“Jamboree”: Second Meeting of the Social Platform

Speed Dating booklet

September 26th, 2012

Neumunster Abbey, Edmond Dune room

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Agenda

Title Speaker

14:30 – 15:10 Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Robert Wagener Chairperson of Social Platform

Presentation of the Website

Luisa Ferreira, EIB Institute

General Background and Legal Framework 15:10 – 15:35 Les ASBL et les

fondations luxembourgoises

Claude Medernach Senior Associate Arendt & Medernach

15:35 – 16:00 Philanthropy in Luxembourg

Tonika Hirdman, Director General Fondation Luxembourg

Experiences from the field 16:00 – 16:15 FINAFRICA Carmello Cocuzza

Director

16:15 – 16:30 Orphelins de Bosnie /

Terres d’amitié et de paix

Jean-Claude Carreau, Président

16:30 – 16:45 ADA Mia Adams, Founder and Honorary President Axel de Ville, Director

16:45 –17:00 Fondation EME: Ecouter pour Mieux s’Entendre

Dominique Hansen Director

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17:00 – 18:00 “Speed Dating”

Desk Name Contact

Desk 1 Axel de Ville ADA

Desk 2 Virginie Wagnon Little Plus / Toutes à l’école

Desk 3 Sophie Decelle Association du Calao

Desk 4 Jean-Jacques Schul IDAY-International aisbl

Desk 5 Patrick Huart Donnez une âme à l'Europe

Desk 6 Guy Clausse/Orlando Arango Européens Solidaires de l’Enfance Démunie

Desk 7 Jean-Claude Carreau Orphelins de Bosnie

Desk 8 Simon Norcross Greenpeace Luxembourg

Desk 9 Dominique Brown The Nest in Limuru

Desk 10 Colette Hartwich WEGA

Desk 11 Ramona Siwek Île aux Clowns

Desk 12 Alexandra Oxaceley Stëmm vun der Strooss

Desk 13 Claudia Klasen Radio Ara (Mon Op asbl)

18:00 – 19:00 COCKTAIL

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Rules for the “Speed Dating”

Objectives: Speed dating is a dating method that has hitherto proven successful. With today’s speed dating event we hope to meet the following objectives of the Social Platform:

Clearinghouse. To act as clearinghouse facilitating the matching of demand and the supply of staff´s time for social services.

Knowledge-sharing. To facilitate the exchange of ideas, experiences and challenges among those members actively involved in social activities.

Instructions:

1. Should you be representing an organisation, please check out the seating plan at the entrance and join your desk.

2. Should you be a participant at the jamboree (“visitor”), please make sure you have received the booklet introducing the different organisations that are represented here this afternoon. Please take time to go through it to decide which organisation you would like to meet. Please include more than 3 in your list in case the maximum number of participants at each desk has been reached because of very high demand.

3. The location of desks is displayed at the entrance of the room and in the booklet introducing the various organisations occupying a desk at the speed dating.

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4. A bell will ring after 15 minutes to signal the end of the round. The association representatives will remain seated, while the “visitors” will move to their next table/NGO.

5. The break between 2 rounds will last 5 minutes to allow rotation and give time to the daters to take a few notes.

6. Please head to next table (organisation) as soon as possible in order not to delay the event.

Start time: 17:00 End time: 18:00 Duration: 1h => 5’ introduction + 3 rounds of 15’with 2 breaks of 5’

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Table Plan

1 ADA 2 Little plus 3 Association du Calao 4 IDAY-International aisbl 5 Donnez une âme à l’Europe 6 Européens Solidaires de l’Enfance Démunie 7 Orphelins de Bosnie 8 Greenpeace Luxembourg 9 The Nest in Limuru 10 WEGA 11 Île aux Clowns 12 Stëmm von der Stroos 13 Radio ARA (Mond Op asbl)

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ADA

Website: www.microfinance.lu Address: 2, rue Sainte Zithe L-2763 Luxembourg Email: adainfo@microfinance.lu Establishment date: 1994 Represented by: Name: de Ville Axel / Lamberty Emmanuelle

Email: axel.ada@microfinance.lu / emmanuelle.ada@microfinance.lu

Sector: Civic organisation, advocacy and politics,

Microfinance Target beneficiaries: Young (16-25 years), Women, Young

entrepreneurs Project : ADA supports inclusive finance actors so that poor people can sustainably improve their lives and eventually become independent. In order to achieve this, ADA:

