Erklärung von Bern
| Erklärung von Bern (German) Déclartion de Berne (French) Dichiarazione di Bern (Italian) |
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| Motto | "Act here for a fairer world" |
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| Founded | 1968 |
| Focus | Sustainability, International development and social service |
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| Origins | manifesto on “Switzerland and the Developing Countries“ by a group of theologians |
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Area served
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Switzerland related sustainibiliy topics of involved Swiss companies worldwide |
| Method | It demands in magazines and information campaigns, the creation of fair trade conditions, but also addressed nutrition awareness and health issues, among other things, the use of pesticides, biotechnology and genetic engineering and drug policy. |
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Membership
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25,000 (2015) |
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Official language
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German and French |
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Key people
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• Pierrette Rohrbach, chairwomen since 2007 • Andreas Cassee, vice-chairman since 2010 • Fabrizio Cioldi, vice-chairman since 2002 |
| Subsidiaries | Regional groups in Aarau, Basel, Bern, Central Switzerland, Geneva, Lausanne, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zürich |
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Volunteers
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About 200 |
| Slogan | gemeinsam für eine gerechtere Welt literally meaning together for a world that is much more fair |
| Website | www.publiceye.ch |
Public Eye – German: Erklärung von Bern; French: Déclartion de Berne; Italian: Dichiarazione di Bern; commonly shortened to EvB until September 2016 – is a sustainability-oriented, politically and religiously independent solidarity development non-governmental organisation based in Switzerland.
Public Eye notably encourage Swiss politics and business to respect human rights and the environment in poor countries.
Erklärung von Bern, literally Berne Declaration, was founded in 1968 by the merger of signatories to a manifesto on “Switzerland and the Developing Countries“ by a group of theologians, which objected to the growing differences in prosperity between the so-called first world and the third world. One thousand people signed the consequently called Erklärung von Bern, meaning declaration of Bern, and among other things declared to contribute 3% of their income towards development cooperation. On 6 January 1969 the manifesto was presented to the Swiss Federal Council.
In 1971 the movement was constituted into an association. EvB was since the 1970s financially worn from their then about 18,000 members, and is also financed by donations, legacies and the contribututions by volunteers. EvB operates also secretariats in Zürich and Lausanne. As of 2012, EvB was supported nationwide by 23,500 members and is mainly financed by membership dues and donations. At the annual general assembly in 2012, the linguistic regional branches with their individual chairmen were amalgamated into one overall national organization. As of 2016, the NGO is supported by over 25,000 members.
As a representative of the so-called dependency theory, the founder involved especially for the elimination of the dependency of the so-called developing countries by the developed countries and for a sustainable development cooperation. EvB also participated in the 1970s in the drafting of the Federal Law on Development Cooperation, and in 1992 related to the referendum against Switzerland's accession to the International Monetary Fund.
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