Catégorie : Civil Society

turning a global crisis into a global opportunity – Linked on our blogs with A great way to kick off 2011 for the Robin Hood Tax, and later with Sign petition for the Robin Hood Tax.

• It’s simple: the financial crisis and the recession have left a massive hole in the UK’s public finances. Jobs and public services are at risk in the UK while many other developed and developing countries face a similar struggle.
• But there is another way. Thousands of Robin Hood supporters believe that banks, hedge funds and the rest of the financial sector should pay their fair share to clear up the mess they helped create. (Why we need Robin and links to topics).

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You need to know; Policy Library; Progress; Media; Latest; Get involved; Accessibility; Resources; Spread the word; Latest; Supporters; The Coalition; Around the world;
Contact online.

How it works – the big idea: In a nutshell, the big idea behind the Robin Hood Tax is to generate billions of pounds – hopefully even hundreds of billions of pounds. That money will fight poverty in the UK and overseas. It will tackle climate change. And it will come from fairer taxation of the financial sector.   Continuer la lecture de « Robin Hood Tax »

Linked with Social Care online.

… The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE) mission is to identify and spread knowledge about good practice to the large and diverse social care workforce and support the delivery of transformed, personalised social care services. We aim to reach and influence practitioners, managers and the sector leadership who have responsibility for service delivery in adults’ and children’s services. We recognise the central role of people who use services, children, young people, their families and their carers, and we aim to ensure their experience and expertise is reflected in all aspects of our work … (about 1/2).

Homepage; http://www.scie.org.uk/index.asp

Key resources: SC TV; Social Care Online; e-Learning; Good Practice Framework;
Adults; Families, Children; Workforce; Knowledge, Research; Tools, Gateways; Publications; Newsletters; News; Events; Help;
Address: Social Care Institute for Excellence, Goldings House, 2 Hay’s Lane, London SE1 2HB, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Our Role: SCIE is an independent charity, funded by the Department of Health and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland.  Continuer la lecture de « Social Care Institute for Excellence SCIE »

Linked on this blog with In Defence of Youth Work.

Friday 15th April to Saturday 16th April 2011 – SWAN National Conference 2011, themes, programme and speakers:

• SWAN will hold its next annual conference in Birmingham (Avon Rooms, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham) … The theme of the conference will be building alliances in the struggle to defend services and challenge austerity measures … (details and updated speakers).
• Registration/Booking.
• Download the leaflet for the conference.
• SWAN National Conference 2011 in collaboration with In Defence of Youth Work.

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Activities, Events; Regionals; International; News, Updates; Contributions (reports); Archives; Forum;
Contact online.

SWAN Organisation /Manifesto – 1. Social Work Today: Social work in Britain today has lost direction. This is not new. Many have talked about social work being in crisis for over thirty years now. Continuer la lecture de « Social Work Action Network SWAN »

Linked with Computers for African Schools CFAS;

• An IT education is vital for African school children in the modern world. IT skills are increasingly in demand by business and global economy and are paramount to securing good jobs and improving standards of living.
• Furthermore, with access to the internet, school children can widen their understanding of the world around them, and they can link up with other schools abroad improving cross-cultural communication.
• … thanks to the programme, most state secondary schools now have a computer lab and teachers in these schools have been trained … (full text Why IT for Africa).

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Aims; How we work; Schools; UK Partners; ITSA Progress Map; News, Events; FAQs; Links; How you can help;
IT Training Centre /Overview:
Map and Address: IT Schools Africa.org, Unit 8, Mead Park Industrial Estate, Mead Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7EF, UK;
Contact.

The ITSA story: ITSA was established in 2004 to accelerate education in Africa with a vision to address the problem of textbook shortages in African schools.   Continuer la lecture de « IT Schools Africa.org ITSA »

Our mission: Build Africa works exclusively in rural areas of Uganda and Kenya to help young people escape poverty through education and income generation.
What we do: In education we work within local development plans to:

• Help build the capacity of schools, communities and local government staff to work together to improve data collection, planning, monitoring and evaluation at school level, resulting in a ‘school development plan’;
• Provide training and mentoring of school management committees for better school governance;
• Carry out teacher training; and
• Construct classrooms, water supplies, toilets, teacher accommodation, staff rooms, resource centres, as well as provide books, desks, etc. … (full text Our Strategy).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Build a school; Build an income; Where we work; Accessibility; Newsletter; Reports, Accounts; Our people; Jobs; Support us;
Addresses (1 of 3): Build Africa, Block 245, Plot 421 Kiwuliriza Zone, Lower Muyenga, off Gaba Road, PO Box 7224, Kampala, Uganda;
Contacts.

