Twinning Blog
The tendering for the 2016 EU-China NGO Twinning Exchange Program is open. Apply now!
Apply now! Full Call for Application: EU-China_Twinning_CfA_2016 Application Forms To develop sustainable partnerships and cooperation between non-governmental or non-profit organizations and think tanks from Europe and China the Stiftung Asienhaus in...
2015 Hangzhou Capacity Building Seminar: Climate change, Social and Environmental justice
2015 Hangzhou Capacity Building Seminar: Climate change, Social and Environmental justice On September 7th and 8th, the 2015 EU-China NGO Twinning exchange side events began with a capacity building seminar for the European participants in the Low Carbon Museum in the...
Climate change, social and environmental justice Conference Report – Capacity Building Workshop, Brussels 2015
On the 3rd and 4th of November 2015 the European and Chinese NGOs of this year’s Twinning-program gathered in the facilities of Mundo B in Brussels. In this third year of Twinning exchange, the capacity building workshop for the first time was hosted by Stiftung...
International youth network on climate change CYCAN (Beijing) & BUNDJugend Berlin (Germany)
CYCAN & BUNDJugend Berlin see this twinning program as the beginning of further cooperation. CYCAN is building a domestic and an international youth network on climate change, a project BUNDJugend will also be involved in.After the exchange, their team in Berlin...
Joint Papers on Transport Electrification and on the Environmental Impact of the BREXIT
Rock Environment and Energy Institute (Beijing & Change Partnership (UK)
2014 Twinning Full Report: Investment Monitoring – Sustainable Farming – Waste Management – Emission Trading – Social Innovation”
This full report on the second round of NGO exchange "Twinning: partnerships between Chinese and European NGOs - Investment Monitoring - Sustainable Farming - Waste Management - Emission Trading - Social Innovation” displays the results, synergies, and lessons learned...
Introduction to 2015 Twinning Participants
For the third year the German Stiftung Asienhaus supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung organizes the exchange program EU-China NGO Twinning. This first-of-its-kind program aims at strengthening alliances between civil society organizations from Europe and China. In...
Policy Briefing No. 2: Opportunities for Small-scale Organic Farming, Local Markets and Rural Development in China
New for download: This second Policy Briefing Paper, published by the China-Program of the Stiftung Asienhaus deals with current challenges and perspectives of organic small-scale agriculture in China. In this context, the focus lies on Participatory Guarantee Systems...
The tendering for the 2015 EU-China NGO Twinning Exchange Program is open. Apply now!
Robert Bosch Stiftung and Stiftung Mercator will work closely together in future to create a network of civil society organizations from Europe and China. To thisend, two existing programs will be combined into a joint initiative.The initiative will comprise the...
Two Civil Society Exchange Programs Combined: Robert Bosch Stiftung and Stiftung Mercator Join Forces
The “EU-China NGO Twinning Program” in the future will comprise the Stiftung Asienhaus “EU-China NGO Twinning Program”, which is funded by Robert Bosch Stiftung, and Stiftung Mercator’s “China-EU NGO Exchange Program on Climate Change and Low Carbon...
Documentary on 2014 Twinning Participant Beijing Farmer’s Market
During Cornelia Kirchner's stay with their partner organization Bejing Farmer's Market in Beijing, they were interviewed by German TV channel ARD. Here's their documentary on food scandals, consumer concerns and the alternatives the Farmer's Market offers:...
Twinner-Alumni form coalitions
Chickenshed and The Rights Practice, both European alumni of the Stiftung Aisenhaus twinning projects found a way of spreading the networks created through this process. Late in October 2014, Chickenshed were delighted to host a visit of Chinese activists brought to...
Tackling Common Issues – Reports from Chinese and European NGOs
Twinning seminar on 22.10.2014, Berlin On 22nd of October, the seminar “Tackling common issues: Chinese and European NGOs working on bank monitoring, zero-waste, agriculture, chemical safety, climate change, and NGO-training” was organized by the Stiftung Asienhaus in...
Environmental Advocacy and Citizens’ Self-Organization in Europe and China – Capacity Building Seminar for Chinese Twinners in Berlin
On the 20th of October 2014 the Chinese NGO Twinners gathered in a conference room at the newspaper die tageszeitung (taz) to hear presentations on developments and challenges European NGO’s are confronted with. Providing the participating organizations...
Chinese NGOs’ Advocacy Work – Report on Capacity Building Seminar for EU Twinners
On October 25th, the 2014 NGO exchange capacity building side seminars started off with a seminar on advocacy in Chinese civil society in the Beijing NGO café “Swanport”. Providing the participating organizations with information on environmental and social topics in...
Invitation: Seminar on October 22nd in Berlin: Tackling common issues: Chinese and European NGOs working on bank monitoring, zero-waste, agriculture, chemical safety, climate change, and NGO-training
On behalf of the Stiftung Asienhaus and the EU-China NGO Twinning Exchange we would like to invite you to the following workshop: Tackling common issues: Chinese and European NGOs working on bank monitoring, zero-waste, agriculture, chemical safety, climate change,...
Both ENDS Foundation: Twinning Policy Briefing on investment policy of Chinese banks
CHINESE BANKS CONTROLLING POLITICS WITH MONEY: This paper is a result of the cooperation between the two NGOs BothEnds (NL) und Green Watershed (CN). Both participated in the EU-China NGO Twinning Program. In the first place, the publication describes the work of both...
Public Sharing of Twinner-Experiences in China
From the 22nd to the 26th of September, the European NGO twinners of 2014 were holding four special public sharing events in Beijing to share their experiences of EU-China NGO cooperation with the Chinese public. The topics were “Participatory Guarantee Systems for...
Farmers, Farms and PGS – IFOAM at Beijing Farmer’s Market
Cornelia Kirchner, IFOAM's Value Chain Coordinator and expert on Participatory Guarantee Systems was staying with their partner organization Beijing Farmer's market for the whole of September 2014. Here's what she did there: 10 days have passed since I arrived in...
2013 Twinning Full Report: Green Financing – Rights to Clean Water – Human Rights – Urban Youth Culture – Social Inclusion”
The documentation on the first round of EU-China NGO Exchange “Twinning: Partnerships between Chinese and European NGOs: Green Financing – Rights to Clean Water – Human Rights – Urban Youth Culture – Social Inclusion” displays the results, synergies, and lessons...
