Annual Report 2008 / 2009
... but the righteous shall flourish as a branch
The current international economic crisis has caused us to lose sight of the lives of people living in the world's poorer countries. This in turn has created even greater hardship for them. Examples of this year annual report show how deeply our lives and our economies impact the lives and livelihoods of people in other parts of the world.
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New Book
Genetic Engineering and Food Sovereignty
Reader on studies and experiences of partners and EED seconded professionals overseas: Sustainable agriculture is the only option to feed the world.
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Who feeds the world?
Three stories from Tanzania, Indonesia and Brazil.
Farmers of three countries refuse to get into debts and instead remember their traditional knowledge, which has been handed down from generation to generation. Innovative and versatile, they secure sustainable harvests, develop their own markets and contribute to the conservation of the environment.
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Personnel Services
Learning from One Another
EED supports capacity and competence building in
partner organisations by seconding professionals
from Europe for an employment based on the
German Law pertaining to development workers.
Moreover it seconds qualified personnel from southern
countries who have completed their studies or training in
Germany and intend to return to their native countries.
Various fields of work are covered by EED-seconded personnel,
more often though they work in promoting human
rights, with disabled, in medical or ecological domains,
agriculture or as management consultants. Conflict resolution,
non-formal vocational training and cultural promotion
belong to their range of activities as well. The professionals
become employees of the partner organisation for
three to a maximum of six years.
EED supports partner organisations to reach their aims in
view of sustainability. Therefore EED seconds personnel
and does not realise projects of its own. The secondment is
based on three principles:
Autonomy
EED gets active upon request only –
the partner organisation is responsible for the project
Independency
Limited employment contract – no executive functions for
the professional – the partner organisation is the employer
of the professional
Professionalism
Professional skills – professional experience –
team approach – intercultural competence –
know-how transfer
