NGOs and civil society
  Free Trade Agreements - FTAs

Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)

ACTSA campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future. Working for peace, democracy and development across the region, ACTSA is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement. The web site provides updated newsletters on trade and development.

Bilaterals
Collective effort to share information and stimulate cooperation against bilateral trade and investment agreements that are opening countries to the deepest forms of penetration by transnational corporations. It provides information on several bilateral and regional trade agreements, reports and news.

Citizens Trade Campaign - CTC
It is a national coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups founded in 1992 during the fight over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

EPA Watch
EPA Watch's website is meant as an instrument to monitor the trade negotiations between the European Union and the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries, which will take place between 2002 and 2008 with the aim of establishing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).

Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
Federation of autonomous environmental organizations from 66 countries, campaigning on the most urgent environmental and social issues, while simultaneously catalyzing a shift toward sustainable societies.

International Gender & Trade Network
Seven regional networks of women involved in research, advocacy and economic literacy around issues of trade and development.

Maquila Solidarity Network
Canadian network promoting solidarity with groups in Mexico, Central America, and Asia organizing in maquiladora factories and export processing zones to improve conditions and win a living wage.

Movimientos.org
Web community of Social Movements. Available also in spanish and portuguese.

Our World Is Not For Sale
Official site of the campaign to stop corporate globalization. Among the supporting organizations are Via Campesina, Third World Network, IBON Foundation, Friends of the Earth Europe, Food First, and Asia Pacific Research Network.

Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations - PIANGO
It is a regional network of NGO focal points or coordinating bodies known as National Liaison Units (NLUs) based in 22 Pacific Island countries and territories.

Pacific Network on Globalisation - PANG
PANG is a campaign network of concerned individuals and organisations responding to economic justice issues and the impact of globalisation and free trade on Pacific communities.

Third World Network (TWN)
International network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues.

Third World Network Africa (TWN Africa)
African Secretariat of the Third World Network that carries out 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.

Via Campesina
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.


News
Up-to-date current affairs information.
African Civil society groups urge a stop to EPAs
A group of over fifty civil society and social movements from Africa have called for a stop to the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between Europe and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
Friend or foe? The EPAs and their policies 'unmasked'
Trade liberalisation produces different results for men and women. The different outcomes are associated with the most essential aspects of livelihoods and wellbeing, including food security, employment, income and access to affordable health services.
In depth reports
Detailed reports on key issues.
FTAA: a new colonialism?
The sovereignty of the countries and peoples of Latin America is at stake.
Global labour rights
As transnational corporations spread their operations around the world in search of a cheap and flexible labour force, the call for global labour rights becomes more urgent.
Corporate accountability
How big business handle big issues like human rights and sustainable development.
Oil fueling conflicts
Many wars have been waged and are still being fought all over the world to ensure corporate control over oil.
New Partnership for African Development - NEPAD
Promoted by African governments and supported by the G8, NEPAD has been largely criticized by civil society organizations.
World Trade Organization - WTO
Trade at the service of people, or people subjected to trade? The WTO makes the difference.
Patents and medicines
What about equal opportunities for developed and developing countries to obtain medicines their populations need?

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