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What we do: Through seminars, forums, and a variety of initiatives that bring participants together, the Forum nurtures the cross-pollination of ideas and experiences from a diverse set of individuals, including leaders in government, academia, youth and women?s groups, non-governmental organizations, the media, United Nations agencies, and the business community. Such diversity creates unique partnerships to address global development issues from an integrative cross-sectoral and inventive approach. The Forum for Global Action relies on knowledge and experiences from diverse organizations with local, national and international expertise in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South and Central America. Special focus is placed on working with youth organizations such as the the African Regional Youth Initiative in building a network of global leaders. (Homepage & About & links to articles).

Programs;
THE YOUNG LEADERS FORUM APPLICATION FORM;
Consultant Services Form;
Links & Resources;
No contact link.

Who We Are: The Forum for Global Action aims to foster innovative thinking on social, economic and political issues by (1) bringing voices of marginalized people into global debates about public policy, and (2) promoting alternative ways of consulting global civil society groups and movements. Overall, the Forum strives to improve the relationship between global civil society organizations and global institutions (i.e. United Nations and the World Bank) to discuss policy challenges and brainstorm new ways of thinking and acting on global issues.

Link: The Global Fund (fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria).

Linked with Pauline Tangiora – New Zealand.

The World Court Project is an international citizens’ network which is working to publicise and have implemented the 8 July 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice which could find no lawful circumstance for the threat or use of nuclear weapons. The World Court Project is part of Abolition 2000, A Global Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

History of the World Court Project;
Newsletter;
links;
Address: Secretary, George Farebrother, 67, Summerheath Rd, Hailsham, Sussex, BN27 3DR, England;
Contact: e-mail; website.

Trident Renewal and international law, January 2007: MPs will soon face a momentous decision. Should Britain continue to deploy nuclear weapons for several more decades? A Government White Paper “The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent” was issued in December and a Commons vote will take place in 2007. The White Paper pays scant attention to International Humanitarian Law and treats the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a charter for the Nuclear Weapon States whilst claiming limited UK compliance with its requirements.

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Linked with Pauline Tangiora – New Zealand.

dropping knowledge dk inspires social transformation through innovative projects and multimedia. Help us to continue generating and distributing information that challenges you to see yourself and your world anew.

dialogue;
projects;
archive of answers;
participants;
media;
Our blog – the drop;
address: dropping knowledge e.V., Schlesische Str. 38, 10997 Berlin, Germany;
contact.

About: dropping knowledge dk encourages social change. Using advanced web technologies, the initiative with offices in Berlin, Germany links the voices of individuals and organizations. The web-platform enables the global public to ask and answer questions, exchange ideas, and start initiatives around the most pressing issues of our time. Events like the Table of Free Voices, campaigns like « ask yourself » and projects in cooperation with different partners create a meaningful bridge between the on and offline worlds.

dropping knowledge e.V. is a registered non-profit association duly organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. dropping knowledge’s constitutional purposes are the promotion of international understanding and the promotion of art and culture.

dk is committed to full transparency … (full text).

Linked with Pauline Tangiora – New Zealand.

WFFP is a federation of Mass Based Organization mainly working in Asia and Africa .We are mainly Beach Based fisher people.We use traditional fishing crafts.We have come together since 1997. We have come together to fight for our rights, to protect the fish resources and to protect the coast.

Vision: Our vision is that the sea, forest and land belong to those who depend on them for their livelihood. We are against Globalization, WTO, World Bank.

Partners;
The formation of WFFP /History;
Investigation Media Relese of WFFP;
reports (in english and french);
letter to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Philippines, 25 August 2006;
photo gallery;
address: WFFP Secretariat office, 10, Malwatta Road, Negombo, Sri Lanka;
contact.

About /Global WFFP Fisheries Policy: PREFACE: At the WFFP 3rd General Assembly, held at Kenya from 21-28 November 2004, the delegates and all the participants from the member organizations had involved very actively on the drafting the Global Fisheries Policy of World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ in which facilitated by ICSF.

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Promoting Alternative Security, Specialist branch of the Aotearoa New Zealand Peace Foundation

Linked with Pauline Tangiora – New Zealand.

Homepage;
people;
books;
papers;
LINKS;
addresses: Peace Foundation Disarmament and Security Centre, PO Box 8390, 35 Rata Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand;
The Peace Foundation Aotearoa of New Zealand, PO Box 4110, 29 Princes Street, Auckland, 1, Aotearoa/New Zealand;
contact.

