UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil Society Networks

Organization's name: UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil Society Networks
Organization's acronym: UBUNTU
Headquarters address  
Address: UBUNTU - Jordi Girona 29 Ed. Nexus II - 08034 Barcelona
Spain
Phone: 0034 93 413 7773
Fax: 0034 93 413 7777
Email: ubuntu@ubuntu.upc.edu
Web site: www.ubuntu.upc.edu
Preferred mailing address
Address: UBUNTU - Jordi Girona 29
Spain
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages::
  • English

  • French

  • Spanish

  • Catalan

Remarks: Nahleen (12 Aug 2016): The consultative status of the NGO was withdrawn by the Council in July 2016 for non-submission of its quadrennial report for the 2010-2013 period./ Marwan (28 July 2015) : Special consultative status was granted in 2006. The status was suspended by the Council in July 2015 for 1 year through July 2016 due to delays in the submission of its quadrennial report.

Contacts & Participation:

First Name:

Last Name:

Contact Type:

Laia Bertran Designation
Federico MayorZaragoza
Hernán Cortés Designation
Sergi Rovira Pérez Sustainable Development (primary)
Maria del Mar Juviña Designation
Maria del Mar Juviña Application
Manuel Manonelles Head of Organization
Marta Garrich Designation
Julie Chaverou
Hernán Cortés Designation
Janira Tor Bover Designation
Laia Macarena Bertran Designation
Manuel Manonelles Designation , Head of Organization
Manuel Manonelles Head of Organization
Marta GARRICH BARINGO Others
Sergi ROVIRA Designation
Hernán Cortés Designation
Laia Bertran Designation
Maria del Mar Juviña Designation
Blanca De Riquer
Khalil Elouardighi
Josep XERCAVINS I VALLS Others

Activities


Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Economic and Social:
  • Agriculture
  • Atomic Energy
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Debt Relief
  • Development
  • Disarmament
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Financing for Development
  • Governance
  • Information
  • New Global Institutions
  • Outer Space
  • Peace and Security
  • Science and Technology
  • Statistics
  • Taxation Policy
  • Trade and Development
  • United Nations Reform
  • Women/gender Equality

  • Financing for Development:
  • External debt
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • International Trade as an engine for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development

  • Social Development:
  • Poverty

  • Statistics:
  • Demographic and social surveys
  • Development indicators
  • Environmental Accounts
  • Official statistics, principles and practices

