Links to Organisations & Institutions

The following link collection represents a selection by the HumanDHS Team and is by no means exclusive. Users can suggest links by writing to the Webmaster (please include a short description of the page and why you think it should figure in our selection; each new entry is being appended at the end of the list).

 

International PEN
International PEN, the worldwide association of writers with 145 Centres in 104 Countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature.

Amnesty International (AI)
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.
In pursuit of this vision, AI’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.
AI is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. It does not support or oppose any government or political system, nor does it support or oppose the views of the victims whose rights it seeks to protect. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights.
AI has a varied network of members and supporters around the world. At the latest count, there were more than 2.2 million members, supporters and subscribers in over 150 countries and territories in every region of the world. Although they come from many different backgrounds and have widely different political and religious beliefs, they are united by a determination to work for a world where everyone enjoys human rights.
AI is a democratic, self-governing movement. Major policy decisions are taken by an International Council made up of representatives from all national sections.

International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
The International Association of Genocide Scholars is an organization designed to further and support research and teaching on the causes, parameters, and effects of genocide, and to advance policy studies on prevention and intervention. Membership is open to scholars, graduate students, professionals, statesmen, leaders in business and society, journalists, religious leaders, and other interested persons any place in the world.
IAGS members receive the IAGS Newsletter, a second ISG Newsletter and Working Papers, access to the IAGS Members Website including Bulletin Board (now being established), as well as Genocide Studies and Prevention, the new Official Journal of IAGS, which begins publication in 2006. The journal is co-founded and published jointly by IAGS and the International Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies (IIGHRS - a division of the Zoryan Institute), and is published by the distinguished University of Toronto Press.
The IAGS holds a major international scholarly conference biennially that alternates between the United States and other locations. Members in good standing may also participate and present papers in the meetings of the ISG.

Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
General Assembly resolution 56/168 of 19 December 2001 established an Ad Hoc Committee "to consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities, based on the holistic approach in the work done in the fields of social development, human rights and non-discrimination and taking into account the recommendations of the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission for Social Development."
The resolution also, "invites States, relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, including relevant human rights treaty bodies, the regional commissions, the Special Rapporteur on disability of the Commission for Social Development, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with an interest in the matter to make contributions to the work entrusted to the Ad Hoc Committee, based on the practice of the United Nations." [...]

Dignity International: Human Rigths for All - A Global Family for Solidarity and Human Dignity
Economic, social and cultural rights violations – extreme poverty, lack of access to healthcare, basic housing and education in the context of an imbalanced global financial and economic order all present enormous challenges to everyone working for social justice. Extreme poverty exists amidst extreme wealth. Income inequality between the rich and poor countries as well as between the rich and poor communities within countries is the sharpest ever. Among the most deprived there is a clear cry for change.
Human rights provide a ready, moral and an authoritative framework to bring about that social change.
Dignity International was founded in October 1999 largely by the communities directly experiencing poverty and social exclusion who felt that there was a need for a global human rights movement that will promote and defend economic, social and cultural rights on par with civil and political rights – a human rights movement that will defend the human rights of the poorest and most vulnerable in our societies.
Dignity International aspires to become a global human rights family owned and led by people living in conditions of extreme poverty and exclusion. The will and energy for change is greatest among the affected communities and the meaningful future for human rights lie with them.
Dignity International is an independent, non-profit foundation registered in Amsterdam.

The International Society For Health And Human Rights (ISHHR)
The aim of ISHHR is to contribute to the promotion and improvement of aid to persons who have experienced gross violations of human rights, and to contribute to the world-wide eradication of gross violations of human rights. ISHHR has members in almost 50 countries worldwide. Please read on the ISHHR website: "The human rights issue is a very important one for health workers, and as health professionals we deal with this in many different ways. We live in a world where these rights are being violated and challenged every single day. In this situation we hope to contribute with our share, namely by strengthening the communication between professionals in this area and by emphasising the need for an active defense for human rights."

Share The World's Resources (STWR)
STWR (Share The World's Resources) is a non-politically affiliated network campaigning for justice and peace through the fair and equitable distribution of world resources. We believe the current world economic system perpetuates global poverty, denies basic human rights to many millions and damages all nations. Read more about us here.
Through this web site we seek to provide a nucleus for news, information, discussion and collaboration. We present news and commentary, a large collection of articles, including many from prominent figures, surveys and opinion polls, together with a large selection of links and calendar events.
We value your thoughts, opinions and idea's, and encourage you to share them through our many forums. You are also encouraged to use the interactive features of this web site to further participate, by taking part in our surveys, adding book reviews, events, links, and comments. Please see here The Tsunami and the Brandt Report, by Mohammed Meshbahi and Angela Paine.

The Brandt Equation
Willy Brandt's panel of international leaders represented a breadth of expert viewpoints crossing every spectrum – geographic and economic, political and ideological. They produced the first agreement ever by influential statesmen and leaders from developed and developing nations on restructuring the world economy.
In the best-selling books on international development in history, the Brandt Commission set out a comprehensive strategy for food, aid, environment, trade, finance, and monetary reform – as well as global negotiations to implement those objectives.

Corporation for Positive Change (CPC)
Corporation for Positive Change (CPC) is dedicated to the design and development of appreciative organizations – those capable of sustaining innovation, financial well-being and market leadership by inspiring the best in human beings.
CPC Founders Diana Whitney and David Cooperrider have pioneered highly successful Appreciative Inquiry processes for Corporate Culture Change, Strategic Planning, Union/Management Partnership, Leadership Development, Merger Integration, and the Design of Global Organizations.
CPC Consultants have used Appreciative Inquiry for projects ranging from Nursing Retention to Optimal Financial Margins to Superior Customer Service to Focus on the Future.
CPC clients are executives and managers who recognize the value of employee involvement in the process of change. They are strength-based leaders dedicated to creating healthy organizations financially, socially and environmentally.

The Club of Madrid
The Club of Madrid is an independent organization dedicated to strengthening democracy around the world by drawing on the unique experience and resources of its Members - democratic former heads of state and government. In partnership with other organizations and governments that share its democracy-promotion goals, the Club of Madrid provides peer to peer counsel, strategic support and technical advice to leaders and institutions working towards democratic transition and consolidation.

Dignitarian Foundation
A new foundation devoted to pushing the boundaries of social justice to include protecting 'the right of equal dignity for everyone, regardless of status, station, or stage of life' has launched a website to highlight what organizers are calling the new Dignity Movement. Sparked by Robert Fuller's book Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (New Society), the Dignitarians Foundation and its website provide tips on how to promote the dignity of others no matter their occupation, background, or perceived social status.

The Coexistence Initiative
The Coexistence Initiative seeks to catalyze a global awareness of, and commitment to, creating a world safe for difference. TCI seeks the positive and proactive embrace of diversity at all levels of society. TCI’s work is based on the belief that the embrace of diverse identities is essential to the development of vibrant, peaceful societies. The goal of the proactive embrace of diversity is the development of policies, laws, institutions and attitudes that protect the right of individuals and groups to be both equal and different. In pursuit of its goals, TCI works with grassroots communities, practitioners in the fields of education, human rights, conflict transformation and civil society development, and policy makers at the local, national, and international levels.

Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
Colonialism and Apartheid still hinder South Africa's search for co-existence and democracy. The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation seeks to grapple with this legacy, promoting justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and into the new century. The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) was launched in May 2000 and is self-consciously located in post TRC South Africa. The Institute is committed to using the insights generated through its work in South Africa to engage in dialogue with other African countries.

International Network for Interdisciplinary Research about the Impact of Traumatic Experience on the Life of Individuals and Society
Established in 1998 and located in Hamburg, Germany, this informal international network aims to promote interdisciplinary discourse between the disciplines involved in trauma research by providing networking services for theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners from various institutions working in this field. The irregularly-released TRN-Newsletter, which has been published by the Hamburg Institute for Social Research in an online version since summer 2000, serves as the site for exchanges of information. In addition, the coordination office works on detailed inquires and requests, brings together scholars from the most various fields, develops topics within contemporary discussions, and specifies desiderata for future trauma research.
To get the TRN-Newsletter free of charge and become a member of the Trauma Research Net you must merely complete a registration form, which also serves to up-date our data base and mailing list. Details on registration can be found on the registration form on the TRN homepage.

Nordic Safety and Security Academy, NSSA
The Nordic Safety and Security Academy, NSSA is a Nordic umbrella organisation for people and institutions that work with Safety and Security issues. NSSA has an extensive national, Nordic and international network for public and private sector, universities and business.
NSSA has a multidisciplinary focus and ambition to help raising the level of knowledge in safety and security related issues. NSSA arranges seminars, conferences and trainings in this area and initiates projects and research.
Academy News is a newsletter which is published regularly with the latest news about things that are important to decision-makers on various levels.

The 'Q' Fund for AIDS
The 'Q' Fund for AIDS, established by Chellie Kew in 2000, is a US-based, non-profit organization that supports sub-Saharan orphans affected by the AIDS virus. The goal of the organization is to raise awareness and funding through various ongoing projects and activities to improve the quality of life for these children.
Aided in part through the publication and sale of Kew’s book, “African Journal: A Child's Continent” (african_journal.html), an initial recipient to the organization’s efforts is the Chimoza Community School (Chimoza_Plans.pdf) in Zambia. Currently funds are being channeled to finalize construction of a facility which will provide ongoing education and social infrastructure to local orphans, widows and the underprivileged.

