Mois : novembre 2009

Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations: Swissaid – Catholic Lenten Fund – Bread for all – Caritas – Interchurch Aid – (also in german, french, italian)

Alliance Sud, the Swiss Alliance of Development Organisations, is the common platform for development policy lobbying by the six major Swiss development organisations. It strives to influence Switzerland’s policies to the benefit of the poor countries and their peoples.
Core concerns: Our goal is sustainable development, as well as a more just, peaceful and environment-friendly world that offers equal rights and opportunities to all. This calls for economic and political changes – worldwide and in Switzerland … (full text about).

english Homepage and latest News; Sitemap;
Development Policy, Key Issues; Expertise; Publications; Education; Member orgs;
Address: Alliance Sud, Monbijoustrasse 31, PO Box 6735, CH-3001 Berne /Switzerland;
Contact/Feedback online.

2 Information and Documentation Centres: Alliance Sud operates information and documentation centres in Berne (in german) and in Lausanne (in french). Continuer la lecture de « Alliance Sud »

en français

The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD is an interface for trade unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees … (about 1/2).

english Homepage and latest News;
News; TUAC papers; other Trade Union papers; OECD docs;
OECD & Union Rights; Affiliates; Economy & jobs; Multis & trade; Governance & finance;
Address: TUAC – OECD, 15, rue La Pérouse, 75016 PARIS, FRANCE;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD is an interface for trade unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees.   Continuer la lecture de « Trade Union Advisory Committee TUAC to the OECD »

XARUNTA WAXBARASHADA JAALIYADDA SOOMAALIYEED

• The Somali Community Literacy Centre was established in January 1997 in Bole (Addis Ababa) with the idea of giving a sense of belonging to the Somali Community using education as a departing point.  For its start up the center was assisted with a grant form the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa. (left column);
• Tens of thousand of Somalis have sought refuge in Addis Ababa after the collapse of the Somali State in 1991. Most of these refuges were women and children.
• Our OBjectives: … (full text Homepage).

Chatroom; Extra; Events/News; Forums;
Address: SCLC, Mohamed Mohamed Sheikh, P.O.Box 419 Code 1110, , kebele 02, H.No5580, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Kifleketema;
Contact.

History of the community center: The Somali Community Literacy Centre was established in January 1997 in Bole (Addis Ababa) with the idea of giving a sense of belonging to the Somali Community using education as a departing point. For its start up the center was assisted with a grant form the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa.  Continuer la lecture de « Somali Community Literacy Center SCLC »

en Espanol – Linked on our blogs with Americans for fairness in lending AFFIL.

Moving Forward – Americans for Financial Reform is fighting for:

• A strong and fair regulatory system that has the resources and authority necessary to police Wall Street and the big banks.
• A consumer watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), which, like the FDA for food and drugs, will set basic safety standards. We need the CFPA to protect families, and the market as a whole, from loans designed to trick and trap us, and to encourage fair competition.
• A banking system that helps people stay in their homes; and makes smart investments in communities and businesses to create good jobs and strong neighborhoods.
• The democratization of the Federal Reserve, so that it is transparent and accountable to the public and independent from control by the banking industry.
• … (full text Issues).

Homepage;
Call to action; Position papers; Coalition News; Events; Who we are; Donate;
Address: AFR, 1825 K Street NW, Suite 210, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
Contact.

About: Americans for Financial Reform is a coalition of nearly 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, retiree, investor, community, and civil rights organizations who have come together to spearhead a campaign for real reform in our banking and financial system.   Continuer la lecture de « Americans for Financial Reform AFR »

also in Espanol – Linked on our blogs with Americans for Financial Reform AFR

• Americans for Fairness in Lending (AFFIL) and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) are partnering to reform the nation’s lending industry and financial system to protect Americans’ neighborhoods, homes and pocketbooks.
• For too long, the rules of Wall Street have been written by the bankers themselves. This year, that has to change.
• We are a coalition of over 200 national, state and local consumer, labor, retiree, investor, community and civil rights organizations that have come together to spearhead a campaign for real reform in our banking and financial system.
• AFFIL is providing adjunct staff to AFR and coordination for work on our shared website. (About).

Homepage;
Types of Loans; Find a good Loan; Predatory Lending; Tips, help; Join; Blog;
Address: Americans for fairness in lending AFFIL, 7 Winthrop Square, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA;
Contact.

