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The NGOs and Civil Societies of The watching groups of IFI watchnet.

IFIwatchnet is a groundbreaking initiative in international NGO networking, currently in its second year of operation. It connects organisations worldwide which are monitoring international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, the IMF, and regional development banks. Formed in response to a call by civil society groups to maximise the effectiveness of their communications and networking efforts, it is rapidly developing into a key tool for ever increasing degrees of collaboration between IFIwatching groups at national, regional and international levels. With nearly 60 organisations from 27 different countries in every region of the world, it has huge potential to increase the ability of civil society to make global governance institutions accountable to the people they serve.

IFIwatchnet is not an NGO and it does not undertake monitoring or campaiging work itself, rather it supports the work undertaken by its participants. It aims to:

• Pool independent information about IFIs from a broad range of civil society sources and make it easier for people to find what they need;
• Improve communication between IFI-watchers, increasing mutual awareness of outputs and collaboration on activities;
• Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of IFI watching organisations through new information sharing approaches.

IFIwatchnet participant organisations monitor one or more of these global and regional IFIs: (full text).

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Linked with Jeanne Devos – Belgium.

MISEREOR was founded in 1958 as an agency « against hunger and disease in the world ». In its capacity as the overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Germany, it offers to cooperate in a spirit of partnership with all people of goodwill to promote development, fight worldwide poverty, liberate people from injustice, exercise solidarity with the poor and the persecuted, and help create « One World ».

MISEREOR is mandated by the Catholic Church in Germany:

• to fight the causes of hardship and misery as manifested chiefly in countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America in the forms of hunger, disease, poverty and other forms of human suffering;
• thus enabling the people affected to lead a life of human dignity;
• and to promote justice, freedom, reconciliation and peace in the world.

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This Christian motivation should lead us not only to help and share with the poor, but also to undergo a process of spiritual renewal, becoming « richer » people through solidarity and community with the poor. It should also lead us to make a commitment to creating a more just and peaceful One World through responsible development of our own society. As such, MISEREOR is also a campaign, a « movement » in Germany, everywhere on the lookout for partners, friends and « fellow activists » in the fight against poverty.

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Linked with Jeanne Devos – Belgium.

Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation. Its roots stretch back to 1787 when the first abolitionist society was formed. This broad-based society was at the forefront of the movements to abolish the slave trade (achieved in Britain in 1807) as well as slavery throughout the British colonies (achieved in 1833). (full text).

Homepage for the UK;
sitemap;
latest news;
traficking news monthly;
Partner Website: Breaking the silence;
Jobs;
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About: http://www.antislavery.org.uk/homepage/antislavery/about.htm
Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world’s oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses. We work at local, national and international levels to eliminate the system of slavery around the world by:

• Urging governments of countries with slavery to develop and implement measures to end it;
• Lobbying governments and intergovernmental agencies to make slavery a priority issue;
• Supporting research to assess the scale of slavery in order to identify measures to end it;
• Working with local organisations to raise public awareness of slavery;
• Educating the public about the realities of slavery and campaigning for its end.

Linked with Jeanne Devos – Belgium.
Give to over 400 grassroots charity projects worldwide through GlobalGiving’s marketplace of good. 85-90% of your money is on-the-ground within 60 days. It’s a new way of giving (with updates from the field).

Homepage;
How it works;
Projects;
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Gifts & Registries;
Newsletter;
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About: GlobalGiving was founded by two former World Bank executives who decided to use the Internet to create a highly efficient marketplace. The GlobalGiving platform enables more funding to reach projects throughout the globe, and, at the same time, provides a more transparent, engaging way for donors to give.

Because we enable donors to give directly to projects, they know exactly where their money is going. Donors can see progress updates on most projects as funding is received and goals are met. Donations made through GlobalGiving are higher impact because:

• Money is going directly to a well-defined project versus supporting general operating expenses;
• Projects on globalgiving.com have exposure to thousands of donors, enabling us to aggregate multiple sources of funding for each project;
• Many projects on globalgiving.com are located in the developing world where a little money goes a long way We connect donors to projects via our « public » website, globalgiving.com as well as through custom giving services.

(website in russian)

Linked with Fatima Gazieva – Russian Federation.