Center for Nonviolent Communication and its Collection of Materials
The Center for Nonviolent Communication sm (CNVC) is a global organization whose vision is a world where all people are getting their needs met and resolving their conflicts peacefully. In this vision, people are using Nonviolent Communication sm (NVC) to create and participate in networks of worldwide life-serving systems in economics, education, justice, healthcare, and peace-keeping. As a child growing up in a turbulent Detroit neighborhood, Marshall Rosenberg knew he wanted to find a way of speaking that would stop the need for violence. As a clinical psychologist in 1961, he set out to create such a language—and teach it. Forty years later, people on five continents speak it. From his childhood years, Dr. Rosenberg was intent on understanding what motivated people toward violence and why some people, even in trying circumstances, were moved to compassion instead. After studying comparative religions and the stories of peacemakers throughout history, and using his own varied life experiences, he was convinced that human beings are not inherently violent. That belief is the basis of the concepts and skills of Nonviolent Communication. In the early 1960s Dr. Rosenberg left his clinical practice and literally went on the road, wanting to teach people what he had learned. He wanted to "give away" the communication skills that he had been teaching his clients as a therapist. In his efforts to apply these skills to the needs of people in everyday life, Dr. Rosenberg found people all over the country who wanted to learn Nonviolent Communication and offer it to a broad base of people in their communities. To meet this need and to more effectively spread the skills of NVC, he founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication sm in 1984 as a non-profit organization. A volunteer staff who shared his vision of a more peaceful world started to organize workshops in an ever-increasing network of communities across the United States, and then in Europe as well.

The Center for Touch Drawing
In a moment of playful exploration, Deborah Koff-Chapin moved her fingertips on a paper towel that had been intended to wipe off the paint below it. She turned over the towel and saw childlike scrawls that had appeared from the pressure of her hands. She realized that she had discovered a direct mode of expression that fulfilled not only her own search for a more natural way to draw, but had the potential to fulfill the longing of countless others to open to their creative source. With this realization there came a sense of responsibility. Somehow, she would have to find a way to share this gift with the world. She named the process, Touch Drawing. Out of thousands of images, she selected 120 and made them accessible to the world as SoulCards 1 & 2. A continually expanded selection of Deborah's new images can be seen in her Artist Gallery. See a here selection of her cards on this website.

ART, Art for Refugees in Transition
There are 17 million refugees and displaced persons in the world today. Eight million are children. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2004.
A.R.T. provides curriculum and training programs to engage both children and adults in refugee camps in visual, performing and creative arts drawn from their own cultures. These activities provide international relief institutions with tools to help refugee communities recover from the trauma, terror and dislocation of war.
Please see here the January 2005 report of ART, Art for Refugees in Transition.

Bully OnLine
Bully OnLine is maintained by Tim Field, and has been reorganised subsequent to the publication of his book Bullycide: Death at Playtime (together with Neil Marr). It is a site that intends to help recognise bullying. It aims at helping to understand unpleasant events (at home, at work, at school, and in childhood), and put them into context. According to Field, many traumas, diagnosed or not, are caused by bullying. Bully OnLine focuses on bullying and the related stress, trauma, PTSD and bullying-related suicide.

Der Überblick: Die Zeitschrift für ökumenische Begegnung und internationale Zusammenarbeit
Quartely on International Relations and Ecumenical Dialogue (German Language only). Die Verflechtungen, die unser Leben immer stärker beeinflussen, sind unübersichtlich, abstrakt und schwer zu verstehen. Märkte vernetzen sich, staatsübergreifende Einflüsse nehmen zu, die nationale Politik scheint an Macht zu verlieren. Doch die Flut der täglichen Kurznachrichten verwirrt eher noch, so dass viele sich resigniert abwenden. Dem möchte der überblick entgegenwirken. Er wird herausgegeben vom Evangelischen Entwicklungsdienst (EED) und Brot für die Welt (BfdW) und ist der Tradition einer ökumenischen Dritte-Welt-Bewegung verpflichtet, die vor allem eins nicht will: dass die Bürger die Augen vor der Wirklichkeit verschließen. Patentlösungen und einfache Antworten können und wollen wir nicht bieten. Doch wir bieten viermal im Jahr Hintergrundberichte und Länderanalysen, Reportagen und Kontroversen über internationale Trends. Jedes Heft geht einem Thema auf den Grund. Da geht es etwa um Probleme der Katastrophenhilfe, den religiösen Fundamentalismus, die Vergangenheitsbewältigung und die Ausbreitung von Seuchen, oder wir beleuchten die Entwicklungen in einem Land oder Kontinent. Wissenschaftler, Journalisten und Vertreter von Kirchen und internationalen Organisationen schreiben für uns und bürgen für seriöse, verständliche und über den Tag hinausweisende Information.

Das Forum Friedenspsychologie (FFP)
Das Forum Friedenspsychologie (FFP, vormals: »Friedensinitiative Psychologie - Psychosoziale Berufe«) wurde 1982 gegründet im Zusammenhang mit der Diskussion um die Aufrüstung der NATO mit Pershing 2 und Marschflugkörpern; seit Dezember 1986 ist es eingetragener Verein, der inzwischen als gemeinnützig anerkannt ist.
Die bisherigen Aktivitäten des Forum Friedenspsychologie bzw. der Friedensinitiative Psychologie waren: Herausgabe des Rundbriefes und der Zeitschrift »Wissenschaft und Frieden«, Durchführung von Kongressen und Fachtagungen, Veröffentlichungen von Büchern, Stellungnahmen zu politischen Ereignissen.

Centre for Language and Ecology
The Centre for Language and Ecology was founded by Arran Stibbe, Ph.D., Associate lecturer, Open University and Chikushi Jogakuen University, Japan.

Earth & Peace Education Associates International (EPE)
Founded in 1992, Earth & Peace Education Associates International (EPE) consists of a global network of educators, who aim to promote the recognition of the reciprocal relationship between ecological degradation and the violation of human rights on a local, national, and global level.
Contextual sustainability, the organizing principle underlying EPE’s educational approach, defines this relationship. It assumes that the Earth is the primary context and essential foundation of all social activity and that ecological sustainability is key to achieving a culture of peace. Reciprocally, respect for human rights characterizes the social context essential to ecological sustainability.
EPE’s educational activities facilitate the development of an integrated and value-based perspective on issues related to the achievement of a culture of social and ecological peace.

The Experiment in International Living
In 1932, a small group of young Americans sailed across the Atlantic fueled by the power of an idea. Their mission was to foster peace through understanding, communication, and cooperation. After 73 years and more than 65,000 participants, The Experiment in International Living continues to be a leader in the field of international cross-cultural education for high school students.
Experiment in International Living programs challenge young people to open their hearts and minds to the world. Each program in 27 countries around the globe immerses participants in the daily life of another culture. For three to five weeks, Experimenters focus on themes such as community service, language study, ecology, travel, or the arts, as they enjoy life with their host families and participate in activities with their group. The centerpiece of this cutting-edge exchange program is the homestay -- based on the belief that the best way to understand another culture is to live as a member of one of its families.
Supported by experienced group leaders and in-country guides, students build communication skills, increase their self-confidence, and enhance their global awareness. Whatever their destination and focus, all Experiment programs engage students in a profoundly moving educational journey of cultural exploration and discovery.

International Association for Cross-Cultural Activity
The goal of the international association for cross-cultural activity is to bring together people from different nationalities on a common platform. It invites people who would like to do something creative and would like to interact with the people from other origin to broaden the cross-cultural understanding, language capability.
In today's interdependent world, our lives, our jobs and our families are increasingly affected by global problems, such as terrorism, climate change, war and infectious diseases. Because these problems are global in scope, it is vital that countries work together to solve them.

Citizens for Global Solutions
Citizens for Global Solutions, a grassroots membership organization, envisions a future in which nations work together to abolish war, protect our rights and freedoms, and solve the problems facing humanity that no nation can solve alone. We invite you to work with us on our campaigns to promote the International Criminal Court, reform United Nations peace operations, and encourage a bipartisan national consensus on reforming the UN for the 21st century that emphasizes cooperation with international institutions and our allies.
Our membership is active across the country. We meet regularly with public officials to support a more cooperative and multilateral foreign policy. Our Education Fund develops proposals for creating, reforming and strengthening international laws and institutions, to educate Americans about our global interdependence. Our political action committee, which is not affiliated with any political party, also helps elect public officials who are globally responsible.
We welcome you to our new website and encourage you to learn more about us and our work. Get involved today by joining Citizens for Global Solutions and taking action through our Advocacy Center.

IFLAC Pave Peace
IFLAC PAVE PEACE is dedicated to the creating of a world beyond war and violence, through the building of Bridges of understanding and communication through Literature and Culture.
Ada Aharoni  is the Founder - President of the IFLAC PAVE PEACE non-profit association, and she has dedicated her Homepage to peace research, peace literature and poetry.
Please see Ada Aharoni's work posted also on our World Literature for Equal Dignity Page, and our World Language for Equal Dignity Page. Ada Aharoni is furthermore a Member of our HumanDHS Global Advisory Board.

