New project from our 2018 Twinner organization WMCF

Mangrove Conservation Foundation, one of our 2018 twinner organization, has launched a new project to set up Wetland Education Centres across China in partnership with the Wetland Conservation and Management Office of the National Forestry and Grassland...

Davide Sabbadine and Dr. Horst Fabian on China’s tightening grip on civil society

Our 2017 Twinner Davide Sabbadin, Legambiente Italy, visited a conference on civil society in Hong Kong. In Nuova Ecologia, his article reflects the influence of the new Overseas NGO Law focused on NGO cooperation with foreign NGOs in China. Davide talked to Dr. Horst...

Twinner Arianna Americo publishing about the “One Belt one Road” initiative

Following her twinning in 2017 Arianna Americo published an article on the topic of ‘China’s “Ecological Civilization” and the Belt and Road Initiative’. The potential role the BRI might play in meeting the 1.5degree target of the Paris...

Second Follow up by Twinners Antoaneta and Zhilu!

Heretofore unheard of, a twinning pair decided to organize a follow up to their follow up. Antoaneta Pophlebarova from Balkan Kids Bulgaria and Yao Zhilu formerly of Lingnan Partner Community Centre, who twinned in 2016 and did a follow up in 2017, continued their...

Press Release – 2018 EU-China NGO Twinning: Selection of 24 NGOs

Cologne – On 10th of May, a selection committee selected twelve European NGOs and their corresponding Chinese partners for the upcoming EU-China NGO Twinning Exchange 2018. The yearly program aims at the development of sustainable partnerships between European and...

Founder of a Twinning alumni organization receives Federal Cross of Merit

Last Tuesday Felix Fixbeiner, founder of the youth environmental initiative “Plant for the Planet”, was presented with the German Federal Cross of Merit. “Planet for the Planet” focuses on climate policy engagement of children and adolescents by planting...