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Global
Responsibility is member of the European umbrella organisation CONCORD (European NGO
Confederation for Relief and Development). Since April 1st 2008, Global
Responsibility has taken over the agendas of AGEZ and EU–Platform, both former
umbrella organisations for Austrian nongovernmental organisations active in the
field of development cooperation.
Our Mission
Global Responsibility advocates
for Austrian and international politics to be in solidarity with disadvantaged
people. It stands for equal opportunities and equal participation, a just
global distribution of goods, peaceful development as well as preserving the
earth’s natural resources.
Humanity and the assertion of political,
social, cultural and economic human rights present the main basis for realizing
the goals and their corresponding activities. Impartiality and independence,
guarantee the capacity to act and make decisions.
Our
Goals
Positioning and assertion of interests: Forming a clear
opinion and standpoint towards development policy and humanitarian issues is
promoted through educational work, information activities and discussions. Through
advocacy, lobby-, information- and media activities towards all relevant
parties, as well as the public, the joint position is emphasized, and helps in
increasing the public perception of development-policy issues. This broadens on
the one hand, understanding of the relationship between development aid and
humanitarian help, and on the other hand it increases the significance of civil
society organisations. This leads to implementing development-policy
goals, improving and increasing development and humanitarian aid, as well as
local development-policy work, and also to an increase in the realization of
the potential of NGOs.
Service: This includes
securing the active participation and involvement of the member organisations
in development policy, development assistance, humanitarian aid and sustainable
economic, social and ecological development, through information and
coordination activities. Providing information from the member organisations
that eases access to finances (budget guidelines for institutional government
funds), and relevant further training options.
Our
fields of work
Policy work:
• Developing,
documenting and presenting of position papers, by utilizing relevant know-how
from member organisations, as well as international partner networks (for
example CONCORD).
Advocacy, lobbying and if applicable representation
within boards
• On the Austrian level: Parliament/development policy
subcommittees; development aid advisory board; ministries/working groups in or
within ministries; the Austrian Development Agency; development bank
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On the European level: EU-Parliament; development policy committees of the
EU-Parliament; secretariat; political groups; EU council including all relevant
COREPER; development assistance (CODEV) and ACP; EU-Commission,
CONCORD
• On the international level: OECD, UN organisations, international
finance institutions, WTO
Media and public relations
• Press
releases, press conferences
• Specific campaigns on key areas of work
and current issues
• Strenghtening International partners and
networks in the south and east by providing space and
support
Services and information for member
organisations:
• Networking (Austrian and international):
Membership, formal and informal cooperation
• Information
centre
• Capacity building
Our
Staff
Mrs. Petra Navara-Unterluggauer,
Director
Ms. Sonia Ohler, Assistant to the Director
Ms.
Melanie Ossberger, Project Coordinator
Mrs. Katharina Katzer, Public
Relations
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Our Board of directors
Mr. Max
Santner, Chairman
Mag. Rudolf Remler-Schöberl, Deputy
Chairman
Mag. Helmut Adam, Finance Officer
Dr.-Ing Heidi
Burkhart
Mag. A Irene Novotny
Christoph
Petrik-Schweifer
Mag. Walter Posch
Mag.a Gabriele
Tebbich
Dr.-Ing Andrea Wagner-Hager
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Contact us
GLOBAL
RESPONSIBILITY - Austrian Platform for Development and Humanitarian
Aid
Apollogasse 4/9, 1070 Wien
Fax: +43 1 522 44
22-10, Tel.: +43 1 522 44 22-0
E-Mail: office@globaleverantwortung.at
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