Relevant Web Resources
| ActionAid |
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ActionAid's mission is to work with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it. As an organisation, we live and work by the following values: mutual respect, equity and justice, honesty and transparency, solidarity with poor and marginalised people, courage of conviction, humility. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| ACTSA - Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) |
ACTSA campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future. Working for peace, democracy and development across the region, ACTSA is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement. |
| Region(s): ACP, East and Southern Africa |
| African Capacity Building Foundation |
ACBF, based in Harare, Zimbabwe, is an independent, capacity-building institution established in response to the severity of Africa’s capacity problem and the challenge to invest in indigenous human capital and institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| African Centre for Trade and Development (ACTADE) |
ACTADE is an independent, non-political, non-governmental organization fully registered under the laws of Uganda. It was established for the purpose of influencing and facilitating the development and promotion of trade and sustainable development through generating innovative policy ideas and policy alternatives in order to address both short and long term public policy challenges in the ever changing global, regional, national and local contexts. |
| Banana Link |
NGO working for a fair and sustainable banana trade |
| Christian Aid |
An agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland, Christian Aid works wherever the need is greatest, irrespective of religion. It supports local organisations, which are best placed to understand local needs, as well as giving help on the ground through 16 overseas offices. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| EPA 07 - Stop Unfair Trade Deals Between Europe and ACP Countries |
| Region(s): ACP, Europe Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS, Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) |
| EPA Watch |
EpaWatch is a NGO website meant as an instrument to monitor the trade negotiations between the EU and the ACP. |
| EU North-South Policy - Cooperation project by WEED and terre des hommes |
Cooperation project on EU North-South policy. Includes useful and updated information on the EU-ACP agreement (Lomé/Cotonou) |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| Europe's forum on International Cooperation (Euforic) |
Euforic focuses on European development cooperation policies and related issues. The web site contains a wealth of information of various kinds and in different languages |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| European Solidarity Towards Equal Participation of People (Eurostep) |
| Version anglais
Version anglais Position papers on the Lomé/New ACP agreement. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) - pages on ACP-EU relations |
In the process of implementing of the Cotonou Agreement, informed and prepared actors on the part of ACP countries are very much needed. The FES contributes to this process by informing and training its partners. FES assists in networking, in establishing alliances, in developing strategies as well as in monitoring the EPA negotiations. |
| Global Policy Forum: Globalization - Economic Liberalization and Integration |
This page analyzes economic globalization, and examines how it might be resisted or regulated in order to promote sustainable development. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| Greenpeace |
Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and force solutions for a green and peaceful future. Greenpeace's goal is to ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| International Gender & Trade Network (IGTN) |
The IGTN is an international network of gender advocates actively working to promote equitable, social, and sustainable trade. The Network utilizes research, advocacy and economic literacy to address the specific trade issues of the seven regions: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Pacific. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| Make Trade Fair |
Make Trade Fair is a campaign by Oxfam International and its 12 affiliates, calling on governments, institutions, and multinational companies to change the rules so that trade can become part of the solution to poverty, not part of the problem. |
| Region(s): ACP, Others Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS, MARKET ACCESS, NON-TARIFF BARRIERS, LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, OTHER TRADE ISSUES |
| MWENGO |
MWENGO is a reflection and development centre for NGO working in eastern and southern Africa region. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| OneWorld.net |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| Oxfam International |
Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. |
| Partnership for Change |
Civil society project with focus on the role of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in implementing the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) |
| Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet) |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |
| Tearfund - page on trade |
Tearfund is joining with other members of the Trade Justice Movement and campaigners across the world to speak out and ensure EPAs work for the world's poorest. |
| The Trade and Poverty Forum (TPF) |
TPF is an independent forum. Its focus - the alleviation of persistent poverty - reflects the core mission of the WTO Doha Round. During the three-year Doha process, TPF will be a catalyst for new ideas on how trade and investment can help serve that mission. |
| Region(s): ACP Topic(s): TRADE AGREEMENTS |