About /History: Established in 1998, the Disarmament and Security Centre (DSC) is a specialist arm of the Peace Foundation coordinated by Kate Dewes and Rob Green from their Christchurch home. Kate had previously coordinated the Peace Foundation’s South Island office from her home since 1980. In 2002 the DSC became a separately incorporated branch of the Peace Foundation. The broad objective of the DSC is to provide a resource centre for alternative thinking on disarmament and security issues, both within Aotearoa/New Zealand and internationally. Currently the work focusses on promoting the World Court’s 1996 Advisory Opinion on nuclear weapons and its implications; promoting the United Nations Study on Disarmament and Non Proliferation Education; and implementing the Peace City recommendations adopted by the Christchurch City Council in May 2002.

BACKGROUND of the PEACE FOUNDATION: … (full long text).

Sound & Picture ARchives for Research On Women

Linked with Flavia Agnes – India.

SPARROW is:

• A trust set up in 1988 [Register Number E-11958] in Maharashtra to build a national archives for women with print, oral history and pictorial material.
• A live archives reaching out to schools, colleges, women’s groups and other organisations.
• An active agent of conscientisation.
• A forum for discussions.
• An interactive space.
• A daring flight into unexplored areas of experience and expression.
• A commitment.

Projects;
outreach;
publications;
annual reports;
archives;
newsletter;
downloads;
address: Sparrow, B – 32, Jeet Nagar, J. P. Road, Versova, Mumbai – 400 061, India;
contact.

About /Profile: The idea of setting up SPARROW took root in 1988. Before that, those who are now the trustees of SPARROW had met several times and discussed the possibilities of setting up a Women’s Archives with a difference.

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a center for rights discourse and multi disciplinary arts initiatives

Linked with Flavia Agnes – India.

One of the projects – Cinema City Mumbai: Cinema City is an attempt to create an audiovisual dateline of Asian cities with 100 year old cinema histories through multi-disciplinary art and research practices, such as cartography, film and video productions, visual art works, seminars and publications. The aim of this endeavour is to study the City, in particular, the city that is inextricably linked to its ‘cinemascape’. The project will be carried out in two phases. The first phase will culminate into an extensive exhibit on Bombay/Mumbai: The Cinema City. The second phase will be in collaboration with two other cinema cities in Asia-Tehran and Hong Kong. Project dateline: July 2007- January 2009. Project dateline: July 2007- January 2009. Kindly contact us if you are a student, researcher, city/cinema-phile, willing to volunteer time and energy to this project.

Homepage;
people;
majlis and you;
research & academic;
fellowship;
GODAAM, digital image archive;
contact.

About: Majlis means association in Hindustani. The word is commonly used with subtle different connotations in Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Arabic, Persian and many other languages of the continent. Our center is a people’s forum- fluid, flexible, layered, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural.

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

The MicroInsurance Focus Resource Center promotes sound practices in insurance provision to low-income persons through the exchange of knowledge and experience.

Microinsurance is an important risk management tool for low-income households, but as a sophisticated financial service, poses many new challenges to the microfinance industry and other stakeholders … (full text).

Homepage and latest news,
resource centers;
microfinance discussion groups;
events;
organizations;
consultants;
library;
jobs;
address: The Microfinance Gateway Manager, CGAP Secretariat/World Bank, 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20433, USA;
contact.

About: 1. … The Microfinance Gateway (the Gateway) is the most comprehensive source of information for and about the microfinance industry. It includes research and publications, discussion groups, specialized resource centers, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events, and job opportunities in microfinance. Its guiding vision is to enable microfinance industry participants to generate value, innovate and engage in the free flow of ideas by effectively utilizing the Gateway’s knowledge assets.

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a World Bank Group – in all UN languages

IFC is helping create stock market indices that allow investors to assess the environmental, social, and governance performance of companies based in emerging markets … Home.

Organisation;
IFC disclosure;
Products & Services;
Partners & Stakeholders;
IFC’s annual report;
Contacts.

About: Our Vision is that poor people have the opportunity to escape poverty and to improve their lives. Our values are excellence, commitment, integrity, and teamwork. Our purpose is to:

• Promote open and competitive markets in developing countries;
• Support companies and other private sector partners;
• Generate productive jobs and deliver basic services;
• Create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives.