- develops innovative financial products and services, accessible and adapted to the poor

- supports the professional development of microfinance institutions through management tools and trainings

- advises the Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund SICAV (LMDF)

- contributes to research in inclusive finance and brings together public and private actors to support sector evolution

- learns, innovates and improves herself through knowledge management

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Achievements: Mia Adams-Bormans and her husband founded ADA almost 20 years ago. They were convinced that microfinance offered an effective form of assistance to help poor people in southern countries make their way out of poverty. As a pioneer in this field, ADA has build a strong network of partners over the years. Today ADA’s projects strengthen the professional capabilities of 150 microfinance institutions, helping them better serve 5.000.000 beneficiaries with accessible and affordable financial services that improve their lives. Skills needed: Accounting/Finance

Fundraising Project Management Technical skills

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Little Plus / Toutes à l’école Luxembourg

Website: www.littleplus.org Address: 24, rue Schmitz L- Kopstal Email: contact@littleplus.org Establishment date: 23/11/2010 Represented by: Name: Wagnon Virginie Email: virginie.wagnon@littleplus.org Sector: Education

Target beneficiaries: Children, Teenagers

Target country: Cambodia Project : The association Little Plus / Toutes à l’école Luxembourg aims to help provide education for children in need around the world and their families, by all legal means. The association operates in support of and in collaboration with the French association “Toutes à l’école”. In July 2012, Little Plus became “Toutes à l’école Luxembourg”.

The association is seeking to develop, in Cambodia, a high level of schooling for disadvantaged girls, enabling them to become free women and educated mothers. The creation of "Toutes à l’école" started with the following observation: out of all children who are already at school worldwide, only a third are girls. Located 12km from Phnom Penh, the school Happy Chandara that we support was launched in 2005 and aims to train women for reflection the decision-making positions of tomorrow: some become doctors,

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teachers, judges, entrepreneurs... Others will undertake vocational training and will be supported until they get a job that gives them freedom and dignity. Achievements: The school “Happy Chandara” hosts as of today 645 students and will have more than a thousand students once the graduating class has opened. 100 new girls enter the school each year. They attend school from primary school level and will be supported until the end of their studies and to their first job. Little Plus/Toutes à l’école has done fundraising for specific projects such as “Health and prevention at Happy Chandara” to enable the students at the school to have medical care, to improve the quality of the health service offered and to develop health and sex education. Skills needed: Advertising

Fundraising Marketing/Communication Organisation of events

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Association du Calao

Website: www.calao-africa.org Address: 74, route de Luxembourg L-7240 Bereldange Email: contact@calao-africa.org Establishment date: 2004 Represented by: Name: Decelle Sophie Email: sophiedecellediomande@yahoo.fr Sector: Animal, Education and Research &

Environment, Target beneficiaries: All

Target regions: West and East Africa Project : « Education = Conservation » est notre slogan. La conservation des espèces animales et le développement des populations avoisinantes vont de paire; en aidant à l’éducation des Hommes, les espèces peuvent aussi être protégées. Nos actions peuvent ainsi aider des tribus à mettre leurs enfants sur le chemin de l’école sans modifier leurs valeurs socio-culturelles. Dans le cadre de son intervention pour la conservation de la Biodiversité, l’Association se joint aux zoos afin d’y apporter son soutien et son aide.

Notre projet actuel : Réhabilitation du Zoo d’Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Le projet est géré depuis le Zoo d’Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire, qui a été soumis à de fortes pressions du fait de la guerre civile. La situation du pays est plus stable désormais : nous avons commencé à travailler avec le zoo afin d’améliorer le bien-être. Ce zoo a été abandonné pendant ces années de conflit et un grand nombre d’animaux ont péri (26%). Depuis

