Catégorie : Project, Partnership, good work

in many languages

• The United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. (Homepage).
• Corporate Citizenship in The World Economy, 6 pdf pages.

Key Documents and Core UN Agencies (about, scroll down and click on links);
Participate; Communicate; Participants, Stakeholders; Local Networks; Issues; News, events; Foundation; UN homepage;
Contacts.

About: Overview of the UN Global Compact – The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. By doing so, business, as a primary agent driving globalization, can help ensure that markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Compact of the United Nations »

(also in espanol, français, portugues)

Linked with US aid, with Chemonics.com, and with US aid Partners with Swedish Development Agency.

• 1): Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET ) is a lead organization in the field of prediction and response to famines and other forms of food security. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (US aid) since its creation in 1985, it analyzes a variety of data and information, such as market prices of food, precipitation and crop failures to predict when and where food insecurity will occur, and issues alerts on predicted crises … (full long article on wikipedia)… (*);
• 2): FEWS Net’s english Homepage on the US aid website;

Who; Why; Approach; Products, services and its Catalogue; Livelihoods; Markets, Trade; Login; Partners: NOAA and USGS;
Contacts and addresses of regionals and by countries;
Contact with US aid: Gary Eilerts, e-mail.

About: The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is a USAID-funded activity that collaborates with international, regional and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and vulnerability information on emerging and evolving food security issues.  Continuer la lecture de « Famine Early Warning Systems Network FEWS Net »

• Sustainabilitylive! is the home of five leading environment exhibitions, including BEX, ET, IWEX, NEMEX and SB – The Event. These exhibitions include hundreds of exhibitors, insightful seminars and conferences, interactive feature areas and lots more.
• The 2010 show will take place a month earlier this year; on 20-22 April 2010 in halls 3 and 3a at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. For more information on exhibiting or visiting please click on the relevant tabs.  … (full text Welcome Page).

Exhibitor Zone Login; Visiting; Register; Awards; Seminars, events; Partners; Brochure;
Address: Faversham House Group, Faversham House, 232a Addington Road, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 8LE, UK;
Contact.

Are we sustainable? As the sustainable industries event we are conscious of the fact we need to be leading the way and doing the best we can to make our event as sustainable as possible.
With this in mind for 2010 we have implemented a variety of initiatives to help Sustainabilitylive! work towards becoming a more sustainable event. Continuer la lecture de « Sustainabilitylive 2010 »

Linked on our blogs with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF.

• Reaching Critical Will strives for the abolition of nuclear weapons. As a project of the oldest women’s peace organisation in the world, RCW recognises that nuclear weapons play an integral role in the militarism, ecological destruction, and social injustice plauging our world today. Therefore, RCW works not just for nuclear abolition but also for total and universal disarmament, the reduction of global military spending, and demilitarisation of politics and society.
• Disarmament cannot be for the sake of disarmament itself. It must be for the promotion of true human security and all life on the planet. To advocate successfully for nuclear disarmament and human security, civil society needs to establish a discourse that helps us to understand the relationship between nuclear weapons and the structures that maintain them and to identify those who benefit from the maintenance of nuclear weapons. Reaching Critical Will seeks to help this discourse … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Staff, Interns; News; Action; Critical Issues; Treaties;
Address: Reaching Critical Will, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WILPF, UN Office, 777 UN Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, USA;
Contact.

About WILPF.  Continuer la lecture de « Reaching Critical Will »

A website full of links – hundreds or more  – for aging items and helps. Just good advices (comment Heidi).

Homepage and links to articles; Sitemap;
Health-Wellness; Aging well; Life in Transition; Help; Newsletter;
Address: ThirdAge Inc., 25 Stillman Street, Suite 102, San Francisco, CA 94107-1309, USA;
Contact: scroll down inside of about.

About and Contact: What Is ThirdAge?  Continuer la lecture de « Third Age »

(environmental data services) – find your perfect environmental job today from 84 live jobs

With the widest range of jobs you need to be able to manage all your online applications effectively – just register your details or log in below and you can keep a record of all the applications that you make. (full text Manage your applications).

