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Do you have an affinity with international politics and want to know what it is really like at a political organisation? Then an internship at the FMS might be for you!
Minke looks on at the FMS
Hello all, I am Minke Muthert (17 years old) and I have had an internship at FMS for a week. I am in my 5th year of VWO in Groningen and when I get my diploma, I want to study International Development Studies in Wageningen. From my school, I was looking for a future-oriented snuff internship that fitted in with this field of study. I did some searching and emailing to different development organisations and ended up at FMS. I found the topics I came across on the FMS site very interesting, about all kinds of issues in the world that I regularly deal with.
"Cooperation is key in new activism": Africa Day 2018
14 April started as a grey spring day, but in the afternoon the sun broke through for a while! At the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), it was immediately warm as ever! Africa Day 2018 was about to begin. The Marble Hall quickly filled up with visitors who did not want to miss anything from the programme.
Africa Day 2018 big success!
What a beautiful day it was again last Saturday, 14 April! With some 1,000 visitors, speakers and volunteers, KIT in Amsterdam was buzzing. Through this way, we would like to sincerely thank all speakers, volunteers and visitors for their participation and presence!
Eco-activists from WECF on Africa Day!
In many countries, people face climate change and pollution on a daily basis. Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) supports the heroes standing up for this. The workshop 'Eco-activism: best practices from Nigeria' at Africa Day will discuss this in detail. In doing so, WECF perfectly matches the theme of Africa Day 2018: NEW ACTIVISM. A
valuable addition for Africa Day!
New activism on Africa Day
It is time to highlight a few themes of the upcoming Africa Day, because Africa Day 2018 will be a very active, interesting and inspiring edition. Activists like Moses Isooba and Tikhala Itaye, will show how they are working for sustainable development, against corruption and for women's rights in Africa. But there are of course more themes that will feature prominently on the day. For example, the sustainable development goals, migration, and much more. So will you also take action? Then come with your friends to Africa Day and talk and act!
From charity to good lobby
A special Africa Day workshop!
Everyone should be able to influence laws and policies. Not only big companies, but also ordinary citizens. Only when everyone can represent their interests can politicians and administrators make good decisions. Unfortunately, it is difficult for people without money, time and experience to find their way through the political maze. That is why civil rights organisation Kompass, in cooperation with the Lobby Local Foundation, helps you get closer to (local) politics. Are you a local initiative, civil society organisation or concerned citizen committed to human rights, vulnerable groups or social cohesion and struggling with a lobbying question? Come along to our lobbying hour and start as a citizen lobbyist!
SPOKENWORD lunch programme Africa Day
During Africa Day on 14 April, you won't have to be bored during the break either. The soul food, cocktail and poetry bar Labyrinth will host a lunch programme with spoken word.
Programme Africa Day 2018 announced. Order your tickets now!
Saturday 14 April marks Africa Day 2018: the event on Africa and international cooperation at KIT in Amsterdam, organised by FEPS and FMS. This year, the theme of the day is new activism. Because even though traditional power is still often closed, activists often know how to bring about change. Who speaks more from the heart about this than activists themselves? With Moses Isooba of the pan-African movement Africans Rising and only 27-year-old Tikhala Itaye from Malawi, the day immediately gets a great opening. Cherry-fresh editor-in-chief of OneWorld, Seada Nourhussen, will interview these two activists to hear all their experiences!
The Netherlands and the SDGs: where do we stand?
7 March, at the initiative of Partos, MVO Nederland and the SDG Charter, a dynamic group of people met in Nieuwspoort to discuss how sustainable the current response agreement actually is. After 436 organisations and companies called on the Rutte III government in 2017 to include the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the coalition agreement, the yield seemed extremely meagre. There is exactly one reference to the SDGs in the coalition agreement, under the heading development cooperation. This while the SDGs are universal and therefore also simply apply to the Netherlands. So it is up to the rest of the country to hold up this mirror to the Dutch government.