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lors, nous nous occupons des animaux encore présents, travaillant à l’amélioration de leur bien-être et également sur les problèmes comportementaux. Nous tentons d’intégrer les animaux dans un programme éducatif et de prévention du commerce de la faune sauvage mais également de lien avec le grand nombre d’espèces sauvages de Côte d’Ivoire. Achievements: L’Association du Calao asbl amorça sa participation avec l’ouverture en 2006 d’un programme éducatif dans les régions reculées du Nord Kenya favorisant l’alphabétisation de l’ethnie Samburus, des semi-nomades et bergers. Leur vie gérée par les besoins alimentaires du bétail, ne leur donne pas la possibilité de vivre aux alentours des écoles. Ce projet visa à l'alphabétisation de la communauté Samburu et à lui fournir une aide sanitaire. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, la construction d'une école maternelle incluant un internat pour les enfants de 4 à 6 ans et l'introduction d'un programme de cours du soir pour les guerriers et jeunes filles ont été créés. Après une étude exhaustive (2ans) des besoins des villages de Matapes (région Latakwen, Montagnes N’Dolo), une école maternelle comprenant une structure du type pensionnat fut construite pour une capacité maximale de 60 enfants (2 classes et 2 dortoirs). Un programme de cours du soir, Lchekuti, pour les enfants ne pouvant se rendre à l’école pendant la journée et les adultes, fut mis en place. L’enthousiasme et la confiance de la Communauté Samburu envers notre projet fut telle que les enregistrements au programme dépassa largement les attentes. Mais la famine qui sévit de plus en plus souvent de façon périodique a fait décroitre les enregistrements. Malgré cette décrue, à ce jour, 32 enfants participent toujours à ce programme. Depuis 2009, le Gouvernement kenyan à travers l’école primaire de Latakwen a repris en charge complètement les activités de cette école.

Skills needed: Administration/Management Fundraising IT skills Logistic Marketing/Communication

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IDAY-International asbl

Website: www.iday.org Address: 19 rue des Jambes - B-1420 Braine-l’Alleud Email: Info@iday.org Establishment date: 16/01/2008 Represented by: Name: Schul Jean-Jacques / Devillers Dominique Email: jjschul@iday.org / ddevillers@iday.org Sector: Civic organisation, advocacy and politics

Target beneficiaries: Children, Teenagers, Young (16-25 years),

Target regions: Africa Project : The IDAY network acts to defend the right to a quality basic education of all African children. IDAY acts mainly through the empowerment of organisation of the African civil society and advocacy campaigns whose specific goals are decided by national coalitions. In addition, IDAY has 4 multinational projects: 1) Stopping malaria with Artemisia annua (a highly effective Chinese plant and improving nutrition in schools by creating school gardens : projects are underway in DCR, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Kenya but are ready to be started in any of the other 18 IDAY-member countries. 2) The legal recognition and alphabetization of domestic workers: this project is running in 6 East and Central African countries with training centres existing in Burundi, Rwanda and DRC. The project aims to: get workers aged less than 14 back to school, provide functional literacy and professional training to illiterate young workers and guarantee them the same rights as those provided for other categories of workers. 3) Provide proper education to children in prison: starting in Cameroon and Kivu but expandable to all other members; 4) Enhance education in post-

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conflict areas (in preparation). Many other individual projects promoted by IDAY members are published on our Project Bank (www.iday.org) including the training of youngsters with disabilities, low-cost renovation of private schools, equipping school kitchens with energy-saving stoves. Achievements: Despite its young age (5 years), IDAY has achieved several goals: The anti-malaria project is now protecting more than 40 000 children and their academic results have significantly improved; Kenyatta University has signed with IDAY a memorandum of understanding to conduct a 5-year research programme on the medical, agricultural and social impact of Artemisia annua in schools. IDAY has put on the map the whole issue of legalising and educating African domestic workers, training more than 1000 youngsters and thanks to IDAY’s human rights campaigns, the Burundian government is currently discussing a law that will recognize domestic workers in the same way as any other professionals. Surveys to measure the number of illiterate domestic workers and jailed children deprived of education are under preparation together with UNICEF and Defence for Children International (DCI). Finally, discussions are underway with the Ministry of Education of Burkina Faso to conduct a general survey of the quality of education in the country. Skills needed: Fundraising

Project Management

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Européens Solidaires de l’Enfance Démunie

Website: www.esed-online.org Address: 59 Rue Gromscheed L-1670 Senningerberg Email: contact@esed-online.org Establishment date: 15/01/2001 Represented by: Name: Clausse Guy / Arango Orlando Email: g.clausse@eib.org / o.arango@eib.org Sector: Education and Research,

Target beneficiaries: Children, Young (16-25 years), Young entrepreneurs, Countryside population, Deprived neighbourhood

Target regions: Latin America Project : ESED asbl was registered as an NGO in early 2001 and works in support of poor and street children in developing countries, so far only in Latin America. Most current members are staff from European institutions such as the EIB or European Parliament. Special attention is given to engaging only with active and reliable local partners. Achievements: 10 years of support for poor and street children:

