FIMARC

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International Federation of Rural Adult Catholic Movements

Geschiedenis

OBJECTIVES

To defend and promote the rural world through sharing and solidarity among rural people and peasants;

To organize movements and associations of rural adults for the improvement of their living conditions and for a dignified life for all;

To speak on behalf of the rural world in the UN bodies, in the Church and Civil society.


PRESIDENT: Ki Hwan CHUNG (South Korea)
SECRETARY GENERAL: George Dixon FERNANDEZ (India)
TREASURER: Nieves MARTINEZ BRAVO (Spain)
CHAPLAIN: Fr. Abraam MAHER (Egypt)


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2010- 2014
AFRICA : John Chrysostom MWIDU (Uganda)
EUROPA : Jean Paul PERRIN (France)
ASIA : Philip BISWAS (Bangladesh)
LATIN AMERICA : Oscar RODRIGUEZ (Argentina)


FIMARC in the international life :

Links with the Church and the United Nations

* Recognized International Catholic Organization by the Holy See
www.vatican.va

* Member of the CICO, Conference of the International Catholic
Organizations
www.oic-ico.org

* Consultant by the UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization in Paris
www.unesco.org

* Consultant by the ECOSOC, United Nations Economic & Social Council,
in Geneva
www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc

* Observer by the FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
www.fao.org


Links with some Organizations of the Civil Society:

* CIDSE, International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity
www.cidse.org

* VIA CAMPESINA International movement which coordinates peasant
organizations of small and middle-scale producers, agricultural
workers, rural women, indigenous communities from Asia, Africa,
America and Europe
www.viacampesina.org

* GENET, European NGO Network on Genetic Engineering
www.genet-info.org

* AHRC, Asian Human Rights Commission
www.ahrchk.net

* CLOC, Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo
http://movimientos.org/cloc/

* CELAM, Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano
www.celam.org


NETWORK

MA = Affiliated Movements
OC = Organizations in Contact
IC = Institutions in Contact
OA = Associated Organizations

AFRICA
- Central Africa - East + Indian Ocean
MA Cameroon
MA Rwanda
MA RD Congo
MA Centrafrican Rep.
OA Madagascar
OC Chad
OC Reunion Island

- Austral Africa - English speaking countries
OC Kenya
MA Uganda
OC Zambia
OC Tanzania
OC South Africa

- West Africa
MA Burkina Faso
MA Senegal
MA Togo
MA Benin
OC Ivory Coast
OC Mali & Niger
OC Algeria

ASIA
- Central Asia
OA Thailand
OA Indonesia
OC Malaysia
IC Philippines
OC Burma

- East Asia
MA South Korea
OC Japan
OC China
OC Taiwan

- South- East Asia
MA India
OA Sri Lanka
OA Bangladesh
OA Nepal
OC Pakistan

EUROPE
MA Belgium
MA France
MA Spain
MA Portugal
MA Switzerland
MA Germany
MA Croatia
OC Italy
IC Poland

LATIN AMERICA
- South Cone
MA Chile
MA Argentina
IC Paraguay

- Central – Caribbean - Mexico
OA Mexico,
OC Honduras, Panama
OC Nicaragua, Costa Rica
OC El Salvador, Haiti
OC Cuba, Martinique

- Brazil & Andean countries
MA Brazil
MA Peru
OC Colombia
OC Ecuador
OC Bolivia

MIDDLE EAST
OA Egypt
OC Lebanon
OC Palestine

NORTH AMERICA
OA United States