Morning All,
As some of you may be aware, this years Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting is being held in Brisbane, Australia, later this
year. My organisation is intending to get involved with the related
"People's Festival" which runs alongside CHOGM.
As part of our planning for this event, I am trying to find other
NGO's in the commonwealth who may be interested in participating
(physical presence may not be necessary). My broader goal is also to
make international links with other organisations who have similar
roles and goals to my organisation, the Queensland Council of Social
Service (QCOSS). Basically, QCOSS advocates for low-income and
disadvantaged people and communities through developing and
researching social policy and lobbying governments. We also act as
the Peak body for the community services sector in QLD, advocating on
heir behalf and supporting them through sector development work
(workshops, resourcing them with information etc etc).
If anyone knows of similar organisations to QCOSS internationally
(particularly in the Commonwealth) I would love to hear about them.
A brief search of the internet has uncovered some organisations in
Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, but some of the
Non-Western and developing countries are proving more difficult to
uncover.
If anyone would like some more information about the People's Festival goto:
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/news/news168.html
If you would like more information about QCOSS's plans for the
festival, please feel free to contact myself or QCOSS's director
(ShirleyWatters) on [log in to unmask]
Thanks in Advance,
David
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David Powell ([log in to unmask])
Project Assistant
Qld Council of Social Service
ABN:11 781 477 447
PO Box 306 Red Hill Qld 4059
Tel: +61 7 3832 1266
Fax: +61 7 3832 4119
Web Site: http://www.qcoss.org.au/
Accessibile Site: http://www.qcoss.org.au/access.html
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