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IPS EUROPE coordinates the EU-funded Death Penalty Abolition Project intended to raise awareness about the need to do away with capital punishment worldwide through in-depth journalistic articles and opinion columns. These are compiled in the monthly newsletter Crime & Justice.

IPS EUROPE also coordinates the Albania Cultural and Environmental Tourism Project funded by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Albania, a country that is Europe’s last “unknown” land. Another EU-funded project From Aid to Trade with Africa - Fact or Fiction?, coordinated within the region by IPS Brussels, aims at highlighting the significance of fair trade between the EU and Africa.

The TERRAVIVA Europe (TVE), put out by IPS EUROPE, is an important communication tool for IPS in Europe. In addition, IPS EUROPE publishes a monthly newsletter, Voices of the South on Globalization, which is sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Berlin.

Another important publication of IPS EUROPE is the GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES | KOMMUNIKATION GLOBAL magazine for international cooperation, published monthly in English and German.

With a view to providing media professionals a global perspective, IPS EUROPE’s Global Affairs Media Academy holds workshops and seminars for young German journalists.

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TerraViva South-South Executive Brief

The South-South Executive Brief features news stories, analyses and policy-level interviews focusing on increasing bilateral, trilateral, regional and inter-regional relations among developing countries.

The role of communication in the alliance among civilisations: the IPS SG Meeting, 29 November 2007

The annual IPS Support Group Meeting, was held in Venice, Italy, on November 29, 2007. The meeting focused on “The role of communication in the alliance among civilizations”. The event was co-organized with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and counted on the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Province of [...]

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IPS Europe

IPS EUROPE has an expanding network of journalists all over Europe and in hotspots such as Iraq, Lebanon and the Middle East. IPS covers the region from: Brussels, Berlin, Bonn, Geneva, London, Paris, Rome, Belgrade, Moscow, Prague, Vienna, Istanbul, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem and Ramallah. The network of journalists is coordinated by Sanjay Suri , the Regional Editor based in London.

Equally significant for IPS in Europe is the network of affiliates in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. They provide IPS with material in several languages for national and international clients. A representative selection from the IPS News Service is made available in Dutch , Finnish , German , and Swedish .

Institutional donors

IPS relies on grants and project financing for a broad range of activities. If you are an institutional donor and you wish to learn more about supporting IPS, please visit the our financing and our projects pages.

Friends of IPS

Friends of IPS is a special group of supporters who share IPS' vision and wish to be actively involved in promoting the mission IPS has been pursuing for more than 40 years. If you wish to know more about joining the Friends of IPS club, please contact the IPS headquarters.