Peace/conflict

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).

It is the oldest NGO dedicated to peace in the whole world since 1886. Today it has a network of 342 organizations in 36 countries dealing with Peace, Diarmament, Conflict Resolution, Development , Human Rights, Gender, Peace Education, Army Budgets and Armamentism in the world. Organized Campagins, Projects, Activities, Conferences and Summits on these issues and acted at international level in the ONU system , It is member of very many other international organizations related to the detailed themes here.

The main activity has been providing free legal aid to socially vulnerable population in Croatia, both in administrative and court cases, including in-court representation. The BGO continues the work of the Norwegian Refugee Council that was present in Sisak from 1999 to 2004.

Mission is -promoting European values; to enhance: the civil society development, the democratic process of governance, sustainable development of local community, and promotion of new culture of change and conflict managment.

Vision is -Serbia and Yugoslavia are equal members of the European community of nations.

Intention is -supporting peaceful resolution of conflicts between individuals and community, promotion of the idea of justice and standing up against every kind of violence; developing and maintaining co-operation between citizens and communities in FRY and the world; development of non-profitable sector in FRY; respecting human dignity and against violation of human rights; founding market economy.

Obligation is - articulation and developing of the values of civil society; development of sustainable NGOs; development of a sustainable local community; development of an open forum of citizens and organisations (at the local, regional and national level) aimed at facilitating dialog, exchange of information, advancing mutual understanding, solidarity, co-operation and communication.

Principles are - Investing in peoples´ knowledge and skills is an efficient way for institutional development and promotion change; Training is a tool for capacity building but also for changing attitudes and stimulate initiative at community level; Collaboration and expertise exchange at regional and national level are efficient ways for learning from each others´ successes and failures; Participatory and interactive problem solving processes build partnerships and prevent conflicts; Autonomous, accountable and active local governments are the foundation of democracy; Effective and efficient local governments are crucial for the change management and local development processes; For effective & efficient local governance is more important to have knowledge and skills than capital investment.

The Schwule Museum (gay museum) presents the diversity of homosexual life in a permanent exhibition on gay history and in regularly changing exhibitions. The historical exhibitions deal with different time periods and social conditions for homosexuals as well as their life strategies. In this way, the history and culture of homosexuals are reviewed and the research results can be presented. Manifold documents and statements of homosexuals about themselves and their life are collected and archived, allowing for scientific research.