Scriptorium

Linked with Supporting Business Environment Reforms.

The Committee promotes enterprise development, particularly for small enterprises, in developing countries. It provides a forum, in which member agencies can exchange information about their programmes, and the lessons learned through those programmes. Building on experience, the Committee publishes common guidelines for member agencies.

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About: The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development is a gathering of many of the funding and inter-governmental agencies working for sustainable poverty alleviation through development of « the private sector » – the businesses, small and large, that provide the bulk of employment and prosperity worldwide.

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Linked with Supporting Business Environment Reforms.

Full School Membership is available to schools within the geographical region served by AISA which contain a student population that is international. This membership category is the most comprehensive available.

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About: Representing international schools on the continent of Africa, AISA has a membership of schools which range in size from 20 to 3600 students. Strongly influenced by their location and cosmopolitan student enrollment, some schools have an American based curriculum, others are British, and all have an international focus. AISA’s goal is to serve the varying needs of nearly 29,000 students and over 1,500 teachers and administrators.

Our Mission Statement

The mission of the Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA) is to facilitate improvement in learning and teaching through communication and cooperation among member schools, and to promote professional growth of teachers, administrators, and board members.  Member schools are nursery, elementary and/or secondary schools which are independent organizations, governed by local school boards, which serve an international student body or employ an international teaching staff or follow an international curriculum, and subscribe to the philosophy and objectives of the Association.

The Association shall pursue its mission within the framework of the following philosophical statements:

• AISA seeks to nurture a sense of hospitality and friendliness, collegiality and community among its members.
• AISA supports the concept of service to the human family.
• AISA promotes programs which nurture an understanding and appreciation of African cultures.
• AISA embraces a world view which celebrates human unity in diversity.

Our Objectives: … (full text).

(site available in the six UN languages)

IP services:

• WIPO provides a range of services for the owners and users of intellectual property (IP).
• These include international registration services, which enable applicants to seek protection for their patents, trademarks or designs in multiple countries by filing a single application. WIPO also maintains IP classification systems, which are used for registering IP and facilitate searches in IP databases and registries.
• WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center offers alternative dispute resolution services for private parties involved in international IP disputes. This includes Internet domain name dispute resolution for tackling cybersquatting.
• The links in the left column provide details on these services.

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treaties;
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Adresse Headquarters: WIPO, 34, Chemin des Colombettes,
1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Telephone: +41 22 338 91 11
contact: mail, website.

About: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations.

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Linked with María Eugenia Aguilar Castro – El Salvador.

RAIS Rescate Ancestral Indigena Salvadoreño nace hace 24 años, como parte de la Mancomunidad de la América India Solar, organización internacional, con sede en México.

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Dirección: Calle A casa Nº 16 Reparto los Héroes. San Salvador, El Salvador C.A., Teléfono: (503) 2275-4179
Apartado Postal: 01-145;
Contactenos.

Que es rais? RAIS, Resurgimiento Ancestral de la Identidad Salvadoreña nace hace 24 años, como parte de la Mancomunidad de la América India Solar, organización internacional, con sede en México. Con ella participa en varios encuentros internacionales y desarrolla un trabajo a nivel nacional, de talleres, seminarios sobre nuestra cultura; recibe diferentes embajadores de los pueblos originarios, que vienen a enriquecer y apoyar el trabajo, se monta también el primer Encuentro IN LAKECH.

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An anti-racist, pro-feminist, anti-capitalist organization

Linked with Mandisi Majavu – South Africa.

The London Project for a Participatory Society (LPPS) is an anti-racist, pro-feminist, anti-capitalist organization, committed to promoting radical social change. We are based in London, Ontario, Canada, and participate actively in struggles for social and environmental justice, and for political and economic democracy … (full text).

Homepage with links to regional PPS and other groups (scroll down, on right column): Africa PPS; Austin PPS; Chicago Parecon Collective CAPES; International PPS; PPS United Kingdom; Parecon on ZNet.

Videos (author: LPPS, July 17, 2007): A humorous introduction to the basics of Participatory Economics (7 minutes); Against Neo-liberalism: An Introduction to Participatory Economics (Michael Albert, 45 minutes); The Bauen Hotel: Struggle, Culture, and Work (20 minutes).

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Mission Statement (July 16th, 2007): The London Project for a Participatory Society (LPPS) is a group of activists concerned with inspiring, facilitating, and supporting efforts to develop, share, and promote vision and strategy for attaining radical social change, in the direction of a more participatory and democratic society.