Mission: IFC, as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, shares its mission:

• To fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results;
• To help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

Published on the BRITISH COUNCIL /Learning

The EU Socrates programme has now finished its second phase (2000 – 2006) and has been replaced by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme, which consists of four main actions; Comenius; Leonardo; Grundtvig and Erasmus, plus transversal actions. The British Council manages the Comenius and Erasmus actions. The Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal actions are now managed by Ecotec … (full text).

Comenius schools;
Erasmus – higher education;
lifelong learning programme in the UK;

funding programmes in education and training;
learning A to Z;

leonardo – vocational training;
grundtvig – adult education;
transversal programme – Arion study visits;

address: The United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, a registered charity:

• Tel. 209131 (England and Wales),
• Tel. SC037733 (Scotland).

Tchad – Agir Pour l’Environnement /Chad – act for the environment
(Main language of the website: french)

The current situation of Lake-Chad is very alarming, its surface does not cease decreasing year by year. The erosion of the shores and the traqnsport of solid elements by streaming fill the lake … (full text).

Topicality;
videos;
audios;
photos;
who we are;
projects;
activities reports;
Chad’s history (a 10 pages.pdf);
links;
contacts.

SENSITIZING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: Chad is a country sahélien and semi-desert which is confronted with a serious problem of turning into a desert, which touches in particular banks of the lake Chad. Vis-a-vis this danger, it is necessary, to see essential, to organize all the forces available to help the inhabitants of the country to be opposed to this projection of the desert. We modestly think of contributing to it via our association “Chad – To act for the Environment”, by blocking amongst other things the projection of the desert by the afforestation. With this intention, the participation of the population/the peasant in the management of the project is very wished. In this case our intention to create centers of village formation is justified amply …

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Has not its own website, but is named on many fellow sites. Here some:

Linked with Shereen Sazawar – Afghanistan.

The recent jailing of an Afghan magazine editor is raising concerns about the issue of press freedom in Afghanistan. Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, editor of the « Women’s Rights » monthly, was found guilty of publishing articles that were deemed un-Islamic. On 22 October, he was sentenced to two years in prison. The United Nations, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, and several international media rights groups including the International Federation of Journalists have protested. Journalists inside Afghanistan say they fear the case could pave the way for more attacks on the country’s independent … (full interview).

Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women’s rights, by Kim Sengupta, 31 January 2008;

Afghan reporter sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’: court, Jan 22, 2008;

Jail term for Afghan journalist;

on South Asian Media.net /Afghanistan.

investment and development communications

Linked with Tony Colman – England.

Services: Companies must do more than simply communicate their finances to investors and the financial press. General corporate communications about the company’s goals, strategy and management is essential … (full text).

Homepage;
network;
case studies: VISA international;
newsletter;
contact.

About: africapractice group provides strategic communications and investment publishing services to support our clients in the management and communication of professional, ethical business.
Operating at the intersect of business, government, international organisations and the media, africapractice group has a growing network of clients across Africa serviced from regional hub offices in Nairobi, Lagos and Johannesburg, affiliate offices across the continent and a coordinating office in London. The group offers clients consistent quality of service across each of these territories and additional representation in Cairo, Brussels and Washington.

Links:

The Careers Group;

Ethical Performance;

Other Sources (for Africa).

Public lawyers in NGOs PLINGO

PLINGO stands for ‘Public Lawyers in Non-Governmental Organisations’. The group was established by PLP in early 2005, as an information exchange, debating forum and voice for lawyers in this sector. Meetings take place approximately every two months.

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Forthcoming events;
Address: Public Law Project, 150 Caledonian Road, London N1 9RD, Tel (020) 7697 2190, Fax (020) 7837 7048, e-mail;
Contact.

About /What is public law? Public law is the set of legal principles which govern the exercise of power by public bodies.

What are public bodies? There are many public bodies of various kinds who take decisions every day which affect the lives of thousands of individuals. They include government ministers and departments, local authorities, the prison service, NHS Trusts, coroners’ courts and many more.

What are public law remedies? There are many procedures by which citizens can challenge the legality of decisions made by public bodies. They include:

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Linked with South-Asia Network for Advocacy against Trafficking in Persons SANAT, and with the Centre for Social Research CSR of 2007-12-29.

Centre for Social Research is one of the leading women’s NGOs in India working in the field of social action since 1983. The NGO aims towards making women empowered and self-reliant individuals, conscious of their rights … (Homepage).

sitemap;
projects;
networking & advocacy programs;
publications;
CSR in the medias;
research division;
internships;
annual reports;
discussion forum;
contact.

About: The Centre for Social Research is one of the leading Women’s Institutions working in the field of social action since 1983.

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