- Honduras: Scholarship system to enable poor and street children (10-17 years) to attend school, building and furnishing of new rural secondary schools, renovation, enlargement and equipping of rural primary schools

- Columbia: Classroom for pre-primary school children in rural private school (no adequate public school)

- Ecuador: Educational support/scholarships to enable poor and street children to attend private primary school (no accessible

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public school) Skills needed: Advertising

Fundraising IT skills Marketing/Communication

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Orphelins de Bosnie

Website: www.ltnb.lu/~orphbos/kakrinje.htm Address: 9, Millescheck L-6834 Biwer Email: orphans.bosnia@interway.lu Establishment date: Represented by: Name: Carreau Jean-Claude Email: jccarreau@interway.lu Sector: Development, Education and Research

Target beneficiaries: Children

Target country: Bosnia Project : The Therapeutic and Leisure Centre “Land of friendship and Peace” in Kakrinje. The centre combines a holiday/leisure centre with pony-riding. Such activity has a ludic value for the handicapped children, but is also of pedagogic and therapeutic importance, and teaches them how to strengthen their social skills and learn how to interact with others. The centre can host up to 100 children, priority being given to orphans or war victims. Achievements: OdB has been involved in a number of activities to support orphan children affected by the events in Bosnia, and, more generally, to promote a new understanding between the peoples of Bosnia.

Scholarship programme: (now discontinued) Some 30 children received financial support to pursue their studies (elementary, secondary and university level). This programme operated in close cooperation with

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“Obrazovanje gradi BiH”, a local Bosnian association. Vacation programme: Young orphans from Bosnia spend several summer weeks a year in Luxembourg, where they are hosted by local families. Needless to say, the children greatly enjoy these vacations in a new and trouble-free environment. But it is also clear that such stays are fairly costly. It may be more efficient to have the children spend more of their holidays outside of Sarajevo, rather than flying them to Luxembourg for a few weeks in the summer, and leaving them confined to much more rudimentary conditions for the rest of the year. Skills needed: Administration/Management

Fundraising Project Management

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Greenpeace Luxembourg

Website: www.greenpeace.lu Address: BP 229 L-4003 Esch/Alzette Email: Establishment date: Represented by: Name: Norcross Simon / Paulus Magali

Email: simon.norcross@greenpeace.org / magali.paulus@greenpeace.org

Sector: Environment

Target beneficiaries: All

Target countries: Worldwide Project : Save the Artic, Energy and Climate, Agriculture / Genetically Modified Organisms Nuclear Oceans Forests Toxic substances Achievements: Please see http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/history/Victories-timeline/ Skills needed: Administration/Management

Fundraising

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IT skills Logistic Marketing/Communication Organisation of events Project Management

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The Nest in Limuru

Website: http://uhuru.de/thenesthome Address: P.O.Box 605, 00621 Nairobi, KENYA Email: thenesthome@yahoo.de Establishment date: 1997 Represented by: Name: Brown Dominique Email: domanschler@hotmail.com Sector: Reintegration

Rehabilitation Target beneficiaries: Children, Teenagers & Women

Target country: Kenya Project : The Nest reaches out to prevent the children of imprisoned mothers from fighting for survival on the street. The Nest rescues affected children and improves their living conditions. The project is about the rehabilitation and reintegration of these children in society and with their families. The future project is to develop even further the reintegration of the mothers into society, giving them training and education. Achievements: The Halfway House provides emergency accommodation for up to 10 mothers with young children upon their release from prison. Along with counselling and civic education, the women rebuild their self-confidence for reintegration into society.

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The following services are offered: legal assistance, counselling, support with bureaucratic matters. The mothers are enrolled in credit schemes, training courses and self-help groups. Skills needed: Fundraising

Organisation of events

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WEGA Website: - Address: 44 rue Andethana L-6970 Oberanven Email: hartwich@pt.lu Establishment date: 1995 Represented by: Name: Hartwich Colette Email: hartwich@pt.lu Sector: Development, Environment

Target beneficiaries: Women, Countryside population

Target regions/ country(ies):

Philippines

Project : We presently, for the next 2 years, are finishing, in partnership with a Lux Filipino Asbl and the Mangrove Foundation, two projects: one ecological, replanting mangroves; and the other Eco Energy and Women’s Eempowerment through a solar battery project in the Province of Mindanao, in the Philippines. One of our specialties is Women’s Empowerment in transition countries, including the Ukraine. Skills needed: Administration/Management

