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Selection of interesting web links to other organisations and forums
Global forum aiming to foster dialogue amongst a broad spectrum of stakeholders, build on best practices, and assert the role of cities and regions.
The platform is a joint initiative of the civil society actors of Tanzania and Finland. It is a channel for public debate on globalisation. The Citizens' Global Platform works with the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy. The initiative is co-ordinated by the Finnish UN Association.
A Bangkok based research and advocacy group established in 1995 to reflect
the worries of rising corporate-driven globalisation and marginalisation
of people's movements' priorities.
Advocacy group for the world business views towards intergovernmental
organizations and national governments and campaigning on issues that
directly affect business operations.
A think tank and a group of some 50 eminent researchers and activists who
meet to discuss development issues and seek to develop alternative
strategies that could redirect actions from globalised economic system
towards more democratic and equitable local economies.
The ICFTU, with over 230 affiliated organizations in 150 countries and
membership of 158 million, is a confederation of national trade union
centers cooperating closely with the ILO and other international
institutions.
The FIM, established in 1998 as an independent NGO think tank, aims to
address the challenge of democratizing world governance and to improve the
influence of international civil society on the United Nations and the
multilateral system.
A forum dedicated to a wide spectrum of human concerns bringing together a
variety of individuals, such as the heads of states, Nobel Laureates,
grassroots activists, business executives, scientists, military officers,
politicians, spiritual leaders, artists and academicians, to its annual
gatherings.
International network of organisations and individuals involved in
development and North-South issues. The TWN also conducts research and
publishes widely on various issues pertaining to the South.
Toda Institute is a Tokyo based independent NGO for policy research,
committed to the pursuit of peace with peaceful means and a complete
abolition of war.
Toda's research programmes include:
- Globalization, Regionalization, and Democratization
(GRAD): An Inter-Civilizational Dialogue and Research Project.
- Human Security and Global Governance (HUGG) Program.
Founded in 1974, TNI is an international network of activist-scholars
committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow,
with a view to providing intellectual support to those movements concerned
to steer the world in a democratic, equitable and environmentally
sustainable direction.
Ubuntu (meaning humaneness) has as its main objective to unite and
federate efforts, to build bridges of dialogue and communication amongst
national and international institutions, which are focused on promoting
peace, endogenous development, dignity and human rights.
This site for information exchange is operated and maintained
independently by NGOs associated with the Department of Public Information
DPI of the United Nations. It serves pluralism of information with a
particular attention paid to different minorities.
Under the UN Charter, ECOSOC is responsible for promoting higher standards
of living, full employment and economic and social progress by
coordinating the work of various UN specialized agencies and commissions
and issuing policy recommendations to the UN system and to member states.
The NGLS is a small inter-agency programme established to strengthen
UN-NGO dialogue and cooperation in the fields of development education,
information and policy advocacy on global sustainable development issues.
The Forum 2000 conferences are concentrated on different aspects of
globalisation, with a special focus on spiritual values and the culture of
dialogue. As part of the forum, the Bridging Global Gaps (BGG) project is
a search for global consensus through dialogue conducted on various levels
and addressing crucial contemporary world issues.
An independent body of the ILO initiated to respond to the needs of people
as they cope with the unprecedented changes that globalization has brought
to their lives, their families, and the societies in which they live. The
Commission's final report was released in May 2003.
Funded by the membership fees of 1,000 foremost global companies the WEF
facilitates dialogue between corporate, political, intellectual and other
leaders on matters of global, regional, corporate and industry importance
in its annual meetings in Davos, Switzerland.
World Social Forum is the largest open meeting where groups and civil
society movements opposing neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital
come together to debate, formulate proposals and network with each other.
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