The West African Youth Network (WAYN)
The West African Youth Network (WAYN) was established in 2001 by young people from around the region to basically ensure the holistic involvement of young people in activities designed to enhance their future. Some of our programmes include peace-building, youth empowerment, conflict resolution, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS.
Since its establishment, WAYN has hosted a number of training programmes for young people including the Mano River Union Youth Training Seminar which lead to the formation of the MRU Youth parliment in 2003 and the West African Youth Transforming Conflict Seminar in 2004.
At the moment, we have more than 13 focal points in 13 West African countries and affiliate with the Child Protection Unit of ECOWAS
In the continuing efforts of the Network to contribute substantively to the promotion of democracy and human rights in West Africa, it has endeavor to develop and implement a number of projects. some of these initiatives include Peace and Security, Governance, Conflict Transformation and Youth Empowerment.

The Palestinian Counseling Center (PCC)
The Palestinian Counseling Center (PCC) was established in Jerusalem by a group of psychologists, sociologists and educational experts in 1983. The Center was established to work on developing and improving mental health concepts and services in Palestine. Work at the Center started out on a voluntary basis through raising awareness in schools to the importance of counseling and the importance of working with children exposed to physical and political violence. At that time mental health services were restricted to psychiatric treatment for mental disorders at mental health hospitals such as the hospital in Bethlehem, in addition to private clinics that were operated by psychiatrists. Treatment methods used were limited to bio-medical treatment, i.e., medication and electric shocks as well as behavioral therapy.
The PCC as present is the result of a cycle of transformatory phases that shaped it the way it is today. The PCC started intervening at the primary intervention level concentrating its efforts in raising the community's awareness to the importance of counseling as a form of effective therapy for various psycho-social problems. The PCC then moved to intervene at the secondary level by placing and supervising psychologists, counselors and social workers in schools and primary health care clinics. In the period that followed, it had become acceptable and even requested that specialized mental health clinics exist and operate.
PCC's Vision is to build a balance between the individual and her/his surrounding environment. PCC's Mission is to be a community based counseling and consultancy organization that advocates for positive mental health and well-being for Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) through the provision of quality care and capacity building.
The PCC has 60 employees in clinics and centers in Jerusalem - Beit Hanina (Headquarters), Old City, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin, and Qalqilya.

aka Improvisation Labs
In 2001, Tiffany Von Emmel co-founded ILabs (aka Improvisation Labs), an organization which advances life-affirming approaches through research, education, consulting, coaching and community art projects. Currently, she serves as Managing Partner of ILabs.
Tiffany writes: Organization Development (OD) is a field concerned with how people work together to create healthy strong communities and organizations. OD applies the behavioral sciences: psychology, sociology, anthropology, adult learning and development. To advance relational creative approaches to OD consulting and coaching, my colleagues and I began in 1998 to interface theory and practice from the arts and somatics with OD. Somatics are body-oriented approaches to human development.

The Natural Child Project
The Natural Child Project's vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.

HomeLink International
HomeLink International home exchange and house swap is the world's largest home exchange network having 14,000 plus listings and offices in USA, Great Britain, England, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Holland, Belgium, Mexico, Caribbean, Portugal, Spain, New Zealand and South Africa.

Global Citizens Network
Global Citizens Network recognizes the interdependence of people around the world, and that social and economic injustice, racial and ethnic inequality, and ecological loss affect all people. But through cooperative effort, individuals of all cultures can experience and enhance their ability to make a difference in their community and their world. To foster that cooperation, Global Citizens Network sends short-term teams of volunteers to communities in other cultures where participants immerse themselves in the culture and daily life of the community. Each volunteer team is partnered with a local grassroots organization active in meeting local needs. Global Citizens Network creates a worldwide network of people and organizations commited to addressing global issues.

SERVAS International
Servas is an international, non-governmental, interracial peace association run in over 100 countries by volunteers. Founded in 1949 by Bob Luitweiler as a peace movement, Servas International is a non-profit organisation working to build understanding, tolerance and world peace. It operates through a network of Servas hosts around the world who are interested in opening their doors to travellers, and, "on the other side of the coin", many open-minded travellers who want to get to know the heart of the countries they visit. SERVAS International has consultative status as a non-governmental organisation with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, currently with representation at many of the UN's hubs of activity. There are over 13,000 Servas "open doors" scattered throughout almost every country in the world. Through SERVAS, travellers have opportunities to meet hosts, their familes and friends and join in their everyday life. Where convenient, hosts may offer two nights' accommodation and invite travellers to share a meal. Names and addresses of hosts appear in annually produced lists which are made available to approved travellers. Servas hosts are just a cross-section of ordinary people.

World Citizen Foundation
The World Citizen Foundation is a nonprofit nonpartisan think-tank dedicated to the design of solutions to international problems based on the fundamental principles of equal human dignity, liberty, democracy and constitutionally protected basic rights of all. We are dedicated to the proposition that all levels of political authority can only derive their legitimacy from the fundamental sovereignty of the people. This is widely accepted at local and national levels but not internationally or globally. This contradiction is the ultimate source of the corruption of democracy at local and national levels, as the non-democratic paradigm which rules in international relations corrodes the paradigm of individual rights and freedom which is used domestically. We believe that democracy is a human invention and a political "technology" which historically is still very young and whose power and potential has neither been fully understood nor realized. As a human invention, it is imperfect and will always be but it also can be improved, just as a car or computer or, using a better analogy, a software programme, can be upgraded. Politics is like the "Operating System" of society and to remain free and prosperous, it is to our advantage (in addition to being our civic duty) to constantly improve democracy as the least worst of all possible political "Operating Systems". Because of globalization and the need to agree on basic common rules of civilized conduct in our global community, we would be remiss if we did not explore the possibilities of using the political technology of democracy to solve global problems.

School of Democracy
The objectives and mission of the school of democracy are the
•  Setting-up of a research and training centre for peaceful democratic engineering, and support for the development of a 'pole of competence' (and center of excellence) of democratic governance.
•  Research and development of the theory and practice of peaceful democratic engineering
•  Training in democratic engineering for neutral experts, the future democracy engineers. Development of training programmes of varied durations and curricula.
•  Advice in democratic engineering for governments, inter-governmental organisations, public or private organisations.
•  Development of the profession and deontology of democracy engineers, and of the labour market for this profession.

Le Centre Panafricain de Prospective Sociale
Depuis 1960, année des indépendances de la plupart des pays africains, de nombreux acteurs reconnus pour leur engagement dans la réflexion et l'action de promotion de l'indépendance politique, de la culture authentique et du développement solidaire – ont marqué l'histoire quotidienne du continent. Certains ont exercé des responsabilités de premier plan au niveau politique, scientifique, communautaire, international. Ils ont accumulé des expériences, interventions et publications qui constituent un patrimoine exceptionnel. Quelques uns ont disparu sans que l'on sache où s'adresser pour recueillir leur témoignage de vie. Ainsi, que sont devenus les documents personnels laissés par Sourou Migan-Apithy, Gabriel d'Arboussier, Cheikh Anta Diop, Diallo Telli, Robert Gardiner, Philippe Yacé, Thomas Kanza ou Abdoulaye Fadiga ? Quel sort connaîtront les documents personnels de Bernardin Gantin, Emile Derlin Zinsou, Amadou Makhtar Mbow, Wole Soyinka, Keba Mbaye, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Samir Amin ou Joseph Ki-Zerbo ?
De telles interrogations conduisent à reconnaître la nécessité de lancer un programme de « Mémoires vivantes » en commençant immédiatement par une opportunité à saisir.
Le Centre Panafricain de Prospective Sociale, créé par Albert TEVOEDJRE a décidé de construire un site pour recueillir le patrimoine culturel et politique de son Président et pour favoriser un espace d'échanges sous l'appellation « une Vision pour l'Afrique ». Le site www.tevoedjre.com se veut en effet une terre d'échanges et de propositions concrètes pour contribuer à une vraie renaissance africaine.

The Project on Defense Alternatives
Since its inception in 1991, the Project on Defense Alternatives has sought to adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Toward this end it promotes consideration of the broadest range of defense options. Central to its mission is the development of "transitional security policy," which would serve to create conditions favorable to the advent of regional and global cooperative security regimes. In the Project's perspective a transitional security policy would:
• Guarantee reliable, cost-effective defense against aggression;
• Rely on military structures that do not contribute to interstate tensions, crisis instability, or arms racing;
• Allow significant reductions in the level of armed forces and military spending;
• Foster progress in arms control and in the gradual demilitarization of international relations; and,
• Facilitate an increasing reliance on collective and global peacekeeping agencies and nonmilitary means of conflict prevention, containment, and resolution.

Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice
The Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice was established within the Princeton University Department of Politics by a $10 million gift from the Bobst Foundation in 2000. The center's mission is "to advance the cause of peace, mutual understanding and respect for all ethnic traditions and religious faiths, and justice, both within countries and across national borders." The center sponsors a program and activities to this end. It also serves as "a place where high-level and mid-level officials are able to visit … in order to reflect upon their own work and to think about new directions that may be promising." It provides fellowship support for graduate students and faculty members, as well as undergraduates, "permitting them to carry out research on conflicts and strategies for reconciliation in various parts of the world."

Strategic Foresight Group (SFG)
Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) is a think tank that helps policy makers to anticipate and shape, the future in uncertain times. It produces fresh perspectives, by combining research with policy change and conflict-resolution initiatives. SFG brings out confidential and public research reports. Its in-depth scenarios in the context of the war in Iraq, instability in Central Asia, religious extremism in Pakistan and India's economy has earned SFG, a reputation for correct projections.
Please see a cooperation with the Institute for Peace Studies at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Alexandria Workshop Report: International Workshop on Global Extremism, Terror and Response Strategies, 6-7 August 2006, Alexandria, Egypt.