Advertising Fundraising Logistic Marketing/Communication Organisation of events

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Île aux Clowns

Website: www.ileauxclowns.lu Address: 1, rue de l’école L-3764 Tétange Email: ileauxclowns@cig.lu Establishment date: 19/05/2006 Represented by: Name: Siwek Ramona Email: r.siwek@hotmail.fr Sector: Social services

Target beneficiaries: Children, Teenagers, Young (16-25 years), Seniors, Families,

Target regions/ country(ies):

Luxembourg

Project :

1. Professionnal clowns (10) paying free regular visits to: - Children suffering from cancer (at home) - Children in hospital - Seniors in residences/homes - Disabled people in residences/homes - International protection seekers in residences/homes

2. Increase the number of volunteers Achievements: Created in 2005 “Ile aux Clowns” has been able to :

- create 12 jobs - visit an average of 4 500 beneficiaries yearly - increase categories of beneficiaries starting from sick children

and now also covering seniors, disabled people and international protection seekers

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- make it possible to remain free of charge for beneficiaries Skills needed: Advertising

Fundraising Marketing/Communication Organisation of events Technical skills

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Stëmm vun der Strooss

Website: www.stemm-vun-der-strooss.com Address: 105, rue du cimetière L-1338 Luxembourg Email: a.oxacelay@stemmvunderstrooss.com Establishment date: 1997 Represented by: Name: Oxacelay Alexandra Email: a.oxacelay@stemmvunderstrooss.com Sector: Social services

Target beneficiaries: All

Target country: Luxembourg Project : Stëmm vun der Strooss is a non-profit organisation that tries to defend the interests of socially excluded people. It helps, informs and represents medical, psychological and/or socially dependent people who receive little or no help from other organisations. It works closely together with the Red Cross and some of the activities are financed by the Ministry of Health. Stëmm vun der Strooss organises different services to cater for the problems of the socially dependent. Their problems range from unemployment, drug abuse, alcoholism, mental or physical handicaps or the lack of understanding of the basics of reading and writing. The non-profit organisation is active on two levels: social and professional re-integration. Achievements: In 2011:

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- 48 000 meals were served - 13.1 tonesns of donated food was distributed for free - 125 people (socially dependent) have been occupied in the

different “ateliers de réinsertion professionnelle” - 18 people were housed through the “Immo Stëmm” project

In 2011, 2 304 people passed through the doors of the Stëmm vun der Strooss in Bonnevoie and in Esch-sur-Alzette, with a daily average of 99 people in Bonnevoie and 69 people in Esch-sur-Alzette. In both establishments, 214 people were under 25 years of age. Skills needed: Administration/Management

Accounting/Finance Fundraising IT skills Marketing/Communication

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Radio ARA

Website: www.ara.lu Address: 2, rue de la boucherie L-1247 Luxembourg Email: radioara@pt.lu Establishment date: 1992 Represented by: Name: Klasen Claudia / Agnes Céline Email: c.klasen@eif.org / celine.agnes@radioara.info Sector: Media

Target beneficiaries: All - a local audience interested in a specific, eclectic programming (music, culture, communities,...), but which can be global due to internet

Target country: Luxembourg Project : Radio ARA offers diverse programming with a great musical choice. Shows in Luxembourgish, English, German and French are typical and often different languages alternate during the same show. Apart from the English-speaking programming in the morning, the programming of Radio ARA is done by volunteers. Technical and administrative tasks behind the scenes are also done by volunteers. There is always a need for new interested people to join the crew of the Bistro magazine show, to support an existing team, or under specific circumstances to launch their own show. We want to set up an additional transmitter in the south of Luxembourg and therefore we have to collect appr. €35 000 for equipment and an est. €600 / month for additional running costs. Achievements:

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Radio ARA is Luxembourg's only free radio station with a transmitter network covering a large part of the country. The support of our listeners and volunteers, through their skills and their financial contribution has ensured our independence for already 20 years now. Radio ARA has a reputation amongst music lovers and specific communities. It also gives a voice to those which don't have one in mainstream media. “Radio ARA has done a great job in bringing so many cultures together from here in Luxembourg. It’s a fantastic achievement.” Kavitha, presenter of a classical indian music show Skills needed: Accounting/Finance

Fundraising Marketing/Communication Technical skills (being able to express yourself through voice, being able to listen to interview partner, being open-minded)

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