History of Usury: What do Hammurabi, Plato, Charlemagne, Dante and Queens Mary and Elizabeth have in common? They all condemned, outlawed or regulated the charging of interest on loans.  Continuer la lecture de « Americans for fairness in lending AFFIL »

you are not alone – if you are a service member or veteran opposed to the war in Iraq, join IVAW today

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 at the annual convention of Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Boston to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent … (about 1/2).

Download our strategy pamphlet in PDF.

Homepage;
Resources for Active Duty Soldiers, National Guard, and Reserves; FAQs: Why we are against the war, Winter soldier;
Projects; How join; IVAW’s Founders; IVAW’s Board of Directors; Press;
Address: IVAW National Office, 630 9th Ave, Suite 807, New York, NY 10036, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … From its inception, IVAW has called for:  Continuer la lecture de « Iraq Veterans against the War »

Linked on our blogs with DEBITO.ORG’s NEWSLETTER, NOVEMBER 25, 2009.

This website is about life in Japan from the viewpoint of one American-born writer residing in Sapporo, Japan, both before and after he became a naturalized Japanese citizen. It may interest people who want to know more about Japan, and how it affects residents who have the appearance and/or status of non-Japanese … (full text Welcome page).

english Homepage;
« Access for Japanese only »: in Establishments, read the JALT PALE Journal; more pages in japanese language;
in english: Publications; Future; Polls; What if; Blacklist/Greenlist of Universities;
english Newsletter: in the left column of any page of their website;
Feedback, advice, comments (as contact link).

YOUR IMMIGRATION FINGERPRINTING EXPERIENCES POST NOV 20 2007:   Continuer la lecture de « DEBITO.ORG »

Lié sur nos blogs avec Marché de Noël artisanal.

Hope International is a lay ministry founded, supported and operated by Seventh-day Adventists to assist the Seventh-day Adventist church in the proclamation of the Everlasting Gospel in every way that is consistent with the principles of God as revealed in scripture and inspiration to place our audiences on a firm foundation in the midst of this troubled world … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Statement; Newsletter; Donations; Foundation Mag and /Fundamento;
and: HOPE FOR HEALTH’s welcome page;
2 Addresses: Hope International, PO Box 220, Knoxville, IL 61448, and: Office: 568 Knox Hwy. 26, Galesburg, IL 61401, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Hope International is the publisher of Our Firm Foundation, a monthly magazine that presents Christ and His Truth.  Continuer la lecture de « HOPE International (USA) »

(avec traduction automatique en deutsch, english, espanol, italiano, netherlands, portugese)

Merci de noter que ce site Internet est très récent. Il a été mis en ligne le 1er octobre 2009 et nous travaillons le plus rapidement possible, avec nos moyens limités (nous ne sommes que deux), pour vous donner la meilleure information possible. Ne vous étonnez donc pas que plusieurs sections soient complètement vides – le travail est en cours … (texte entier de bienvenu /Accueil, le 1er octobre 2009).

Plan du site;
Actualités; Calendrier; Réseaux/Liens; Rubriques; Coups de gueule; Dossier; Audio /video; Témoignages; Newsletters (6 langages);
Contacts.

Jean-Jacques Crèvecoeur /Biographie: Carl Gustav Jung considérait que les choix de vie que nous faisons trouvent leur origine et leur sens dans la mission que nous sommes censés accomplir sur cette Terre.  Continuer la lecture de « Jean-Jacques Crèvecoeur.com »

WikiLeaks.org – global defense of sources and press freedoms, circa now – for the moment in 16 languages

Linked on our blogs with Website Wikileaks publishes 9/11 messages.

• We are of assistance to peoples of all countries who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their governments and institutions. We aim for maximum political impact … (more in about).
• Thursday 26 November, 2009: Have documents the world needs to see? We help you safely get the truth out. WikiLeaks releases 573.000 pager intercepts from 9/11 2001 … From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks will release over half a million US national text pager intercepts … (full text Mainpage).

Special Page: 9/11 tragedy pager intercepts;

Submissions; Country Index; Media Kit; Writer’s Kit; Help; Live Chat; Donate;
Contacts.

