COPADE doubles innovative fair-trade programs in 2019
Spanish fair-trade foundation COPADE last year doubled the number of projects sponsored in Spain and abroad aimed at promoting the use of…
Fair Trade & Development Aid
Iglesias to coordinate ‘Agenda 2030’ for coalition gov’t
In one of the final interventions of the congressional debate Tuesday that saw Socialist party general secretary Pedro Sánchez re-elected to a…
Spanish NGO helps Syrian city rebuild, brick by brick
A Spanish non-governmental overseas development organization working since 2001 in Syria has launched a unique fundraising campaign to support its ongoing efforts…
Carmena returns to running non-profit clothing NGO
► Madrid’s former progressive mayor goes back to work with NGO she founded ► Zapatelas sells children’s clothing made by migrant women,…
Fair trade purchases on rise, but still trail rest of Europe
► 53% rise in fair-trade purchases, mainly coffee, cocoa & other foodstuffs ► But Spaniards spend just €2 each per year, compared…
Spain pledges 150mn euros to combat climate change
► Spain commits to helping Green Climate Change projects in developing world ► Contributions by Spain, EU countries to offset U.S. refusal…
Spain set to celebrate World Fair Trade Day on Saturday
► More than 50 events, festivities planned at local, regional levels across Spain ►’We Are Fair Trade’ campaign to raise public awareness…
NGO sponsors child malnutrition photo diagnosis app
University researchers working with the Spanish affiliate of international non-governmental aid agency Action Against Hunger (ACT International) have developed a breakthrough mobile…
Valencia becomes ‘Fair Trade City’, 19th named in Spain
The city of Valencia has been designated as Spain’s 19th ‘Fair Trade City’, a designation awarded to cities for their promotion of…
NGOs urge social justice agenda for election manifestos
Spanish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called on the country’s political parties to include commitments to social justice in their party manifestos in…
Spain NGOs seek increase in overseas development aid
An umbrella federation of more than 80 Spanish NGOs working on development projects and providing humanitarian assistance around the world has called…
Fair-trade group highlights benefits of SPP products
► Small producers label certifies fair-trade, self-managed co-op products ► Spain’s National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council (CECJ, Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo) has…
PP gov’t advances overseas aid plan rejected by NGOs
► Government to hold 2018 foreign aid spending to lowest levels since 1980s ► Spain’s governing Partido Popular (PP) has relied on…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras
Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors Without Borders,” is an international non-governmental organization that since…
Aid NGOs fear negative fallout from Oxfam Haiti scandal
► Widening scandal threatens to undermine humanitarian work of all NGOs ► Spain’s umbrella federation of overseas development aid and humanitarian relief…
NGOs enlist ADIF to educate about humanitarian relief
► ‘Behind the emergency’ exhibit tours Spanish train station lobbies ’til April ► Acción contra el Hambre (Action Against Hunger), the Spanish…
NGOs launch holiday toy drives with social conscience
► Groups seek toys that shun violence and sexism, improve lives of children ► Non-governmental organizations in Spain have launched toy drives…
Spain releases millions in funding for Catalan NGOs
• Central gov’t says NGOs to receive 10.2 mn in frozen social services funding • Funds part of Catalan gov’t budget said…
Socialist reversal on CETA stirs waters on EU trade deals
• PSOE abstention on CETA pact sets off centre-right alarms in Madrid, Brussels • Spanish NGOS, labour unions pressure Socialists to vote…
Socialists pull support for EU-Canada free-trade deal
• PSOE reverses position on free-trade accord, now says it won’t vote for CETA • Socialist ‘No’ vote or abstention on trade…
Oxfam criticises Spain over arms sales to Saudi Arabia
• Gov’t has sold 650mn euros worth of arms to Saudis during war with Yemen • Spain’s humanitarian aid just 700k euros…
Unidos Podemos can’t stop CETA trade deal in Congress
• PP, PSOE, other parties vote to move ahead with EU-Canada free-trade deal • Accord to cut 98pct of tariffs, settle disputes…
JoinIn solidarity app begins global rollout in Spain
• New mobile app to connect users with socially responsible causes worldwide • JoinIn platform aims for 10k users, 5k participating NGOs…
‘Rebels with a cause’ theme of 13th May fair-trade day
• NGOs call on Spanish consumers to support fair and sustainable commerce • CECJ, CONGDE urge swapping ‘slacktivism’ for active support of…
Oxfam, García Márquez fund target gender inequality
• Oxfam Intermón joins FNPI to offer grant for journalism on gender inequality • Three-judge panel to award $5,000 prize, publish work…
Oxfam event funds clean water, fight against hunger
• More than 2,100 walkers raise 730,000 euros in 100-km trek through Catalonia • Additional Oxfam Intermón Trailwalker events planned for Vitoria,…
Spain overseas development aid falls to pre-2000 levels
• Spain now ranked 26th of 28 European countries providing overseas aid • Development aid slashed 73 pct since 2008, despite return…
Spain gets mixed review in 2016 UN development report
• Spain’s ranking on annual development survey slides one position to 1990 level • Women’s lot improves in areas of education, participation…
#VIDEO: MdM awards Luis Valtueña photo prize
• Médicos del Mundo awards Luis Valtueña prize to Russian Sergei Stroitelev • 270 photographers from 45 counties in 2017 humanitarian photo…
Oxfam Intermón to open new charity shops in Spain
• Spanish affiliate of global NGO to open shops in Madrid, Barcelona this week • NGO drive to increase funding sees 50…
Spain’s NGO volunteers get #AplausoGlobal today
• Non-governmental groups encourage ‘solidarity’ as response to world’s woes • Volunteering is way to give ‘most valuable resource, your time’ to help others Volunteer workers…