Homepage;
Job Search; Applications; Save jobs; Recruiters; Your profile; Get the latest jobs by email; Brinckerhoff; About;
ENDS Partners: ENDSreport; ENDSeurope; ENDScarbon; ENDScarbon offset; ENDSdirectory;
Address: Endsjobsearch.co.uk, Haymarket Business Media Ltd, 174 Hammersmith Road, London W6 7JP, UK;
Contacts.

Career Advice /skills in demand: Continuing a trend identified in last year’s survey (see ENDS Directory 2005, pp 7-14), organisations are generally increasing their environmental personnel base, whether they have large or small teams. On average, 46% of employers are reported to be expanding environmental teams, versus 12% who are downsizing. The remainder are reported to be stable.
In terms of the most highly sought-after skills, waste management is top of their employers’ wish lists, according to around 60% of our survey respondents (see Table 1). This is closely followed by pollution prevention and control (IPPC), general environmental management, contaminated land and EIA/planning skills. Continuer la lecture de « ENDS jobsearch »

… of the Harvard School of Public Health – MetLife Foundation – Retirement & Civic Engagement

The Harvard School of Public Health—MetLife Foundation Initiative on Retirement and Civic Engagement has launched a national campaign to change public attitudes toward aging and motivate boomers and retirees to engage in community service. The campaign will also challenge the Hollywood creative community to re-think current portrayals of older people in film and television … (about 1/2 the Initiative).

All Pages have the same URL, as for: Homepage, About, Press, Resources, Volunteer, Contact.

Address: Center for Health Communication, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Suite 329, Boston, MA 02115, USA;
Contact. Tel. 617-432-1038, Fax 617-731-8184, E-mail, Websites: Reinventing Aging – an Initiative, and Center for Health Communication. See also the Harvard School of Public Health.

About 2/2 the Initiative (click on About Us): The campaign is an outgrowth of a major report, Reinventing Aging: Baby Boomers and Civic Engagement, published June 2004, by the Harvard School of Public Health—MetLife Foundation Initiative. This Initiative is a project of the School’s Center for Health Communication.  Continuer la lecture de « Reinventing Aging – an Initiative »

About Retirement with a Purpose: (it) is a place where you belong. Come and talk with other retirees about what matters in your life … (and) is managed by TruthMedia Internet Group, a division of Power to Change … (full text about Retirement with a purpose).

Homepage Power to Change; Homepage Retirement with a Purpose;
Retirement; Changed Lives; Relationships; Articles; Videos and Talks; Ways to give;
Address: Power To Change, 20385 64th Avenue, Langley, British Columbia, Canada V2Y 1N5;
Contact.

About Power to Change: Helping you reach your world.  Continuer la lecture de « Power to Change – Retirement with a purpose »

men working to end men’s violence against women

• The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is the UK branch of the global campaign to ensure men take more responsibility for reducing the level of violence against women.
• The WRC is unique as the first male oriented organisation to oppose violence against women.
• While some men are part of the problem, all men can be part of the solution.
• (Homepage).

Campaigns; News blog; Downloads;Links; FAQs;
Address: Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HX7 8DG, UK;
MultiMap; Contact, Help.

History; What is the White Ribbon Campaign (WRC)? Continuer la lecture de « White Ribbon Campaign WRC, UK »

opening access to research

Award winning SHERPA is investigating issues in the future of scholarly communication. It is developing open-access institutional repositories in universities to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research … (full text Homepage).

Guidance; Repositories; Projects; Links;
Address: Stephen Pinfield or Christopher Pressler, Information Services, King’s Meadow Campus, University of Nottingham, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2NR, UK;
Contact and Partner Institutions.

About /Mission: The original SHERPA partnership was formed for the SHERPA project (2002-2006) and drew from research-led universities with an active interest in establishing an example of a then-new concept – an open access institutional repository. After a year, the original 7 development partners were joined by 6 more partners to form a partnership of 21 individual institutions. We now have 33 partners and affiliates overall, consisting of 32 HE institutions, and the British Library.  Continuer la lecture de « SHERPA »

development & gender – mainstreaming gender equality

• BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online.
• This site has been set up as a ‘virtual bookcase’ where you can download copies of all BRIDGE publications. You can find these either by theme or by type of publication using the menu bars.
• Siyanda is BRIDGE’s sister site.

