Non-Governmental Organization

The aims of Ce.L.I.M. are to promote self-development and self-reliance among the poor of African and Eastern European Countries and to raise awareness in Italy about the problems related with development. Ce.L.I.M. pursues its main objective by implementing development projects in the South of the World and in Eastern Europe for the benefit of poor people in collaboration with local NGOs, churches and government authorities, usually through the service of Italian volunteers.

Africa Groups of Sweden is a solidarity organisation with focus on southern Africa. We are engaged in development work, including financial support and development workers, in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. An important part of our work takes place in Sweden. One of our main tasks is advocacy work to make Sweden in the lead for fair economic politics towards the third world. We inform about the situation in southern Africa together with African visitors, seminars, exhibitions, study circles, books and our monthly magazine "Södra Afrika".

IJGD stands for International Youth Community Services. It is a non-profit organisation working in the field of international youth work and political education. Since 1949, IJGD has been active throughout Germany as an organisation independent from any religious or political party and recognised by the state authorities. The aim of IJGD is to forward young people's awareness of social conditions and to support the development of a feeling of social responsibility. The work of IJGD thus includes the promotion of international understanding and the reduction of prejudice between people of different nations, social backgrounds, religions and political ideas. We organise workcamps, international youth meetings, youth holiday periods in Germany, Europe and overseas as well as different trainings and seminars as further education.

In addition, IJGD is in charge of different long-term voluntary services such as the voluntary social service (FSJ), the voluntary ecological service (FÖJ) and the voluntary heritage service (FJD).

The Berlin part of IJGD, IJGD LV Berlin, has a specific focus on intercultural and inter-generation projects. In the field of the European Voluntary Service (EVS), IJGD Berlin is involved as a sending and hosting organisation. As part of our pilote project ‘voluntary services in socially deprived areas', ijgd Berlin has a growing number of EVS-placements in Berlin in socially deprived areas. This pilote project aims to further social inclusion, intercultural learning and to support small non-profit organisations and initiatives. As a sending organisation we send young German volunteers from Berlin and ist surroundings for longterm voluntary services to Europe in the frame work of EVS.

IJGD Berlin also organises midterm voluntary services in Africa, Asia and Latinamerika.

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

For more than 25 years Spor Media has been engaged in international cooperation and especially in development education related to culture and media. Spor has produced and distributed various films and documentaries as well as web-based educational materials about social, political and cultural issues in Latin America, Africa and Asia to pupils and teachers in Danish schools and informal educational settings. In collaboration with young cultural groups from the Global South Spor Media is organizing cultural activities for students at all levels of the educational system , especially in rural areas where cultural exchange and Global Education are not  often on the agenda.