The Tri-continental Centre CETRI

(also in fr and es)

The Tri-continental Centre CETRI is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1976 and based in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). It is a centre for studies, publications, documentation and ongoing education on the development of North-South relations. CETRI’s aim is to promote understanding of the perspectives of the South and to contribute to critical analysis of the dominant concepts and practices in development in a period of neo-liberal globalisation. It is particularly supportive of understanding and discussing the role of social and political actors in the South who are fighting for the recognition of social, political, cultural and environmental rights … (about 1/2).

Homepage, newswire, books and articles in the right column;
Forum social mondial (27 janvier 2009 – 1 fevrier 2009): in english, in french;
Areas and countries; Authors; Topics; Sources;
Documentation Center;
Agenda (2009);
Newsletter;
Addresses: /headquarter: Tricontinental Center CETRI, avenue Sainte Gertrude 5, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium – and its Map;
Contact.

About 2/2: … CETRI has 4 types of activity: study, training, publication and documentation. The main subjects over the past few years have been the role of social movements in the South, the dynamics of the anti-globalisation movement, the evolution of democracy in Latin America, the scope of social and political alternatives in the South, the rationales and consequences of structural changes, and development aid.

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GTZ Partner for the Future, Worldwide

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ (also in german)

Picked up on Weitzenegger’s Website for International  Development Cooperation, and its Newsletter.

The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations.
GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis. (About).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Jobs and careers;
Press; Publications; Newsletter;
GTZ worldwide;
Service;
Themes; Projects;
Web credits;
Address: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ GmbH, Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5, 65760 Eschborn, Germany;
Postal address: GTZ GmbH, Postfach 5180, 65726 Eschborn, Germany;
Contact.

Corporate profile: As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.

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The San Francisco Day Labor Program

(This entry’s contact information was last verified in July of 2005)

Linked with Elizabeth Betita Martinez – USA.

The SF day labor program is part of the San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory.

Formed in 1990 by a group of immigrant workers, together with community allies, who envisioned a space where laborers could unite to find temporary work to support themselves and their families. The program is committed to connecting workers to jobs with dignity, safety, and a just wage, and to providing employers with high-quality work performance. Contact the program during our business hours (7am-1pm, Mon-Fri, 7am-12pm Sat), at least one hour in advance, to hire one or more laborers for general and specialized work. Our Women’s Collective (which can be reached at the same number and requires one day’s advanced notice) can provide experienced domestic and office help. The program is a non-profit entity and the workers recieve 100% of all wages (webpage).

childcare; community-building; employment; gardening; immigrants; janitorial work; labor; news online; calendars; events and notices;
Address: c/o La Raza Centro Legal, 474 Valencia Street, Suite 295, San Francisco, CA  94103, USA;
Contact: Voice /Tel, US (415) 252-5375 ad US (415) 252-5376, Web.

About … not of the above SF Day Labor Program … but of its Top Organization, the San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory, which is an index to about 1000 organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that are related to progressive activism and/or helping out disadvantaged people, plus links to related web sites elsewhere.

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e-codices – Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland

Universitas Friburgensis, a project of the Medieval Institute (in de, in en, in fr, and in it).

The purpose of “e-codices” is to provide access to the medieval codices in Switzerland by creating a virtual library. At the moment, the virtual library contains 333 manuscripts from 16 different libraries. The virtual library will be continuously updated and extended. Last update: 12/09/2008. (Homepage).

Information;
Current sub-projects; Completed sub-projects;
Scholarly Cooperations and Support;
Metadata; Image Master Files;
Selected Press Coverage;
Terms of Use; FAQ;
Address: CESG / e-codices, Rue de l’Hôpital 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;
Contacts.

The Codices electronici Confoederationis Helveticae CeCH Curatorium: E-codices is overseen by the « Codices electronici Confoederationis Helveticae » (CeCH) Curatorium of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW). The Curatorium works to further the digitization of the digitization of medieval manuscript holdings and the application of digitization technologies and techniques for manuscript-based scholarly research in medieval studies.

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Business fighting corruption

a resource center for business

Picked up on Weitzenegger’s Website for International  Development Cooperation and its Newsletter.

This website was developed as an anti-corruption resource for business. It explores and details the constructive role that business can play in fighting corruption and how this can be done jointly with other companies and stakeholders – an approach called “collective action”. Organizations and individuals are already successfully using collective action today, working with business associations, civil society, media, government departments and other stakeholders … (full text wellcome page).

Business case;
Guide;
Resources;
Case summaries;
Events;
Contact.

About: the summer of 2007, WBI began a series of discussions with representatives of the business community, NGOs and other anti-corruption stakeholders focused on the proposition that business could and, in fact, wanted to do more to be an active force for constructive change in high risk geographies or sectors. It became clear in the discussions that business wanted to go beyond internal compliance programs to external operational activities which would improve market and project transparency and competitiveness.

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