  • Sustainable Development:
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Gender equality
  • Indicators
  • Poverty
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
  • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
    • Belgium
    • Tuvalu
    • Holy See
    • Nepal
    • Solomon Islands
    • Comoros
    • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
    • Italy
    • Libya
    • Mexico
    • Estonia
    • Ireland
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Thailand
    • Zimbabwe
    • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    • New Zealand
    • Bhutan
    • Jordan
    • Ukraine
    • Trinidad and Tobago
    • Japan
    • Costa Rica
    • Madagascar
    • Myanmar
    • Liechtenstein
    • Angola
    • China
    • Singapore
    • Panama
    • Gambia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Malaysia
    • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    • Portugal
    • Djibouti
    • South Africa
    • Antigua and Barbuda
    • Lesotho
    • Seychelles
    • Guyana
    • Mongolia
    • Czechia
    • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
    • Benin
    • Argentina
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Tunisia
    • Cameroon
    • Central African Republic
    • Afghanistan
    • Sudan
    • Philippines
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Serbia
    • Romania
    • India
    • Luxembourg
    • Somalia
    • Senegal
    • Maldives
    • Bangladesh
    • Azerbaijan
    • El Salvador
    • Viet Nam
    • France
    • Congo
    • Andorra
    • Norway
    • Hungary
    • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
    • Bahrain
    • Mauritania
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Chile
    • Barbados
    • Côte D'Ivoire
    • Canada
    • Guatemala
    • Mali
    • North Macedonia
    • Cyprus
    • Mozambique
    • Nicaragua
    • Uruguay
    • Denmark
    • Samoa
    • Kenya
    • Namibia
    • Russian Federation
    • Guinea
    • Nauru
    • Republic of Moldova
    • Nigeria
    • Qatar
    • Brazil
    • Australia
    • Eritrea
    • Sri Lanka
    • Burundi
    • Belize
    • Algeria
    • Saint Lucia
    • Peru
    • Armenia
    • Jamaica
    • Lao People's Democratic Republic
    • Kazakhstan
    • Latvia
    • Ecuador
    • Oman
    • Chad
    • Guinea Bissau
    • Georgia
    • Pakistan
    • Bulgaria
    • Lebanon
    • Equatorial Guinea
    • Croatia
    • Slovakia
    • Brunei Darussalam
    • Malta
    • Republic of Korea
    • Honduras
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    • Cape Verde
    • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    • Rwanda
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Haiti
    • Ghana
    • Marshall Islands
    • Iraq
    • Kuwait
    • Belarus
    • Grenada
    • Cambodia
    • Slovenia
    • Lithuania
    • Eswatini
    • Sierra Leone
    • Kiribati
    • Germany
    • State of Palestine
    • Montenegro
    • Botswana
    • Spain
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Paraguay
    • Dominica
    • Malawi
    • Netherlands
    • Yemen
    • Sao Tome and Principe
    • Turkmenistan
    • Micronesia (Federated States of)
    • Tonga
    • Tajikistan
    • Syrian Arab Republic
    • Morocco
    • Palau
    • Cuba
    • Iceland
    • United Republic of Tanzania
    • Dominican Republic
    • Uganda
    • Egypt
    • Ethiopia
    • San Marino
    • Sweden
    • Indonesia
    • Mauritius
    • Burkina Faso
    • Greece
    • Switzerland
    • Finland
    • Turkey
    • Austria
    • Albania
    • Bahamas
    • Colombia
    • United States of America
    • Israel
    • Zambia
    • Gabon
    • Liberia
    • Togo
    • Uzbekistan
    • Fiji
    • Suriname
    • Niger
    • Vanuatu
    • Monaco
    • Poland
    Millennium Development Goals:
    • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
    • Promote gender equality and empower women
    • Develop global partnership for development
    Mission statement:
    Year established (YYYY): 2000
    Year of registration (YYYY): 2006
    Organizational structure: Ubuntu is a forum of debate and action permanent in its virtual form and periodical in its physical manifestations. 1. Participants in the forum are all those organizations and/or people who accept the essence of the founding documents and wish to participate. The sovereignty of the UBUNTU Forum resides in its participants.2. The UBUNTU Forum functions in accordance with the following procedures:a) The Meeting of the forum: this is held every one or two years. The agenda and main documents are to be debated in a prior participatory process. The virtual Meeting of the forum is that which permits the permanent forum and will be carried out in the forum's virtual space. b) The Coordinating Committee (and where necessary, the Working Groups): this is the body of work and general motor which guarantees appropriate functioning, procedures and activities of the forum.c) The Ad Hoc Secretariat: this constitutes the professional management of the forum, an entity with its headquarters at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelonad) Decisions are taken by consensus whenever possible, and otherwise by simple majority of the participants. The decisions taken are never binding for a minority opinion. Any decision and/or public manifestation of the initiative must be accompanied by a list consisting exclusively of the participants who have voted in favour or expressed their support for it.
    Number and type of members: UBUNTU counts with about 110 participants. The type of members range from: a) intellectuals, b) international networks of NGOs and c) academia and media.
    Funding structure:
    • Donations and grants from domestic sources

    • Foreign and international grants


    Additional Information

    Sustainable Development

    WSSD ID
    Major Group affiliation:
    • Non-governmental organization

    Financing for Development

    Purpose: Not Avaiable

    Main Objective

    Financing for Development
    Username: ngo2920