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Localise West Midlands
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B5 5TH
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Fax: 0121 643 3122
Email: info@localisewestmidlands.org.uk
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Global links
Global links are very important to LWM. Our own organisational focus on the West Midlands region because that's where we are based and where we can effect change, not because we prioritise our local economic welfare above that of the rest of the world.
Like many other
organisations around the world, we promote greater self-reliance for local
economies whilst supporting others globally to do the same, and whilst
ensuring that international trade benefits those who need it most, not
those who are already wealthy. Current trade patterns influenced by free
market ideology often pit developing countries against each other for
'competitive advantage' and the stakes are high for the loser.
Alternative
Information and Development Centre (AIDC) – South Africa
Through its programmes,
and by campaigning and coalition building, AIDC aims to contribute to
the development of national, regional and international challenges to
the currently dominant global economic system.
Through the empowerment and mobilisation of progressive organisations
and popular social movements it further aims to contribute to the development
of alternatives that ensure fundamental socio-economic transformation.
Distributed Economies
is a strategy to combine sustainable development, innovation and entrepreneurial
behavior, with a focus on attractive solutions for small and medium sized
enterprises: t
Focus
on the Global South - Thailand
Focus aims to consciously and consistently articulate, link and develop
greater coherence between local community-based and national, regional
and global paradigms of change. Focus on the Global South strives to create
a distinct and cogent link between development at the grassroots and the
"macro" levels.
Dedicated
to challenging the neo-liberal agenda in Africa and to proposing alternative
policies. No website but
link gives more info
Friends
of the Earth International
The world's
largest grassroots
environmental network, uniting 71 diverse national member groups and some
5,000 local activist groups. Campaigns on today's most urgent environmental
and social issues, challenges the current model of economic and corporate
globalisation, and promotes solutions that will help to create environmentally
sustainable and socially just societies.
Institute
for Local Self Reliance - USA
ILSR works with citizen groups, governments and private businesses in
developing policies that extract the maximum value from local resources.
International
Forum on Globalisation
North-South research and educational institution composed
of leading activists and economists providing analyses and critiques on
the cultural, social, political, and environmental impacts of economic
globalisation.
Research and
Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs
and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially
marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world's resources,
and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil human needs
(NB - website says'coming soon,' Nov 08, but international sustainable
agriculture NGO Grain
has interviews
with UBINIG staff.
Via Campesina
is an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of
small and middle-scale producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and
indigenous communities from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe.