Activities Overview

Hereafter an overview of special international activities of the S.E.R. Foundation is provided with statements, reports and foto gallery.

ECOSOC AMR Innovation Fair in Geneva/Switzerland, July 4th - 7th 2011

www.un.org/en/ecosoc/innovfair2011/about.shtml

The S.E.R. Foundation presented "Best Practices: Universal Education through Reconciliation"

It submitted a written statement that was translated into the six UN languages and published as an official contribution to the ECOSOC High Level Segment. Additionally, the foundation had the opportunity to present the statement orally.

Report of RadioChico (in French)
http://radiochico.jimdo.com/13-neu-romandie/13-1-actualit%C3%A9s/13-1-1-onu-juillet-2011/

Burundi, Table Ronde on July 5 th, 2011

"Journee de Sensibilisation et de Mobilisation pour la Creation d´un Forum pour la Paix et la Reconciliation"
- Impulse and patronage : S.E.R Foundation Switzerland -

Invitation (French)
Report (French)

The S.E.R. Foundation participated in the Informal interactive hearing on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases on 16 June 2011 General Assembly Hall, UN Headquarters, New York.
The Foundation gave in a written statement. As a result of that, the Foundation - as one of four german NGOs - has been invited the by the General Assembly to participate in the High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be convened on 19 and 20 September 2011 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

In the Side Event of the 47. Session on Social Development

"Business development as an economic programme for a fairer world - best practice examples from Northern Europe in the fight against poverty" on Februar 10th 2011 in the Permenant Mission of Germany to the UN, New York the Foundation conduced by a speech "MDG 1 - an indicator for social development and the role of reconciliation"

Invitation (English)
Speech (English)

2010

Asia Pacific Rim - China Roundtable Hamburg, 20 December 2010

New Political Economic Developmental Perspective - Breakthrough in China German Relations, Hamburg
Organizer of the Roundtable: Baltic Sea Forum, Global Balance und S.E.R. Stiftung D,
Impulse speech by the S.E.R. Foundation (German)

Conference at the United Nations Vienna, 29 November 2010

Organisation of the conference and speech: "Global Reconciliation beyond 2000"

Invitation (Englisch)
Speech (Englisch)

S.E.R. Reconciliation Award Ceremony on behalf of the International Reconciliation Year 2009

on 7 August 2010 in Bern/ Switzerland Guest of Honour and Speaker: UN Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Peace and Development Mr Wilfried Lemke

Programm
Awardees category a: Belgrad Summit, Peace Week Beit Jala, The Voice
Awardees category b: Africa in Motion, Teatro La Luna, The Choir of Nations
Awardees category c: Aachener Run for Peace, Future Leaders Forum, RadioChico
Awardees category d: Earth is Our Common Home, Promotion of Health and Education, Week of Reconciliation
2010 Bern award summary (Englisch)

2009

During the whole year the S.E.R. Foundation together with its partners of the Action Alliance Bonn for the Reconciliation Year 2009, including the town of Bonn, ran events.
The SER Foundation Switzerland together with its parnters organized a "Time for Reconciliation" between 21 September - 2 October 2009.

Flyer (German)
Program (German)

DPI NGO Briefing "Sustainable Peace through Reconciliation" February 5th, 2009

To introduce the International Reconciliation Year 2009 to all NGOs at DPI, the S.E.R. Foundation was invited to send a speaker to the panel.

Speech (English)
Official Summary of the Briefing (English)

2008

61st United Nations' DPI/NGO Conference September 3rd - 5th , 2008 in Paris/France

Conference Theme : "Reaffirming Human Rights - the Universal Declaration at 60"

impressions from the conference

The S.E.R. Foundation sponsored a Midday Interactive Workshop on September 3rd 2008, together with UN Volunteers.

Invitation (English)
Speech (English)
Summary (English)

Start up of the activities for the Reconciliation Year 2009 in Bonn/Germany on 28 August 2008

The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and S.E.R. Foundation invited and met with interested NGOs of the region.

Invitation (German)
Protocol (German)

S.E.R. invited all Permanent Missions and representatives of ECOSOC, GA and DPI to a Reconciliation Forum at UN, New York on 30 May 2008,

introducing an Action Plan for the International Reconciliation Year 2009 speakers :
Ms Hanifa Dahela Mezoui, Head of ECOSOC/DESA (NGO Section)
Ms Shamina de Gonzaga, Special Adviser for NGO Relations to the President GA

Invitation (English)
Program (English)

2007

Throughout the complete year members of the Foundation introduced Reconciliation, the International Reconciliation Year and the Action Plan for the International Year 2009 to many Permanent Missions of UN Member States, esp the Missions of Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Philippines as well as to Heads of the NGO Sections of ECOSOC, GA and DPI and several UN Departments on the occasion of various conference attendances (including CSW, Conference on Intercultural Dialoge and DPI NGO conference)

Action Plan (English)
Statement: The_Millenium_Challenge (English)

60th United Nations' DPI/NGO Conference September 5th - 7th , 2007 in New York

Conference Theme : "Climate Change - How it impacts us all"

Impressions from the conference

ECOSOC AMR Innovation Fair in Geneva/Switzerland, July 2nd - 5th, 2007

The S.E.R. Foundation contributed in a stand of the exhibition with "Reconciliation as Best Practice"

S.E.R. Best Practices (Posters)
Report (English)

Reconciliation Week 2007

Information about the Reconciliation Week 2007 you can find at www.global-balance.org.

2006

Reconciliation Week 2006

Information about the Reconciliation Week 2006 you can find at www.global-balance.org.

2005

58th United Nations' DPI/NGO Conference September 7th - 9th , 2005

Conference Theme : "Our Challenge; Voices for Peace, Partnership and Renewal"

Midday Interactive Workshop, September 8th, 2005
Sponsored by Anuvrat and the Foundation for Subjective Experience and Research (S.E.R.)

Workshop Announcement (English)
Speech (English)

S.E.R. Reconciliation Week 2005

Information about the Reconciliation Week 2005 you can find at www.global-balance.org.

2004

57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, United Nations, New York, N.Y., September 8th - 10th, 2004

Conference Theme: "Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society takes Action"

Midday Interactive Workshop, September 9th , 2004: "Global Reconciliation"
Sponsored by Promoting Enduring Peace, Round World Leadership and Foundation for Subjective Experience and Research (S.E.R.)

Speech (English)

Reconciliation Congress in Basel/Switzerland in Oktober 2004:

Guests of the S.E.R. Foundation CH are archbishop Simon Ntamwana und Sr. Godelive Miburo, Gitega, Burundi

Press Article (English)

2003

56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, United Nations, New York, N.Y., September 8th - 10th, 2003

Conference Theme: "Human Security and Dignity - Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations"

S.E.R. Statement (English)