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|European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. EuroSafe’s mission is to prevent home and leisure accidents by working in partnership with industry, governments, research institutes and health and safety practitioners to help reduce the greatest risks.
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Better sharing of resources: To organise the exchange of injury data and successful practices in prevention and to develop partnerships for joint projects.
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Better policies: To raise political awareness as to the impact of home and leisure accidents and to mainstream the injury prevention in a coherent manner within European policy agenda’s and programmes.
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Focused actions on injury prevention priorities in Europe: To establish purpose driven networks to ensure on-going development, implementation and evaluation of efforts in view of enhancing consumer safety.
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|The International Criminal Police Organization and is an inter-governmental organization. INTERPOL helps police in all 195 member countries to work together
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|The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 218,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) identify, assess, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders.  
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|INTERPOL
 
|The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe launched the “Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative” (DPPI SEE) in an effort to contribute to the development of a cohesive regional strategy for disaster preparedness and prevention for its 10 member States (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey). It has been conceived as an activity that seeks to provide a framework for South Eastern European nations to develop programs and projects leading to strengthened capabilities in preventing and responding to natural and man-made disasters.
 
|https://www.interpol.int
 
|[https://www.facebook.com/InterpolHQ Facebook]
 
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|CEPOL
 
|CEPOL is an agency of the European Union dedicated to develop, implement and coordinate training for law enforcement officials.
 
|[https://www.cepol.europa.eu/
 
|[https://www.facebook.com/CEPOLEU Facebook]
 
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|NeBeDeAgPol
 
|NeBeDeAgPol is a working group of police authority directors in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. It was founded more than 50 years ago and is a police initiative to collaborate on a trilateral level in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine.
 
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|ILSE
 
|The International Life Saving Federation (ILS) is the world’s non-profit association of aquatic Lifesavers and aquatic Lifesaving organizations. The International Life Saving Federation of Europe (ILSE) is the European branch of ILS. ILSE is an umbrella organisation, representing federations working in the field of Water Safety in Europe. Our members are representing more than 5 million Lifesavers and Lifeguards all over Europe.
 
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|[https://www.facebook.com/ILSEorg/ Facebook]
 
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|IMRF
 
|The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) is the international non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to develop and improve maritime search and rescue (SAR) capacity around the world, improving maritime SAR capability worldwide.
 
The IMRF brings together the world's maritime SAR organisations and has both voluntary and governmental organisations as members. As well as capacity building, the IMRF also has an advocacy role, providing an international voice for its members.
 
It is the only maritime SAR NGO with consultative status at the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO)
 
|https://www.international-maritime-rescue.org
 
|[https://www.facebook.com/internationalmaritimerescuefederation/ Facebook]
 
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|The European Jewish congress addresses the many challenges currently faced by European Jewry. EJC’s agenda has evolved since its establishment in response to the broad diversity of Jewish communities within Europe. However, in spite of their cultural differences and heterogeneous historic backgrounds, EJC’s members share common needs and interests, which in turn become EJC’s primary objectives.
|The GDPC aims to enhance disaster management – namely preparedness – capacities of Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies through a service-oriented and demand-driven approach to building community resilience.
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|The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe launched the “Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative” (DPPI SEE) in an effort to contribute to the development of a cohesive regional strategy for disaster preparedness and prevention for its 10 member States (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey). It has been conceived as an activity that seeks to provide a framework for South Eastern European nations to develop programs and projects leading to strengthened capabilities in preventing and responding to natural and man-made disasters.
 
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Emergency Services
 
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|EENA, the European Emergency Number
 
Association, is a non-governmental organisation
 
The Emergency Services Staff Network (ESSN) is an international network gathering emergency services and public authorities staff directly or indirectly involved with emergency calls handling world-wide.
 
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|People to People Health Foundation (Project Hope)
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|AGE Platform Europe is a European network of non-profit organisations of and for people aged 50+, which aims to voice and promote the interests of the 200 million citizens aged 50+ in the European Union and to raise awareness on the issues that concern them most.
Project HOPE is an International NGO currently operating in 22 countries and has implemented more than 500 programs in over 130 countries in a wide range of healthcare areas.
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AGE's work focuses on a wide range of policy areas that impact on older and retired people. These include issues of anti-discrimination, employment of older workers and active ageing, social protection, pension reforms, social inclusion, health, elder abuse, intergenerational solidarity, research, accessibility of public transport and of the build environment, and digital technologies (ICT). AGE seeks to give a voice to older and retired people in the EU policy debates, through the active participation of their representative organisations at EU, national, regional and local levels, and provides a European platform for the exchange of experience and best practices. AGE furthermore inform older people on their rights as EU citizen or resident and on EU policy making processes and recent EU policy development.
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Revision as of 15:06, 28 January 2022

The following table presents international networks of citizens which have to be considered in the context of diversity and vulnerability

Citizens and Science

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
CSA The Citizen Science Association (CSA) is a member-driven organization that connects people from a wide range of experiences around one shared purpose: advancing knowledge through research and monitoring done by, for, and with members of the public.