About 2/2: Build Africa is a dynamic charity working in rural Uganda and Kenya to help young people escape poverty through education and income generation.  Continuer la lecture de « Build Africa.org »

Science with a human face

… ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid tropics has over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these poor people to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agriculture … (full text about us).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Crops; Genebank; Research; Impacts; Products, Innovations; Slideshow; Publications; Board;
Addresses: (1 of 7): ICRISAT, Patancheru ,502324, Andhra Pradesh, India;
Contacts.

Strategic Plan to 2020: Ending pessimism in the tropical drylands: Dryland agriculture has long been viewed with pessimism and hopelessness.  Continuer la lecture de « International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT »

in german/auf deutsch: Schutz von Patenmädchen vor Genitalverstümmelung.

The organisations have the power and the potential to guarantee the immediate protection of sponsored girls in a simple, effective and even measurable way. They only have to admit the following:

• Female genital mutilation is NOT to be tolerated, under NO condition.
• Every single sponsored girl has a right to be protected from genital mutilation.
• This right is strictly to be guaranteed, not only to fulfill the responsibility towards the sponsored girls, but also towards you as the donors – to whom the organisations are obliged to grant the highest possible results form the invested money … (full text the solutions).

english Homepage;
Who we are, 4 pdf pages; About; What can you do; Press/Reactions;
Imprint; Contacts.

The Problem: A lot of harm, sufferance and death in African, Arabian and Asian countries is not caused by external influence like hunger, aridity or illnesses. It is caused by the people themselves – and is therefore totally avoidable.   Continuer la lecture de « Protect girls from Female Genital Mutilation FGM »

The Neuenburg Centre for Professional Integration – site only in french

• Short text in english: CNIP– school and company at once – is an institution for instruction and reintegration, an integration effort which serves the population that lives there on several levels. It serves to answer the requirements of the locally rooted industry and is orientated towards the needs of the local population. Unemployed people, retired people IV, and people who are not integrated into work life can find their way back into professional life thanks to a training at CNIP. That gives them the opportunity to solve their social and financial problems and to live an independent life … (full description in english in this article on Current Concerns, no. 3, February 2011).
• Bienvenue au CNIP: Depuis 15 ans déjà, le Centre neuchâtelois d’intégration profes- sionnelle est actif dans la formation et l’aide à la réinsertion de personnes peu ou pas qualifiées, dans les domaines de la mécanique, de l’assemblage/soudage, de l’électro- technique, du polissage, de la logistique et de l’horlogerie. (Accueil).

Formation; Sous-traitance; Aide à l’insertion/réinsertion; Publications; Evènements; Partenariats; Produits; Management qualité; Liens;
Adresse: CNIP – Centre Neuchâtelois d’Intégration Professionnelle, Site Dubied 12, Case Postale 176, CH-2108 Couvet/Switzerland;
Contact.

Politique de confidentialité: Le CNIP respecte et protège votre vie privée. Veuillez prendre note des aspects ci-après de notre politique de confidentialité :  Continuer la lecture de « Centre neuchâtelois d’integration professionnelle CNIP »

an initiative of Human Security Research Group HSRP – aussi en français: portailsur la sécurité humaine.

• The Human Security Report Project HSRP is an independent research centre affiliated with Simon Fraser University SFU in Vancouver, Canada. Formerly located at the University of British Columbia and known as the Human Security Centre, the HSRP joined SFU in May of 2007 … (about 1/2).
• The Human Security Gateway is a research and information database regrouping electronic and bibliographic resources on human security (Homepage).

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Search Instructions; Customized Updates; Staff; Jobs; Submit Link to article; Donors;
Gateways: regional, by country; by topic;
Other related websites: School for International Studies of the Simon Fraser University SFU.ca;
Address: Human Security Report Project, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Suite 7200—515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6B 5K3, Canada;
Contact.

About 2/2: … The HSRP tracks global and regional trends in organized violence, their causes and consequences.  Continuer la lecture de « Human Security Report Project HSRP – Human Security Gateway »

a centre for security, development and the rule of law

DCAF is an international foundation established in 2000 on the initiative of the Swiss Confederation, as the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF contributes to enhancing security sector governance  SSG (see Google search for SSG) through security sector reform SSR … (about 1/2 /who we are).
See also the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces on wikipedia.

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What we do; Where we work; Publications; News; Staff;
Partners: GSSR Training, ISSAT Team, PSR.net, Horizon 2015, UN and SSR;
Addresses (2 of 7): 1): Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF, P.O.Box 1360, CH-1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland;
2): DCAF, Rue de Chantepoulet 11, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

About 2/2 /who we are: … The Centre’s work to support effective, efficient security sectors which are accountable to the state and its citizens is underpinned by the acknowledgement that security, development and the rule of law are essential preconditions for sustainable peace.  Continuer la lecture de « Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF »

• Playfield Institute was set up in 2005 by NHS Fife in direct response to the recommendations made by the Scottish Needs Assessment Programme SNAP, the Report of Children and Young People’s Mental Health.
• The report indicated that many of those working with children and young people needed further training and support when dealing with mental health issues … (about 1/2 /why we started).