Process of gathering information for data base on women’s movement of Russia started in 1990 before the 1st Independent Women’s Forum. In the beginning it was just a card-index. Founders of data base were the Moscow Center for Gender Studies (Anastasia Posadskaya, Valentina Konstantinova, Zoya Khotkina, Tatiana Dorokhina); SAFO (Natalia Filippova, Natalia Abubikirova, Marina Regentova, Natalia Lebedeva, Valeria Tukmanova, Olga Lipovskaya, Tatiana Poddubnaya, Elena Morozova); employees of the Institute of Philisophy of Academy of Sciences (Olga Voronina, Tatiana Klimenkova). By the time of the 2nd Women’s Forum (December 1992) Elena Kochkina, Elena Maslova and Lidiya S. Scobtsova joined the team. Data base was transferred to Tatiana Troinova’s computer. Later, in 1993-1995 Women’s Informational Project (Archive, Data Base, Library – ADL) was in charge of data base. The project was sponsored by the government of Germany through Frauenanstiftung Foundation. Programmers Lidiya Yourovskaya and Tatiana Evstifeyeva led by Tatiana Troinova devoted their brains and hearts to the program product called ZHISET+ (ЖИСЕТ+). (full text).

Contact: Women’s Information Network, Tatiana Troinova, telephone/fax: 7 095 291 2274; 7 095 291 5729, E-mail, website in russian.

Link: Union of Women of the Northern Caucasus.

Linked with Bettina Renz – England.

Chatham House is one of the world’s leading organizations for the analysis of international issues. It is membership-based and aims to help individuals and organizations to be at the forefront of developments in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world.

Actually planed Conferences;
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Contact. Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE, Tel: +44 (0)20 7957 5700, Fax: +44 (0)20 7957 5710, E-mail, Homepage.

Founded in 1920, Chatham House, officially known as The Royal Institute of International Affairs, is based in the heart of London. As a measure of its importance in the world of international relations, the name ‘Chatham House’ – the building – is now commonly used to refer to the organization. The listed building was home to three Prime Ministers (Pitt the Elder, Edward Stanley and William Gladstone) before being gifted to what was then the Institute of International Affairs in 1923. (full text).

Linked with Bettina Renz – England.

The RES is a global initiative by leading academic institutes, thinks tanks, NGOs and media organizations. It provides the framework for studies on security-related developments in Russia and Eurasia:

• News & Analyses;
• Digital Library;
• RES Partner Network;
• Contact.

About: As the fourth specialized network of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), it integrates the eastern hemisphere to an electronic platform that collects, manages and shares high-quality digital resources. RES particularly promotes research within three fields:

• Russian Regions: Crime, Corruption and Terrorism;
• Central Eurasian Security;
• Decision Making Processes in Russian Foreign and Security Policy.

Through dialogue, cooperation, information sharing and knowledge dissemination the RES Partner Network not only enhances cooperation among partner institutions but also contributes to a broader understanding of Russian and Eurasian security developments. We encourage you to take advantage of our services and to participate actively in the further development of the network.

as a part of the European Research Institute ERI, (which is part of the University of Birmingham).

Linked with Bettina Renz – England.

At the University of Birmingham, CREES has been at the forefront of research and teaching on Russia and Eastern Europe for over 40 years. As ever, our staff and students continue to relish the exciting challenge of expanding the knowledge base on this fast changing region (Prof. Julian Cooper/Director & Dr Kataryna Wolczuk/Deputy Director).

CREES Homepage;
Forty Third Annual Report, 2005-2006;
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Staff: While CREES does not have its own Research Fellowship scheme, scholars wishing to undertake research visits are always welcome, for any period from a day to a year or more. Academic visitors who join us for more than a month are offered Honorary Research Fellow status, but we are obliged to make a modest charge for the use of a desk and other University facilities. If you are interested in a possible research visit, please contact the Director.

Linked with Parmaben Sava – India.

The KMVS has not its own website, but is mentionned on some others, like:

The Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan is an organisation of rural women from the arid border villages of Kutch district, Gujarat. KMVS has 4000 members out of which 1200 are traditional craftswomen, organised and operating as producer groups. Together they design, innovate, produce and market – as entrepreneur-artisans, not lowly paid piece rate workers. They function as self managed production units, accessing cred, raw materials and direct buyers. Together they strive to attain some control over their lives. Their aims are:
1. To form rural women’s organisations in Kutch, with emphasis on social, political, exploitation and inequality issues, so that they can become self-reliant;
2. To take up much activities that help develop skills through which they develop society.
Working Languages: Gujarati, English.
Craft: Embroidered garments, table sets. (full text).