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(foreign policy is too important to be left to the politicians)

Linked with Justin Raimondo – USA, and with Antiwar.com.

Just Foreign Policy is an independent and non-partisan mass-membership organization. We are dedicated to reforming U.S. foreign policy to serve the interests and reflect the values of the broad majority of Americans, rather than those of special interests both inside and outside of government.

The Human Cost of Occupation, US casualities;
Iraqi Deaths due to US invation (on Nov. 21, 2007 = 1’118’625 deaths);
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get involved;
learn more;
stay informed, sign up for Just Foreign Policy Action Alerts and
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About: Mission – Just Foreign Policy is an independent and non-partisan mass membership organization dedicated to reforming U.S. foreign policy through coordinating the broad majority of Americans to advocate their interests and values.

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Linked with Justin Raimondo – USA, and with Antiwar.com of July 14, 2007.

Support Antiwar.com.

Antiwar.com on wikipedia.

Will Antiwar Radio Be Silenced? Act now to keep the voice of peace alive! – When Antiwar Radio started earlier this year, we didn’t know what to expect. Sure, we had veteran radio personalities Charles Goyette and Scott Horton at the helm, but would big-shot reporters, pundits, academics, and government officials make time for an upstart Internet radio program? … We can’t make it another quarter without your help, and we believe we’ve earned it. Are you willing to give up Antiwar Radio – and perhaps even more? If not, then don’t delay. (full text).

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letters/backtalk;
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About: MISSION (and in the right column links to the staff) – This site is devoted to the cause of non-interventionism and is read by libertarians, pacifists, leftists, « greens, » and independents alike, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism. Our initial project was to fight for the case of non-intervention in the Balkans under the Clinton presidency and continued with the case against the campaigns in Haiti, Kosovo and the bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan.

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Linked with Lea Ngaïdana – Central African Republic.

Tutors: Our tutors tell us that our advertising phrase is true; tutoring does open a new chapter in someone’s life. What’s more, they often say, « I get at least as much out of the program as my student does. » Seeing a learner make progress brings genuine satisfaction, whether you are teaching reading and writing or survival English. One in five American adults struggles with everyday reading and writing according to the National Institute for Literacy Seventeen percent of the adults in Monroe County and 29% in the City of Rochester have skills at level 1 out of 5 – so low as to be considered « functionally illiterate ».

Learn to read: We offer free one-to-one reading help for adults.
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working towards a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia – in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

Linked with iFaqeer – Pakistan & USA, .

The basic mission of the Friends of South Asia is to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia. The group works towards a demilitarized, nuclear-free South Asia; bringing together people with roots in various parts of South Asia, as well as other well-wishers of the region.

FOSA promotes respect for and celebrates the diversity and plurality of South Asia, promoting amity between countries and communities and working towards a South Asia where the rights of all minorities are respected and protected; regardless of religious, ethnic, sexual or other differences.

FOSA stands in solidarity with other like-minded organizations working on the ground in South Asia; amongst the South Asian diaspora around the world; as well as organizations that share our aspirations for a peaceful world – a world in which every human being can live a full and fruitful life without fear or hindrance.

FOSA aspires to work through people-to-people contacts, dialog, and other non-violent, non-exclusionary means.

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About: MISSION: The basic mission of the « Friends of South Asia » is to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia.

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The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly is an organization of citizens dedicated to peace, democracy and human rights in Europe.

The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly is a non-governmental organization, working on the notions of fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, democracy and pluralism. hCa works independently from political parties, government and states, aims to:

• introduce the basic rights and freedoms accepted in international agreements and outlined by universal standards into daily life;
• promote peaceful processes for the resolution of problems through mutual understanding dialogue and peace;
• improve pluralist democratic bodies and civil society initiatives;
• ensure the supremacy of law and to defend an economic system that promotes the well-being of human life and the environment.

Why “Helsinki”? The Helsinki Final Act (August 01, 1975) provided a basis for creating conditions favorable to peace in Europe and made human rights a common value to be respected by all nations in a world which was divided into East and West camps in that period. The word « Helsinki » refers to the historic significance of this agreement (taken directly from Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi).

The collapse of the Berlin Wall and the new global political context this created gave rise to a new peace movement called the “Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly”. From October 19th to 22nd 1990, peace activists from all parts of Europe (chaired by Vaclav Havel, then president of Czechoslovakia) held a meeting … (see the full long wikipedia-text).

More links on wikipedia: Helsinki Accords; Helsinki Committee for Human Rights.

