Annual report-2005 - Karl Kübel Stiftung

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Karl Kuebel Stiftung fuer Kind und Familie, www.kkstiftung.de The institute is financed through the contribution of participants, own service performances for projects and has been subsidised by the Karl Kuebel Stiftung. A selection of training and education offerings at KKID For the staff of Non-Governmental-Organisations (NGOs) -Establishment, development and strengthening of Self-Help- and Women-Groups -Participatory approaches for village development -Self-Help-Groups and management of micro-finance -Fabrication and exercise of herbal medicine for basis health services -Watershed-Development -Utilization of renewable energies for the village development For the Management of NGOs -Design, monitoring and evaluation of projects -Support of the sustainability of projects -Project management -Financial management of NGOs -Documentation and reporting -Writing of project proposals For personal development -Leadership and career management -Communication-, crisis- and conflict-training -Moderation and trainings methods -Co-operation in and with groups The headquarter of the Karl Kuebel Stiftung in Bensheim is closely cooperating with the institute, especially in the coordination of the international programmes: -Renewable energies and how they can contribute to the fight against poverty - This issue was the centre of attention of an international conference (see the report on the following page) -Since 2004 KKID is the supporting organisation of the triennial project “NGO-IDEAs” (NGO- Impact on Development, Empowerment and Actions). “NGO-IDEAs” is a cooperation of 32 Indian and 14 German NGOs working in the field of development cooperation. The expected synergy effects have been achieved, which is proven by the newly developed training course programme, e.g. for the issue of organisational development. To impart the newest skills and knowledge for the project executing organisation, workshops on the issue “Logframe” (instruments for the objectiveoriented project design) with moderators of the consulting-company EuronAid are regularly conducted. -The study trips for the promotion of intercultural dialogue and comprehension for the work of development projects have been restructured. Thematic modules have been offered together with travel businesses which in turn recruit participants. -The 66 page long brochure “Improved Protection for Indigenous People” including a CD, which recapitulates the results of a conference of the year 2004, has been released. The booklet with the focus on Asia is available at the Karl Kuebel Stiftung. KKID 2005 in numbers - 14.282 participating days - 5.230 participants of - 173 conducted events and conferences with - 104 organisations - 4 international events - thereof 78 NGOs - In total the KKID has been utilized by 55 organisations, among them 36 NGOs Annual Report 2005 Page 6 /26
Karl Kuebel Stiftung fuer Kind und Familie, www.kkstiftung.de International Conferences Example: Renewable Energies and Poverty Reduction From the 8 th until the 11 th March 2005 the international conference “Poverty Reduction through Renewable Energies” took place in the Karl Kuebel Institute for Development Education. For four days approximately 120 experts of private and governmental aid organisations discussed the possibilities to reduce poverty in developing countries through the application of renewable energies. Locally the event has been organised by KKID and the well-known Indian organisation “Action for Food Production” (AFPRO) from Delhi. The conference has been supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). More than 1.000 interested participants visited the special exhibition on the issue of renewable energies on the compound of the Institute. In this context for example solar lanterns or biogas plants have been presented. The experts agreed very soon: the distribution of renewable energies especially in the rural areas of India is indispensable. Visitors of the product exhibition “Renewable Energies“ Numerous initiatives that are successfully applying resource-saving technologies have been introduced in the course of the conference. The private aid organisation “Barefoot College” in the Indian Union State of Rajasthan for example provided more than 100 communities with electricity from solar cells. Two women have been trained as “solar engineers” in each of the communities. For a fee they maintain the solar plants and are in the position to conduct minor repairs. Another example shows how a decentralised biomass plant could successfully be built up in a huge delta area in the eastern part of India. Three years before local small farmers had started to cultivate fast growing plant species as biomass fuel. Now twelve villages are provided with electricity from the gasification and combustion of the biomass. However, as promising those examples are, the experts agree that it has not come to an area-wide distribution of decentralised renewable energies in India yet. The high investment costs as well as the insecure financing were named as the reasons. On the basis of further models it has been pointed out that those problems have been overcome where renewable energies were directly linked to income generating schemes. For instance this has been the case in Uttaranchal in Northern India where women Self-Help-Groups were working with solar spinning wheels. With the earnings it has been possible to cover the maintenance costs of the solar plants. The conference of several days’ duration ended with the positive conclusion that renewable energies can contribute substantially towards the reduction of poverty. A plan of action on how to tackle concrete activities to promote renewable energies in the rural parts of India has been adopted. The documentation of the conference and the plan of action are available in English as a brochure under the title “Combating Rural Poverty with Renewable Energy” including one CD at the Karl Kuebel Stiftung. Annual Report 2005 Page 7 /26
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