Belgian Organizations
Consumers
CRIOC – Research and Information Centre for Consumer Organisations
The aim of CRIOC is to provide technical support to consumer organisations, to valorise the function of consumerism and to promote consumer protection. Complementary to the work carried out by other consumer organisations, CRIOC represents consumers vis-à-vis local, regional, federal, communitarian and international authorities. CRIOC celebrated its 30 years of existence in 2005.
Rob.Renaerts@oivo-crioc.org
Tel: +32 (0)2 547 06 11
The “Eco-Consommation” Network aims at encouraging consumer behaviours that are more respectful of the environment and of health in general. The goal of this network is to achieve sustainable development by preserving natural resources and by distributing them in an equitable manner among all human beings, both for present and future generations.
info@ecoconso.be
Tel: +32 (0)71 300 301
Alternative Economies
POSECO – Information Centre for a Positive Economy
POSECO develops communication tools for the promotion of a “Positive Economy”, i.e. of an economic approach that is in harmony with human and social values (from a socio-economic, environmental and cultural viewpoint). Such a “Positive Economy” involves both the private and the professional domain, and touches upon issues such as sustainable development, social economy, fair trade, ethical finance, management, eco-construction and eco-tourism.
Jonathan.lesceux@poseco.org
Tel: +32 (0)2 346 60 02
Groupe One is a Belgian international Non-Governmental Organisation created in 1997 by a group of economists. Its ambition is to contribute to a more responsible economy which includes attention on human rights and principles of sustainable development.
info@groupeone.be
Tel: +32 (0)2 534 10 24
Groupe Terre is composed of business firms and associations that recognise themselves in the principles of a social economy. Groupe Terre supports sustainable development projects both in North and South. These projects all have the same goal which is to give assistance to the disadvantaged layers of the population. Groupe Terre aims at proving that it is possible to do business differently, by placing economy at the service of people and not the other way round.
info@terre.be
Tel: +32 (0)4 240 58 58
Agriculture
Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires (CSA)
This “Collective for Food Strategies” is a Belgian NGO that works to promote sustainable agriculture and food security by supporting farmer organisations and advancing the principle of food sovereignty in various regions of the world. The CSA wants to redirect agricultural and commercial policies in this sense and supports farmers, as they are the promoters of a sustainable agriculture.
csa@csa-be.org or secretariat@csa-be.org
Tel: +32 (0)2 412 06 60
Vredeseilanden wants to contribute to viable livelihoods of organised family farmers in South and North. Income from sustainable agriculture is a key element in livelihood improvement. Vredeseilanden contributes to the empowerment of small farmers in order to improve their position in the whole agricultural chain, from production to consumption. In these chains consumer demand and markets are driving forces. Vredeseilanden therefore facilitates marketing initiatives that farmers themselves have identified and defined as being beneficial for securing their livelihoods.
info@vredeseilanden.be
Tel: +32 (0)16 31 65 80
FUGEA
Fédération Unie de Groupements d'Eleveurs et d'Agriculteurs
The « United Federation of Animal Breeders and Farmers Groups » is a youth movement with the aim of developing and implementing policies that favour the installation of young people in agriculture. FUGEA works for young people (between 15 and 35 years of age) who are engaged in agricultural activities: temporary agricultural workers, young farmers and agricultural employees, as well as students both in rural and urban areas who are interested in agricultural as a profession.
fugea@skynet.be
Tel: +32 (0)65 33 55 03
Environment
The goal of Nature & Progrès is to research, experiment and divulge know-how about ecological agriculture and gardening with a view to improving the biological quality of cultivated soil and its fruits. Nature & Progrès further aims at educating producers, professionals, amateurs and consumers alike on the benefits that natural, organic, non-chemical and non-nuclear methods have on agriculture and life in general by enhancing nature’s dynamism.
natpro@skynet.be
Tel: +32 (0)81 30 36 90
This environmental association focuses primarily on ecological education, based on the appraisal that the degradation of our natural environment is the consequence of the mode of development promoted in Western societies. It is illusionary to think of solving our environmental ills without changing the economic, political and cultural mechanisms that contribute to the environment’s devastation. This is why the association places a particular interest on the consequences our daily actions have on the environment and strives to educate people in order to have them reflect about our lifestyles and adapt them accordingly.
Tel: +32 (0)81 40 14 78
Inter-Environnement Wallonie is a federation of environmental associations active in the French-speaking region of Belgium. The federation advises and supports its member associations and coordinates their activities. Although anchored in local realities, the federation’s work is inscribed within the global context, looking at the challenges our societies face today. The federation fights for a sustainable kind of development, for liveable urban centres and for the preservation of our environment.
iew.bxl@iewonline.be
Tel: +32 (0)2 219 89 46
By collective mobilisation, this citizens’ movement aims at inscribing the ecological urgency at the heart of governmental programmes.
Institut pour un Développement Durable
The Institute for Sustainable Development was founded in 1996 with the aim of promoting, undertaking and spreading research and studies that may assist public authorities and citizens in developing projects of sustainable development, particularly adapted to the Belgian context. idd@iddweb.be
Tel: +32 (0)10 41 73 01
