• National and International Organizations
• Programs and Projects
• Other resources

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

www.osf.ro - Open Society Foundation Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania upholds the values of freedom, democracy and rule of law, respect for human rights and for minorities, encourages minority opinions, advocates for social responsibility and social justice, in pursuit of its mission to support the development of an open society in Romania.

www.infoeuropa.ro - European Commision Delegation in Romania

European Commision Delegation in Romania mobilise political will, expertise and financial resources in order to support Romania's accession to the European Union by 2007.

www.soros.org - Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network

The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation based in New York City that serves as the hub of the Soros foundations network, a group of autonomous foundations and organizations in more than 50 countries. OSI and the network implement a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human and women's rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform.

www. womenlobby.org - European Women Lobby

The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmnatal women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States. The EWL's goal is to achieve equality of women and men in Europe and to serve asa limk between political decision-makers and women's organizations at EU level.

www.ilo.org - International Labour Organization

The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

www.soros.org/inititives/women - Network Women's Program

Network Women's Program is primarily a consultative and operational program, working directly with and providing technical assistance to entities inside the Soros foundations network on gender issues, seeking to encourage, support and initiate gender-inclusive projects.

www.gendermainstreaming.ro - Gender Mainstreaming Project

This website presents working methods on gender mainstreaming for implementing the related strategies.

www.stopvaw.org - Stop Violence Against Women

These pages discuss efforts to eliminate violence against women in each of the twenty-nine countries Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The country pages of the website also contain message boards, which will become a forum for discussion and mentoring among advocates in the CEE/CIS region and advocates around the world. 

www.eonet.ro - Equal Opportunitties for Women and Men Programme

The Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union Accession Programme seeks to enhance, encourage and complement the European Union accession process by providing new incentives on promoting gender equality within candidate countries.

OTHER RESOURCES

www.eu2005.lu/en/ - Luxembourg Presidency

The website offers basic information abot the predominant dossiers of our Presidency, particularly the negociations on the European Union financial framework for the 2007 to 2013 period, the mid-term review of teh Lisbon process, the adaptation of the stability and growth pact as well as in the field of enlargement, teh signature of the accession treaties with Bulgaria and Romania, the opening of negotiations with Croatia and the preparations for accession negotiations with Turkey.

www.portal.unesco.rg - Sector for Social and Human Sciences

As one of UNESCO's five specialized Sectors, Sector for Social and Human Sciences's mission is to advance knowlege, standards and intellectual cooperation in order to facilitate socual transformations whrer the values of justice, freedom and human dignity can be fully realized.

www.comminit.com - The Communication Initiative

The Communication Initiative is a partnership of development organisations seeking to support advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international development.