Anna Lindh Foundation

Fons Menorquí de Cooperació

National Network

Spain

Address

Carrer de la Pau, 21 baixos

Country

Spain

City

Ferreries

Telephone

971373509

E-Mail

desenvolupamentlocal@fonsmenorqui.org

E-Mail (2)

administracio@fonsmenorqui.org

E-Mail (3)

fons@fonsmenorqui.org

E-Mail (4)

administracio@fonsmenorqui.org

Year of Establishment

1993

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Contact Person1

Marga Benejam Coll

Job Title 1

Gerente

Contact Person 2

Clàudia Pons Martí

Job Title 2

Técnica de Educación

Organisation Type

Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation

Fields of Activity

Human rights

General Information

The Fons Menorquí is a non-profit organization formed by the eight town councils, and the Insular Council and the Government of the Balearic Islands. We collect and manage the resources that the island's public institutions allocate to international cooperation and solidarity. It manages an annual budget of around €1,200,000 and has 4 employees. We promote, finance and execute actions that seek to respond to the challenges currently posed by the globalized world. We focus on four thematic axes: Sustainability and climate change, migratory movements, education and coexistence and gender perspective.

Mission and Objectives

The Fons Menorquí is the entity of the administrations of Menorca that proposes and develops cooperation policies on the island, through the promotion, financing and realization of actions and projects. The Fund supports Menorcan entities, public and private, so that they can face the global challenges that affect the local area. The reason for being is to contribute to global change so that the poorest populations can achieve quality of life, well-being and the full exercise of their rights. We are the reference organization in Menorca in transformative cooperation. COOPERATION We are committed to a model that guarantees a peer-to-peer exchange. TRANSFORMATION We understand cooperation for transformation as a tool of solidarity and justice. HUMAN RIGHTS. We are committed to promoting the defense and realization of human rights ENVIRONMENT: We seek the sustainability of people's lives in balance with nature. FAIRNESS. We aim to deal with the structural causes of people's inequalities. GENDER We defend cooperation with a feminist approach OBJECTIVES: COOPERATION We are committed to a model that guarantees a peer-to-peer exchange. TRANSFORMATION We understand cooperation for transformation as a tool of solidarity and justice. HUMAN RIGHTS. We are committed to promoting the defense and realization of human rights ENVIRONMENT: We seek the sustainability of people's lives in balance with nature. FAIRNESS. We aim to deal with the structural causes of people's inequalities. GENDER We defend cooperation with a feminist approach

Main Projects / Activities

We promote, finance and execute actions that seek to respond to some of the challenges currently posed by the globalized world. We focus on four thematic axes: Sustainability and climate change, migratory movements, education and coexistence and gender perspective. Suggeriments - Sustainability and climate change. It includes actions to reduce the effects of climate change and promote access to water, sanitation and food sovereignty. - Migratory movements and refuge. It includes actions to improve living conditions and guarantee the rights of the migrant, displaced and refugee population. - Education and coexistence. It encompasses the actions to promote a critical, engaged and active citizenship with the transformation of the global and local reality. - Equality. It encompasses the actions to incorporate the gender perspective in all our activities.

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