Catégorie : Civil Society

ISPP‘s purpose is to facilitate communication across disciplinary, geographic and political boundaries among scholars, concerned individuals in government and public posts, the communications media, and elsewhere who have a scientific interest in the relationship between politics and psychological processes. ISPP seeks to advance the quality of scholarship in political psychology and to increase the usefulness of work in political psychology.

Announcements;
Bibliographies;
Courses;
Programs, Certificates, Research Centers, or Fields of Study in Political Psychology;
CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY;
Political Psychology On-line Resources;

Contact Central Office: ISPP Central Office, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, 346 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, Phone: 315-443-4470, Fax: 315-443-9085, E-mail.

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in japanese, in english.

Linked with Yukika Sohma – Japan, and with The Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation.

The Association for Aid and Relief, Japan AAR JAPAN is a Non-Governmental Organization NGO aiming to provide emergency assistance, assistance to people with disabilities, and mine action, among other operations. It was established in 1979 as an organization with no political, ideological, or religious affiliation. AAR currently has offices in eight countries.

SiteMap;
Projects and Activities;
History;
How you can help;
Picture book;

Address & Map (scroll down): Association for Aid and Relief AAR, Japan, 5F, Mizuho Building, 2-12-2 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan. TEL +81-3-5423-4511, FAX +81-3-5423-4450.

in japanese, in english.

Linked with Yukika Sohma – Japan, and with The Association for Aid and Relief AAR.

In english, all texts (Ozaki Yukio … / History / Our Programs / Objectives For xouth leadership and training / Research and Studies) are on one page, the Homepage in english:

History: The Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation is a private nonprofit organization based in Tokyo. It was established on 10 December 1956 and was formerly approved by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture the following year. On 25 February 1960, the Ozaki Memorial Hall and Clock Tower, built in front of the Diet with donations from all over Japan and around the world, were presented to the House of Representative. As a tradition, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan serves as its Chairman. (full text).

Address: Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation, Kensei-kinen-kan, 1-1-1 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0014, Japan. Office hours: 9:30-17:30 Mon-Fri, TEL: +81-3-3581-1778, FAX: +81-3-3581-1856, Info, Web.

(also in Français, Espanol, Portugese, dalam bahasa/Indonesia)

Linked with A World Without the WTO.

About: Focus on the Global South (Focus) is a non-governmental organisation with twenty staff working in Thailand, the Philippines and India. Focus was established in Bangkok in 1995 and is affiliated with the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute. (full text).

Homepage;
Annual Reports / Workplans;
Texts about TRADE;
DEFENDING AND RECLAIMING THE COMMONS;
Trends and Analyses;
Alternatives;
Downloads;
Contact.

Spin and rumors at the G8: The big spin machine could be set in motion. Suddenly (the source turned out to be the German press agency DPA) a horribly mistranslated quote by one of the speakers on stage at the closing manifestation appeared in the media.

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The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, founded in 1975, is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt research and information organization. It has been described on the Senate floor as being “one of the nation’s most respected bodies of scholars and policy makers.”

Homepage;
Archives;
Forum;
Internship;

Contact: The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 1250 Connecticut Ave, N.W., Suite 1C Washington, D.C. 20036, USA, Tel. (202) 223-4975, Fax (202) 223-4979, E-mail.

About: Founded in 1975, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), a nonprofit, tax-exempt independent research and information organization, was established to promote the common interests of the hemisphere, raise the visibility of regional affairs and increase the importance of the inter-American relationship, as well as encourage the formulation of rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America. In 1982, COHA’s board of trustees voted to expand its mandate to include monitoring Canadian/Latin American relations.

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