Global Marshall Plan Initiative - Newsletter 05/2005

 

 

    1. Wir brauchen dringend Ihre Hilfe!
       a) Bitte helfen Sie uns bei der Finanzierung dieses einzigartigen                  Buches!
       b) Bestellen Sie das Buch zum Subskripitonspreis von nur € 2,95 statt            â‚¬ 15,00!
    2. A new logo for the Initiative
    3. Global Marshall Plan at the DEKT
    4. Ã¶dp calls for a Global Marshall Plan
    5. The EU Commission's MDG Package
    6. World Bank and IMF demand more money for ODA
    7. Global Marshall Plan and capitalism
    8. Global Marshall Plan in Greece
    9. Global Marshall Plan weekend in Hamburg
  10. Students and the Global Marshall Plan
       a) French students found Global Marshall Plan team
       b) New tools for students
  11. CoB award for Prof. Radermacher
  12. Events
  13. Press room

1. Wir brauchen dringend Ihre Hilfe!

Unsere Initiative veröffentlicht zum Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentag das Buch "Impulse für eine Welt im Gleichgewicht". Über 50 Autoren, fast alle auch Referenten des Kirchentages, setzen sich mit dem Thema Globalisierung und unserer Global Marshall Plan Initiative auseinander. Die Verantwortlichen des Kirchentages erwarten, dass 50.000 der 100.000 Kirchentagsbesucher die Themenhalle Globalisierung besuchen werden. Dort dürfen wir unser Buch an die Besucher kostenlos verteilen.

Mit dieser Verteilung erreichen wir ein phantastisches Publikum und unsere Initiative erhält große Aufmerksamkeit in Deutschland.

Der Druck der Bücher wird knapp € 60.000 kosten. Leider haben wir zur Stunde noch keinen Sponsor für das Buch gefunden.

Auszug aus der Autorenliste: Franz Alt, Günter Beckstein, Prinz El Hassan bin Talal von Jordanien, Frank Bsirske, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Ashok Gangadean, Jonathan Granoff, Ellen Kallinowski, Ervin Laszlo, Jean-Pierre Leroy, Wangari Maathai, Angela Merkel, Rupert Neudeck, Yuejun Quian, Franz Josef Radermacher, Bibi Russell, Wolfgang Sachs, Guillermo Salcedo, Vandana Shiva, Heide Simonis, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, uvm.
Die Auflistung der Autoren finden Sie auf dem Cover (pdf, 100 kB).

    a) Bitte helfen Sie uns bei der Finanzierung dieses einzigartigen Buchs!

Überweisen Sie Ihre Spende mit dem Verwendungszweck "Buchprojekt zum Kirchentag" auf das Konto 212 der Global Marshall Plan Initiative bei der Sozialbank, BLZ 251 205 10.
Für Überweisungen aus dem Ausland:
IBAN: DE73 2512 0510 0008 4098 00; SWIFT (BIC): BFSWDE31HAN
Jeder € hilft uns! Bitte helfen Sie uns!
Online spenden können Sie hier.
Mit Kreditkarte spenden können Sie hier.
Sie können uns auch unter 040/822 90 420 anrufen. Wir notieren gerne Ihre telefonische Spende.

    b) Bestellen Sie das Buch zum Subskriptionspreis von nur € 2,95 statt € 15,00!

Das Angebot gilt bis übernächste Woche, bis zum 20. Mai 2005. Sie können hier direkt bestellen.
Der Subskriptionspreis beträgt für das Buch mit ca. 600 Seiten:
Ab 15 Exemplaren € 3,95 zzgl. € 7 Versandkosten in Deutschland
Ab 30 Exemplaren € 2,95 zzgl. € 14 Versandkosten in Deutschland

Verschenken Sie das Buch an Freunde und Bekannte. Mit jedem verschenkten Buch helfen sie dreifach:
Sie helfen unsere Idee zu verbreiten, Sie finanzieren unsere Initiative und Sie erhöhen die Auflage für die Bücher, die wir dann am Kirchentag verteilen können.


2. A new logo for the Initiative

In close cooperation with the agency Leagas Delaney, we have developed a new logo for the Global Marshall Plan Initiative based on the agreed upon values (see (o) info 03). At the German Protestant Kirchentag in Hanover in May, our Initiative will enjoy wide public attention. On this occasion we want to introduce not only a new logo but also a redesigned website, pins etc. This new logo was designed to both reflect the Initiative's values and be versatile in its application.
We are pleased to present to you the Global Marshall Plan Initiative's new logo (pdf, 260 kB)


3. Global Marshall Plan at the DEKT

The Global Marshall Plan Initiative will participate at the German Protestant Kirchentag in Hanover from 25th-29th May, 2005. The Initiative will be represented at several panels and in addition holds a workshop. On this occasion the new corporate identity will be launched and the Global Marshall Plan network further expanded. The list of international speakers participating at the Kirchentag is impressive. Many of them contributed to the book we are publishing on the occasion of this event. Fore more detailed information and the dates of the Global Marshall Plan events, klick here (pdf, 60 kB) or, for general information, visit the Kirchentag's website.


