2014-02-24 Workshop and Forum: EU – China Civil Society Partnerships. First-hand Reports from NGO Twinning Exchange
The first round of EU-China NGO Twinning Exchange has successfully come to an end. Five exchange fellows from Chinese NGOs and five from European organizations each have spent exciting work-and-study stages in their partner organization in the respective other region....
Fifth Twinning Partners Chickenshed and Hunan Aimier Start Exchange on Inclusive Theatre
The EU-China NGO Twinning participants Dave Carey and Charlie Kemp from the UK inclusive theatre company Chickenshed have arrived in the city of Changsha in Central China at their partner organization Hunan Aimier. The Chinese organization is committed to the...
Video: Twinning Participant Michael Bender (Grüne Liga e.V.) on His Exchange Experience with the Kunming NGO YEDI
In this interview, Michael Bender reports on his exchange experience and benefits with the Yunnan Environmental Development Institute (YEDI) in Kunming. As a participant in the EU-China NGO Twinning exchange program the water policy manager stayed with Grüne Liga’s...
„Chinese Civil Society Advocacy Strategies“ – Capacity Building Workshop for European Twinners
On November 8th the European participants (now in the midst of their stay with their Chinese partner organizations), met with local NGO workers in Kunming for a capacity building workshop. The workshop aimed at informing them about the historical development of civil...
NGO Salon Kunming December 23rd, 2013
On 23rd of December 2013 Michael Bender from Grüne Liga (Germany) gave a workshop on "Challenges and solutions for transboundary water policies(river protection) in Europe (欧洲跨境河流保护的挑战与思考)in Kunming at the Home of NGO, a local NGO platform which organizes regular NGO...
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“My personal highlight was going beyond the cliché of China as a severely disciplined, restrictive country and seeing a welcoming and flourishing environment for business, NGO work and personal well-being.”
“The whole program was a truly enriching experience from which we will all profit for a very long time – true to the spirit of sustainability.”
“This program connects people and nations, and helps us to develop many different methods for our work, thereby fostering our strengths.”