Reports

The International Congress, organized in Bogota from April 20 to 24, 2009, gathered for the first time more than 800 participants, including 50 international famous experts, to discuss with Colombians from the political sector, from universities, the medias and the civil society as well as with officers. The debates were built on the cosigned principles of the "Charter of Human (...)

The document at hand presents the activities set up in 2004 by the members of the International Charter Committee and their national committees, and the prospects for the year 2005. Table of contents I. Introduction: The International Charter Facilitation Committee in 2004: Laying the groundwork II. Synthesis of activities reports 2004 III. Meeting of the International Facilitation (...)

I. Indian Schools and the CHR Children’s Charter and cultural exchanges The Indian Charter team, in collaboration with The Activity, an edutainment company, successfully facilitated over a six-month-long process the drafting, by children, of the Indian Children’s Charter of Social and Environmental Responsibilities. The process included 133,300 students 8 to 16 years old at the start of a (...)

Close to 700 delegates from 26 countries attended the Asian Forum for Solidarity Economy at the Bahay ng Alumni inside the campus of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City of the Philippines on 17-20 October 2007. It was organized by the Coalition of Socially Responsible SMEs in Asia (CSR SME Asia) with the support of the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of (...)

I. Indian Schools and the CHR: 1. Charter of Human Responsibilities and Mainstream Education, CSR of Edutainment Company, The Activity: India-Philippines cultural exchange of Youth program: The Indian Charter team, in collaboration with The Activity, an edutainment company, in a six-month-long process, has successfully facilitated to draft the Indian Children’s Charter of Social and (...)

Networking and Linkages: 1. Sri Lanka: Sudha’s Sri Lankan trip along with John Stewart in February 07 was very meaningful and appropriate for raising ‘responsibility” though it was a very short trip. Dr. Nalin Swaris in Colombo was instrumental in contacting the right persons and institutions and taking us to all these people within such a short intimation of our plan. It was our participatory (...)

IV. NGOs, Movements and CHR: 1. CHR in Environmental Action in addressing Climate Change and global warming: Greenpeace, India and CHR in the one million signatures to support campaign on ‘Ban the Bulb’. Greenpeace India has found the relevance of CHR in its objectives and actions. The Charter principles pamphlets are being distributed along with Green Peace campaign documents in educational (...)

Citizen Responsibility Campaign in the city of São Paulo With its 12 million inhabitants and enormous social problems, São Paulo is South America’s biggest city. The “R” actions in São Paulo organized by the Movimento Nossa São Paulo Outra Cidade (the Our São Paulo: A Different City movement), aim to set an example for other Brazilian cities. The actions were inspired by the citizen participation (...)

The document at hand covers the fourth year of activities set up by the 14 members of the International Charter Committee and their national committees, the development of the Charter Web-Site and the Coordination. It also provides information on planned activities for the years 2008 and 2009. Some parts of the report are in French. ; Table of Contents PART I : General Introduction : by (...)

The pictures give a local scene, prior to a meeting in Auckland with Maria and Te Kawehau for our Charter plans. Here re a couple of recent photos at the Lake, and one of Maria and Qiujing, a film maker, with whom we are discussing making a film of the Pacific ‘Across Oceania’ project. In New Zealand, we are continuing to liaise with groups in New Zealand, Australia and Pacific countries, (...)

Evaluation The Colombian team of the Charter worked in 2006 on an internal reflection analysis on the concept of responsibility and the importance to put it in practice in the Colombian context, and on the dissemination of the Charter and the development of processes emphasising three sectors in three regions of the country: the youth, citizen leaders and women. Thanks to a collaboration (...)

Diffusion, coordination, elaboration of communication tools (film), reflection on the text of the Charter, work on a good governance.

The objective was to socialize the information on the Charter and to reveal the event of May 27, 2005. The main activity consisted in reaching the medias of the city to inform them on the Charter and the event, defining thus the importance of the activity and highlighting its projection rather than its possibility. We handed to each journalist concerned: the prospectus of the event (...)

The activities proposed are modest, given the recent change of the coordinator for the US Committee, which reduced the work rhythm. • Preliminary identification of an advisory committee to provide the Coordinator with guidance, support and introductions to appropriate networks. • Introduction of the Charter in a professional international meeting in October 2005 (Sociotechnical Systems (...)

Activities focused on a new film on the notion of responsibility, conferences, debates on responsibility and introduction of the Charter.

Activities in 2005 - We have followed our work according to the axes stated before, going on with the process of translation of the Charter in various African languages, and organizing diffusion and debates on the Charter in various sectors.

Activities, first steps - We started developing the programme in Chile in October 2003, given that it is very difficult to begin in January, which corresponds to a period when activities stop rather than start. (...)

As reflected in the description of our activities, we followed our original working plan with the intellectuals as a key social group. The first step has produced a fine translation of the Charter. We indeed felt that the translation of the text was very important. All the further work has been based upon a fine version of the Charter itself. Meetings and seminars are the best and most (...)

In order to work on the priorities, we started to work in the direction of the three objectives mentioned in the article “Objectives”. Our priority was in 4 areas: Education, Social sectors and governance, Cultural and Communication, focusing in the segments: environmental movement, teachers and youth network, human rights and peace-driven movements, citizenship-driven entities, workers in (...)