AWO International

AWO International
legal form	Registered association
founding	1998
Seat	Berlin ( ⊙ coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 43 ″  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 54.2 ″  E )
main emphasis	Development cooperation , humanitarian aid
Chair	Rudi Frick
Managing directors	Ingrid Lebherz
sales	4,193,195 euros (2018)
Employees	11 (2018)
Members	314 (2018)
Website	www.awointernational.de

AWO International e.V. is the trade association of the workers' welfare organization (AWO) for development cooperation and humanitarian aid . Together with local partner organizations, the organization implements development cooperation projects and measures for humanitarian aid and disaster risk management. In Germany, AWO International is committed to fair trade and offers a program for global learning . The association was founded in September 1998 in Berlin as a member association and has 314 members (as of December 2018).

Work areas and regions

The thematic focal points of the project work of AWO International are the topics of child and youth rights , migration and human trafficking , gender equality, food security and climate change as well as humanitarian emergency aid, reconstruction and disaster risk management .

Development cooperation

AWO International implements development cooperation projects particularly in the four project regions of Central America and Mexico ( El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico, Nicaragua ), South Asia ( Bangladesh , India , Nepal ) and Southeast Asia ( Indonesia , Philippines ) and East Africa ( Uganda ). The international organization implements the projects with local organizations in the project regions.

AWO International is one of the eight social structure agencies currently receiving project funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with the aim of promoting social structures. Social structural funding is a development policy instrument which, with the help of the development of sustainable social structures, promotes the participation of disadvantaged population groups in social, economic and political developments in their country and strengthens self-help and initiative of civil society.

Humanitarian aid

In the event of a disaster (e.g. earthquake , drought , tropical storm, etc.), AWO International, in cooperation with local organizations, provides humanitarian aid for the affected population groups and supports reconstruction projects. In humanitarian aid, AWO International also implements emergency aid projects beyond the three permanent project regions, for example in Africa and the Middle East .

In addition, AWO International implements disaster risk reduction projects according to the methodical approach "Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development" (LRRD). This is a methodical approach that links humanitarian aid with sustainable development. The aim of this approach is to prepare threatened population groups so that they are able to help themselves in the event of a disaster.

AWO International is a member of the Aktion Deutschland Hilft alliance . The alliance comprises 23 German aid organizations, which, if necessary, jointly call for donations and coordinate their aid measures in the affected area.

Domestic development policy

At home, AWO International is involved in global learning and fair trade. The association also offers workshops, multiplier training courses and educational materials.

Memberships and alliances

AWO International is a member of Aktion Deutschland Hilft, Together for Africa , VENRO , Solidar and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialstruktur (AGS).

transparency

AWO International has signed the declaration of self-commitment of the Transparente Gesellschaft initiative, which was launched in 2010 by Transparency International Germany. The association is also a member of the German Donation Council , which advocates transparency in the German donation system. The association publishes an annual report every year and provides information on income and expenditure as well as developments in the aid projects.

AWO International finances the work through membership fees , donations and public grants. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is the largest donor.

Web links

• Website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report 2018 . In: AWO international eV August 6, 2019 ( awointernational.de [PDF; accessed October 5, 2019]).
2. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ: Non-governmental organizations (private and social structure organizations). Retrieved February 12, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Jürgen Lieser (Caritas international / VENRO), Andrea Padberg (German Agro Action - GAA), Peter Runge (VENRO / responsible), Dr. Peter Schmitz (Malteser International): Linking relief, rehabilitation and development: Approaches and fi nancing instruments to improve the transition between relief, rehabilitation and development co-operation. (No longer available online.) Association of Development Policy of German Non-Governmental Organizations, February 2016, archived from the original on August 29, 2011 ; accessed on February 12, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ^ Aid organizations of the alliance Aktion Deutschland Hilft . ( aktion-deutschland-hilft.de [accessed on February 12, 2018]).
5. ↑ Member Organizations - TOGETHER FOR AFRICA . In: TOGETHER FOR AFRICA . ( joint-fuer-afrika.de [accessed on February 12, 2018]).
6. ↑ Our members. Retrieved on August 5, 2019 (German). 
7. ↑ Members and Partners | Solidarity. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialstruktur. Retrieved February 12, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Signatory. Retrieved February 12, 2018 . 
10. ^ Deutscher Spendenrat eV Accessed on February 12, 2018 (German).