Citizen science – the most recognizable term for this practice – is expanding the reach, relevance, and impact of science in almost every area of inquiry; in the field and online; through local and global efforts. By broadening who can contribute to, shape, and use the tools and skills of science, these efforts can address questions with increased data and insight, develop shared social and scientific understanding of complex problems, and open new opportunities for shared discovery, scholarship, learning, justice, and action.

https://citizenscience.org Facebook Twitter
ECSA European Citizen Science Association’s (ECSA) mission is to connect citizens and science; to promote sustainable development through citizen science; and to ensure that citizen science contributes to policy processes.

They run interesting projects and working groups. The platform for sharing citizen science projects, resources, tools and training (https://eu-citizen.science) Participatory Approaches to a New Ethical and Legal Framework for ICT

https://ecsa.citizen-science.net Facebook Twitter

Digital Volunteers

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
VOST EU The aim of VOTST Europe federation is to create a space to interexchange experiences, best practices, mitigate common problems with common solutions, as well as to search for opportunities as representatives of a large number of digital volunteers. https://vosteurope.org Facebook Twitter

Civil Society

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
GNDR Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) is a voluntary network of civil society organisations, associations and individuals who are committed to working together, and engaging with partners and other stakeholders, to increase community resilience and reduce disaster risk around the world. https://www.europeanfiresafetyalliance.org Facebook Twitter
EUROSAFE European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion. EuroSafe’s mission is to prevent home and leisure accidents by working in partnership with industry, governments, research institutes and health and safety practitioners to help reduce the greatest risks.

Supported by its members, EuroSafe exists to promote: Better sharing of resources: To organise the exchange of injury data and successful practices in prevention and to develop partnerships for joint projects. Better policies: To raise political awareness as to the impact of home and leisure accidents and to mainstream the injury prevention in a coherent manner within European policy agenda’s and programmes. Focused actions on injury prevention priorities in Europe: To establish purpose driven networks to ensure on-going development, implementation and evaluation of efforts in view of enhancing consumer safety.

https://www.eurosafe.eu.com/home

Vulnerable People

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
DCDD Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development promotes disability inclusion in international development cooperation.

Right now, people with disabilities around the world face many physical obstacles, communication barriers, inadequate laws and policies as well as negative stereotypes.

https://www.dcdd.nl Twitter

Hearing impairment

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
EUD European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is a not-for-profit European non-Governmental organisation whose members comprise of National Associations of the Deaf. It is EUD's vision that Deaf people all over Europe have equality in both public and private aspects of life. Its main objectives it wants realised are: the recognition of the right to use an indigenous sign language, empowerment through communication and information, and equality in education and employment. http://www.eud.eu Facebook Twitter
EFHOH European Federation of Hard of Hearing People is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, registered in the Netherlands; currently comprised of 24 national member organizations and represents the interests of more than 52 million hard of hearing people throughout Europe. The aim is a Europe where hard of hearing people can live without barriers and have the opportunity to participate at all levels of society. https://www.efhoh.org Facebook Twitter

Visual impairment

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
EBU European Blind Union is a non-governmental, non-profit-making organization, and is a regional union of the World Blind Union. It is registered in France under the laws of the French Republic. EBU is the united voice of millions of blind and partially sighted Europeans. EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life. www.euroblind.org Facebook Twitter

Reading impairment

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
ASHA The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 218,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) identify, assess, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders. https://www.asha.org/ Facebook Twitter

Religious Communities

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
EJC The European Jewish congress addresses the many challenges currently faced by European Jewry. EJC’s agenda has evolved since its establishment in response to the broad diversity of Jewish communities within Europe. However, in spite of their cultural differences and heterogeneous historic backgrounds, EJC’s members share common needs and interests, which in turn become EJC’s primary objectives. https://eurojewcong.org Facebook Twitter

Elderly People

Network Description URL Facebook Twitter
AGE AGE Platform Europe is a European network of non-profit organisations of and for people aged 50+, which aims to voice and promote the interests of the 200 million citizens aged 50+ in the European Union and to raise awareness on the issues that concern them most.

AGE's work focuses on a wide range of policy areas that impact on older and retired people. These include issues of anti-discrimination, employment of older workers and active ageing, social protection, pension reforms, social inclusion, health, elder abuse, intergenerational solidarity, research, accessibility of public transport and of the build environment, and digital technologies (ICT). AGE seeks to give a voice to older and retired people in the EU policy debates, through the active participation of their representative organisations at EU, national, regional and local levels, and provides a European platform for the exchange of experience and best practices. AGE furthermore inform older people on their rights as EU citizen or resident and on EU policy making processes and recent EU policy development. Through its involvement in several EU projects, AGE also seeks to promote older people's participation in the development of projects and devices intended for them ('user involvement').

https://eurojewcong.org Facebook Twitter