ANPED

ANPED - Northern Allliance for Sustainability
ANPED is a democratic alliance and
network of over 100 local and national
NGOs, national NGO networks, and other
environment and development groups in
the Northern hemisphere. ANPED works to
empower Northern Civil Society in
creating and protecting sustainable
communities and societies world-wide.
The alliance was set up in 1991 before
the UN Earth Summit in recognition of the
fact that northern NGOs have special
responsibilities with regard to the impact of
the richer northern nations on the poorer
south. This relates especially to issues of
sustainable consumption and production.
Since 1992 ANPED has developed a
second major role: it offers a way for NGOs
in the eastern and western parts of the
northern hemisphere to work together.
A majority of members are now from
nations in Eastern Europe and from nations
that were formerly part of the USSR.
As well as linking Europe and North
America ANPED also has strong links with
southern NGO networks.
ANPED Thinks and Acts...
*Globally, in co-operation with partners to ensure its goals are rooted firmly in the global need for sustainable development.
*Locally, through members ANPED co-operates with local communities to ensure that their needs and concerns are taken into account and to ensure that they are able to take action.
ANPED unites over 100 groups of which
25 are national or regional networks,
bringing the number of NGOs linked to the
Alliance to approximately 2500. ANPED is
unique among NGO networks in that it is
open to any NGO working on issues related
to sustainable development. ANPED
receives funding from the European Union
and other donors. It has a permanent
Secretariat based in Amsterdam.
=== Working Groups ===
ANPED runs several issue-related working
groups which enable members to co-operate.
The current (March 2005) working groups are:
*Agriculture and Biodiversity
* Health and Environment
* Human Rights and Sustainable Development
* Local Action for Sustainable Development
* Nuclear Issues
* Sustainable Production and Consumption
* Water, Pollution and Health.
ANPED is engaged in a range of political
processes including the United Nations
Commission on Sustainable Development
(CSD), the OECD, UNEP, European Union and
‘Environment for Europe (EfE) and endeavours
to build the capacity of individual NGOs to
have a voice in these processes.
=== Joining ANPED ===
ANPED members benefit from the working
groups and other activities, and receive
invitations for the Annual General Meeting
and other skill-shares organised by ANPED.
They are also subscribed to the ANPED
Members list-server and ANPED’s Northern
Lights newsletter.
Non-Governmental Organisations from [[North
America]], Western and Southern, Central and
Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia (the
region formerly known as the NIS) and Japan
can apply for membership. All applications have
to be approved by the existing members at the
ANPED Annual General Meeting. For more
information please contact the ANPED
International Secretariat 
www.anped.org
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