About: Wikileaks is a multi-jurisdictional organization to protect internal dissidents, whistleblowers, journalists and bloggers who face legal or other threats related to publishing. Continuer la lecture de « WikiLeaks »

take notice: rethink, rebuild, report – the Amsterdam global conference on sustainability and transparency – May 26-28, 2010.

The Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) vision is that disclosure on economic, environmental, and social performance become as commonplace and comparable as financial reporting, and as important to organizational success. (About 1/2 /Vision).

Homepage;
Reporting framework; Current priorities; GRI reports; Learning, support; News, events; Who are you? Join; FAQs;
Address: Global Reporting Initiative, Metropool Building, 5th Floor, Weesperstraat 95, 1018 VN, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Contact.

About 2/2 /Mission: … GRI’s mission is to create conditions for the transparent and reliable exchange of sustainability information through the development and continuous improvement of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Reporting Initiative »

• Au printemps 2003, suite à l’invasion, nos discussions sur la signification plus générale de cette guerre d’agression nous ont amené à situer notre action dans un contexte plus large. Dorénavant, c’est sur la lutte contre la tendance ouverte à la domination militaire des États-Unis sur la planète –et particulièrement contre la collusion et la participation canadienne à cette tendance– qu’allait se fonder le travail du Collectif Échec à la guerre … Le Collectif 1/Accueil.
• Le Collectif 2 /Platforme.

Plan du site; Membres; Publications; Comités de travail; Soutien financier; Newslettre;
Address: Le Collectif Echec à la Guerre, 65 ouest de Castelnau, Bureau 302, Montréal, H2R 2W3, Canada;
Contact.

The english Platform: Échec à la guerre’s website is very predominantly in French, not bilingual. Continuer la lecture de « Echec à la Guerre, le collectif »

in many languages

Linked on our blogs with ECAs explained – the newer, bigger, badder banks.

Since 1996, NGOs from many countries have joined forces in an international campaign to reform ECAs. The goals and demands of the campaign are best described in the Jakarta Declaration for Reform of Official Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agencies, endorsed by over 300 NGOs following a May 2000 international ECA reform strategy session in Jakarta, Indonesia.  While focusing on the impacts of ECAs in Indonesia, the Jakarta Declaration has a global « call for reform » that includes: … (full text GOALs).

english Homepage;
The Problems; Take actions; Press; Organizations participating; The Jakarta Declaration (2000);
Contact.

About: ECA Watch is an organizing and outreach mechanism of the larger international campaign to reform Export Credit Agencies (ECAs).   Continuer la lecture de « International NGO Campaign on Export Credit Agencies – ECA Watch »

also in french: bureau international catholique de l’enfance BICE, and in spanish (under construction)

• The Permanent Representation of Bice is based in Geneva and is responsible for the development and coordination of Bice’s advocacy initiatives with international and European institutions. Our vocation is to work on behalf of and together with our members’ and partners’ network and in close cooperation with the Regional Delegations which manage Bice’s presence in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe-CIS.
• Catching onto the dynamism launched by Bice during the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Permanent Representation targets its action so that the promotion and the protection of the dignity and the rights of the child become a reality worldwide … (full text Bice /Permanent Representation to International Institutions).

english Homepage; Sitemap;
Appeal for Childhood, Geneva June 2009; News; Newsletter; Research, development; Resourcce Centre; Support; History;
Address: Bice, 11 rue Cornavin, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact online.

Who we are: The Permanent Representation of Bice is based in Geneva and  is responsible for the development and coordination of Bice’s advocacy initiatives with international and European institutions.  Continuer la lecture de « International Catholic Child Bureau BICE »

the home of birding

Birdwatch is the home of birding. An independent magazine established in 1992 by birders for birders, it has grown to become the leading monthly news and features magazine at the enthusiast end of the market … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
News; Events; Galleries; Guides; Features; Competitions; Newsletter; Links;
Address: Birdwatch, The Chocolate Factory, 5 Clarendon Road, London N22 6XJ,  UK;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … Who we are and what we do: Birdwatch has a primarily British focus and readership, but is now read in 36 countries across six continents worldwide each month. Birdwatch.co.uk is the online arm of the magazine, featuring the most prolific bird news output on the web and selected archived content from printed issues alongside web-only material, multimedia content and online services. The authority of the magazine and its website are underpinned by a world-class advisory panel and an extensive pool of skilled authors, photographers and artists.  Continuer la lecture de « Birdwatch »