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News; Training; Information; Research; Programmes; Needs Assessment Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 88 pdf-pages;
Map and Address: Playfield Institute, Stratheden Hospital, Cupar, Fife, KY15 5RR, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Who is the Institute for: Playfield Institute is a resource for anyone working with children and young people (for example: school nurses, social workers, teachers, foster carers, etc).  Continuer la lecture de « Playfield Institute »

in german: Task Force für effekitve Prävention von Genitalverstümmelung.

• Did you know that, in Germany, there are up to 50.000 underage girls in danger of becoming a victim of genital mutilation?
• And did you know that up to 80% of these girls (e.g. from Ethiopia, Egypt, the Gambia) in fact become victims – mainly during “vacation trips” to their parents’ home countries?
• Our nationwide network aims secure and measurable protection of children against mutilation – because every girl has the right to be protected against this avoidable act of violence. With sponsoredgirl.com /Patenmädchen.de.
• We are campaigning for protection for up to 400,000 sponsored girls in development projects who are helplessly delivered to FGM by now … (english Page: Welcom at our TaskForce FGM 1/2).

Our demands; Prevention Campaign, 16 pdf pages; Situation; Service; only in german: News; Your help online;
Address: TaskForce for effective prevention of FGM, PO Box 30 42 70, D-20325 Hamburg, Germany;
Contact.

Welcome at our TaskForce FGM 2/2: … Thanks to substantial analysis, we are able to not only describe the situation of endangered girls in Germany, but also the mechanisms that currently prevent both the protection of the girls as well as the prosecution of the criminal acts.  Continuer la lecture de « TaskForce »

WADI fördert seit 1992 Programme der Selbsthilfe im Nahen Osten – in Israel, Jordanien und dem Irak. Im Zentrum stehen Projekte, die konkrete Hilfe mit den Rechten und Fähigkeiten der Einzelnen verbinden: Rehabilitationsprojekte für Langzeitstrafgefangene, Alphabetisierungs-Programme, Bildung und Ausbildung von Frauen, öffentliche Aufklärung über und Kampf gegen häusliche Gewalt an Frauen und Mädchen sowie Kampagnen gegen weibliche Genitalverstümmlung … (über WADI 1/2).

Startseite;
Projekte; News; Hintergrund; Materialien; Presse; Spenden;
Addressen: 1): WADI e.V., Herborner Str. 62, D-60439 Frankfurt a. M., German;
2): Wadi Office Iraq, Dabashan, Sec. 116, St. 28, House 119, Opposite to Khalat Secondary School, Suleymaniah Kurdistan, Iraq;
Kontact/Impressum.

Ueber WADI 2/2: … Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe: Jede wirksame Veränderung konkreter Verhältnisse fußt auf der eigenverantwortlichen Entscheidung von Individuen.  Continuer la lecture de « WADI – Verband für Krisenhilfe und solidarische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit »

• It is a Non-Governmental Organization established in April 2004 and registered since June 27, 2005 as a Tanzanian NGO under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act of 2002, with the registration number 00NGO/0866. It is recognized by the Tanzania Revenue Authority as Taxpayer with TIN 105. 012. 896.
• ACEDE operates in mainland Tanzania with its headquarters located in Tanga and was started by nine individuals involved in community development and living in Tanga and Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) as well as Ohio (USA) … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
On-Going Activities; Future Plamns; ACEDE Achievements; Reports; Join; Team; Partners;
Contact.

About 2/2 … /Vision: To have a Tanzanian society free from poverty and any form of discrimination.  Continuer la lecture de « Association For Community Empowerment and Development ACEDE Tanzania »

• Community Projects Africa was set up in 2003 in response to a visit to Tanzania by CPA founder, Joy Skipper. Since then, CPA has grown in strength and relies on the support of a number of volunteers …
• … CPA works very closely with the Non Governmental Organisation, the Association For Community Empowerment and Development (ACEDE), in Tanzania.
• We believe that working with such a local organisation significantly contributes to the success and sustainability of long term community projects, ensuring that all projects are backed and supported by the local people … (full text Who).
• See also ACEDE Tanzania.

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Countries; Projects; Get involved; Sponsors; Donate;
Address: Community Projects Africa, Aldenham, 2 Deer Park Lane, Tavistock, Devon PL19 9HD, UK;
Contact.

What: Community Projects Africa has the following objectives and through these aims, believe that we can contribute towards supporting impoverished communities.  Continuer la lecture de « Community Projets Africa »