Mois : septembre 2009

The Whole Planet Foundation’s mission is to create economic partnerships with the poor in those developing-world communities that supply our stores with product. Through innovative assistance for entrepreneurship – including direct microcredit loans and tangible support for other community partnership projects – we seek to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being we work with in order to create wealth and prosperity in emerging economies … (about 1/2 /Our Mission).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Partners; Where we work; Get involved; Resource Center; News, Blog; Newsletter;
Address: Whole Planet Foundation, c/o Whole Foods Market, 550 Bowie Street, Austin, TX 78703-4677, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: Our Mission: … Whole Planet Foundation’s Approach: Whole Planet Foundation, a private, nonprofit organization established by Whole Foods Market, provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia who in turn develop and offer microenterprise loan programs, training and other financial services to the self-employed poor.  Continuer la lecture de « Whole Planet Foundation »

Also: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (en français), and Murisanga kuri Site ya Internet y’Urukiko Nshinjabyaha Mpuzamahanga rwagenewe u Rwanda (in kinyarwanda)

… The purpose of this measure is to contribute to the process of national reconciliation in Rwanda and to the maintenance of peace in the region. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established for the prosecution of persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994. It may also deal with the prosecution of Rwandan citizens responsible for genocide and other such violations of international law committed in the territory of neighbouring States during the same period … (about /introduction 1/2).

english Homepage;
Recent Development; Opportunities; Cases; Events; (many) Links;
Libary; Press; Diary; Basics;
3 Addresses:

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Arusha International Conference Centre, P.O.Box 6016, Arusha, Tanzania;
• Office of the Tribunal, Kigali,Amahoro Hotel, P.O. Box 749, Kigali, Rwanda;
• The ICTR Office, The Hague, Churchillplein 1, 2517 JW, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Contact ICTR.

About the Tribunal: many links, as General Information /Introduction: Recognizing that serious violations of humanitarian law were committed in Rwanda, and acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by resolution 955 of 8 November 1994 … (Introduction 2/2).    Continuer la lecture de « International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTR »

(The NGO Major Group)

Linked with TWN, with ELCI, and with ANPED.

The Sustainable Development Issues Network (SDIN) is a collaborative effort of three large international networks – TWN, ELCI and ANPED – to form a global NGO network whose purpose is to promote good governance, and enhanced awareness and knowledge about environmental and sustainable development processes and to ensure global quality NGO participation in these global processes within the intergovernmental systems, primarily within the United Nations … (about 1/2 /Vision).

Homepage;
SDIN and CSD; Resources; Publications; News; History; Forum;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … Background: Third World Network TWN, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia; Environment Liaison Centre International ELCI, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya; and ANPED, the Northern Alliance for Sustainability, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, sharing an understood common value basis and approach to political issues concerning sustainable development and the environment, in 2001 together founded the international NGO network called SDIN, the Sustainable Development Issues Network.    Continuer la lecture de « Sustainable Development Issues Network SDIN »

Linked with TWN, with SDIN, and with ANPED.

ELCI is a Non Governmental membership Organization that emerged and was established from the first Earth Summit in Stockholm in 1972. This initiative was aimed at monitoring the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and help Non Governmental Organizations and UNEP work more effectively … (Homepage 1/2).

East Africa Forest Certification Initiative EAFCI;
Kenya Organic Agriculture Network KOAN;
News; Discussions; Donors;
Address: Environment Liaison Center International Secretariat, International Center for Insect Physiology & Ecology Campus ICIPE, Kasarani Road, P.O.Box 72461-00200, Nairobi, Kenya;
Contact.

Homepage 2/2: … ELCI has a membership network of over 800 NGO/CBO member organizations in over 100 countries all working towards a more sustainable world.  Continuer la lecture de « Environment Liaison Centre International ELCI, Kenya »

Earth has enough for everone’s need, but not for everyone’s greeed (M.K. Gandhi)

Linked with TWN, with ELCI, and with SDIN.

• The Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) works to empower Northern civil society in creating and protecting sustainable communities and societies world-wide.
• ANPED’s main focus is on sustainable consumption and production, the use of goods and services responding to basic human needs and bringing a better quality of life, while minimizing the use of natural resources, toxic materials and emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle, so as not to jeopardize the needs of future generations  … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Topics; Policy Processes; the Switch; Publications; Northen lights;
Membership; Working Groups; Marrakech Process; Policy processes,
Address: The Northern Alliance for Sustainability ANPED, PO BOX 59030, 1040 KA Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Contact.

About 2/2: … We build capacity among Northern civil society organizations through information, knowledge and skill-sharing, and enable their participation in local, national, regional and international decision-making processes on sustainable development. Whereas our network has a worldwide reach, our member organizations are mainly located in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) regions.   Continuer la lecture de « Northern Alliance for Sustainability ANPED »