4. ödp calls for a Global Marshall Plan

The Munich Chapter of Germany's Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ödp, Ecological Democratic Party) called upon the city of Munich to support a Global Marshall Plan and to lead the way for other cities in realizing a Global Marshall Plan. On national level the party has already been supporting the Global Marshall Plan Initiative since 2004. So far, no decision has been taken in Munich.
- Read the ödp's press release here (pdf, 50 kB)


5. The EU Commission's MDG package

On April 12th, the European Commission has approved three Communications on the subject of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The documents present the European Union's joint undertakings for the MDGs progress review at the UN's General Assembly in New York in September this year. The package makes proposals in the areas of Finance for Development, Coherence for Development and Focus on Africa. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan welcomed the EU's plans which correspond to his recommendations.
Read more:
- MDG Package (English, pdf, 90 kB)
- Kofi Annan's comment (German, pdf, 70 kB)


6. World bank and IMF demand more money for ODA

In the run-up to their springmeeting, taking place in Washington D.C. this weekend, World Bank and IMF appealed to the industrialized countries to double their development aid in order to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
- Read the article here (German, pdf, 50 kB)


7. Global Marshall Plan and capitalism

In Germany, a new debate about capitalism flared up in the run up of the regional elections in the country's most populous state North Rhine-Westfalia. In a press release issued on April 27th, the Global Contract Foundation, the Club of Rome, the Eco-Social Forum and the Federal Association for Business Promotion and Foreign Trade welcome the discussion but criticize to predominantly superficial approach. In the press release, the Global Marshall Plan is presented as a feasible instrument for change.
- Read the press release here (pdf, 80 kB)


8. Global Marshall Plan in Greece

On April 6th and 7th promising talks with actors from civil society, politics and the private sector took place in Athens to start a national Global Marshall Plan team in Greece. Our new supporters in Greece are Kemel (Centre of Greek Volunteer Top-Managers) and B.I.O. (Biopolitics International Organisation).
If you are interested in joining the team or know people whom we should inform about the Greek team, please contact Helge Bork.


9. Global Marshall Plan weekend in Hamburg

A group of supporters of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative, among them the church of St. Katharinen Hamburg and the Global Contract Foundation/Stiftung Weltvertrag, organized a whole weekend with several discussion forums, a fair of local initiatives and business and amazing music from the United World Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. The participants as well as the visitors were impressed by the variety of commitments for a better future. Many were encouraged by the experience that they are not alone in fighting for a better world. This experience was therefore made the central theme of the concluding mass. Along with reports by the local press, the broadcasters RTL II and the NDR also reported about the event.
- Read here the sermon (German, pdf, 20 kB) and view some phtographs of the event (pdf, 130 kB).
- View also the press room


10. Students and the Global Marshall Plan
   a) French students found Global Marshall Plan team

"We are pleased to inform you that the group "Pour un Plan Marshall Global" ("For a Global Marshall Plan") has recently been created in France, bringing together students who wish to take part in the development of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative. For the time being, the group is composed of three students based in Paris, and of two others working as interns in the Initiative's coordination office. The two major objectives of this group include:
- presenting the Initiative to French associations, as well as to the French public in general in order to increase awareness that actions are necessary to reach the MDGs
- taking part in national events, such as the 'Week of Sustainable Development' and the 'Week of Fair Trade'"
Emilie Pinaud
Please get in touch with Sidonie Foltete-Paris if you are interested in joining the group.

   b) New tools for students

In the student's sections of the Global Marshall Plan website a forum and a site with additional materials for students has been build. This forum shall be a platform for discussions and shall support you when coordinating students' activities as well as provide with ideas for active involvement in the Initiative. The student team is one of the most active parts of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative. Students from multiple European nations are actively involved. If you'd like to get in touch with the students' coordinatiors, contact Tobias Guller and Raoul-Tarik Herrmann.
Please find here the materials (German and English) and the forum.


11. CoB award for Prof. Radermacher

Prof. Radermacher will be honoured with the Planetary Consciousness Award by the Club of Budapest for his brilliant work on the design of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative. Among the laureats are also Peter Hesse (Solidary in Partnership) and Rosi Gollmann (Andheri-Hilfe Bonn), both of whom support the Initiative. They are honoured for their personal involvement in fighting for education and health in less developed countries. The award ceremony, taking place on May 29th in Neuss, Germany, is open to the public.

For more information visit the website of the Club of Budapest.


12. Events

11.05.2005, Esslingen
"Balance oder Zerstörung? Globalisierung nachhaltig gestalten"
19:00, HZE, Flandernstr. 101, Aula
- Weitere Informationen

17.05.2005, Berlin
Treffen des Berliner Lokalkomitees
18:00 - 21:00 Uhr, Zentraleinrichtung Kooperation an der TU-Berlin
Franklinstr. 28/29, 10587 Berlin
7. Stock (Bitte den Aufzug im B-Teil des Hauses benutzen), Raum 7514
Für weitere Informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte Daniel Philipp.

03.06.2005, Heilbronn
"Verantwortung der Generationen"
11:00, Kongresszentrum Harmonie in Heilbronn
- Weitere Informationen

Please find more events here.


13. Press Room

02.05.2005
Interview (Deutschlandfunk)
Geißler: Eingreifen der Politik erforderlich
CDU-Politiker will Auswüchse des Kapitalismus stoppen

18.04.2005, Hamburger Abendblatt
Global den Ärmsten helfen
Bericht über die Veranstaltung in St. Katharinen

03.04.2005, Die Nordelbische
Globalisierung nachhaltig gestalten - in St. Katharinen wird der Global Marshall Plan vorgestellt (pdf, 900 kB)






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The editorial language of the newsletter is English. However we publish your article in the language it is received.

(o) news editors - Global Marshall Plan Initiative
Helge Bork, Maike Sippel, Frithjof Finkbeiner  (V.i.S.d.P.R.)
Global Marshall Plan Initiative
Co-ordination Office
Rissener Landstrasse 193
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Germany

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