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Linked with Binayak Sen – India.

Rupantar is founded in 1992, and started its operations from 1994 in Khulna and Bagerhat district. At the beginning activities were mainly cultural; Rupantar activists performed theaters and popular folk music on various social issues.

The fundamental principal of Rupantar is based on the hypothesis that culture and sustainable development are closely connected. This connection is an emerging concept in the development world. Although the identity of a society is largely determined by its culture, yet is difficult for any society to have a static sense of the culture. Both society and culture are changing simultaneously.

Vision: Establishing a Gender Equitable Democratic Society with Cultural Values, Free From Injustice and Superstitions

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About: RUPANTAR: AGENT FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

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Linked with Binayak Sen – India.

In November 1980, a National Convention of civil rights workers converted the People’s Union for Civil Liberties into a membership organisation. The National Convention elected Mr. V.M. Tarkunde as President and Mr. Arun Shourie as the General Secretary of PUCL. Since then the PUCL has undertaken work on several fronts-from commencing work towards preparing a new Prisons Act and Jail Manual under the leadership of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer to agitating on specific issues like the release of trade unionists arrested under the National Security Act in Madhya Pradesh. Most of the effort has been devoted to setting up State and Local Units which alone can effectively pursue specific issues. (full text).

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A short history: Veteren leader Jaya Prakash Narayan (JP) founded the People’s Union for Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights (PUCLDR), in 1976. The idea was to make the PUCLDR. An organisation free from political ideologies, so that people belonging to various political parties may come together on one platform for the defence of Civil Liberties and Human Rights.

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a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice

Linked with Averting World War III, Ending Dollar Hegemony and US Imperialism, and with The Monarchy’s Clash with Socialism.

Dissident Voice is an internet newsletter dedicated to challenging the distortions and lies of the corporate press and the privileged classes it serves. The goal of Dissident Voice is to provide hard hitting, thought provoking and even entertaining news and commentaries on politics and culture that can serve as ammunition in struggles for peace and social justice.

A regularly updated resource with links to many articles, quotes, and important information missing from mainstream news coverage about the war in Iraq.

Homepage of the new website (since April 2007;
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Homepage of the old dissident voice-website (with a marvellous Editor’s Fave Links-collection on the left column);
archive of the old dissident voice-website;
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Submissions: Dissident Voice (DV) welcomes your article submissions. Send them to us by mail.

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Defending the fourth world, deconstructing the war on terrorism.

Linked with WELCOME TO WORLD WAR 4.

Why World War 4: The « World War III » envisioned in the Cold War was a devastating conflict between two monolithic superpowers. The Cold War, thankfully, never reached this climax. But now we are faced with its chilling sequel: the age of « asymmetrical » or « molecularized » warfare, in which a single globalized superpower faces an invisible, hydra-headed enemy which is everywhere and nowhere; in which the expansion of « free markets » is an explicit aim of military campaigns; and in which indigenous peoples, stateless ethnicities and localist/autonomist poltical models—the « Fourth World »–are increasingly targeted and conflated with the « terrorist » threat. The leaders of this new global crusade acknowledge openly that it will last generations. To emphasize that this new world situation requires a new kind of thinking, we have joined with those on the left and right alike that call this global conflict World War 4.

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Mission statement: WW4 REPORT has been monitoring the global War on Terrorism and its implications for human rights, democracy and ecology since the immediate aftermath of 9-11.

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Linked with Pascal Boniface – France, and with Disarmament and development.

L’Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques est un centre de recherche français en relations internationales qui s’intéresse tout particulièrement aux questions relatives à la politique étrangère, la stratégie, la sécurité et la défense. Créé en 1990, il compte parmi les principaux centres de recherche en relations internationales. Il est actuellement dirigé par Pascal Boniface. Jacques Boyon est, lui, président du Conseil d’Administration de l’Institut. L’IRIS a récemment créé l’IPRIS (Institut privé de relations internationales et stratégiques), un établissement d’enseignement supérieur privé qui délivre plusieurs diplômes selon les spécialités. (wikipedia.fr).

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Adresse: Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, 2 bis, rue Mercoeur – 75011 PARIS, Tél. : 33 (0) 1 53 27 60 60 – Fax : 33 (0) 1 53 27 60 70, e-mail;
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Présentation: Dirigé par Pascal Boniface, l’IRIS est un centre de recherche sur les questions stratégiques et les relations internationales. Sa création en 1990 répondait à plusieurs objectifs:

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