Netzkraft Movement

Netzkraft Movement
Formation1990
FoundersDr. Jo Becker und Gertrud Sivalingam
Location
  • Xanten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Members4395 (Date: 25. July 2024)
Websitehttp://www.netzkraft.net

The Netzkraft Movement, based in Germany, is a cross-thematic and international network of individuals and groups who work for the common good.[1][2][3][4] This commitment may be social, political, ecological or spiritual. The Netzkraft Movement which currently has more than 4,000 member organisations,[5] provides the organizational structure for the interaction of its members. Since 2009, the Netzkraft Movement has had an entry in the Yearbook of International Organizations published by the Union of International Associations (UIA), a research institute and a documentation center, based in Brussels.[6]

History

The Netzkraft Movement was developed as part of a research project of the Institute of Systemic Research in Xanten in the years from 1990 to 1995.[7] The support is the Sozialpsychiatrische Initiative Xanten (Spix e.V.[8]), a non-profit association, that operates the Institute. The Institute's research projects explore and test networking opportunities. Something new should not be created by a new institution or organisation, but by sharing and mutual support between existing institutions or groups. The Institute in Xanten has supported and maintained the website of the Netzkraft Movement as a global network of non-profit organizations since 1995.

The decentralized autonomous concept

The Netzkraft Movement is based on the principle of solidarity, i.e. the willingness to get to know other net participants and to support them as far as possible.[9] The net participants remain autonomous, they themselves decide when and to what extent they look through the network for partners for exchange and cooperation. Once a year, the Institute sends a letter to all network participants. Further activities of the network are up to the network participants themselves.[10]

Basic consensus

The basic consensus consists of three shared global goals of the Netzkraft Movement which are binding for all network participants:

  • International body for peace, human rights and the environment within the United Nations
  • Sustainable eco-social economic development
  • Decentralization of political power with regional self-determination[11]

Thematic areas

Aid for developing countries, Aid organization, Alternative economy, Antiracism, integration, Community project, Ecological research, futurology, Education, Environmental organization, Environmental project, Human rights, Media project, Peace policy, Spiritual organization, Volunteer work, Welfare, the handicapped, Women´s policy, feminist project

Goal

The goal is the creation of an international and interdisciplinary network of socially committed groups that support and complement each other, thus gaining social influence.[12] Contacts with each other and mutual support will strengthen the success of the individual network participant. As an international network the Netzkraft Movement stands up for the following global objectives: to strengthen the United Nations, sustainable environmental development and decentralized political decisions.

Financing

The infrastructure provided is financed by the Institute for Systemic Research in Xanten.[13]

Known member organizations

  • 350.org; United States, Brooklyn, NY 11201

References

  1. ^ No Water No Life Archived 2023-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  2. ^ wirundjetzt e.V. Archived 2023-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  3. ^ Neotropical Primate Conservation (NPC) Archived 2023-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  4. ^ INTERSOL Archived 2023-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  5. ^ Mitgliederverzeichnis der Netzkraftbewegung Archived 2020-05-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 16. 2022
  6. ^ Yearbook of International Organizations 2009/2010, Union of International Associations (Hrsg.), KG Saur Verlag, München, Deutschland, ISBN 978-3-598-24653-1
  7. ^ BLICKPUNKT ZUKUNFT Ausgabe 28, Juli 1995, Seite 7 Archived 2020-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 03. 2020
  8. ^ Spix e.V. Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Humanistische AKTION Archived 2022-12-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  10. ^ The decentralized autonomous concept Archived 2019-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Basic consensus Netzkraft Movement Archived 2023-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  12. ^ Netzkraft Movement Archived 2019-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 13. 2023
  13. ^ Working methods of the Netzkraft Movement Archived 2019-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 03.2020
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