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Global democracy
Pan-European
Komitee für eine Demokratische UNO
(KDUN)
Forsthausweg 1, D-64569 Nauheim, Germany
Tel. +49(0)6152-96131/17
Fax +49(0)69-79122-1254
info@uno-komitee.de
www.uno-komitee.de
The Committee for a Democratic U.N. (CDUN)
is a German-based non-governmental-organization that is active
throughout Europe. It supports the strengthening and the democratization
of the United Nations system and of all global governance
processes.
The Committee and its member organisations operate under the
auspices of the Club of Budapest and feel connected to the
aims of world federalism. World federalist activities in Germany
are co-ordinated within the Committee.
Voluntary help needed: experts for legal
research, fundraising, public relations, website programming
and lobbying. Office work in Germany and Brussels.
Neighbourhood Community Network
28 Kesari Street, Nagercoil - 629 001, K.K.
Dt., T.N., India
Tel: +4652 278 576, +4652 278 223, +944 337 8223
Fax: +4652 278 570
edwinmjohn@yahoo.co.in,
ncn@ncnworld.com
www.ncnworld.com
Neighbourhood Community Network seeks to
promote direct democracy and governance by people through
multi-tier networks of neighbourhood parliaments.
Its five principles are numerical uniformity; smallness of
size; recall; subsidiarity; convergence.
Voluntary help needed:
(1) To do online services - to link with various agencies
and individuals who would help to promote the concept. (Volunteer
could take charge of promotion in territorial areas like that
of a nation, state or district)
(2) To translate our material in various languages.
(3) To conduct seminars and meetings on the concept in various
places.
(4) To help organize pilot projects in various places especially
in
terms of organizing neighbourhood parliaments and their federations,
especially for young people.
(5) To help in social marketing of the idea.
(6) To help in fundraising
(7) To be a part of a weekly chat session on promoting the
movement.
World Citizen Foundation
211 East 43rd Street, Suite 905 USA-New
York, NY 10017, USA
info@worldcitizen.org
www.worldcitizen.org
The World Citizen Foundation is a think-tank
devoted to applying human dignity to international relations.
The Foundation carries out three things: research and development,
education and outreach, non-profit consulting, all to apply
the principle of the sovereignty of the people in international
relations. Current work includes the World Constitution Project,
World Democracy Forum and World Citizen Clubs.
Voluntary help needed: programmers and writers
for websites, media research and outreach, desktop publishers,
translators, legal research and writers, world democracy campaign
managers
World Democracy Network (WDN)
c/o Stennett & Stennett, 5 Blackstock
Road, London, N4 2JF, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7359 6773
jt@wwdemocracy.org
http://www.wwdemocracy.nildram.co.uk/index.htm
People all over the world want social justice
and sustainability. Instead we see increasing inequality,
injustice and environmental degradation. What can be done?
An essential part of the answer lies with our systems of governance
and democracy. If our current systems are incapable of promoting
justice and sustainability, then we must change them.
Through WDN we will gather and disseminate examples of theory
and practice that could help to provide the answers. The aim
is to develop a whole new vision of democracy and governance
at every level, from local to global - a vision to inspire
and guide humanity in our efforts to build a just and sustainable
world.
Voluntary help needed: see WDN website
World Parliament Experiment
Hohenweg 17, D-53347 Alfter, Germany
Tel / Fax: +49 2222 9 77 58-4 / -5
info@world-parliament.org
www.world-parliament.org
The World Parliament Experiment (WPE) is
a positive vision of a fully democratic world in which everyone
will take part and have a say. It is a part of the Global
Democracy Experiment that is meant to be a model of a perfect
democracy. Therefore, everyone can influence any aspect of
the project at any time.
The WPE results will be introduced into
the international political process as claims to decisions-makers.
Therefore, the WPE is a real political factor. The more people
participate, the more powerful the WPE will become.
Voluntary help needed:
- people who join the project as ‘Members of the World
Parliament’
- people who contribute online to the discussions
- people who do outreach for the project
- people who join the organizing team
- people who help us fundraising
- people who can do programming to improve the technology
- people who sign our call for a World Parliament
- people who give us their proposals how to improve the project
Specific countries
England
Action for UN Renewal
3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL
Tel: 020 8399 2547
info@action-for-un-renewal.org.uk
www.action-for-un-renewal.org.uk
Action for UN Renewal supports the radical
vision of the UN’s founders and mean to see it realised,
so that every child, whether born in Angola or Australia,
California or Cambodia, India or Israel has the same chance
of growing up healthy, educated and in peace. Action for UN
Renewal aims to persuade the Government to place the UN at
the centre of foreign policy; to enhance the Government's
participation in the UN system, urging that it is transparent
and publicly accountable; to encourage wider knowledge and
understanding of the UN Charter, and of proposals for UN Reform,
by the general public and particularly in education; to obtain
information about current UN activities from all available
sources and to encourage the widest possible exposure and
discussion of those activities.