The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI)
Statement of Purpose:
The Arab Reform Initiative is a network of independent Arab research and policy institutes, with partners from the United States and Europe. Its goal is to mobilize the Arab research capacity to advance knowledge and develop a program for democratic reform in the Arab World which is realistic and home grown. The Initiative also aims to produce policy recommendations that can help promote reform in the region.
The broad consensus on the need for reform of Arab socio-economic and political systems has created a momentum that can be seen as a progress in and of itself. However, the content and the modalities of this reform process have yet to be defined: how to start? Which forces to mobilize? What obstacles are to be overcome? How to prevent various forces - governmental, opposition or outside parties - from instrumentalizing it to serve narrow or short-term interests? How to avoid mistakes? How these and other challenges will be met is largely a function of who produces the knowledge and formulates the issues, both conceptually and practically.
The initiative is based on three main principles:
1- The Arab world needs to develop its own conception of reform, based on its present realities and rooted in its history. While there are basic universal criteria that apply to a process of democratic reform in any given society, the initiative seeks to generate knowledge by those who are the prime targets of reform.
2- Reform is a comprehensive process which can only succeed if the interaction between the political, economic, societal and cultural spheres is fully recognized. In the quest to build free, just and democratic societies, the initiative privileges issues of democratization and good governance, socio-economic and cultural transformations, and social justice.
3- The network’s conception of reform fully recognizes that Arab countries present very diverse situations and that this diversity is likely to become more salient as societies engage in a path of liberalization. Thanks to its composition, with member institutes and scholars from all countries of the region, the initiative is well positioned to produce analyses and recommend diverse solutions relevant to the specificities of each society.
The role of each member institute within its own national context is to foster an informed debate on reform inclusive of a wide range of representatives from various sectors of society and government. Policy options produced by the Arab Reform Initiative will be addressed to political leaders, elites and civil society groups in the Arab world with a view to generate knowledge and deepen the ongoing debate in the region. The Initiative also aims to promote a dialogue between policy institutes in the Arab world, the United States and Europe with a view to forge a shared vision which can advance the understanding of western different groups on issues of reform in the Arab world.
Finally, the Arab Reform Initiative aims to raise awareness in the Arab world about successful transitions to democracy in other parts of the world, and of the mechanisms and compromises which made such successful transitions possible.
The network’s recommendations will be formulated by experts and scholars from the Arab region. Partner institutions from the United States and Europe will serve to facilitate the collaboration through organizational backing for the project and will help convey the message of the network to the relevant constituencies in their own countries.
The initiative engages in a range of activities, all conducted collaboratively between its members. Its agenda includes producing policy briefs, thematic and country studies, conducting comparative public opinion surveys, organizing workshops and conferences, and sponsoring occasional task forces, all with the aim of formulating policy recommendations that can advance reform in the Arab world.
The Founding Members of the network:
The Arab Institutes:
  Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, Egypt.
  Center D’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS), Morocco.
  King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia.
  The Arab Reform Forum at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.
  The Center for Strategic and Future Studies, Kuwait.
  The Center for Strategic Studies, Jordan.
  The Center for Sudanese Studies, Sudan.
  The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, Lebanon.
  The Palestinian Center for Political and Survey Research, Palestine.
  The Gulf Research Center, Dubaï, UAE.
American and European Partners:
  Fundacion Para Las Relaciones Internationales Y El Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Madrid, Spain.
  Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, Greece.
  The Center for European Reform, London, Great-Britain.
  The Council on Foreign Relations, New York, USA.
  The European Institute for Security Studies, based in Paris, France.

The Globalist's Global Education Initiative
In a world of rising uncertainty — no matter where we live — the key question before all of us is this: How can the debate on global issues become more inclusive and better informed? How can people develop a better understanding of what connects — and divides — nations, societies and cultures in today's world? To address these issues, The Globalist has launched the Global Education Initiative.
By working with project partners around the world, our Global Education Initiative seeks to promote true global understanding between different cultures.

Alliance for Women’s Equality (AWE)
AWE is a federally recognized nonprofit organization that seeks to advance gender equality and help build sustainable organizations that protect and promote women’s and girls’ rights. We focus on four issues pertinent to women and girls:
• Advocating for Safe, Affordable Childcare
• Ending Violence Against Women
• Helping Women with HIV/AIDS
• Stopping Child Sex Trafficking
AWE provides educational programming, including:
• Nonprofit Organizations: Capacity building programs and seminars for nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic planning, fundraising, and communications.
• Corporations: Diversity training and internal diversity network programming designed to create dialogue about issues pertinent to women and girls.
• General Public: Grassroots activism and leadership training for young women and girls within the City University of New York (CUNY) college system.
• Research: Proprietary research on areas of concern to women and girls globally.

Qatar Foundation
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, chartered, nonprofit organization, founded in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar. Guided by the principle that a nation's greatest resource is the potential of its people, Qatar Foundation aims to develop that potential through a network of centers devoted to progressive education, research and community welfare.
Qatar Foundation believes that people are a nation's greatest asset...
Qatar Foundation supports a network of centers and partnerships with elite institutions...
Education City, our flagship project, is home to a number of elite learning and research institutions

The Human Dignity Network
The Human Dignity Network, founded in 1995 by Alouph Hareven in Jerusalem , Israel , seeks to bring together organizations committed to the advancement of human dignity as an organizational behavior. During the years of the Network's existence, scores of organizations in Israel have engaged in ongoing human dignity projects the purpose of which is to identify dignified and undignified behaviors that appear in the course of the organization's daily life and to bring about an organizational transformation whose impact is to integrate human dignity into every aspect of the organization's behavior. Among our clients are tens of schools, four government ministries, the Department of Corrections, hospitals, banks, and the Israel Defense Forces. We have conducted training programs for the Missouri Department of Social Services and for the Education Ministry in Serbia . Our approach is systemic and is rooted in the outspoken commitment of top organizational leadership. The Network's purpose is to promote mutual learning among client organizations and to attract interested organizations to learn our methodology, to share their knowledge, and to commit to the practical advancement of human dignity in their organizations.
Email: yoavpeck@netvision.net.il

The International Society for Dialogical Science
From the early 1990s there has been a growing interest in the study of the dialogical self stimulated by scientific developments in the broader areas of self and dialogue. The study of dialogical processes is of unprecedented importance in an era in which dialogical relationships, between and within people, are at the heart of living together in a globalizing world community. This consideration has led researchers to establish an organization with the aim of facilitating communication on an international basis. Against this background the International Society for Dialogical Science was founded in June 2002. The Society was formally constituted under Dutch law in June 2002 and established at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations
The mission of The Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations [CCC/UN] is to facilitate the interchange of information among civil society organizations, the United Nations, and the public in order to promote more profound understanding of world problems, their effective solutions, and rapid implementation.
Goals & Objectives:
We seek acceleration in the uses of information systems, including improved methods of communication as well as better understanding of the United Nations' multiple purposes, its complex structures, and its wide range of accomplishments.
Our objectives are:
1) To increase support for the United Nations in its programs for a peaceful, sustainable, just, and high quality of life for all in the global community.
2) To promote the continuing development of the United Nations as an effective, transparent, and democratic representative of all people, around the world; and,
3) To enhance the growing role of civil society organizations in achieving these objectives.
Participation:
The CCC/UN is a voluntary, civil society organization accredited to the United Nations as a “Non-Governmental Organization” [NGO] and has Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council [ECOSOC] for professionals in all communications media, including television, radio, video, film, internet services, public speaking, and print, as well as those responsible for communications in various other civil society organizations. Past and Current Programs:
The CCC/UN was founded in 1946 as the Speakers Research Committee for the United Nations and is, thus, one of the very oldest of civil society organizations organized to work with the United Nations. CCC/UN activities have included organizing conferences and presenting speakers, featuring Nobel Peace Laureates and other prominent leaders in world society. The group produced “Global Student Voice” newsletters in print and for short-wave radio. It facilitated various meetings and conferences over the years on methods to develop more directly democratic processes in United Nations policy making and communications. Among its other programs, CCC/UN participates actively in the planning and presentation of the annual United Nations Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations.
Current projects include leadership/communications training programs for civil society organization leaders. Ongoing projects include collaboration with UNESCO, the Global Ecological Restoration and Development Foundation, The Eco Earth Alliance and the CCC/UN Information Communication Liaison Project in developing the Global Eco Expo and Green Forum 2004, as part of an ongoing Campaign of Education for Sustainable Development.

Concerned Philosophers For Peace (CPP)
Concerned Philosophers For Peace (CPP) was initiated as a response to the increased militarism of the Reagan Administration, especially in relation its deployment of Euromissiles and policies on nuclear weapons. Subsequently, the organization progressed from a critique focused on nuclear war fighting strategies to the promotion of cooperative endeavors, first, with Soviet and, now, Russian philosophers.

InspireMe.tv
What inspires artists and designers to do the work they do? What environment do they work in? What lies on the other side of the monitor?
InspireMe.tv presents personal insights into creativity, filmed by the artists themselves. No script. No instructions. Just a brief to show the world what inspires them, what books are on their shelves right now, where they work or simply talk about what's on their mind at that moment in time.
But this is not a one-way thing. This is all just part of the mix. Have your say on the forums attached to each video. Rant, rave, say what you want, just say something. Tell us who you'd like to see featured in future editions. Tell us and the world what inspires you to do the work you do.

