We are seeking to build up a picture pool since we constantly need good photographs for public relations. Your picture could be displayed on our website or even become the cover picture of our next publications. Any kind of motif could be interesting, but "snaphots" of people and photos carrying the connotation fo balance, joint actions, alliance, peaceful togetherness etc. are especially welcome. We can only use pictures you are holding the rights of. Please contact Helge Bork if you would like to submit photographs.
Thanks to the growing support from individuals and organizations in Europe
and beyond, the Global Marshall Plan Initiative is expanding to more an more
countries. National teams are developing in Greece, Spain and Turkey. If you are
interested in joining one of these teams, please contact
- Mr. Guillermo O. Vetcher for
Spain
- Mr. Hakan Balci
for Turkey.
Supporters in Greece are interested in establishing a Global
Marshall Plan team. If you have any recomendations about whom to invite to join
the Greek team, please inform Helge
Bork.
Apart from the national teams, there are also local teams
emerging. In mid March a group of supporters of the Global Marshall Plan
Initiative from Berlin got together to prepare the formation of a Global
Marshall Plan local committee in Berlin. The Berlin team will meet regularly and
develop activities on how to promote the Global Marshall Plan in their city.
Please refer to the events section if you are interested in paricipating in
their next meeting on April 5th.
The coordination office developed a first
draft with guidelines for local committees (German, pdf, 60 kB).
More teams have already been established or are in the course of
formation. If you are interested in getting involved in one of the groups,
please contact for
Augsburg, Germany -> Johannes Pfister
Berlin, Germany ->
Helge Bork
Geneva,
Switzerland -> Zeki Ergas
Graz,
Austria -> Klemens
Riegler
Karlsruhe (students), Germany -> Tobias Guller
Paris (students), France ->
Sidonie
Foltete-Paris
Our supporters from "Lichtbrücke e.V." organized a Global Marshall Plan
workshop at the Universtiy of South Asia in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Despite adverse
circumstances - a major strike - the workshop took place on January 29th. The
participants were not discouraged by the strike and covered the distance to the
university on foot. Some of them walked 6 kilometers to participate in the
event. The organizers were overwhelmed with the response to the workshop. It is
planned to build upon this basis for the further development of the Global
Marshall Plan Initiative in Bangladesh.
- Letter to the Initiative (German, jpg, 160 kB)
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative is gaining support in Africa: On March
5th, Liberty 4 Africa (L4A) presented the Global Marshall Plan Initiative to the
Nigerian press. Careca Akarue, CEO of L4A, considers the Initiative "the best
way forward for the world challenges an especially my great continent Africa."
He belives that "This initiative will help to reduce poverty in developing
countries, and enable them to adopt domestic policies and strengthen
institutions that will enable people to take advantage of global markets and
thus will sharply increase the share of trade in their GDP. [...]"
-
Statement of press conference (English, pdf, 60
kB)
From March 8th to 12th, thirteen laureats of the Right Livelihood Award,
among them Johan Galtung, Nicanor Perlas and Vandana Shiva, came together in
Munich, Germany to discuss alternatives to the current erroneous development.
The Global Marshall Plan was widely discussed in the context of finding an
alternative that could lead to a sustainable future. Our supporter Carl-Ernst
Müller participated in the event and wrote a short report.
- Report by Carl-Ernst Müller (German, pdf, 40 kB)
From August 16 - 25th, the 20th World Youth Day will take place in Cologne,
Germany. On invitaion of the Pope, about 800,000 youths from all over the world
will participate. The aim is to promote a dialogue between generations. The World
Youth Day is considered a source of richness and youth by the Church. The Global
Marshall Plan Initiative is organizing a workshop with the aim of spreading the
idea of the Initiative among the participants.
- More information on the World
Youth Day.
According to a Eurobarometer survey European citizens from the 25 Member
States expect the EU to act as a driving force for development cooperation. Most
respondents feel that Europe is the actor best placed to help Africa. Fields in
which EU development aid is considered most effective are the fight against
HIV/AIDS and other diseases, education and poverty. Despite the fact that Europe
is the world's leading aid donor, the survey shows that awareness of action by
Europe is very limited. What is more, 88% of all citizens have never heard about
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This shows the importance of awareness
campaigns forming up all over Europe, like "Make Poverty History" in Ireland and
the UK and "Pobreza Cero" in Spain, being part of the "Global Call for Action
Against Poverty".
(Sources: European Commission Europa Newsletter, 2015 aktuell 3/2005
(Newsletter VENRO Projekt "Perspektive 2015 - Armutsbekämpfung braucht
Beteiligung"))
- Summary of the study (English, pdf, 910 kB)
- Study (English, pdf, 1.52 MB)
05.04.2005, Berlin
Treffen der Berliner Global Marshall Plan Gruppe
18:00 - 20:00, TU-Berlin Franklinstr. 28/29, 10587
Berlin
7. Stock (Bitte den Aufzug im B-Teil benutzen.) Raum 7514 oder Raum
7512
Bei Fragen wenden
Sie sich bitte an Helge
Bork
06.04.2005, Ganderkesee
Vortrag zur Global Marshall Plan
Initiative
20:00, Gymnasium, Hörsaal E3, Am
Steinacker 12, 27777 Ganderkesee
Veranstalter: Agena 21 e.V.
Für weitere Informationen wenden
Sie sich bitte an Rolf
Kuhlmann
08.04.2005, Augsburg
Haben Unternehmen ein soziales Gewissen?
19:30, Freie Waldorfschule
Augsburg
Vortrag von Dr. Franz
Alt
Veranstalter: AES Werbeagentur GmbH
- Weitere Informationen (pdf, 310 kB)
15.-17.04.2005,
Hamburg
Hauptkirche St. Katharinen
Global Marshall Plan - Die Vielfalt des
Lebens und der eine Weltvertrag
- Programm (pdf, 110 kB)
22.04.2005,
Wien
Arbeitstreffen der Global Marshall Plan Initiative Österreich
14:00 -
18:00
für weitere Informationen wenden Sie sich bitte an Karin Muzak
26.04.2005, Wien
Das
Projekt Global Marshall Plan für eine weltweite Ökosoziale Marktwirtschaft aus
christlich-mystischer Sicht
Vortrag mit Pater Henri Boulad
- Weitere
Informationen
Please find more events here
All articles in German
10.03.2005, Ökonews
Für
gerechtere Globalisierung - ein Global Marshall Plan
Auch EU-Kommissarin
Ferrero-Waldner fordert nun einen Global Marshall Plan
08.03.2005,
Donau-Universität Krems
Global Marshall Plan: Initiative mit hohen Zielen
Die Idee
des "Global Marshall Plan" stellte Prof. Dr. Dr. Franz Josef Radermacher am 7.
März in seinem Vortrag in der Donau-Universität Krems
vor.
07.03.2005, Katholische Kirche in der Steiermark
Global Marshall Plan, Weltjugendtag und Überlegungen für ein
zukunftsorientiertes Wirtschafts- und Personalmanagement der Diözese
Graz-Seckau
Dr. Josef Riegler stellte die Global Marshall Plan Initiative
den Deligierten des Steirischen Diözesanrates vor.
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Global Marshall Plan
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