Twinning Fellows

2019 “Social and Environmental Justice” Twinners

China Electronics Standardization Association & Powershift

China Electronics Standardization Association (CESA) (Beijing) Powershift (Germany) Corporate social responsibility and supply chain due diligence CESA and PowerShift work on corporate social responsibility and due diligence in the supply chain from shared as well as...

Shanshui Conservation Center & BUND NRW

Shanshui Conservation Center (Beijing) Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz NRW (Germany) Climate change adaptation and environmental education Climate change is accepted to be a basic fact in most areas, while the impact varies from region to region. People with different...

Kangzhong Health and Education Center & Romanian Association Against AIDS

Beijing Chaoyang Kangzhong Health and Education Center (Health for All) (Beijing) Romanian Association Against AIDS (ARAS) (Romania) HIV/AIDS youth education An effective method of HIV prevention is raising youth’s awareness of sexually transmitted diseases through...

Yunnan Green Environment Development Foundation & GenderCC

Yunnan Green Development Foundation (YGF) (Kunming) GenderCC (Germany) Gender, urbanity and community development Topics related to the Gender Into Urban Climate Change Initiative (GUCCI) are the ones GenderCC would like to focus on for the exchange programme, given...

Green City Environmental and Cultural Development Center & Südwind

Green City Environmental and Cultural Development Center (Guangzhou) Südwind (Austria) Environmental education We see two main goals for our exchange - on the one hand to get to know each other's organisation and learn more about each others work, objectives and...

Ruilian Kaizhou Development Center of Social Work & Foundation Institute for Socio-Economic Balance

Ruilian Kaizhou Development Center of Social Work (Hohhot) Foundation Institute for Socio-Economic Balance (IRSE) (Poland) Youth education and community development During the exchange programme,firstly we plan to involve the exchange fellow into the ongoing projects...

Laotu & Waldkindergarten Eichhörnchen

Luohu Social Innovation Center (Laotu) (Shenzhen) Waldkindergarten Eichhörnchen (Germany) Environmental education for children and community development We would like to exchange on the different methods and practices of environmental education, spe-cifically forest...

Coshare Environment & Grüne Liga

Coshare Environment (Taiyuan) Grüne Liga (Germany) Water sustainability and environmental education With a common goal to abate the pressure of river ecology efficientely and promote water sustainability, both organizations would like to contribute to this goal...

Greenovation Hub & Third Generation Environmentalism

Greenovation Hub (Beijing) Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) (UK) Green finance and climate change The project aims to mainstreaming the fact of climate change in socio-economic discourse, and to shape momentum around key moments of climate change which makes it...

Laukai Conservation & Center for Environment

Laukai Conservation (Guangzhou) Center for Environment (CZZS) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Water source protection Topics of exchange. About the Twinning organizationsLaukai Conservation, (Guangzhou) Laukai Conservation was founded in 2015 and is located in a small...

SEE Foundation & Third Generation Environmentalism

SEE Foundation (Beijing) Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G) (Germany) Low carbon development and climate change Both our organisations have a strong focus on climate change and low carbon development, especially on joining up international and local climate...

China Green Carbon Foundation & Fern

China Green Carbon Foundation (CGCF) (Beijing) Fern (Belgium) Forest restauration and climate change Both of our organisations are working to promote forest restoration—China Green Carbon Foundation within China, and Fern within Europe as well as outside Europe...

Shenzhen Mangrove Conservation Foundation & The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 2018

Shenzhen Mangrove Conservation Foundation (Shenzhen) The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (UK) Wetland center management and environmental education promotion for wetland conservation The main objective of the exchange is to exchange good practice in wetland center...

Laotu & Naturland 2018

Laotu (Shenzhen) Naturland (Germany) Advancing sustainable agriculture by supporting farmers and educating consumers The exchange will focus on getting to know each other’s work, exchanging best practices and potentially creating a network for further cooperation....

Anhui Hefei Qingwei Health Center & Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. 2018

Anhui Hefei Qingwei Health Center (Anhui) Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. (Germany) HIV prevention and control, focused on young people The focus of their exchange lies on learning new approaches, aims and projects in the field of HIV-prevention and control. In China, AIDS...

Labour Education & Service Network & Südwind Verein für Entwicklungspolitik und globale Gerechtigkeit 2018

Labour Education & Service Network (Hong Kong) Südwind Verein für Entwicklungspolitik und globale Gerechtigkeit (Austria) Advocacy of labour rights in the supply chains of the electronics industry China is the most important country when it comes to manufacturing...

Shenzhen Zero Waste Environmental Public Interest Development Center & Energy Justice Association 2018

Shenzhen Zero Waste Environmental Public Interest Development Center (Shenzhen) Energy Justice Association (Romania) Displaying municipal waste incineration pollution and its impact on communities In their program the twinning partners focus on exchanging information...

Dinghaiqiao Co-operative Society & Büdchen am Nikolausplatz 2018

Dinghaiqiao Co-operative Society (Shanghai) Büdchen am Nikolausplatz (Germany) Support of marginalized groups, waste prevention, bringing people together The focus of their exchange lies in social justice and group building projects on a wide scale. Topics include the...