The Stine Sofie Foundation
The Stine Sofie Foundation is the only organisation in Norway who speaks on the behalf of children who are exposed to violence and abuse. The foundation also focuses on preventing/exposing criminal offences towards children as well as strengthening their position in the legal system.
In the backwaters of two little girls being murdered in Baneheia, Kristiansand in August 2000 the foundation was founded by Ada Sofie Austegard and Bente Bergseth. They both have experiences of violence; Ada Sofie lost her daughter in the brutal killings, while her friend Bente has been through legal procedure twice because of sexual abuse in her childhood.
The main goal of Stine Sofies Stiftelse is to enable children to understand and tell when something is about to happen (prevention) or has happened (expose).
People all over Norway support our work by memberships and gifts to the foundation. This enables us to do an extensive job with information in legal and political arenas as well as in schools and in media where we focus on children's legal rights.
Today we have around 40.000 members.

The INDIGO Children (a documentary film)
Who are The INDIGO Children? Have they come to save the world?
Or are they the product of wishful imaginations?
Whatever you call them, (Indigo's or something else) our children are coming into the world with their eyes wide open, ready to play their role in creating a world of compassion and peace. Are we witnessing a major leap in human evolution, what Jean Houston calls "Jump Time?" Many people believe that we are on the brink of a global awakening, and that the Indigo Children are here to show us our highest potential.
In the documentary "The INDIGO Evolution," you hear from leading experts from around the world that this is much more than an imaginary fancy. The Children are real, and they are changing the world. Director James Twyman takes us on a journey into one of the most important questions of our day: "Has the human race finally evolved to a higher reality?"

Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Founded in 1986 through a generous gift from Mrs. Joan B. Kroc, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame conducts research, education, and outreach programs on the causes of violence and the conditions for sustainable peace.
The institute's research agenda focuses on the religious and ethnic dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding; the ethics of the use of force; and the peacemaking role of international norms, policies and institutions, including a focus on economic sanctions and enforcement of human rights. In addition to individual research by faculty in a wide range of disciplines, the institute organizes collaborative research projects on these themes.
T he institute's unique M.A. program equips scholar-practitioners with theoretical and practical skills needed for diverse careers in peacebuilding. Inspired by the vision of Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, the program attracts students from around the world to study peacemaking while building cross-cultural understanding among themselves. The institute also offers an innovative undergraduate supplementary major and interdisciplinary minor in peace studies which focus on the conditions needed for a just and peaceful world order.
The institute reaches out to national and international communities through media commentary , online and print publications, and workshops for non-governmental and religious organizations. Kroc Institute faculty also contribute to both international policy discussions and peacebuilding practice through their various professional roles and responsibilities in international organizations in the private and public sectors.
The institute's programs are conducted by core faculty and staff , and by faculty fellows representing more than a dozen departments and professional schools at Notre Dame.

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) was created in 1976 to fill gaps in understanding the complex realities of women's lives and their role in development.
Since then, we have focused on improving women's status by connecting insight and action.
• We conduct research and analysis that offer true insight into issues that affect women's lives.
• We translate research into policy and action options, advocating and building support for policies by informing experts, leaders and policymakers of our findings and experience.
• We help organizations base their decisions in reality, and provide guidance and "actionable insight" to strengthen their programs.
• We work with women and communities, partnering with other organizations to bring about social change.
ICRW is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has a country office in New Delhi, India. Project offices are located in Andra Pradesh, India, and Kampala, Uganda.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.
In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF collaborates with authorities such as the Ministry of Health to provide assistance. MSF works in rehabilitation of hospitals and dispensaries, vaccination programmes and water and sanitation projects. MSF also works in remote health care centres, slum areas and provides training of local personnel. All this is done with the objective of rebuilding health structures to acceptable levels.

Global Vision Corporation
Global Vision Corporation is an independent non-profit Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) accredited to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), a network of fifty-three Governments and over 700 NGOs collaborating to implement Agenda 21, the international action plan for the sustainable development of our planet which was agreed by 185 nations at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

European Center for Antiziganism Research
EZAF is a scientific institution with the aim to investigate with the means of systematic scientific analysis antiziganistic attitudes and actions in those countries where members of the Sinti and Roma people live. While the hate against Jews, the persecution and annihilation of the Jews, old and new anti-Semitism have been experiencing a great amount of public attention and broad scientific analysis for quite some time, this does not hold true in any way for the attitude towards the Sinti and Roma minority. Antiziganistic prejudice is still rampant in broad areas of the population, but also in the media and the social institutions, where it remains unchecked and manifestly established. It is publicly voiced unfiltered. This is obviously a declaration of enemy status within society, in both a mental and a physical way.

Servas International
Servas International is the world federation of non-profit, non-governmental national Servas groups
•  through Servas Groups we foster networks of hosts and travellers
•  encourage personal contacts among people of different cultures, backgrounds and nationalities
•  help build world peace, goodwill and understanding

Servas US
Servas is a worldwide cooperative cultural exchange network established in 1948 and composed of member hosts and travelers working together to foster peace, goodwill and mutual respect. Servas seeks to realize these aims by providing opportunities for person-to-person contacts between people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Our mission includes providing approved US and international travelers with opportunities to be guests of Servas member hosts around the world.

Sara's New York Homestay
International students, visitors, interns or executives who come to New York, Los Angeles, Paris or London for a short period of time (1 to 12 months) will be pleased with our friendly and outstanding personal service at Sara's Homestay.
•  Homestays with carefully selected warm and welcoming families, in safe neighborhoods, near public transports.
•  Shared Apartments (Apartment Sharing) with carefully selected single person
•  Furnished Studios and Apartments (Manhattan Only) We have carefully selected for you a number of very attractive studios and 1 or 2 bedroom apartments in all areas of Manhattan as well as some of the best areas of Brooklyn and Queens. All are fully furnished. Many have quite luxurious features in top neighborhoods and others a bit more modest ones at very attractive prices. Most can be shared.

Couch Surfing
CouchSurfing.com helps people make connections worldwide. You can use the network to meet people and then go and surf other members' couches! When you surf a couch, you are a guest at someone's house. They will provide you with some sort of accommodation, a penthouse apartment or maybe a back yard to pitch your tent in. Stays can be as short as a cup of coffee, a night or two, or even a few months or more. When you offer your couch, you have complete control of who visits. The possibilities are endless and completely up to you.

National Organization of Men Against Sexism
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men's lives, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities.
NOMAS is the oldest pro-feminist men's movement in the US.  NOMAS has chapters, programs, and trainings around the country, and put on the national conference on men and masculinity on an annual basis. NOMAS just ended their 31st national conference at Ramapo college, NJ, this summer, 2006. NOMAS also sponsors research on issues of masculinity through their Men's Studies Association, and support a feminist analysis of anti-violence work through their Ending Men's Violence Task Group. Membership in NOMAS includes their quarterly Journal, BROTHER.

PixelPress
At PixelPress our intent is to encourage documentary photographers, writers, filmmakers, artists, human rights workers and students to explore the world in ways that take advantage of the new possibilities provided by digital media. We seek a new paradigm of journalism, one that encourages an active dialogue between the author and reader and, also, the subject. Our online magazine features projects that use a variety of linear and non-linear strategies, attempting to articulate visions of human possibility even while confirming human frailty. For us the digital revolution is a revolution in consciousness, not in commerce. We work with organizations such as Crimes of War, Human Rights Watch, World Health Organization and UNICEF to create Web sites that deal directly with contemporary issues in complex and innovative ways that circumvent media sensationalism and simplification. We also try to factor in ways that the viewer can help remedy social problems, rather than remain a spectator. Recently we completed a site focusing on how to end polio worldwide; another trying to aid an orphanage in Rwanda; one trying to reclaim the Brazilian forest; and a site featuring the images of photographers from the Vietnam War. And we also create books with photographers such as Machiel Botman, Kent Klich and Sebastião Salgado on social themes, as well as traveling exhibitions using both digital and conventional processes.

Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of eleven books and scores of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations.
Kohn's criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and he has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades [and] test scores."

World Youth Alliance
The World Youth Alliance is a global coalition of young people committed to promoting the dignity of the person and building solidarity among youth from developed and developing nations. We train young people to work at the regional and international levels to impact policy and culture. Through this lived experience of the dignity of the person young people are able to affirm life at all levels of society.” The founder was here last July and I have her contact info if you are interested.

Genocide Intervention Network
The Genocide Intervention Network envisions a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Our mission is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide.
GI-Net aims to build an educated political constituency. GI-Net’s programs and policy goals will be consistent with the principles of the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) report. This report offers guidelines for international intervention when governments are unwilling or unable to protect their own citizens from preventable, widespread violence. Using the R2P report as a guide and consulting with the authors of the report and other experts, our efforts will enable citizens to support the most responsible and the most effective means of civilian protection in the face of genocidal crises.

Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.
The Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. has an educational division which develops curriculum for schools and resources for teachers.

Conciliation Resources (CR)
Conciliation Resources (CR) is an international non-governmental organization registered in the UK as a charity. We work mainly in the Caucasus, Uganda and West Africa in partnership with local and international civil society organizations and governments. We also publish Accord: an international review of peace initiatives and are involved in projects in Colombia, Fiji and the Philippines. Our funding is through grants from governments, independent trusts and foundations.Our goals are to:
• support people working at local, national and international levels to develop effective solutions to social, economic and political problems related to violent conflicts
• provide opportunities for inclusive dialogue and improved relationships within communities and across conflict divides at all social and political levels
• influence governments and other decision makers to employ conflict transformation policies that promote alternatives to violence
• improve peacemaking practice and policies by promoting learning from peace processes around the world
• challenge stereotypes and increase public awareness of human rights, conflict and peace issues in divided societies
We also play an active role in British, European and global peacebuilding networks and initiatives including the Committee for Conflict Transformation Support, the Peace and Security Liaison Group (UK), the Alliance for Peacebuilding (USA) and the BOND Conflict Policy Working Group (UK).

