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The Future of Civil Society Participation at the United Nations GPF Europe and the Foundation for Environment and Development North-Rhine-Westphalia hosted a panel workshop at the ACUNS Annual Meeting 2008 in Bonn on ”The Future of Civil Society Participation at the United Nations”. The following documentation contains the papers by Tanja Brühl, Jan Aart Scholte and Christer Jönsson presented at the workshop. |
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Upcoming Events
International Dialogue: Putting People First: Social Consequences and Policy Implications of the Global Financial Crisis
19 November 2009, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, House 1, Hiroshimastrasse 28, 10785 Berlin
The global economic and financial crisis has hit developing countries with full force. With our conference we want to take stock of the human costs of the crisis and the political responses so far. Together with partners from the Global South, we will highlight the social consequences of the crisis for people in different regions of the world. We will analyse how they are affected by the decisions and action programmes of the G20, the UN and the Bretton-Woods-Institutions. Finally, we will discuss which further shortterm measures must be taken in order to cope with the current emergency and which long-term structural reforms are necessary to prevent future financial bubbles and economic busts. Our conference is taking place in cooperation with the international civil society network Social Watch, whose 2009 report “Making Finances Work: People First” will be presented on this occasion.
Latest Press Releases
25th September 2006
German CorA Network for Corporate Accountability founded in Berlin
German human rights organisations, trade unions, environment and development organisations as well as other civil society organisations centred on socio-political issues founded a new Network on Corporate Accountability (CorA Network). More than 20 groups and organizations signed the founding statement in Berlin on 25th September 2006. They urge transnational corporations, their subsidiaries and their suppliers to observe fundamental human rights and to adhere to internationally agreed social and environmental standards. In order to achieve this target, they intend to enhance the public debate on the economic and political activities of transnational corporations, and to advocate binding instruments to promote corporate accountability.
Founding Statement of the CorA Network (English – pdf)