(Homepage)
Left column: docs by Type or Theme, Translations; Right column; latest docs;
Search Docs; Subscribe newsletter; Web IDS;
Address: BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies IDS, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, United Kingdom;
Contacts.

About: BRIDGE Vision – Gender knowledge for a fairer world: Continuer la lecture de « Bridge Online reports »

former SOSIG, web resources for social science research and education

• Intute is a free online service that helps you to find the best web resources for your studies and research.
• With millions of resources available on the Internet, it can be difficult to find useful material. Our subject specialists review and evaluate thousands of resources to help you choose the key websites in your subject.
• We can also help you develop your Internet research skills through our Virtual Training Suite tutorials, written by lecturers and librarians from universities across the UK … //
• … Intute is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee JISC. (full text about).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Accessibility; Community; Media; Partners; Projects; Publications; Events;
RDN: Retrospective /Introduction; Intute: The New Best of the Web; History of the Virtual Training Suite;
Address: Intute Executive, Mimas, The University of Manchester, 5th Floor, Roscoe Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK;
Contact.

History: 13th July 2006 saw the launch of Intute. Beginning life as a grass roots community of information professionals working on individual projects, Intute was the result of years of evolution and development, and has now matured into a fully integrated and widely used national service. Continuer la lecture de « INTUTE »

Based in Johannesburg, the Forced Migration Studies Programme (FMSP) is an internationally engaged; Africa-oriented and Africa-based centre of excellence for research and teaching that helps shape global discourse on migration; aid and social transformation. (Homepage).

Projects; Research; Resources; Programs; Staff; News; Events; Vacancies; Collaborating institutions;
Address: Forced Migration Studies Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, P. O. Box 76, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa;
Contact.

Reports: Migrant Mobilisation: Structure and Strategies in Claiming Rights in South Africa and Nairobi, by Zaheera Jinnah with Rio Holaday, November, 2009 …  Download the whole report: 47 pdf-pages.  Continuer la lecture de « Forced Migration Studies Programme FMSP »

a K4Health project

This site was developed by the INFO Project to collect and share in one central location information on the latest research, tools, project reports, and communication materials produced in the worldwide struggle to end violence against women. We aim to especially cover the intersection of violence against women and subsequent effects of this violence on women’s reproductive health. It is designed for researchers, health communication specialists, policy makers, and others. (Homepage, News and more).

Research; Tools; Blog; Newsletters; FAQs; Contribute, submit materials;
Address: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication, Programs (JHU/CCP), 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA;
Contact.

About: The Center for Communication Programs CCP developed this site as part of its ongoing effort to collect and share documentation and communication materials produced in the worldwide struggle to end violence against women. Continuer la lecture de « End Violence Against Women, Information and Resources »

Dedicated to establishing an hour of work as the world base money unit

All pages of this website have the same URL – The internal links are: Home & Address & Contact, Money Problem, Mortages Govs and Money Facts, Money Solution, Most Wealth, Theory, Play the Game, News & Articles, How Help, Links.

Address: Bob Blain, Time Money Institute for Global Harmony, P.O. Box 644, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025, USA.

• Time and money, how many times have you heard them mentioned together? That’s because they belong together.
• I’m Bob Blain, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Southern Illinous University Edwardsville. My job here is to explain to you how we need to complete the evolution of money by making an hour of work the base money unit everywhere in the world. In doing so, we will also advance the evolution of democracy from political representative democracy to economic direct democracy.
• Sound like a lot to do? You bet! But you and I, working together, can get it done. I will explain here how you can help. (Homepage).

The Money Solution:  Continuer la lecture de « Time Money Institute for Global Harmony »

A Guide for Girls on Love, Respect and Abuse in Relationships – a project of the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Vic

Linked on this blogs with Domestic Violence Resource Centre Vic DVRC.

Counsellors can listen to you and give you support, ideas and information on what you could do. A domestic violence service can talk to you about abuse in relationships. A sexual assault or rape crisis service can support you if you have been sexually assaulted or raped by your boyfriend, or by anyone else. Most of these services can talk to you and provide support and information over the telephone, and will refer you to see a counsellor in person if you want to … (full text Services).

