Netherlands Non-profit News

Hosted by László Tőkés MEP, in collaboration with Kristiina Ojuland MEP and Vytautas Landsbergis MEP. 29 February 2012, 9:30-12:30, European Parliament (Room P7C050, Paul-Henri Spaak Building). Organised by the UNPO and the WUC

Currently 80% of the population in developing countries have access to a mobile phone. Text to Change has become the biggest player in the field of ‘Mobiles for Development’, using mobile technology to improve people’s lives in these countries.

STAY WYSE, the WYSE Travel Confederation's sector association representing the youth travel accommodation industry, is launching the Green Initiative award for accommodation providers.

Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, will open the World Youth and Student Conference in Barcelona. The event is held 20-23 September, and brings together the world's youth travel industry.

STAY WYSE, the global trade association for the youth travel accommodation industry, has just launched its fifth annual survey reviewing the global business operations of the Youth Travel Accommodation Sector.

The World Youth & Student Travel Conference has added Michael Palmer as the Conference Director for its annual event, being held this year in Barcelona, Spain from 20-23 September.

The first-ever skills exchange program for youth travel operators begins on Monday, January 24th. The ISTC Skills Exchange brings together an existing STAY WYSE member and a hostel in a country with a less-developed youth travel infrastructure.

On Monday 17 January, EIPA will launch the European Public Sector Award 2011 in Brussels. Press and other interested persons are invited to join this event!

World Peace is Possible is the name of a foundation which aims to bring world peace (closer) all over the world. On October 20, 2010 World Peace Is Possible released a single and a video.

Rikoshay will be designing / developing and hosting FREE websites for non-profit Charity Organisations that come to us.

Amsterdam, 19-th of November 2009. The Dutch email security firm SpamExperts from Amsterdam offers all non-profit organizations a FREE spamfilter for 2010.

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today invited all companies who issue sustainability reports (also known as “CSR or “Corporate Social Responsibility” reports) to have their say on why they do it.

Two new reports released this week examine trends in corporate measurement and reporting on human rights performance and provide practical guidance for companies engaging on this emerging area of corporate citizenship and accountability.

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) conveys its full support for the immediate inclusion of Taiwan in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

In a Palestinian refugee camp, a street has been named after a twitter account. The '@arjanelfassed tweetstreet' is located in Askar refugee camp, situated within the municipal bounderies of Nablus, the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank.

Event coinciding with 11th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva (UNHRC) will address human rights violations and propose solutions to simmering tension and conflict in key region straddling Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

Dutch off road go-kart withstands extreme circumstances.

The Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) in partnership with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) will hold a two day demonstration on May 7 and May 8 in Geneva to draw attention to human rights abuses taking place in Vietnam.

Soroptimist International of Europe announced that Fabien Cousteau, the renowned oceanographic explorer, and the grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau wil be a keynote speaker at the 19th European Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in July.

Sendamessage.nl plans to spray the entire contents of a monumental letter, 2,625 metres long on the wall that cuts Palestine and the Palestinians off from the rest of the world.

Mr. Radboud Reijn, describes the complex mesh of issues arising from managing water resources when rivers that flow across sovereign boundaries. Reijn takes a particular look at Burma.

Leading
 Iranian
 opposition
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 Belgium
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This week's Earth, Exploitation and Survival campaign Article of the Week by Mr. Andrew Swan describes the environmental, political and economic tangles that have originated as a result of finding crude oil reserves in the Niger Delta.

The current global quest for alternative energy sources such as nuclear power is poisoning the land of communities deemed lucky enough to have such lucrative resources at hand.

There are only 10 days left to submit an application for the European Public Sector Award 2009. European public administrations are invited to participate in this contest with their innovative projects.

Scott Johnson works for the Montagnards Foundation, campaigning on behalf of an indigenous population, the Degar Montagnards whose land is pillaged and appropriated by the Vietnamese government.

The EES campaign is designed to increase awareness of the exploitation of natural resources faced by indigenous groups across the world and build links and a sense of solidarity between groups that have been affected.

Alcohol marketing increases the use of alcohol among youngsters. European NGOs have joined forces to combat alcohol related harm by launching a new Monitoring Alcohol Marketing Centre to provide information on harmful effects of alcohol marketing.