Twinning Blog
Full Twinning Report 2019
The final year of the EU-China NGO Twinning Program revealed the great variety of our dialogue program for Chinese and European civil society organizations – its challenges and creative outcomes but also its limitations. The multitude of different topics twinning...
Full Twinning Report 2018
In 2018, our Twinners surprised us not only with the multitude of topics they worked on, but especially with the amount of side projects and cross-pairing cooperation. Adding into account that the Twinning Alumni Network (TAN) was offi cially initiated during a...
EU-China NGO Twinning Program Workshop Berlin 2019
Last but not least - an intense final to seven years of the EU-China NGO Twinning Program The week from 14 to 19 October 2019 marked the final workshop of the 2019 EU-China NGO Twinning. European and Chinese partner organizations gathered one last time for a Capacity...
MONDAY ON THE COUCH: China and Gender
Date: 14.10.2019 Time: 19:00 – 22:00 Location: iac Community Space, Linienstraße 65A, Berlin Next year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the “Beijing Platform for Action”. The Platform for Action imagines a world where each woman and girl can exercise...
October Event: EU-China NGOs TALK
Date: 18.10.2019 Time: 14:00 – 20:00 Location: Repräsentanz der Robert Bosch Stiftung, Französische Straße 32, 10117 Berlin Participants of the EU-China NGO Twinning Program, Workshop 2018 Every year, we organize two capacity building and reflection workshops as...
Twinner Andreea Leonte’s follow-up activities
Andreea Leonte from Energy Justice Romania had already published several articles about her travels with Shenzhen Zero Waste on the website of EcoMagazin, an independent media project in Romania that focuses on the coverage of environmental issues and protection....
2018 Twinner Laotu activities
Last year our 2018 twinner organization Laotu visited different ecology groups from different countries. Green Circle is one of them, a Hungary conservation organization, which is based in Hajdúböszörmény. They went to see Hungarys oldest national park: it’s a place...
Twinner Luo Yi gave a lecture at the University of Tübingen
The Twinning not only NGO staff the possibility to learn from each other, our twinners also get many opportunities to connect with researchers and activists all over the world. Just like Luo Yi did in the Twinning of 2018/19. On the 14th of November 2018 Luo Yi gave a...
Alumni Testimonials
Watch our alumni's testimonials at Robert Bosch Stiftung
2019 Call for Application
We are starting to look for new applicants for the 2019-2020 EU-China NGO Twinning Program! Are you working in an NGO for social/environmental justice issues? Are you interested in an intercultural exchange with China? Then please consider applying to our program. For...
Twinners share interview about labour rights
Two of our Twinners have produced an informative video about labour rights in China's electronics industry: Südwind interviews Kin Wan from LESN (Labour Education & Service Network).
EU-China NGO Twinning Workshop 2018 in Chengdu
From 3th-5th of September CANGO, Stiftung Asienhaus and CAN Europe organized the China capacity building workshop in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, together with the local partner and 2018 Twinning participant Sichuan Green Foundation. Participants from Romania, UK,...
Electronics Industry Picture Campaign from Südwind Austria and LESN, HK
Our 2018 twinners from Südwind Austria and Labour Education and Service Network, HK, have promoted a foto campaign against last week's Black Friday, depicting IT company workers commenting on their abysmal working conditions behind. Their aim was to give these persons...
Four Twinners joining forces on a Follow Up Project
Georgeta Mureanu, Li Fangfang, Louisa Kistemaker, and Shi Shan worked altogether on a follow-up project. All four of them participated in our EU-China Twinning Program in 2015 and decided to continue the exchange beyond the Program. They organized a festival...
Capacity Building and Reflection Workshop in Vienna
In an intense and inspiring three-day workshop in Vienna/Austria, the social and environmental justice Twinners were provided with a training of rhetoric skills and input from local NGO experts. The meeting was also an opportunity to reflect on the experiences made so...
VIDEO: EU-China Twinning Alumni Network Kick-off
A video documentation about the EU-China Twinning Alumni meeting in September 2018 in Hongkong: Members of the EU-China Twinning Alumni Network (TAN) talk about their experiences in the Twinning program.
2018 Twinners Laotu and Naturland met in Shanghai
After their Chengdu Sharing Conference, our 2018 twinner organization Laotu organized another meeting in Shanghai on September 29th to share the highlights about their last Sichuan trip. The organization also wants to offer an international perspective, and continue...
New project from our 2018 Twinner organization WMCF
Our 2018 Twinner Organization Shenzhen Mangrove Conservation Foundation planning new education and awareness project.
Davide Sabbadine and Dr. Horst Fabian on China’s tightening grip on civil society
Article from our 2017 Twinner Davide Sabbadin on China’s NGOs law.
2018 Twinner article in the Shanghai Daily: Urban Neighbors
LIFE IN THE CITY 2018 Twinner Kirsten Reinders has been interviewed by the Shanghai Daily during her stay in China. The result was an informative yet emotional piece on the impact urbanisation and modern city planning have on community development. The work Kirsten...
