Poverty

SMR - Swedish Mission Council

Name of the Organization
SMR - Swedish Mission Council
Contact

Gustavslundsvägen 18 Alviks Torg
Box 14038
167 14 Bromma
Sweden

Telephone
+46 8 4536880
E-Mail
info[at]smc.global
Description of the Organization

Svenska missionsrådet (SMR) is a forum for churches and Christian organisations. Through SMR, the 35 member organisations can meet, exchange experiences and strengthen their competence. One of our main tasks is to enable NGOs in Sweden and the South to engage in development work. As part of our work for human rights we work to promote freedom of religion or belief. Swedish Mission Council is the umbrella for 35 member organisations, who have partner organisations in more than 50 countries in the world. Apart from that, one of our main partner organisation is Sida, the Swedish international development agency. Other partner organisations: Christian Council of Sweden, PMU, Church of Sweden, Digni, Danish Mission Council Development Department.

Leuphana University of Lüneburg, INFU

Name of the Organization
Leuphana University of Lüneburg, INFU
Contact

Universitätsallee 1
Postfach 2440
21335 Lüneburg
Germany

Telephone
+49 4131 677-2802
E-Mail
infu[at]leuphana.de
Description of the Organization

The Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication was founded in 1996. Today, it is part of the Faculty of Environmental Technology at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. The institute's academic staff carries out research, teaching, and knowledge-transfer activities related to environment and sustainability communication. Scientific analysis, theory elaboration, and concept development are the key components of all research projects carried out at this institute. Their objective is to promote the development of competencies at the individual, institutional, and collective levels in order to create a future based on the principle of sustainability. In the autumn of 2005, this institute was awarded the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. The Chair's goal is to integrate the principle of sustainability into teaching activities and strengthen the institute's international orientation by establishing new cooperative ventures.

Kopin empowering communities

Name of the Organization
Kopin empowering communities
Contact

195, Suite 2b
Naxxar Road
San Ġwann SGN 9029
Malta

Telephone
+356 27 567 460
E-Mail
info[at]kopin.org
Description of the Organization

Kopin (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali) is a voluntary organization based in Malta which works in the field of North-South cooperation. Kopin was launched in public during a seminar on "The Policies of the European Union with regards to North South Cooperation" held on 24 June, 2000. Although Kopin is not bound to any other organization it has good relations with a number of Maltese and foreign organizations. Kopin is a member of the Forum for Justice and Cooperation together with the Third World Group, Koperattiva Kummerc Gust (Fair Trade Cooperative) and Inizjamed.

Themes of the organization

INKOTA-netzwerk

Name of the Organization
INKOTA-netzwerk
Contact

Chrysanthemenstraße 1-3
10407 Berlin
BE
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 4208202-52
E-Mail
inkota[at]inkota.de
Description of the Organization

For over 30 years, INKOTA has been an ecumenical network of development-oriented grassroots organizations, parishes, fair-trade stores, and individuals.
We align ourselves with the worldwide movement of the critics of globalization and therefore, work for a world in which the human needs and interests of all people count more than the economic interests of a privileged group. Hereby we link our support for our partner groups in the South with public awareness building vis-a-vis development issues in Germany.

Brot für die Welt - Bread for the World

Name of the Organization
Brot für die Welt - Bread for the World
Contact

Caroline-Michaelis-Straße 1
10115 Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 65211-0
E-Mail
kontakt[at]brot-fuer-die-welt.de
Description of the Organization

‘Bread for the World’ has been the relief organisation of the Protestant Churches in Germany since 1959. Every year, it promotes more than 1,000 projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. ‘Bread for the World’ assists partner organisations in ‘community capacity building’. ‘Bread for the World’ stands up for the rights of people who are disadvantaged and marginalised in the globalised world. Its motto is ‘Justice for the Poor’.

For many years, ‘Bread for the World’ has focused on global education in its educational work as well. Teachers are invited to join the Arbeitskreis Pädagogik (working group for education). At the annual meetings, new classes focusing on global education are developed.

The journal Global Lernen (learning globally) is published every four months and is also available online at www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/global-lernen/. Each issue deals with a topic related to development policy and contains didactic advice and suggestions for teaching in upper secondary education. Previous issues dealt with the global financial crisis, nuclear weapons and development cooperation.

In addition, the ‘Bread for the World’ staff organises events and seminars with specialists from partner countries, creates teaching materials, holds competitions and organises school and youth campaigns – including the campaign ‘Fair Play for Fair Life’ and the nutrition campaign Niemand isst für sich allein (nobody is/eats on their own) (www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/ernaehrung). Furthermore, ‘Bread for the World’ offers further training of teachers and classroom visits.

Brighton Peace and Environment Centre

Name of the Organization
Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
Contact

39 - 41 Surrey Street
Brighton
BN1 3PB
United Kingdom

Telephone
0044 (0)1273 766611
E-Mail
info[at]bpec.org
Description of the Organization

As Development Education Centre we aim to raise awareness of peace and environment related issues through information and education.

Themes of the organization

agl - Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Eine-Welt-Landesnetzwerke in Deutschland

Name of the Organization
agl - Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Eine-Welt-Landesnetzwerke in Deutschland
Contact

Am Sudhaus 2
12053 Berlin
Germany

Telephone
+49 30 5697-2473
E-Mail
info[at]agl-einewelt.de
Description of the Organization

The study group of Eine Welt-Landesnetzwerke (one world-federal networks) in Germany inc. (agl) is the nationwide umbrella organization of 16 Eine Welt-Landesnetzwerke (one world-federal networks) supports its members in their engagement of a future-oriented global development which is based on the principles of social justice, ecological lastingness, democracy and participation. agl reaches through its member's associations nationwide about 10,000 developing-political groups and associations. agl supports the educational, information and project work of its members. It links up activities and campaigns to topical central topics of interest and organises the exchange and flow of information between the federal networks by communication offers, advanced training and interlinking meetings. One World groups, federal networks and agl form together the structure within whose campaigns, plans, information and educational attempts from the developing-political area to transporting down in regional and local connections, positions and activities of the regional and local initiatives at regional state and national level are discussed. With our actions and campaigns we have asked governments and the Landtag (federal state parliament), the Federal Government, Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) during the last years over and over again to go outside the box and into the direction of a fair and sustainable development. We support Eine Welt-Politik (one-world politics) as a cross-cutting task of all political areas of the Federal Government and the State Government. We are contacts for north south questions for the respective state
governments and other social groups.

  • We get on as a forum for Eine Welt-political discussions.
  • We offer services for our members, for local initiatives and disseminators.
  • We get on as a megaphone of underprivileged sections of the population especially in the countries of the south.

By public-relations actions in the area of the developing-political domestic work we sensitize the people for world questions and motivate for behavioral changes in personal and political area.