KMVS thereby evolved into an organization with myriad activities designed for empowerment such as looking at handicrafts, credit and savings, health, education, natural resources management and capacity building of mahila sarpanches. In the process it has gone through several restructuring exercises with the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) playing a major role in the process of decentralization – helping the mahila mandals at the village levels to grow into taluka-level sangathans (federation of mahila mandals) that are now registered as independent bodies. SDTT bears the administrative costs and funds the staff of the sangathans that have established their own specific identity and capacity to work on issues of gender transformation. (full text).

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Linked with Hernando de Soto – Peru, and with Hernando de Soto’s texts and videos.

ILD states: Four billion people in developing and post-Soviet nations —two thirds of the world’s population— have been locked out of the global economy: forced to operate outside the rule of law, they have no legal identity, no credit, no capital, and thus no way to prosper. The Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), based in Lima, Peru, has created a key that can open the system to everyone — a time-tested strategy for legal reform that offers the majority of the world’s people a stake in the market economy.

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About: The Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) was created in Peru by Hernando de Soto and his associates to facilitate the transition of developing and former Soviet nations to an inclusive market economy and the rule of law.

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Linked with Elisabet Sahtouris – USA & Greece.

BGI‘s pioneering MBA and Certificate programs prepare diverse leaders to build enterprises that are economically successful, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable. Our innovative curriculum preserves the rigor of a traditional MBA program, while infusing sustainability—environmental and social responsibility—throughout every course. The MBA program combines distance learning with monthly, intensive, face-to-face classroom sessions. Students build a strong, cooperative learning community with each other, the faculty and staff. Our faculty comprises distinguished business-school professors and business innovators from around U.S. and Canada with a passion for sustainability. Find out if our MBA in Sustainable Business or one of our Certificate programs, in Sustainable Business or in Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship, is right for you.
(See to the other pages from links inside of this website.

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Sitemap; Contacts.

Respect-Inside is a corporate conduct label. (It) is the first international site to provide information about the traceability of manufacture of consumer goods and industrial products. Respect-inside is neither an activist approach nor a site which denounces abuse and ranks companies. On the contrary, it is an Internet platform open to all kinds of stakeholders in the economy:

• the transparency, traceability and visibility of the supply chain;
• the measures taken to improve the living conditions of the persons involved in the manufacturing process, from the outset to the finished product.

About:

• On this site, companies present in a neutral and controlled manner:
• general information;
• social actions;
• environmental actions.

This information is supplemented by reports by audit companies and by independent reports by NGOs (non-governmental organisations) …

… This site is intended for:

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Linked with Jerry Mander – USA.

Events: Save the Date! Sept. 14-16, 2007, Washington, DC, IFG Teach-in: Confronting the Triple Crisis – Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Global Resource Depletion;

Homepage;
Flyer;
List of confirmed speakers.
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about: THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION (IFG) is a North-South research and educational institution composed of leading activists, economists, scholars, and researchers providing analyses and critiques on the cultural, social, political, and environmental impacts of economic globalization. Formed in 1994, the IFG came together out of shared concern that the world’s corporate and political leadership was rapidly restructuring global politics and economics on a level that was as historically significant as any period since the Industrial Revolution. Yet there was almost no discussion or even recognition of this new « free market, » or « neoliberal » model, or of the institutions and agreements enforcing this system—the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other such bureaucracies. In response, the IFG began to stimulate new thinking, joint activity and public education about this rapidly rising economic paradigm. (full text).

Linked with Jerry Mander – USA.

The Foundation for deep ecology, the Conservation Land Trust, and Conservacion Patagonica have offices at Fort Cronkhite in the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California. Together, these organizations are dedicated to the preservation of wild nature. In recent years, the Foundation for Deep Ecology has been active in publishing large-format books on diverse environmental topics. These include Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy, Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West, and Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry. (full text).

Mission statement;
Deep ecology movement;
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The Institute is an outgrowth of the Global Women’s History Project at Westfield State college. It is organized around an educational model that links academic and activist work of women. This work has the potential to transform the way we think and behave. We believe that documenting and archiving the contributions of women in history and current events is often marginalized. We hope that the Global Women’s History Institute will begin to address these lapses and build links between and among women around the world. We anticipate that the Global Women’s History Institute will become a valuable resource, and we encourage your feedback. Links to the Global Women’s History Project, as well as Month Celebrating Women, and the Women’s Studies Program at Westfield State College are highlighted for your convenience. (full text).

• The Global Women’s History Project;
• Women’s Studies Program;
• Archives;
• Auteur Heidi Barathieu-BrunPublié le 26/05/200726/02/2025Catégories à vérifier, Civil Society