Werkzeuge des Geistes (Rubrik:Civil Society)

Latinobarometro

age_man_eight — 2005-08-29T16:36:24Z

Lationobarometro is a NGO based in Santiago di Chile, which has carried out surveys on values, opions and attitudes in Latino America.
Latinobarómetro is an annual public opinion survey of approximately 19.000 interviews in 18 countries in Latin America representing more than 400 million inhabitants.
http://www.latinobarometro.org

Sociedad Civil y Movimientos Sociales

age_man_eight — 2005-08-25T13:08:28Z

http://www.flacso.edu.gt/revista/scivil1/sociedad.htm

CROP

age_man_eight — 2005-08-24T11:05:13Z

CROP - the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty - is an international NGO initiated by the International Social Science Council (ISSC). The CROP Secretariat is localised at the Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bergen, Norway. Professor Else Øyen is the Scientific Director of CROP from 2001.

CROP is organised around an extensive international and multi-disciplinary research network, which is open to all poverty researchers and others interested in a scientific approach to poverty...
http://www.crop.org/about/

ETC group (formely called RAFI)

age_man_eight — 2005-08-20T17:22:05Z

"The Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration, formerly RAFI, is an international civil society organization headquartered in Canada. The ETC Group is dedicated to the advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights:" http://www.etcgroup.org.

Eigentlich wollte ich gerade mehr über die Rolle von RAFI im "Hagahai-Patent" herausfinden, da stolpere ich über ihre Kritik am letztjährigen FAO World Food Report:
http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=464
In einem offenem Brief kritisieren mehr als 650 NGOs die Verharmlosung der Biogenetik durch die FAO.

UN and NGOs

age_man_eight — 2005-08-16T17:50:38Z

"The first avenue by which non-governmental organizations took a role in formal UN deliberations was through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). 41 NGOs were granted consultative status by the council in 1946; by 1992 more that 700 NGOs had attained consultative status and the number has been steadily increasing ever since to 2,719 organizations today."
via http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/

World bank and civil society

age_man_eight — 2005-08-16T17:02:12Z

"The World Bank interacts with thousands of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) throughout the world at the global, regional, and country levels. These CSOs include NGOs, trade unions, faith-based organizations, indigenous peoples movements, and foundations. These interactions range from CSOs who critically monitor the Bank’s work and engage the Bank in policy discussions, to those which actively collaborate with the Bank in operational activities. There are many examples of active partnerships in the areas of forest conservation, AIDS vaccines, rural poverty, micro-credit, and Internet development."
via http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/
CSO/0,,contentMDK:20127718~menuPK:288622~pagePK:220503~piPK:220476~theSitePK:228717,00.html

CorpWatch

age_man_eight — 2005-08-11T12:02:44Z

CorpWatch is a NGO that investigates multinational coorporations that profit out of war, fraud, environmental and human rights abuse.
Among there interesting campaigns ( War Profiteers Campaign, Corporate Influence on the Elections) you find the very interesting but older campaign "Greenwash awards".
http://www.corpwatch.org/index.php