Mois : avril 2010

Association for Conflict Resolution ACRNet.org

  • Who We Are: ACR embraces and acknowledges the full spectrum of peaceful conflict resolution and recognizes the value of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural connections to enhance conflict resolution choices universally.
  • ACR Vision: All people know their choices for conflict resolution.
  • ACR Mission: ACR gives voice to the choices for quality conflict resolution.
  • ACR’s Strategic Plan: … (full text about us).

Homepage;
Membership; Events; Publications; Resources; Job Board; ask for Service;
Address: Association for Conflict Resolution, 12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130, Reston, Virginia 20190, USA;
Contact.

What is conflict resolution /FAQs? … There are many ways to resolve conflicts – surrendering, running away, overpowering your opponent with violence, filing a lawsuit, etc.   Continuer la lecture de « Association for Conflict Resolution ACRNet.org »

Thomson Reuters Foundation website

Linked with Reuter’s AlertNet; , with Big Bank spend aid billions but neglect poverty, warns report, and with Christian Aid UK.

  • Established in 1982, Thomson Reuters Foundation is a registered charity in Britain and the United States. The charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, it leverages the skills and expertise across the corporation to increase trust and access to the rule of law, to save lives through the provision of trusted information and to improve standards of journalism … (about 1/2).
  • Thomson Reuters Foundation is registered as a charity in the UK (Registration number 1082139). Thomson Reuters Foundation Inc was registered as a New York Not for Profit Corporation in September 2001 with 501c3 status.

Homepage;
Trustees; People; Partnerships; Community; Projects; News; Newsletter;
Address: Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 South Colonnade, London E14 5EP, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Following the acquisition of Reuters by the Canadian group Thomson Corp in 2008, the Foundation’s resources and programmes were expanded and a new leadership team was appointed. Continuer la lecture de « Thomson Reuters Foundation website »

AlertNet

alerting humanitarians to emergencies – Linked on our blogs with Big Bank spend aid billions but neglect poverty, warns report, with Thomson Reuters Foundation website, and with Christian Aid UK.

  • Reuters AlertNet is a humanitarian news network based around a popular website.
  • It aims to keep relief professionals and the wider public up-to-date on humanitarian crises around the globe.
  • AlertNet attracts upwards of ten million users a year, has a network of 400 contributing humanitarian organizations and its weekly email digest is received by more than 26,000 readers.
  • It was started in 1997 by Reuters Foundation – an educational and humanitarian trust – to place Reuters’ core skills of speed, accuracy and freedom from bias at the service of the humanitarian community … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Alerts; Topics; News; Tools; Maps; Partners; Jobs;
Address: Reuters AlertNet, 30 South Colonnade, London E14 4EP, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2: … AlertNet has won a Popular Communication award for technological innovation, a NetMedia European Online Journalism Award for its coverage of natural disasters and has been named a Millennium Product by the British Government — an award for outstanding applications of innovative technologies.  Continuer la lecture de « AlertNet »

Bretton Woods Project BWP

also in spanish – Linked on our blogs with IFIwatchnet.org.

  • The Bretton Woods Project works to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and IMF. Through briefings, reports and a bimonthly digest (the Bretton Woods Update) it monitors the projects, policy reforms and the overall management of the Bretton Woods institutions, with special emphasis on environmental and social concerns … (created as an independent initiative by a group of British NGOs) … (full text about).
  • Find BWP also on wikipedia.
  • Links: World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2010, on Bretton Woods Project, 26 April 2010, and IFIwatch.tv.

Homepage;
Topics; Institutions; Regions; Calendar; Publications; Resources; News; Jobs; Donate;
Address: Bretton Woods Project, c/o Action Aid, Hamlyn House, Macdonald Road, London N19 5PG, UK;
Contacts.

What is the Bretton Woods Project? The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Continuer la lecture de « Bretton Woods Project BWP »

Children Need Families CNF

keeping children in contact wiht parents and grandparents

Children Need Families (CNF) is a not for profit, gender and religious neutral organisation providing help, assistance and practical support to assist families and service users that are in or facing separation, divorce and family difficulty and or where they face crisis or it currently exists … (full text Homepage).

Court forms; Case law; Starting a branch of CNF; Events;
Contact.

About /Organisation: Children Need Families (CNF) aims to provide support to children via their parents in order for them to maintain and promote their relationship with their Parents, Grandparents and extended family following separation and or divorce by giving help, advice and assistance to the Parents, Grandparents and the extended family, irrespective of their gender, marital status, financial position or sexual orientation. Continuer la lecture de « Children Need Families CNF »