Women for Women International
Women for Women International's work begins when the basic human needs of women are still very great, but the seeds of stability can begin to be sown. Our work bridges a critical gap between humanitarian aid and long-term development and reconstruction. We are the only organization solely dedicated to women's development needs that operates in the heart of conflict-afflicted areas in countries such as Congo and Iraq. Yet, our long-term commitment in post-conflict countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda is critical when emergency relief agencies, the media and public attention have long since moved to focus on the next crisis.
It is essential that we pay attention to what women go through as they live through war and as nations are rebuilt. We often only see women in grassroots communities as the victims of wars, but they are the true active participants in rebuilding their nations. The women we serve are the unseen warriors for humanity. Their weapons are not guns but guts. If we can stabilize the women we can stabilize their communities and their countries.
Women for Women International has learned through 12 years serving socially excluded women in conflict and post-conflict countries that engaging women is the most effective avenue toward creating lasting change and stability within a society. Stronger women build stronger nations.

Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace
Under the name of the People's Initiative for Departments of Peace, the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace was launched at the first People's Summit for Departments of Peace, held in London October 18-19, 2005, with the intention of supporting national-level campaigns to establish departments of peace in governments throughout the world. The following articles provide background information on the Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments of Peace.

Combatants for Peace
We are a group of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were actively involved in the cycle of violence in our area. The Israelis served as combat soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinians were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation.
We all used weapons against one another, and looked at each other only through weapon sights; however today we cooperate and commit ourselves to the following:
• We no longer believe that the conflict can be resolved through violence.
• We believe that the blood shed will not end unless we act together to terminate the occupation and stop all forms of violence.
• We call for the establishment of a Palestinian State, alongside the State of Israel. The two states can exist in peace and security beside each other.
• We will use only non-violent means to achieve our goals and call for both societies to end violence.

Tostan
Tostan, which means "breakthrough" in the language of the Wolof of Senegal and the Gambia, is a non-profit and non-governmental organization incorporated in the United States in 1991 and based in Thiès, Senegal. The mission of Tostan is to contribute to the human dignity of African people through the development and implementation of a non-formal, participatory education program in national languages. Tostan provides learners with the knowledge and skills to become confident, resourceful actors in the social transformation and economic development of their communities. Tostan pedagogy combines traditional and modern techniques to help bring about positive change on the personal, community and national level. A guiding principle of the Tostan method is based on the African tradition of participation and respectful consultation of all those concerned and affected by the implementation of any eventual decisions or policies. Villagers themselves determine their future goals and obstacles to overcome in order to achieve those goals. Quality, holistic education and development activities based on principles of human rights provide communities with the tools to direct their own social and economic transformation.
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Since 1997, over 1,000 villages in Senegal and now also in Burkina Faso have publicly declared an end to harmful traditional practices including FGC and early or forced marriages upon completion of the Tostan program. The World Health Organization and the Population Reference Bureau have chosen the Tostan "model" as one of the most promising strategies for ending FGC. Using a human rights approach, Tostan provides communities with essential health information so that they may fairly evaluate the merits of tradition against a potentially harmful practice. Tostan's model is not simply an education program, however, but includes support for serious community mobilization and ultimately a public declaration.

Global Volunteer Network
Global Volunteer Network places volunteers in community projects throughout the world, giving them the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, environmental and community aid programs. Our vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers. Examples of the exciting and rewarding activities available to volunteers include teaching English, environmental work, AIDS education, and assisting in an orphanage.

One World
The OneWorld network spans five continents and produces content in 11 different languages, published across its international site, regional editions, and thematic channels. Many of these are produced from the South to widen the participation of the world's poorest and most marginalised peoples in the global debate.

Fourth Sector Network
Over the past few decades, the boundaries between the public (government), private (business), and social (non-profit/non-governmental) sectors have been blurring, while a Fourth Sector of organization has been emerging. The archetypal Fourth Sector model is sometimes referred to as a For-Benefit organization, and the sector itself is also referred to as the For-Benefit Sector. There are a wide variety of other Fourth Sector models and approaches, bearing different names and emphasizing or embodying different aspects of the For-Benefit model.

Plan Norge
Plan er en politisk og religiøst uavhengig bistandsorganisasjon som driver barnefokusert bistandsarbeid i 46 fattige land. Siden 1937 har Plan arbeidet for å bedre levekårene til fattige barn, deres familier og lokalsamfunn. I tillegg til det praktiske bistandsarbeidet, arbeider Plan for forståelse og vennskap på tvers av landegrensene. Organisasjonen har fadderskap som basis for sitt innsamlings- og kommunikasjonsarbeid.

PC-ES, The Committee of Experts on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
In the coming years, the Council of Europe’s work to promote and to reinforce children’s rights will stem from the Action Plan adopted at the Third Summit of Heads of State and Government (Warsaw, 15-16 May 2005). This includes also the work to be carried out to protect children against sexual exploitation and abuse.

PILOTS: An Electronic Index to the Traumatic Stress Literature
The PILOTS database is an electronic index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD, and is available to the public on computer systems maintained by Dartmouth College. There is no charge for using the database, and no account or password is required. As of August 2006 there were 30,290 references (almost all including abstracts) in the database.

The Connect US
Connect US was founded by a collaborative of foundations to promote responsible U.S. global policy and action. The initiative provides resources to make effective collaboration easier and help organizations working in the foreign policy arena to become better policy advocates. It “connects us” in a mutually supportive network of organizations and initiatives, and strengthens our efforts to “connect the United States” to the world as a responsible global citizen.
The Connect US initiative aspires to provide the Connect US community with opportunities to leverage one another’s resources and skills, share lessons learned, develop complementary strategies, and craft mutually reinforcing messages. The Connect US community is a loose and growing network of over 200 advocates and experts committed to promoting responsible US global engagement. The ConnectUScommunity.org website is one of various Connect US activities that aims to strengthen existing Connect US community connections and foster new linkages that bridge issue, geographic, and constituency divides.

Oxford Research Group (ORG)
Oxford Research Group (ORG) is an independent non-governmental organisation established in 1982 which seeks to develop effective methods whereby people can bring about positive change on issues of national and international security by non-violent means.

The Peace Museum in Chicago
The Peace Museum is a non-profit organization and a licensed Illinois 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. The Peace Museum is the first and only of its kind in the United States, exploring the imapact of war and peace through the arts. The museum was founded in 1981 by Mark Rogovin, a leading Chicago muralist, and Marjorie Craig Benton, former U.S. Representative to UNICEF.

Thunderbird
Introduction and Mission Statement from Thunderbird's Website:
Founded in 1946, Thunderbird is the oldest graduate management school focused exclusively on global business. Regarded as the world's leading institution in the education of global managers, the curriculum is based on the principle that to do business on a global scale, executives must not only know the intricacies of business, but also understand the customs of other countries and be able to communicate with different cultures. Worldwide, 35,500 Thunderbird alumni live and work in more than 140 countries.
Thunderbird's unique mission is grounded in our steadfast commitment to furthering worldwide prosperity by educating the leaders of global enterprises. Summed up in the phrase, “borders frequented by trade seldom need soldiers,” the worldwide Thunderbird community is the living embodiment of the belief that global management can be a force for positive economic and social change.
To prepare global managers to fulfill this mission, Thunderbird offers a unique and powerful educational experience that teaches the application of management knowledge across cultures, borders, and socio-economic systems. This ability to work successfully with individuals from diverse cultures and to manage effectively in different social, economic, and political environments is both the core value we provide and the essential characteristic that sets T-birds apart from their peers.
While Thunderbird has remained consistent in its mission, the School has a long history of anticipating market needs. Thunderbird's founding was itself visionary, coming long before the need for global management talent was widely recognized. In the six decades since, Thunderbird has continuously met the challenges of a dynamic global market and rightfully earned its reputation as the world's top-ranked school of global management.
Today, the continuous march of globalization means the Thunderbird mission has never been more relevant and in demand. We will seize this opportunity to enhance our rich legacy to firmly establish Thunderbird as the world's foremost learning community for global managers and global enterprises.

Sekem
The SEKEM initiative was founded to realise the vision of sustainable human development. SEKEM aims to contribute to the comprehensive development of the individual, society and environment. A holistic concept encompassing integrated economic, social and cultural development forms the key SEKEM vision.
Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish founded SEKEM 1977 in Egypt and he received the RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD also known as the “ALTERNATIVE NOBEL PRIZE” for “establishing a business model for the 21st century in which commercial success is integrated with and promotes the social and cultural development of society through economics of love.”