Chengdu Storyteller & Forum Theater 2018

Chengdu Storyteller Social Work Service Center (Chengdu) Forum Theater Enschede (Netherlands) Support of marginalized groups, waste prevention, bringing people together The focus of their exchange lies in social justice and group building projects on a wide scale....

Envirofriends & European Environmental Bureau 2018

Envirofriends (Beijing) European Environmental Bureau (Belgium) Industrial activities & the practical influence of environmental laws Through their exchange the twinning organizations are going to learn more about industrial activities and their impact on the...

Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology and Institute for Climate Economics – I4CE 2018

Chengdu Roots & Shoots (Chengdu) Zöld Kör / Green Circle (Hungary) Understanding how companies are taking action to reduce their greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, increase their resilience to both climate change and transition risks, and identifying areas for...

Chengdu Roots & Shoots & Zöld Kör / Green Circle 2018

Chengdu Roots & Shoots (Chengdu) Zöld Kör / Green Circle (Hungary) Comparing different systems of waste management, raising people’s awareness and advocate green policies In this exchange program, the organizations will compare and analyze their different systems...

Shanghai International Shipping Institute & European Federation of Transport & Environment 2018

Shanghai International Shipping Institute (Shanghai) European Federation of Transport & Environment (Belgium) Air pollution from shipping, decarbonisation of shipping The shared goal of the twinners is to reduce environmental, human health and climate impact of...

Sichuan Green Foundation & Go Green 2018

Sichuan Green Foundation (Sichuan) Go Green (Macedonia) China’s national carbon market, low carbon in cities, sustainable forest management, community-based projected area management One major part of this project is to launch workshops related to China’s national...

Evergreen Center for Sustainable Development (Beijing) & Youth Included (Czech Republic)

Evergreen Center for Sustainable Development, (Beijing) & Youth Included, (Czech Republic) Inclusion of migrants in environmental protection and education Both China and Czechia face many environmental challenges. Pollution (air, water, and land pollution) and...

Guangzhou Yuexiu District Nurturing Relationship Education Support Centre NRC (Guangzhou) & Center for Youth Activism CYA KRIK (Macedonia)

Guangzhou Yuexiu District Nurturing Relationship Education Support Centre NRC (Guangzhou) Center for Youth Activism CYA KRIK (Macedonia) Disability, gender and sexuality The significance of the topic providing direct support to people and children with disabilities...

Green Women (Shanghai) & Women Engage for a Common Future (Germany)

Green Women, (Shanghai) WECF e.V. Women Engage for a Common Future, (Germany) Developing gender-sensitive activities around safe energy and sustainable development Experience exchange on management, organization and needed skills of environmental NGO’s in Europe and...

South-Nord Institute for Sustainable SNISD (Beijing) & Change Partnership (Belgium)

South-Nord Institute for Sustainable Development (Beijing) Change Partnership (Belgium) “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) Initiative and Climate Change This project is vital to connecting China and Europe and it will represent the cornerstone of future cooperations between...

Greenovation Hub (Guangzhou) & Esti People to People (Estonia)

Greenovation Hub (Guangzhou) Esti People to People (Estonia) Exploring public participation in the fair sharing of clean water and water consumption The organizations focus on their mutual interest in using workshops and activities for awareness rising on water issues...

Eco Canton (Guangzhou) & Zero Waste Europe (Belgium)

Eco Canton (Guangzhou) Zero Waste Europe (Belgium) Waste management Spreading the understanding that waste is only the tip of the iceberg of a number of environmental and social issues. Therefore work on waste issues means as well working on climate change, food...

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society & WWF Wadden Sea Office (Germany)

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (Hong Kong) WWF Wadden Sea Office (Germany) Environmental education and awareness raising as a critical factor for long term conservation of coastal wetlands The exchange, with a special focus on coastal birds, will provide insight into...

2017 Social and Environmental Justice Twinner

2017 “Climate Change and Low Carbon Development” Twinners

2017 Climate Change and Low-carbon Development Twinner

2016 “Social and Environmental Justice” Twinners

Lingnan Partner Community Support Centre (Guangzhou) & BalkanKids Foundation (Bulgaria)

Lingnan Partner Community Support Centre (Guangzhou) BalkanKids Foundation (Bulgaria) Sexual Education and Technology Addiction Prevention for Marginalized Youth The education of young adults, especially underprivileged and abandoned youth has been the focus of the...

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (Beijing) & Deutsche Umwelt Hilfe (Germany)

China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (Beijing) Deutsche Umwelt Hilfe (Germany) Environmental legal aids, environmental litigation Protection of flora and fauna are the two main goals of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green...

BlueSky4Children (Shanghai) & Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt und Energie (Germany)

BlueSky4Children (Shanghai) Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt und Energie (Germany) Establishing a Global Sustainable Clothing Network Recycling, re-using and repairing are the future. The Wuppertal Institut is as committed to prolonging the life-cycle of textile...

P8 (Changsha) & Collaboration Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Germany)

P8 (Changsha) Collaboration Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Germany) Sharing Economy and Co-housing A sustainable future is a big goal for further engagement not only in Europa but also in China. Due the Twinning Programm 2016 two NGOs had the...

Centre for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (Beijing) & Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (Spain)

Centre for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (Beijing) Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (Spain) Environmental Public Litigation System (EPIL System) Safeguard environmental rights and protect interests of pollution victims by providing legal...

2016 Social and Environmental Justice Twinner