Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with Consultation on education for sustainable development.

The current research agenda is to examine all the significant dimensions of sustainable development in order to integrate the resulting multi-dimensional knowledge and make it available in a form suitable for use sustainable development groups. Click here for a list of the dimensions already examined and under consideration. The issues on the « sustainable development paradox » will be incremental attempts at knowledge integration … (full text Research Agenda).

Homepage;
News; Archive; Please email your papers to the SSNV Editor; Logo;
The Google Groups website (for Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence); Search-tools;
Knowledge Taxonomy and Links Database; Free subscription; Free downloads;
Contact /feedback.

Mission Statement: There is overwhelming evidence that violence is the main obstacle to sustainable development. It is also well known that there is an intrinsic link between patriarchy and violence. Therefore, mitigating violence requires overcoming the patriarchal mindset in both secular and religious institutions.
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enabling e-inclusion

• humanITy is a not-for-profit Consultancy, Registered as a UK Charity (1059921), which works on a commercial basis with Government, Major Corporations, the Research Sector and Civil Society, using our surplus time to provide a free service to e-inclusion implementors.
• We exist to serve all those who experience a difficulty in accessing, processing and creating digital content.
• All resources not covered by official or commercial confidentiality are published on our website as free resources. (Homepage).

Who we are;
Engage our Services;
Articles and Papers;
Address: humanITy, 108 High Street, Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 9PX, United Kingdom;
Contact.

What We Do: humanITy exists to serve all those who experience a difficulty in accessing, processing and creating digital content.
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of the University of Oxford

Linked with Policy Foresight and Global Catastrophic Risks, and with Probing the Improbable: Methodological Challenges for Risks with Low Probabilities and High Stakes.

The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) is a unique multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. FHI belongs to the Faculty of Philosophy and the James Martin 21st Century School. (About).

Research; Staff; Excellence; Get involved;
Recent Publications; Press; Multimedia; Archive News; Events;
Address: The Future of Humanity Institute FHI, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Suite 8, Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbe’s Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT, England;
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Mission: FHI’s mission is to bring excellent scholarship to bear on big-picture questions for humanity. Our work centres on how anticipated technological developments may affect the human condition in fundamental ways‒-and how we can better understand, evaluate, and respond to radical change. We currently pursue four interlinked research programs:  Continuer la lecture de « Future of Humanity Institute FHI »

also en français and in nederlands

Connexions works to connect individuals and organizations working for social change with each other, with information and ideas, and with the wider community. Connexions Online features resources and organizations fostering democratization, economic justice, environmental responsibility, civil liberties, and the creation and preservation of community … (full text Homepage).

Connexions Library: Resource Centre, Programs, Visions; The Connexions/Sources Calendar;
Organizing for Change; Sources; A to Z Index: Associations Directory 2009, Topic Index;
Publicity and Media Relations; Economic Alternatives (links); Selected Links and Resources;
Contact.

Connexions exists to support individuals and groups working for freedom and social justice. We work to maintain and make available a record of the theory and practice of people struggling against oppression and for social change. We believe that the more we know about the struggles, victories, and defeats of the past, and about those who took part in them, the better equipped we will be to bring a new world into being. Continuer la lecture de « Connexions Online – Information Sharing Services, Canada »

(in english, français, portuguese, arabic)

CODESRIA, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is headquartered in Dakar Senegal. It was established in 1973 as an independent Pan-African research organisation with a primary focus on the social sciences, broadly defined. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent … (full text Homepage).

News; Publications Programme; CODICE; Conference papers; About the Bulletin;
Database of African Social Scientists; Documentation and Information Centre;
Research Mandate and Objectives; Working Group on Finance and Education;
STRATEGIC PLAN 2002 – 2006; Strategic Plan 2007-2011, a 40 pages text;
Past Events, Training and Grants;
Address: CODESRIA, Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV, BP 3304, CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal;
Contact.

Training, Grants and Fellowships; CODESRIA has responded to the training needs of African researchers by building a formidable training programme.  Continuer la lecture de « Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa CODESRIA »