ISFiT
ISFiT- The International Student Festival in Trondheim is the world’s largest student festival with a thematic focus. Every second year since 1990, ISFiT has been arranged in Trondheim, Norway. The festival themes have changed during the history, but have always been related to social and political topics with international relevance, and hence attracted students from all over the world.
During the 10 days of the festival, more than 400 students from all continents gather in Trondheim. The purpose of ISFiT is to be a meeting place for discussion and debate, an arena where ideas are born, friendships are made, and valuable lessons are learned. The core program for the participants are the workshops. ISFiT 2007 has 16 different workshops which highlight the festival theme from various aspects, and the students are to follow one of these during the whole festival. In the afternoon and during night time, the participants and the Trondheim students in general, are welcome to join a vast cultural programme of concerts, art exhibitions and performing arts. Several lectures and thematic meetings will also be arranged, where eg. politicians or scientists share their views with the ISFiT participants.
World figures often attend ISFiT and past speakers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, former Director-General of WHO Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Dr. José Ramos-Horta and Professor Wangari Maathai, and former Soviet president Mr Mikhail Gorbachev. Using modern technology, former US president Bill Clinton relayed his thoughts about the global significance of ISFiT to a plenum ceremony at the festival. To be able to organize a huge arrangement as ISFiT, there are more than 350 Trondheim students working voluntarily, making sure every detail goes as planned.
The next ISFiT will be arranged 16th – 25th of February 2007. The main topic this time is globalization, and the title of the festival is Global Boundaries.

The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation
The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation in the London Borough of Southwark was founded in 1996 by Decima Francis and Uanu Seshmi, following concern within the community about the number of young black boys being excluded from school and becoming involved with gangs, drugs and violence. Behind their tough street image, disaffected boys like these suffer from low self-esteem and a lack of confidence. All too often they do not have positive role models or stable adults in their lives to guide them through the transition from boyhood to manhood. Excluded from school, free falling through the criminal justice system, they are on course for short and violent lives. The FBMF believes that boys in trouble deserve a chance to turn their lives around before it becomes too late. It helps teachers deal with disruptive pupils to prevent exclusions. But for those who are excluded from school, it offers an alternative to dropping out of the system and hanging out on the streets. Boys are referred to the FBMF by local education authorities, special needs departments, youth-offending teams and social services departments. The FBMF helps them to get back on track through its day-programme of education and self-development.

The Suzanne Mubarak Womens International Peace Movement (SMWIPM)
The Suzanne Mubarak Womens International Peace Movement (SMWIPM) was founded by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak to address the challenges of a world captured by violence and where the empowerment of women generally, and the promotion of peace specifically, are urgently needed. It was the first international initiative in the Middle East that seeks to enhance the active participation of women in the decision and peace making processes. With women working alongside men, the Movement also aims to find alternative solutions to conflict and promote the Culture of Peace throughout the world.
The Movement very quickly established itself as the most effective such force in the Arab World. Within the short span of two years, it effectively organized national and regional training for young women leaders, imparting skills, raising awareness and publicizing the meaning and scope of the UNSC Resolution 1325.
The Movement then launched international conferences in Paris (at UNESCO in June 2004) and subsequently in Geneva in November 2004, in collaboration with the Swiss government. That conference created the Global Coalition for Women Defending Peace. Other actions followed, including the participation of a high level mission of women leaders to support women in the Palestinian electoral process, and give assistance to traumatized children as well as support the post-conflict situation in the Sudan. Several peace camps for young people and, other outreach programs, have started to materialize throughout Egypt. In short, the movement is now active, locally, nationally and internationally.
The first collaboration between the Movement and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) was when the BA hosted the first group of the Suzanne Mubarak Peace Fellows (fellow.htm), an outcome of the conference held at UNESCO in 2004. Subsequently, the idea of more systematically grounding the efforts of the Movement in an effective research and study institute led to the idea of the BA and the SMWIPM jointly establishing an Institute for Peace Studies, to be created in Alexandria and to be formally affiliated with the BA and benefit from its special legal and administrative structure.
Please see a cooperation with the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG): Alexandria Workshop Report: International Workshop on Global Extremism, Terror and Response Strategies, 6-7 August 2006, Alexandria, Egypt.

Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz/Munich Conference on Security - the "Davos" of Security Policy
Welcome words from organisator Horst Teltschik: "The Munich Conference on Security Policy can look back on a tradition of almost four decades. The international security community - ministers, representatives of the armed forces, members of parliament, journalists and experts, now from more than 40 countries - has met in Munich since the beginning of the 1960s. Each year, some 250 participants discuss in depth their views on the development of transatlantic relations as well as European and global security..."

The Asante Africa Foundation
The Asante Africa Foundation facilitates and strengthens the health and education of children and families in African countries. We work directly with local African communities by funding projects of all sizes, such as building infrastructures, aiding teachers, and providing necessary supplies and sponsorship. Asante Africa Foundation is not affiliated with any religious or political entity or institution.

The Foundation for Global Community (FGC)
The Foundation for Global Community (FGC) is a nonprofit educational organization, dedicated to reconnecting people, the planet, and prosperity. Recognizing that natural, social, and economic systems are all parts of a single interconnected whole, the Foundation has been promoting cultural change, facilitating personal development, and strengthening community connections for over 50 years.
Please see here the Wombat, a short, take on the state of the world.

The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics)
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) is a joint project of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Its goal is to increase the participation and effectiveness of women in political life through a technology enabled forum that provides access to critical resources and expertise, stimulates dialogue, creates knowledge and shares experiences.
iKNOW Politics is a unique on-line workspace designed to serve the needs of elected officials, candidates, researchers and practitioners interested in advancing women in politics. The project would link members in discussions designed to equip women at the national, regional and grassroots levels with tools and resources that can be used to increase the numbers of women in politics and their contributions in the political arena.

The Nightingale Declaration Campaign (NDC)
The Nightingale Declaration Campaign (NDC) - a programme of the Nightingage Initiative for Global Health (NIGH) - has been created to follow in these footsteps. They call for people to sign the Nightingale Declaration.
Please read about the NDC mission:
"We are rallying nurses, health professionals and other concerned citizens — 21st Century Nightingales -- to effectively network globally while also acting locally -- to make a collective difference in our time. We are beginning with a big vision for millions of nurses and other concerned citizens - from all 192 member states of the United Nations - to sign a personal commitment - and to join with many many others - to create a healthy world. We are collectively taking these commitments to tell our leaders - locally, regionally, nationally and globally - that a healthy world must be our first priority. Today, people in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Oceania, and all of the Americas commemorate the difference Nightingale made. Across the earth and in her footsteps, we can together make our difference in our time. We are a pro-active and vocal conscience for the health of humanity. We are calling this nursing. The health of our world may well depend on this."

Global MindShift
Global MindShift is about people engaging in the process of conscious evolution. It's about seeing parts of a greater whole. Valuing diversity as a strength. Engaging with conflict not as something to be fought and won, but rather as an opportunity to realize new and creative possibilities.

International Mental Health Professionals of Japan (IMHPJ
IMHPJ is a multidisciplinary professional association of therapists who provide mental health services to the international communities in Japan. Founded in 1997, IMHPJ's goals are to improve the quality, quantity, and accessibility of mental health services available to the international communities in Japan.

The Institute of Research on Unlimited Love
The mission of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love is to significantly increase our knowledge of unselfish love through scientific research, education and publication.
The Institute's goals are:
•  to study the benefits of unselfish benevolent love for those who give it and for those who receive it
•  to bring the results of research to the wider public in understandable and practical format
•  to sustain an international dialogue around the possibility of global human enhancement through the application of a new science of love
•  to encourage discussion within spiritual traditions about love for a shared humanity, rather than for some small fragment of humanity
•  to develop an ongoing dialogue between spirituality, theology, and science around the idea of unlimited love as the ultimate ground of reality

The Love Foundation
The Love Foundation is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization with the mission of inspiring people to love unconditionally. Established in 2000, TLF has become the internationally recognized leading resource for understanding and applying unconditional love. Their vision is to assist people by building a practical foundation and experience of love within individuals and society as a whole, through their education, research and charitable programs. TLF is also the inspiration for Global Love Day, an annual celebration of humanity held each May 1st around the world.

Foundation for a Culture of Peace
Fundación Cultura de Paz was founded in March, 2000, and ascribed to the protectorate for foundations of the Community of Madrid's regional Department of Education. The Foundation's objective is to contribute to building and consolidating a Culture of Peace through reflection, research, education and on-the-spot action. Its activities focus mainly on linking and mobilizing networks of institutions, organizations and individuals who have proven their commitment to the values of the Culture of Peace.
The Foundation's concrete actions focus mainly on informative and educational activities.
The media constitute another fundamental means of spreading the Culture of Peace. For this reason, the Foundation promotes special workshops to allow journalists to work and reflect on the Culture of Peace.

The Climate Group
The Climate Group's mission is to put the world on track for a low carbon economy by rapidly expanding the uptake of best practice on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 
Our work will be driven by the vision of a world where reducing greenhouse gas emissions is widely regarded as the norm, and specifically where:
• Aggressive medium and long-term targets for greenhouse gas reductions are adopted across the majority of the world's 20 highest-emitting economies and in the majority of Fortune 500 companies
• Carbon reduction strategies are in place in a critical mass of Fortune 500 companies and governments necessary to ensure future progress
• ‘Smart' regulation for driving renewables and energy efficiency is well-understood and widely adopted
• Investment in sustainable energy and energy efficiency has shifted from niche to mainstream activity
• Climate change is a top five election and consumer issue for at least 20% of voters and consumers in the world's 20 highest-emitting economies
• Experts believe we are on track to arresting the increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations at reasonable levels (450-550 ppm)

The Child Trauma Institute
The Child Trauma Institute provides training, consultation, information, and resources
for those who work with trauma-exposed children, adolescents, and adults.

