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Südwind Wien

Südwind Wien

Laudongasse 40
1080 Wien
Austria

Telephone
+43 1 4055515
E-Mail
olivia.tischler[at]suedwind.at
Website/URL
https://www.suedwind.at
Description of the Organization

Südwind is an Austrian non-profit organisation operating in the fields of global education, adult education, campaigning and public awareness-raising. They develop creative methods and ideas for education work for a better North-South understanding. They have already different experiences with EU-funded programmes. To a large extent the projects of Südwind are funded by the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture.

The main activities of Südwind are:

  • Global Education: Seminars and Training, Programmes for teachers and multipliers, Production of Materials (Exhibitions, Workshops, Print-Materials), Network of Global Education Centres in Austria, International School and NGO Networks, Global Education Week
  • Public Awareness: Campaigns: ,,Bitter Orange" (1997/1998), ,,Clean Clothes-Campaign" (1998/1999, since 2001), ,,Project Secure" (since 2001), ,,Fair Trade" (since 2001), co-operation with media and public events
  • Südwind-Magazine: An Information-Magazine about: South-North-interdependencies, poverty and welfare, the world's cultures, a global future

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Amnesty International Austria

Amnesty International Austria
ai.academy

Moeringgasse 10
A-1150 Wien
Austria

Telephone
+43 1 5321291
E-Mail
info[at]amnesty.at
Website/URL
https://www.amnesty.at
Description of the Organization

The "ai academy" is an educational institution of Amnesty International Austria. As we of the ai academy have recourse to the ample national and international competences of Amnesty International, we can provide you with events that suit your interests. The ai academy benefits from the experience ai has acquired in the decades it has striven to protect human rights.

The ai academy

  • is practice-oriented
  • uses interactive and participative methods
  • is politically independent
  • does not aim to make a profit
  • ensures easy access to events (pricing, venues adapted to the needs of the disabled and the elderly, etc.)
  • furthers the knowledge about and the awareness of human rights
  • aims at helping to develop important skills needed to take action in human rights affairs
  • takes into account that human rights are universal and indivisible
  • cooperates with national and international experts
  • is commited to the concept of gender mainstreaming
  • assures the quality of the events it provides by constantly evaluating them ( their contents as well as the services offered)

It is our aim to offer events concerning human rights, that are easy to understand, fascinating, and up to date: They usually last from a few hours up to two days. These workshops, training courses, lectures and conferences almost always take place in the evening and on weekends. Vienna and Salzburg have been picked as their permanent locations. Moreover, we also offer events earmarked rent-a-training, that is events that can be booked for other locations in Austria by respective target groups.

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FIS - Fairtrade Initiative Saarbrücken

FIS - Fairtrade Initiative Saarbrücken
c/o Peter Weichardt / Heike Zimmermann

Schumannstrasse 34
66111 Saarbrücken
Germany

Telephone
+49 6893 801855
E-Mail
info[at]faires-saarbruecken.de
Website/URL
https://faires.saarbruecken.de
Description of the Organization

FAIR for all generations FAIR education - Our campaigns are aimed at schools, kindergartens and day-care centres (Kitas), extracurricular actors in the greater Saarbrücken area and Saarland University. Several "Fair Kitas", "Fairtrade Schools" and "Fairtrade Universities" from the greater Saarbrücken area have already been awarded. School classes and courses from the Saarbrücken region have already received the award "Fair School Class - Fair Trade Class" more than 100 times. Through our young "Fair Trade Ambassadors" as multipliers and through our wide-ranging commitment, we reach a broad public. The guiding principle of our network is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

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Partner countries

PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Telegrafenberg A 31, 14473 Potsdam
Postfach 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam
Germany

Telephone
+49 331 2882500
E-Mail
presse[at]pik-potsdam.de
Website/URL
https://www.pik-potsdam.de
Description of the Organization

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research e. V. (PIK) works on issues of climate change, climate impacts and sustainable development. It was founded in 1992 and today employs around 140 staff. At PIK, researchers from the natural sciences and the humanities work together to investigate global environmental changes and their ecological, economic and social consequences.

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