Voluntary help needed: volunteers to work in London to join
the Committee meeting one day per month - roles vary and include
Fundraiser, Events / Lobby Organizer. A one day a week or
part time voluntary worker would be great.
Left Direct
leftdirect@leftdirect.co.uk
www.leftdirect.co.uk
A comprehensive directory of all left, progressive
and radical websites in the UK.
Voluntary help needed: If you are organising
an event, posting it here is likely to be the most publicity
you can get in return for five minutes of effort. If you aren't
an organiser, but know about about an event from a mailing
list, word of mouth, or a leaflet you have seen, please take
the time to post it.
Trade Justice Movement
c/o The Fairtrade Foundation, Suite 204,
16 Baldwin's Gardens, London, EC1N 7RJ, UK
mail@tjm.org.uk
Tel: +00 44 20 7404 0530
www.tjm.org.uk
The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing
coalition of over 50 UK organisations including aid agencies,
environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations,
trade unions, faith and consumer groups. The movement campaigns
for trade justice - not free trade - with the rules weighted
to benefit poor people and the environment.
Voluntary help needed: see 'Take action' section of the Trade
Justice Movement website: http://www.tjm.org.uk/action.shtml
UK Network for Civil Society Link with
UN General Assembly (UNGA-Link UK)
11 Wilberforce House, 119 Worple Road, London
SW20 8ET, UK
alison.williams8@btopenworld.com
Tel: +00 44 20 8944 0574
www.ungalink.org.uk
UNGA-Link UK attends UN-NGO meetings and
keeps up with UN-Civil Society matters. It arranges feedback
and discussion meetings in the UK; produces a
newsletter 3-4 times a year; has recently launched a website;
has organised two surveys of UK opinion on Civil Society relations
with the UN; and organises workshops or provide speakers for
events of other organisations interested in UN reform/renewal.
Main current advocacy is for a World Civil
Society Union to be initiated by leading international civil
society organisations concerned with global governance, with
a view to its linking with regional and national networks
and to seeking observer status at the UN General Assembly.
Voluntary help needed: we urgently need
a membership and outreach secretary to recruit new members
and maintain contact with existing ones. We could also use
an IT-competent person to keep our website up-to-date.
War on Want
37-39 Great Guildford Street, London SE1
0ES, UK
mailroom@waronwant.org
Tel: + 00 44 207 620 1111
www.waronwant.org
War on Want fights poverty in developing
countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected
by globalisation. We campaign for workers' rights and against
the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.
Voluntary help needed: UK volunteers only
for office and outreach.
Finland
Network Institute for Global Democratization
(NIGD)
Otavantie 14 B 27, 00200 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: + 358-(0)40-5084026
info@nigd.u-net.com
www.nigd.org
NIGD is an international think-tank that
aims at promoting global democratization by producing and
developing emancipatory knowledge for democratic movements,
organizations and governments. We see democracy not as a model
but as a process of democratization. NIGD's work is based
on the conviction that globalization as coming-together-of-humanity
must be based on cross-cultural dialogue concerning both philosophical
fundamentals and concrete reform proposals. NIGD projects
are usually joint endeavours with a number of partners from
the global south.
NIGD has been involved in transnational
campaigns, for instance for a currency transactions tax and,
more generally, for global democratization.
NIGD aims at strengthening global civil society and is also
a founding member of the International Council of the World
Social Forum.
Please consult our website for a list of our concrete projects.
Voluntary help needed: we would warmly welcome
voluntary assistance in organising discussion sessions in
various forums around the world on strategies towards global
democratization. We also welcome specific skills - fund-raisers;
help with developing our website; and volunteers to assist
us with membership e-mailings and newsletters and recruitment
of new members (particularly from the global south).
GErmany
Komitee für eine Demokratische UNO
(KDUN)
Forsthausweg 1, D-64569 Nauheim, Germany
Tel. +49(0)6152-96131/17
Fax +49(0)69-79122-1254
info@uno-komitee.de
www.uno-komitee.de
The Committee for a Democratic U.N. (CDUN)
is a German-based non-governmental-organization that is active
throughout Europe. It supports the strengthening and the democratization
of the United Nations system and of all global governance
processes.
The Committee and its member organisations operate under the
auspices of the Club of Budapest and feel connected to the
aims of world federalism. World federalist activities in Germany
are co-ordinated within the Committee.
Voluntary help needed: experts for legal
research, fundraising, public relations, website programming
and lobbying. Office work in Germany and Brussels.
