, but also in deutsch, en français, en español e português.

It is a small and dynamic consulting firm handling a wide range of political and economic advisory services to governmental and private clients in developing and transitional countries. We combine our consultancy services with implementation and capacity building. Our business is part of the cooperative AGEG Consultants eG. We build on valuable experience and robust networks in the expert community. e-mail.

Newsletter in english.

Special Newsletter on Post-conflict economies: The Web version is available on http://www.weitzenegger.de/new/2006/1006.html, with new recommended books:

• The Impact of Crime on the Enterprise Sector, Transition Versus Non-Transition Countries, Academic Article;
• Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism, and WMD, Academic Article;
• War as a Network Enterprise, The New Security Terrain and its Implications, Academic Article.

Services:

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