Homepage;
Why; Safety; Ideas; Thinking; Respect; Feelings; Law; Quiz;
Contact for organisations that want to add their details to this list, please e-mail us.

Info: You might be confused about whether what’s happening to you is abuse. This info helps you understand the different kinds of abuse.  Abuse or violence in a relationship is about a pattern of behaviour that one person uses against another to intimidate them and to get them to do what they want. Abuse is not just physical violence. Emotional or sexual abuse can be just as harmful as physical violence.  Continuer la lecture de « When Love Hurts »

of the University of the Whitwatersrand, South Africa (see also on wikipedia).

RHRU started with five staff members working out of four small offices in Johannesburg. In 2006, after just over a decade, nearly 200 people are working on almost 50 research and training programmes between Johannesburg to Durban in a range of sites and offices. As the unit evolved, so did its structure, reflecting RHRU’s activities in the different areas of sexual & reproductive health and HIV … (about /who we are 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
What we do; Partnerships; Programmes (40); News; Publications;
Contact online.

About /who we are 2/2: … The RHRU team consists of a range of Scientists, Clinicians, Senior Researchers, Technical Advisors, Business specialists, Administrators and a general core team of support based roles. Continuer la lecture de « Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit RHRU »

African Internet and Telecoms Information – Mike Jensen, Independent IT, Internet and Telecom Consultant -Comprehensive data on information & communication technologies (ICTs), telecommunications, internet and computer infrastructure in Africa

All of Africa’s 53 countries and territories have internet connectivity, the challenge now is to broaden access and ensure that costs are brought down. Usage is still low and communication charges are often 10 – 100 times more expensive than developed countries, mainly due to the lack of infrastructure and the high prices charged by operators taking advantage of the restrictions on market entry that are in place in most countries … (Homepage, Current Projects, Publications, Contact).

Resources, Initiatives: Afridigital; Balancing Act Africa; CIPESA; FibreForAfrica; IDRC Acacia Programme; Many Possibilities.net; Mbendi Guide: Computers and Communications; Network Startup Resource  Center NSRC; SLAC ICT Africa statistics; Village Telco, Mesh Potato; Developing Countries Mike has worked in since 1991;
E-mail.

Short Bio: Mike Jensen is an independant consultant with experience in over 40 countries in Africa assisting in the establishment of information and communications systems over the last 15 years.  Continuer la lecture de « African Internet Connectivity »

(first choose between 13 languages) – Linked on our blogs with What Meditation Is – and What It Is Not.

If you want to live a more fulfilled life, first you will want to know your potential, who you really are. Meditation is the route to that knowing. It is the methodology of the science of awareness … (Meditation 1/2).

Frontpage in english;
Magazine OSHO Times (and subfiles); Resort; Multiversity;
Addresses (1 of 3): OSHO International, 410 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA;
Contacts –  go to Meditation /contact.

Meditation 2/2 (and subfiles, incl. Newsletter and CONTACT): … The beauty of the inner science is that it enables whoever wants to explore and to experiment within, to do so alone. Continuer la lecture de « OSHO.com »

Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All

• Welcome to the global issues web site. This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related.
• There are over 550 articles on this site, mostly written by myself. The issues discussed range from trade, poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics, the environment, and much more. Spread over these articles, there are over 7,000 links to external articles, web sites, reports and analysis to help provide credence to the arguments made on this web site — Anup Shah. (About).

Homepage;
Poverty: Facts and Stats; Around the world; Causes; Women’s rights; Racism; Global Financial Crisis; World military spending;
Who am I, Site funding; Site Updates; FAQs; Links, resources; Support; Articles by issues; World news; Homepage’s right column: list of Issues;
Contact.

Why am I doing this? /The Importance of the Media: The mainstream media is one of the most important aspects of a functioning and participatory democracy. It helps us form our views of the world around us, influence our opinion and let us learn about all manner of things we may otherwise never have come across. It is incredibly beneficial but in today’s world, it also has real problems.  Continuer la lecture de « Global Issues »

also in french: LE CODE POUR UNE ÉTHIQUE GLOBALE

Linked on our blogs with Rodrigue Tremblay – Canada, and with Economy USA 2010: From the Scandalous Past to the Uncertain Future.