Offerings: A Co-Creative Field for Evolving Women
There is a movement taking place all over the globe, an ongoing conversation that tells the story of women evolving themselves, their lives, their world. Offerings is a co-creative field where rich and diverse artistic expressions of this emerging story unfold. Our creative works include print publications, audio and visual engagements, online dialogues and face-to-face gatherings, as well as new business models, new ideas for how we live, partner and move in the world.

Asian Study Center for Peace & Conflict Transformation – ASPECT
Asian Study Center for Peace & Conflict Transformation – ASPECT is an academic and policy-oriented non-government, non-partisan and non-profit making autonomous institution registered with the Government of Nepal committed towards peace building and conflict transformation. It is being established with the vision of building a peaceful, democratic society in order to fully realize and respect peace, justice and human rights. We envisaged a need of an action-oriented movement for peaceful neighborhood, equitable social system and respectful life in South Asia.

The Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium
The Peace and Conflict Studies Consortium's website guides through the consortium's efforts in creating a culture of peace through peace education.

International Trauma Studies Program
Founded in New York in 1997, the International Trauma Studies Program (ITSP) has achieved worldwide recognition as a leader in the field of trauma studies and community response to catastrophes. Our distinctive program is committed to global education promoting state-of-the-art knowledge, research, and the development of technical skills to assist people in coping with traumatic events. Our trauma and disaster response training program based in New York has attracted professionals from all over the world.
The International Trauma Studies Program has provided intensive training in trauma theory, treatment and prevention for professionals from such diversified fields of interest as health and mental health, law, human rights, community activism, the arts, journalism and the media.
The program focuses on multi-disciplinary approaches grounded in individual, family and community oriented interventions based on a resilience framework. The course will explore best practices in international psychosocial responses in the context of domestic, communal, natural and human made catastrophes and traumatic events. In addition to trauma theory and intervention, the program intertwines the psychosocial, political, ethical, and human rights dimensions of traumatic suffering and humanitarian intervention into the curriculum. Utilizing a multidisciplinary curriculum that also includes the arts, literature, performance, oral history, the media, body healing and indigenous practices, the training program seeks to create competency in the practice and implementation of trauma responses through practical skill building for everyday work and life. The program promotes the development of linkages with those allied professions that increasingly contribute to the recovery process: for example, human rights educators, and professionals working in conflict management, transitional justice and peace-building programs.

Behavior OnLine
Behavior OnLine is a gathering place for professionals in mental health and the applied social and behavioral sciences. At this time all Behavior OnLine services and features are provided without charge and access is open to all who are interested. In the future BOL intends to charge for some of its services and to restrict access to some of them. Behavior OnLine aims to be as inclusive as possible---few things are more frustrating than being excluded from a discussion to which one can contribute. Yet few things are more inhibiting than concern about being overheard in a discussion one believed was private.

Inter-Sections
Inter-Sections is a new blog on migration, past and present, in all its forms - refugee, diaspora, exile, return, temporary, labour, tourist - and related issues of identity and community organisation.

The Maple Women's Psychological Counseling Center
The Maple Women's Psychological Counseling Center, Beijing, is a non-profit women's organization (The predecessor was the Women's Research Institute, China Academy of Management Science in October 1988) founded by Ms. Wang Xingjuan and a group of women intellectuals dedicated to women's cause.
As a voluntary organization, it's mission is to research on and serve women, our slogan is women study women's issue, women educate women, women help women. For 15 years,the Maple Women's Psychological Counseling Center has focused on the goal as follows to conduct work:
1. Our major task is to study the new problems that have arisen for women during China's economic reform, and concentrates on policy research and suggestion to departments. During the last few years, we have done research on women's employment and political participation, domestic violence, sexual harassment and family problems and community intervention.
2. Caring about women's psychological health. In 1992, we started the first Women's Hotline in China to provide free services to women which funded by Ford Foundation.
The promise of women's hotline - pour out your secret sorrows, we'll do our best for you.
3. To pay attention to the needs of vulnerable women groups, we set up the 'Ark' Family Center in 1998, to provide psychological and social service to single-parent families, and also in order to improve the adaptability of single-parent families, the "Ark" family center creates a place and tries to provide opportunities for single-parent families to communicate, support and help each other.
4. The women's psychological service in community. Our center cooperated with Tianjin Women's Federation conducted a 3-year project "Family problems and community intervention" in Hong shunli street, Heibei District, Tianjin,since 2001. This project pays close attention to the vulnerable women in community, enhance women's self -confidence. This project also integrates the formal and informal support systems in community to safeguard women's domestic right, and sets up a support network for vulnerable women so that the women in the local community could participate and push forward social development and benefit from it.

Global Peacebuilders - Building Community Capacity for Peacebuilding Worldwide
While every conflict across the world is distinct, the underlying causes are often similar, and there is much to be gained by building bridges between practitioners and sharing in the positive work and successes that have taken place. Across the world there is a need for a positive place in which all conflict resolution and peacebuilding organisations can come together, share strategy, build momentum and increase their capacity to transform conflict and create the conditions for sustainable peace.
The Global Peacebuilders project will help build such a platform for disseminating achievements and sharing strategies for the future. Specifically, a fully-searchable 5-language online database of individuals and organisations working in conflict resolution and peacebuilding will be developed. The database will bring together organisations from across the global north and south, and, stemming from this, a comprehensive catalogue of best practice examples in conflict resolution and peacebuilding from around the world will be produced.
By offering a solid support network for conflict resolution, reconciliation and peacebuilding, Global Peacebuilders will help organisations to learn from one another, increase confidence, build capacity and ultimately make a more effective contribution towards stable and inclusive societies across the world.
A spirit of inclusivity, diversity and participation is at the very heart of this project, so the Global Peacebuilders would be delighted to hear from you!
The Global Peacebuilders project is funded by the European Unions Peace and Reconciliation Programme 2000-2006 under Measure 5.3 Developing Cross Border Reconciliation & Understanding and managed for the Special European Union Programmes Body by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.

The New Workplace Institute
The New Workplace Institute is a new non-profit research and education center promoting healthy, productive, socially responsible workplaces. The Institute's founder is David Yamada, a tenured law professor at Suffolk University Law-School and nationally recognized authority on workplace bullying and abusive work environments. Imagining the Good Workplace is the first event of the New Workplace Forum, a series of educational programs underwritten by SuffolkUniversity Law School, whose support is gratefully acknowledged.
Please see Imagining the Good Workplace: It Starts With Individual Dignity, in New Workplace Forum Series, April 24, 2007.

Siloam International
The purpose of Siloam International is to provide culturally based programs in the area of conflict resolution for domestic and international interventions that are comprehensive in scope, utilizing the most current and effective information, methodology, and practices available. Siloam is a humanitarian assistance project that provides education and training in resolving conflict. Siloam's mission is violence prevention and harm reduction principles that provide tools for community and individual interventions to reduce conflict.
We provide substance abuse education and counseling for the prevention of addiction and prevention of the consequences inherent to the family and community. To achieve these goals we will work with families and communities to foster civic society processes through community building and relationship work on all levels from the personal to the public sphere of society.

Positive Futures Network
Positive Futures Network is an independent, nonprofit organization supporting people’s active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world.
The Positive Futures Network (PFN) and its publication YES! magazine start with the belief that we need deep change if we are to avoid the breakdown of society and the natural world.
Our hope lies in the fact that millions of people around the world are creating the needed changes in their homes, communities, work places, and nations. Powerful innovations are taking hold within agriculture, businesses, criminal justice, schools--virtually every sector of society.
The work of the Positive Futures Network is to give visibility and momentum to these signs of an emerging society in which life, not money, is what counts; in which everyone matters; and in which vibrant, inclusive communities offer prosperity, security, and meaningful ways of life.

Global Political Economy Commission (GPEC)
The Global Political Economy Commission (GPEC) of IPRA emphasizes the intersections between Economics and Politics, as well as other critical intersectionalities. GPEC is engaged in the World Social Forum and other international initiatives to advance socio-politico-economic and gender justices. GPEC maintains a listserv and an independent website.

Norsk senter for barneforskning (NOSEB)
Norsk senter for barneforskning (NOSEB) er et nasjonalt, tverrfaglig senter som startet sin virksomhet i 1982. NOSEB driver grunnforskning og anvendt langsiktig forskning om barn og barndom. Senteret tilbyr et internasjonalt, tverrfaglig masterprogram i MPhil in Childhood Studies og et PhD-program i tverrfaglig barneforskning.

MPhil in Childhood Studies
Are you interested in children’s everyday lives and in childhood as a social and cultural phenomenon? Would you like to know about children’s lives in different parts of the world? What about the changing conditions of childhood in the era of globalization? If so, the international master’s programme in Childhood Studies might be perfect for you.
MPhil in Childhood Studies is offered by Norwegian Centre for Child Research (NOSEB). The programme aims to provide students with an understanding of the relation­ship between childhood and culture as well as the dynamics between economic, social and political conditions and children’s livelihoods and welfare in different contexts (fam­ily-life, day-care and schools, local communities etc). The programme covers the state of childhood in the western world and in countries in the South. The approach is multi-disciplinary, with particular emphasis on perspectives drawn from anthropology, sociology, geography, and history.

Barnardo's
As one of the UK's leading children's charities, Barnardo's works directly with over 110,000 children, young people and their families every year. We run 383 vital projects across the UK, including counselling for children who have been abused, fostering and adoption services, vocational training and disability inclusion groups.
Every Barnardo's project is different but each believes in the potential in every child and young person, no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through.

The Pelican Web: Solidarity, Sustainability, and N