Non-Governmental Organization

Fairly Trade Hellas is an NGO not oriented to profit which was founded in June, 2004 with the aim to promote the Fairtrade movement and ethical consumption in Greece. In this direction going Fairly Trade Hellas opened on the 16th of March, 2006 as the first Fairtrade store not oriented to profit in Greece in cooperation with the Italian NGO CTM ALTROMERCATO (a study group in which Fairly Trade Hellas is a member of). Fairly Trade Hellas promotes with the help of five employees and many voluntary educational operations, sensitization campaigns of alternative and fair economy and supports responsible consuming.

Save the Children Sweden fights for children's rights. We influence public opinion and support children at risk in Sweden and in the world. We work in over 60 countries, together with local organizations, in order to influence societies to be more child-friendly, and we support projects for children's benefit. The projects may concern children in armed conflict and other emergencies, children forced into harmful labour or prostitution, children in the street or with disabilities. In collaboration with near 30 sister organizations within the International Save the Children Alliance we form a powerful movement for children and children's right all over the world.

Latinamerikagrupperna is a non-profit organization without connections to any particular political party or religious movement. The organization works in Latin America, and the activities involve mainly volunteer services. Each volunteer practices his/her profession on a two-year contract. When returned to Sweden, they get involved in information and solidarity activities.

Swedisch Pentecostal International Relief and Development Agency (PMU) is involved in over 200 current projects in 65 countries. The emphasis of our work is on education and health care. Humanitarian aid is also a substantial part of our mission. PMU InterLife provides support to Swedish personnel throughout the world by making contributions to volunteers and job trainees. Communication activities are performed to strengthen interest in development issues. Funding is obtained from Sida (Swedish International Development cooperation Agency), private donors, congregations, companies and second-hands stores.

The Swedish Red Cross (Svenska Röda Korset) is one of the 175 national societies that compose the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The Swedish Red Cross is religiously and politically independent. The main goal is to prevent and relieve human suffering in Sweden and in the world.

Oikos – Cooperação e Desenvolvimento (Cooperation and Development) is a Portuguese non-governmental organisation whose goal is worldwide development. To this end, we work with communities in the poorest regions and countries regardless of their geographical location. From Emergencies to Development, Education, Social Mobilisation and Public Influence, Oikos’s work currently encompasses Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru and Portugal.

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.

ASW, the Action for World Solidarity Organization, is an independent organization involved in development policy. It has been sponsoring basic projects in India, Africa and Brazil since 1957. Our main aims are to promote women's rights, protect the environment and defend political, social, economic and cultural human rights.

These projects have all been started by people within the communities themselves. They are working together for a better future and they need our financial support to continue their efforts. We do not send experts or development workers; instead the projects remain the responsibility of the people who start them.

We know that the situation in the developing countries cannot improve unless change takes place in the developed world, too. Our second major aim, therefore, is to provide people with information on our project partners, their needs and their progress.

We provide this information in exhibitions and presentations, as well as in our journal "Solidarische Welt." In addition, we show how everyone's actions in Germany and the rest of the Western World affect the lives of people in developing countries and what each one of us can do to help our partners. In the "ASW-Test" series we examine how consumer goods for the German market are produced in developing countries, and how this affects the conditions there. We also provide information on what consumers here can do to stop unfair production practices.

AKÜ is an open forum of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and experts for advocacy, public awareness and joint development projects. AKÜ acts as a national platform for development NGOs in Estonia. AKÜ informs its members about development news, facilitates participation in seminars, trainings and field studies, and cooperates with similar networks in Europe.

AKÜ participates actively in Trialog project (Development NGOs in the Enlarged Europe) and in CONCORD working groups (European NGO Confederation for Relief and Development).