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OILWATCH
Acronym:
Keywords: | Environment | Human Rights | All |
Source of Information: Survey of Civil Society Networks 2001
A. Objectives
| OILWATCH
is an international network, mainly from tropical countries, of
ecological, human rights, religious and local organisations, that was
conformed in 1995, to support the resistance initiatives of exploration
and exploitation activities of
fossil hydrocarbons in the tropics. It also denounce the local and global
impacts of these companies from a perspective
of Southern Countries and seeks to educate the public in general about the
necessity of searching clean, sustainable and ecological energies. OILWATCH es una red internacional, principalmente de paìses
tropicales, de organizaciones ecologistas, de derechos humanos, religiosas
y locales, que desde el año 1995 apoya iniciativas locales de resistencia
a las actividades de explotación de hidrocarburos fósiles en los trópicos.
Denuncia los impactos locales y globales desde una perspectiva de países
del Sur y busca educar y
concientizar al público en general sobre la necesidad de buscar energías
limpias, democráticas y ecológicas. |
B. Contact Information
| Coordinator | Esperanza Martinez |
| Title | Coordinator |
| Telephone | 593 2 547516 |
| Fax | 593 2 527583 |
| oilwatch@uio.satnet.net | |
| Website | www.oilwatch.org.ec
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| Mailing Address | Alejandro de Valdez N24-33 y La Gasca - Quito - Ecuador |
C. General Information
| Founding year | 1996 |
| Legal Status | Fundacion Oilwatch |
| Types of actions | Exchanges.
Courses. Publications.
Co-ordination. Support
of local campaigns. Develop
political positions in the international arena. |
D. Programs
| Name | Goal | Approximate budget ($US) |
| EXCHANGES SOUTH - SOUTH | Share resistance experiences | 15.000 |
| MORATORIUM TO OIL ACTIVITIES | Spread de idea of the Moratorium | 43.000 |
E. Geographical Reach
| Countries in which network participates actively | more than 50 countries |
F. Members
The network is composed primarily by: X Organizations _ Individuals
| Principal Organizations | Central Interest | Country of origin |
G. Resources
| Approximate
annual budget of the network
(in $US) |
| Year 2000 | Year 1995 | Year 1990 |
| 60,000 |
| Sources of funding: | International Foundations |
H. Network Infrastructure
| Number of paid employees in Central Office(s)/ Secretariat(s) of Network | 3 |
| Number of paid employees elsewhere in the network | |
| Does the network have a physical site of its own? | YES |
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