http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/advocacy?feed=rss&pg=1 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "advocacy" on Netvouz http://www.partnersglobal.org Partners for Democratic Change is an international organization committed to building sustainable local capacity to advance civil society and a culture of change and conflict management worldwide. Partners builds the capacity of local institutions to promote democratic, participatory change and develops locally staffed and managed Centers for Change & Conflict Management, currently located in Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Jordan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The Partners train leaders and practitioners from all sectors in effective change and conflict management skills and processes WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links - OSThreats ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:23:16 GMT http://www.swp-berlin.org The Research Institute for International Affairs acts in an advisory capacity to the federal government and the German Parliament on foreign and security policy issues. The Institute specializes on publications and organizing conferences on arms control and security issues, subjects of special interest during the Cold War. Topics such as the transition in Russia and Eastern Europe, the new role of Western institutions and questions related to the new global order have since been added to the research agenda. The institute has actively been engaged in international exchange on politics and international relations WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:58:17 GMT http://www.apc.org/ The Association is an international network of civil society organizations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development, and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies, including the Internet WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:19:14 GMT http://www.erionet.org/index.html ERIO was founded in 2003, located in Brussels, contributes to the political and public discussions surrounding Roma by providing factual and in-depth information. ERIO works to counteract the historical and current discrimination and exclusion of Romani communities and to contribute to equal representation and participation of Roma in political decision-making. In particular, ERIO seeks to convince EU institutions of the importance of prioritizing equitable development opportunities for Roma in all current and future EU member states, especially those with large Roma populations. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:59:07 GMT http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/index.html SPARC is an alliance of universities, research libraries, and organizations.SPARC is a catalyst for action. Its pragmatic agenda stimulates the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries. Action by SPARC in collaboration with other stakeholders builds on the unprecedented opportunities created by the networked digital environment to advance the conduct of scholarship. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:26:49 GMT http://europeandcis.undp.org/?menu=p_cms/show&content_id=A3C29ADB-F203-1EE9-BB0A277C80C5F9F2 UNDP considers human rights as a key component to development. Through advocating for minority integration and equal opportunity access, UNDP focuses on poverty reduction and raising the quality of life within the overarching challenge of the Millennium WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:05:32 GMT http://www.eurasiapolicy.net/en/about/ The Ei-PN is a voluntary association of NGOs dealing with the development and policy issues relating to Information and Communication Technologies in the CIS countries. Its mission is to advocate for information policies in the CIS region that support human rights, free and fair competition and benefit democratic development. Also, the mission is to ensure that policies adopted in this area benefit from global best practice, and that lessons learned in achieving this aim are shared within the region through a network of nationally based, but regionally active advocates. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:17:52 GMT http://www.euromesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29&lang=en The EuroMeSCo network draws members from the thirty-five member-countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and explores the nature, challenges and policy-relevant solutions of the region. EuroMeSCo functions both as an official confidence-building measure within the EMP and as a source of analytical expertise in the policy and security fields with which it is concerned. The network's activities are policy and security-oriented, both because it can best contribute towards the goals of the EMP in these areas and because they correspond to the primary interests of its members. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:53:44 GMT http://www.volweb.cz/horvitz/os-info/ Open Spectrum" is based on the realization that technology can reduce or even eliminate the need for governments to micro-manage wireless communication. In different contexts it can be viewed as an ideal of freedom in the use of radio frequencies, as a critique of traditional spectrum management, and as a possibility arising from trends in radio design. The aim was to promote awareness of "open spectrum" concepts outside North America, and to advocate the expansion of the radio bands available for license-exempt use. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:16:00 GMT http://www.per-usa.org/brochure.htm PER is dedicated to preventing ethnic conflict in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. PER was founded in 1991 in anticipation of the serious interethnic conflicts that were to erupt following the collapse of Communism. PER conducts programs of high-level intervention and dialogue and serves as a neutral mediator in several major disputes in the region. PER also conducts programs of training, education, and research at international, national, and community levels. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational Related Links- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:02:39 GMT