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WEED is committed to an ecologically sustainable, globally just and democratic world economic order. To achieve this, we need a fundamental economic and social transformation to stop the looming environmental and climate catastrophe, to ensure more global justice and to guarantee respect for human rights globally.

Politically, we focus on the special responsibility of Germany, the Global North and international economic actors for the unjust economic world order and global environmental destruction. We research and analyze the negative effects of the capitalist economy on people and the environment. We carry out educational and lobbying work in the social and political sphere, we organize activities and campaigns and bring analysis and demands for socio-ecological transformation to the public. In exchange with other civil society organizations and social movements from the Global South and North, we develop reform and transformation proposals that we introduce into political processes and debates to promote change. We also design educational offers to sensitize people for their political options for action.

Hintergrundinformationen zum Thema

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22.12.2011 >
Factsheet: Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and Regulation (MiFIR) (Download Factsheet_MiFID.pdf ca. 263 Kb)
Factsheet: Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and Regulation (MiFIR) (Download Factsheet_MiFID.pdf ca. 263 Kb) - This factsheet gives an overview on the MiFID and its revision including the proposal for a new Markets in Financial Intruments Regulation (MiFIR). (Publikationen)
22.12.2011 >
Factsheet: Food Speculation
Factsheet: Food Speculation - This factsheet gives an overview on the debate about food speculation, and the regulatory discussion. (Publikationen)
16.12.2011 >
The EU at the Crossroads
The EU at the Crossroads - In this briefing paper, the different dimensions of the EU crisis and their interaction are analysed and key proposals for emancipatory alternatives suggested. (Publikationen)
14.11.2011 >
Presentation: New EU legislation on commodity derivatives
Presentation: New EU legislation on commodity derivatives - The presentation gives an overview on reform proposals by the European Commission for the Directives on Marktes in Financial Instruments (MiFID) and Market Abuse (MAD). (Meldungen)
31.10.2011 > Discussion Paper: Potential and Limits of the G-20 - The paper analyses governance structure, agenda and efficiency of the G20 and argues that its the potential to solve global problems is more limited than generally assumed. (Publikationen)
31.10.2011 > International Workshop on G20 - Nice 3rd November 2011 - Together with the Protestant Development Agency EED - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst - WEED organizes an international workshop on the G20 in the framework of the Peoples Summit in Nice. (Meldungen)
30.10.2011 > New Issue of Newsletter on EU Financial Reforms - Issues are the dramatic crisis management in the Eurozone, the new rescue package for Greece, the Financial Transaction Tax, food speculation and systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). (Meldungen)
20.10.2011 >
European Commission’s proposal for financial markets lacks teeth
European Commission’s proposal for financial markets lacks teeth - NGOs critizise the Commission's proposals for a revision of MiFID and the new Regulation MiFIR: More robust rules needed to tackle food speculation (Presse)
26.09.2011 > Breakthrough for FTT - The EU Commission has announced a directive on the FTT. The legislative process will start end of September, beginning of October. Here is a first analysis of the draft. (Meldungen)
16.09.2011 > New Issue of Newsletter on EU Financial Reform - The new issue of the newsletter deals with the crisis in the Euro zone and the implementation ot the new Basel-III capital requirements' for banks. (Publikationen)
17.08.2011 >
Case Study: Leather Sector in Kenya
Case Study: Leather Sector in Kenya - Developing the Leather Sector in Kenya through Export Taxes: The Benefits of Defying the EU (Publikationen)
11.08.2011 >
Short film
Short film "Food speculation" - This short film describes how food speculation works, what the dangers are, and what needs to be done. (Meldungen)
20.07.2011 > New Issue of Newsletter EU Financial Reform - The new issue of the newsletter deals with the crisis in the Euro zone, the role of credit rating agencies, the new approach to European Economic governance and the regulation of derivatives. Also in the new issue the state of the art of the process on the Financial Transaction Tax and as usual a calendar of events. (Publikationen)
05.07.2011 >
NGOs welcome EP vote as a first step to tackle excessive food speculation
NGOs welcome EP vote as a first step to tackle excessive food speculation - Today's vote in the ECON committee of the European Parliament has brought some progress in regulating commodity derivatives markets. (Presse)
01.06.2011 > Paper on the ECB by Marica Frangakis - This paper by Marica Frangakis (Poulatzas Institute Athens) gives an overview on the basics of the European Central Bank, its history, structure and mandate. It makes a critical assessment of the role of the ECB in the financial crisis and the crisis of the Euro-zone. It served as input for the WEED expert meeting on the ECB in April 2010 (Publikationen)
27.05.2011 > WEED-Report on the role of the European Central Bank in the crisis - The European Central Bank is one of the major players in the financial crisis and the crisis of the Euro-zone. However, civil society does not deal with the issue by now. The WEED report makes a critical assessment of the mandate and the structure of the ECB, analyses its role in the financial crisis and the crisis of the Euro-zone and discusses reform proposals. (Publikationen)
15.04.2011 >
The speculator’s bread: what is behind rising food prices?
The speculator’s bread: what is behind rising food prices? - Article by Markus Henn (WEED) on rising food prices and the role of financial speculation. (Meldungen)
12.04.2011 >
Expert meeting on the role of the ECB in the financial and Euro-zone crisis
Expert meeting on the role of the ECB in the financial and Euro-zone crisis - Discussing the role of the European Central Bank in a new financial architecture (Meldungen)
18.03.2011 > Statement as to whether or not the planned FTA between the EU, Peru and Colombia must be concluded as a mixed agreement - by Prof. Markus Krajewski, School of Law, Chair of Public Law and International Law at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Erlangen. (Meldungen)
17.03.2011 >
Migration in a Digital Age
Migration in a Digital Age - Migrant workers in the Malaysian electronics industry: case studies on Jabil Circuit and Flextronics. (Publikationen)
17.03.2011 >
Brochure: Assessing the development impact of financial reforms
Brochure: Assessing the development impact of financial reforms - The new brochure evaluates the impact of EU and global financial reforms on sustainable development (Publikationen)
08.03.2011 >
Business Interests Before Human Rights
Business Interests Before Human Rights - Briefing paper: The EU Free Trade Agreement with Peru: Who benefits? (Publikationen)
07.03.2011 >
Financial Crisis & Development - Lesson Materials for Secondary Education
Financial Crisis & Development - Lesson Materials for Secondary Education - The material supports teachers who want address the link between financial crisis and development. It contains background information on the issue and working tools for students, incl. tests. The material has been developed by professionals for educational tools. It is based on the "Cross-Curricular Framework for Global Development Education" released by the German ministry for development. (Publikationen)
06.02.2011 >
Factsheets on EU's trade policy
Factsheets on EU's trade policy - 5 short briefings on EU's trade and investment policy: Protectionism; Trade and financial services; Trade and Decent Work; Global Europe Strategy; Need for democratisation. (Publikationen)
02.02.2011 > WEED submission to consultation on MiFID - WEED submits a response to the European Commissions public consultation on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. (Meldungen)