Mois : juillet 2009

fighting poverty through trade

Traidcraft fights poverty through trade, helping people in developing countries to transform their lives.
Established in 1979 as a Christian response to poverty, we are the UK’s leading fair trade organisation. We run development programmes in some of the poorest countries in the world, and campaign in the UK and internationally to bring about trade justice. (Homepage).

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Vision, mission; Principles; Strategy 2006-2011; Pioneering; Buying;
Development; Resources; News, events; FAQs; Get involved;
Address: Traidcraft, Kingsway, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom, NE11 0NE;
Contact.

About /What we do: Our mission is to fight poverty through trade, practising and promoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives … we combine a trading company and a development charity.  We build lasting relationships with producers, support people to trade out of poverty and work to bring about trade justice.   Continuer la lecture de « Traidcraft »

also in german

The Ecologic Institute is a private not-for-profit think tank for applied environmental research, policy analysis and consultancy with offices in Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, and Washington DC. An independent, non-partisan body, the Ecologic Institute is dedicated to bringing fresh ideas to environmental policies and sustainable development. The Ecologic Institute’s work programme focuses on obtaining practical results. It covers the entire spectrum of environmental issues, including the integration of environmental concerns into other policy fields. Founded in 1995, the Ecologic Institute is a partner in the network of Institutes for European Environmental Policy. The Ecologic Institute acts in the public interest; donations are tax-deductible. (full text Homepage).

Team; Partners; Employment; Projects; Events; Legal; Donations;
News; Publications; Newsletter; Lectures; Press;
Addresses (1 to 4): Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, 10717 Berlin, Germany;
Contacts.

About /Profile: Continuer la lecture de « Ecologic Institute »

non-political, NGO

Graduate Council is a non-political and non-governmental organization of graduate people with professional, social, industrial or academic experience, joining together to promote the social activity that focuses on standards, education, social welfare, anti-corruption, human rights and various policy issues. Its member organizations and individual members in all over India represent a veritable who’s who of the Graduate community. (Homepage).

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Reach us at The Internet E-Business Club, 33, Kasia Road, Shri Ram Tower, Betiahata Chowk, Gorakhpur (U.P.), India;
Contact.

About: Aims and Objecive:

1. The aim of our organization is to unite all the graduates and to bring them on a single platform as a ‘Coherent Force’.

2. It will build graduates’ skill to support the implementation of their actions for social change and to advocate for graduates’ right.  Continuer la lecture de « Graduate Council India »

Making life better for people by inspiring solutions to environmental problems
also in french and spanish

Linked with nature for sale.

We are the world’s largest grassroots environmental network and we campaign on today’s most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalization, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies. We draw enormous strength and knowledge from our work with communities and local people to carry out international campaigns … (about our work 1/2).

english Homepage; Sitemap;
vision and mission; Campaigns; what we do; Who we are;
Blog; Publications; Press; Get involved; Support us;
Address: Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ, England;
Contacts and map.

About our work 2/2: … We’re working as a global network on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our time. We draw enormous strength and knowledge from our work with communities and local people to formulate international programs that create sustainable and socially just societies.  Continuer la lecture de « Friends of the Earth International »

also in french, espanol, portugues

• The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is a loose grouping of organizations, activists and social movements worldwide fighting the current model of corporate globalization embodied in global trading system. OWINFS is committed to a sustainable, socially just, democratic and accountable multilateral trading system.
• OWINFS grew out of the international campaigns against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Linkages are also made between all the various pieces of the corporate-driven trade agenda, from the WTO to regional and bilateral agreements.
• … (about 1/2).

english Homepage and many links;
Statements; What is the WTO, its Critiques, its Ministerials;
Members; Be an OWINFS member; Donate; Articles; News; Blogs; Archive;
Contac online.

About 2/2: … While there are incredibly strong and diverse country-based-campaigns working on these issues around the world, it became clear that in order to contest for power against the multinational corporations and other proponents of the neo-liberal model that have been dictating global trade policy, there is a strong need to better coordinate and link these various initiatives.  Continuer la lecture de « Our world is not for sale »