Working with partners worldwide

Civil society plays a key role in the process of achieving real system change for a more equitable and sustainable world. As an organisation based in Europe, Both ENDS considers strong partnerships with organisations from the Global South crucial to the success of our mission.

Our Southern counterparts are doing the vital work of identifying, developing and implementing innovations that ensure the fair management of natural resources and more sustainable livelihoods in line with the realities of their countries and regions. They play an equally vital role in calling attention to and combatting developments that are increasingly widening the gap between the rich and the poor, destroying the natural world and leading to human rights violations. These developments often have their origins in European policies and business practices, though their negative impact is felt more acutely in the countries of our Southern partners.

WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS?

Both ENDS’ partners share our vision of a fair, sustainable and inclusive world. They include civil society organisations (CSOs), communitybased organisations (CBOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and research institutions. While most are based in countries in the Global South, they theoretically can come from anywhere in the world. Both ENDS’ process of identifying which partners to work with does not follow a strict protocol. Mostly it is based on an organic process of getting to know each other, commonalities between our thematic work fields, similar strategies and approaches, complementary needs, and of course positive joint work experiences that have shown to deliver good results for all involved parties.