Dynamic, agile and effective, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is working to secure a world where natural habitats and environments can sustain, and be sustained by, the communities that depend upon them for their basic needs and livelihoods.

From the cotton fields of Uzbekistan to the coastal waters of West Africa, EJF is working in some of the world’s toughest and most remote countries to shine an international spotlight on the environmental and human rights abuses that too often go unnoticed.

Somos una organización independiente, sin ánimo de lucro, afiliada a la Organización de Estados Americanos – OEA, con sede en Washington D.C., creada en el año de 1962. En Colombia, desde el año 2000, venimos trabajando de manera constante para apoyar a las personas y a las comunidades en su crecimiento y fortalecimiento. Nuestras acciones van enfocadas en desarrollar soluciones socioeconómicas sostenibles, en fortalecer la cooperación para el logro efectivo de metas comunes y en fomentar la responsabilidad social, respetando el entorno, la idiosincrasia y la cultura de las comunidades.

In 2011, government leaders and civil society advocates came together to create a unique partnership—one that combines these powerful forces to promote accountable, responsive and inclusive governance.

Seventy-eight countries and a growing number of local governments—representing more than two billion people—along with thousands of civil society organizations are members of the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

En Haïti, la vulnérabilité environnementale et les inégalités sociales constituent de sérieux défis pour l’Etat haïtien. Pour accompagner l’amélioration de la résilience des populations, Helvetas et ses partenaires supportent le renforcement des structures locales existantes et de leurs interactions, pour promouvoir l’accès à des services de qualité pour toutes les familles, le développement économique local et la cohésion sociale. Le renforcement des acteurs locaux est au centre de toutes nos interventions et approches.

RELUFA works in Cameroon with local communities through Capacity buildings, Conducting Studies and restitution of recommendations to stakeholders, Mobilization of affected local communities and CSOs.

RELUFA has as mission to combat systemic problems generating poverty, hunger and economic, social and environment injustices. This is done through two programs : Extractive Industries, Land and Food Justice

Programs

• Extractive Industries

In this program, RELUFA has identified as objectives:

Le Conseil National des ONG de Développement (CNONGD) est un réseau qui a vu le jour en décembre 1990. Il est la manifestation de la volonté d’une série d’organisations de mieux contribuer aux efforts de démocratisation du pays et de développement coordonné des communautés locales pauvres. Il compte actuellement 600 ONG membres, regroupées à travers 11 Conseils Régionaux (CRONGD).

Contribuer à la construction d’une citoyenneté responsable aux niveaux national et local à travers : (i) le renforcement du sens du service public et de l’intérêt général, (ii) le renforcement de l’obligation de rendre compte des gouvernants et des acteurs publics vis-à-vis des citoyens, (iii) le renforcement de l’esprit civique des citoyens et du contrôle citoyen de l’action publique, (iv) la promotion de la bonne gouvernance démocratique, (v) la consolidation de la paix et de la stabilité.

Founded in 1982, ENDA Pronat promotes climate resilient and sustainable rural development in Senegal by accompanying local communities, especially women and youth, to gain and maintain control over their lands and resources and use these sustainably for future generations. It does this through a combination of action-research, rural extension and agroecological training with farmers and women’s groups, and public education and policy work through advocacy with local and national authorities.

Vision

The Toda Peace Institute mission is to promote a nonviolent, sustainable and peaceful world, by pursuing the following four visions:

Belun was established in 2004 to prevent conflict and facilitate community capacity development in Timor-Leste. Belun’s work is grounded in the vision of a society that has the ability, creativity and criticalthinking to strengthen peace for development. Belun has grown to become one of the largest National nongovernment organisations in Timor-Leste and has engaged with over 100 non-government (NGO) and community-based organization (CBO) partners, .