Scotland
Left Direct
leftdirect@leftdirect.co.uk
www.leftdirect.co.uk
A comprehensive directory of all left, progressive
and radical websites in the UK.
Voluntary help needed: If you are organising
an event, posting it here is likely to be the most publicity
you can get in return for five minutes of effort. If you aren't
an organiser, but know about about an event from a mailing
list, word of mouth, or a leaflet you have seen, please take
the time to post it.
Trade Justice Movement
c/o The Fairtrade Foundation, Suite 204,
16 Baldwin's Gardens, London, EC1N 7RJ, UK
mail@tjm.org.uk
Tel: +00 44 20 7404 0530
www.tjm.org.uk
The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing
coalition of over 50 UK organisations including aid agencies,
environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations,
trade unions, faith and consumer groups. The movement campaigns
for trade justice - not free trade - with the rules weighted
to benefit poor people and the environment.
Voluntary help needed: see 'Take action'
section of the Trade Justice Movement website: http://www.tjm.org.uk/action.shtml
UK Network for Civil Society Link with
UN General Assembly (UNGA-Link UK)
11 Wilberforce House, 119 Worple Road, London
SW20 8ET, UK
alison.williams8@btopenworld.com
Tel: +00 44 20 8944 0574
www.ungalink.org.uk
UNGA-Link UK attends UN-NGO meetings and
keeps up with UN-Civil Society matters. It arranges feedback
and discussion meetings in the UK; produces a
newsletter 3-4 times a year; has recently launched a website;
has organised two surveys of UK opinion on Civil Society relations
with the UN; and organises workshops or provide speakers for
events of other organisations interested in UN reform/renewal.
Main current advocacy is for a World Civil
Society Union to be initiated by leading international civil
society organisations concerned with global governance, with
a view to its linking with regional and national networks
and to seeking observer status at the UN General Assembly.
Voluntary help needed: we urgently need
a membership and outreach secretary to recruit new members
and maintain contact with existing ones. We could also use
an IT-competent person to keep our website up-to-date.
War on Want
37-39 Great Guildford Street, London SE1
0ES, UK
mailroom@waronwant.org
Tel: + 00 44 207 620 1111
www.waronwant.org
War on Want fights poverty in developing
countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected
by globalisation. We campaign for workers' rights and against
the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.
Voluntary help needed: UK volunteers only
for office and outreach.
Wales
Left Direct
leftdirect@leftdirect.co.uk
www.leftdirect.co.uk
A comprehensive directory of all left, progressive
and radical websites in the UK.
Voluntary help needed: If you are organising
an event, posting it here is likely to be the most publicity
you can get in return for five minutes of effort. If you aren't
an organiser, but know about about an event from a mailing
list, word of mouth, or a leaflet you have seen, please take
the time to post it.
Trade Justice Movement
c/o The Fairtrade Foundation, Suite 204,
16 Baldwin's Gardens, London, EC1N 7RJ, UK
mail@tjm.org.uk
Tel: +00 44 20 7404 0530
www.tjm.org.uk
The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing
coalition of over 50 UK organisations including aid agencies,
environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations,
trade unions, faith and consumer groups. The movement campaigns
for trade justice - not free trade - with the rules weighted
to benefit poor people and the environment.
Voluntary help needed: see 'Take action'
section of the Trade Justice Movement website: http://www.tjm.org.uk/action.shtml
UK Network for Civil Society Link with
UN General Assembly (UNGA-Link UK)
11 Wilberforce House, 119 Worple Road, London
SW20 8ET, UK
alison.williams8@btopenworld.com
Tel: +00 44 20 8944 0574
www.ungalink.org.uk
UNGA-Link UK attends UN-NGO meetings and
keeps up with UN-Civil Society matters. It arranges feedback
and discussion meetings in the UK; produces a
newsletter 3-4 times a year; has recently launched a website;
has organised two surveys of UK opinion on Civil Society relations
with the UN; and organises workshops or provide speakers for
events of other organisations interested in UN reform/renewal.
Main current advocacy is for a World Civil
Society Union to be initiated by leading international civil
society organisations concerned with global governance, with
a view to its linking with regional and national networks
and to seeking observer status at the UN General Assembly.
Voluntary help needed: we urgently need
a membership and outreach secretary to recruit new members
and maintain contact with existing ones. We could also use
an IT-competent person to keep our website up-to-date.
War on Want
37-39 Great Guildford Street, London SE1
0ES, UK
mailroom@waronwant.org
Tel: + 00 44 207 620 1111
www.waronwant.org
War on Want fights poverty in developing
countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected
by globalisation. We campaign for workers' rights and against
the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.
Voluntary help needed: UK volunteers only
for office and outreach.
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