… Tremblay was president of the Association canadienne de science économique (1974-75) and of the North American Economics and Finance Association (1986-87). He was chairman of the Department of Economics of the University of Montreal (1973-76) ), member of the Committee of Dispute Settlements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1989-93) and vice-president of the Association internationale des économistes de langue française (AIELF), from 1999 to 2005 … (full text about).

english Homepage;
The 10 humanist commandements; (the book’s) contents; Blog; CODE in Australia; Links;
Contact.

An excerpt from the Introduction: … Since our worldview affects how we interact with others, any moral code must be judged as to how its adherents treat other people and whether or not it improves people’s lives. Continuer la lecture de « The CODE for Global Ethics »

• The Forum for Stable Currencies is a voluntary initiative of concerned citizens and Parliamentarians – independent of race, religion or political party.
• It was founded in 1998 by Lord Sudeley and Sabine K McNeill by initiating public meetings at the House of Lords … (about 1/2).

Frontpage;
Financial Fairness; Stop Cash Crumble; Petition in Context; Submissions to Committee;
Early Day Motions EDMs; Understanding … ; Micro Donations; Usury-free banking as social business;
Find in the Right Column articles about: recent posts, permanent pages, by the same blogger, challenging the recessions, complementary currencies, comprehensive overviews, dept and development, digital money, e-petitions … etc. etc.
No Contact.

About 2/2: … Its archive site reports the programme of international speakers addressing monetary reform, problems encountered by ‘bank victims’ and solutions – from grassroots to governments – via banks and central banks. In the House of Commons, Early Day Motions addressed ‘public’, ’social’ or ‘green’ credit.  Continuer la lecture de « In the Spirit of the Forum for Stable Currencies »

Toward a just and sustainable world created by community (in many languages, click on their homepage above at right)

Linked with Women’s Earth Alliance WEA, and with The Natural Capital Institute NCI.

Wiser Earth is a project of the Natural Capital Institute NCI. Wiser Earth serves the people who are transforming the world. It is a community directory and networking forum that maps and connects non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals addressing the central issues of our day: climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights and more. Content is created and edited by people like you.

Listen this video: What Does WiserEarth Do? 4.22 min.

Homepage;
Areas of Focus;
Jobs;
Events;
Interactive map;
Site activity;
Organizations;
Groups;
People;
Discussion Forums;
FAQ;
Contact: by User Feedback.

About: … WiserEarth provides the tools and a platform for non-profit organizations, funders, social entrepreneurs, students, organizers, academics, activists, scientists, and citizens to find each other, make connections, build alliances and share resources.

Continuer la lecture de « Wiser Earth.org »

as CNRS-Thema

The Question of Institutional Status: In order to provide a legal context for the practice of Islam, several European Union member States have devised imaginative legal, institutional, political, and symbolic frameworks. Some examples, country by country … (full text).

Contact: Franck Fregosi, Researcher at the CNRS, Sociétés, droit et religion en Europe, CNRS-Université Strasbourg III.

Foreword;
preface;
map of Europe (notice: Turkey is told as part of Europe);
a bit of history: From Six to Twenty-Five, or Thirty, The Beginning of International Collaboration at the CNRS;
Europe as a research area;
Research IN Europe;
Research ON Europe;
Glossary;

Index of contacts, (A-K);
Index of contacts, (L-Z).

EURISLAM, Islam as Seen through Social Science Analysis: The convention signed between the anthropology-sociology research unit of the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (ANSO) and the Center for “Societé, Droit et Religion en Europe” (SDRE – Robert Schuman University and the CNRS) in September 1998 aims at constituting a bibliographic data base on contemporary Islam and the Muslims of Western Europe. Drawing from a network of correspondents throughout Europe who specialise in a social sciences approach to the subject, this database – named EURISLAM – contains all major references from 1995 to the present (3000 references). EURISLAM is accessible via the web site of the SDRE Center, under the title “bases de données bibliographiques”. Through this web site, access can also be had to the legal studies website of the Laboratory (DREL, JUREL, LEGIREL1) … (full text).