Eine Welt Netz NRW
One World Network North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany
There are more than 2.800 local groups and small organisations committed to One World issues in the Federal State of North Rhine – Westphalia. They engage in topics such as social justice on a global scale, human rights, and worldwide solidarity. Our network fosters the commitment of these volunteers.
We support the local groups in various ways:
- our Coordinators for Development Education facilitate the exchange of experience among one world groups and organize activities together,
- we organize school programmes in global learning,
- we realize campaigns for Fair Trade, Climate Protection, and against Child Labour,
- we produce attractive exhibitions offering possibilities for local groups to participate. Some examples are “Our Future – One World” and the “World Garden of Globalisation” which have been visited by more than two million people so far.
Our Network started in 1991, when several local One World Networks decided to co-operate more closely and created an umbrella association. Our first projects included nation-wide Mural-Painting-Projects with international artists visualizing topics of the Agenda 21.
Furthermore, we publish a diary of local One World events on our website, and keep a database comprehending more than 2.800 One World groups in North Rhine - Westphalia. These groups maintain partnerships with local development projects or schools in nearly every developing country. Our database helps to enhance exchange and co-operation between them.
We lobby for a sustainable development worldwide as well as in North Rhine - Westphalia. Hence, we promote a lifestyle wasting fewer resources. We campaign for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) having been declared by the United Nations in 2000. The MDG are still far from being accomplished until 2015, as has been promised by the politicians signing them. Thus, we enhance public pressure in order to foster the political will which is still lacking badly.
For more information visit http://www.eine-welt-netz-nrw.de
Contact
Eine Welt Netz NRW
Achtermannstrasse 10-12
48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 – 251 – 28 46 69 0
Fax: +49 – 251 – 28 46 69 10
E-mail: info@eine-welt-netz-nrw.de
