Earth Network
IRO Organization is one of the key members of the Earth Our Home Network which dedicated to fight for environmental and climate change issues since its establishment in 2013. IRO supports management and coordination of Earth Network activities and programs in Iraq.
EHN
is a local network encompasses organizations, groups and individuals with
interest to protect environment and works to broaden its membership to cover
other parts of Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
EHN
works for raising awareness towards the issues of environment among the
populations and the government foundations.
The
Earth Network works in the field of awareness and advocacy for environmental
issues and has conducted and continues to carry out several activities in these
areas. Most of our activities are voluntary organized in coordination with the
local NGOs and groups as well as government institutions.
EHN’s
body consists of the following sectors:
- General Board which consists of all EHN
members
- Administrative
Board which consists of elected members
The EHN works for:
1. Preserving
the natural resources to guarantee the current needs of the populations while
not affecting the future generations,
2. Implementing
the environmental impact assessment EIA process during project
implementing especially those which have destructive impact on the environment,
3. Guarantee
the balance between the community development and requirements for protecting
the environment and its elements,
4. Increasing
the green spaces in the urban areas to reduce impact of contaminating of the
environment,
5. Raising
awareness of the citizens towards their rights and responsibilities regarding
the environment,
6. Processing
and recycling Waste in the modern and scientific methods,
7. Production
of clean such as solar and wind power plants,
8. To
include environment topics in the elementary school curricula and raising
environmental awareness through the media.
9. Activating
the scientific centers for researching on the environmental issues and
solutions. setting measurements for polluting materials on the bases of data
from progressive countries and international organizations,
10. Activation of the environment laws and
articles of the KRG and Iraq through the parliament and the related foundations
as well as enforcement of the laws and the international conferences’
recommendations which related to the situation of KRG environment.
It
worth mentioned that this network covers all districts of Sulaimaniyah
Governorate and it has members from all areas. Many academics, parliament
members, professionals and Government officials have become part of the Network
such as the Directorate of Environment of Sulaimaniyah. Therefore, we aim
through this project that the members of the EHN serve the goals and objectives
of the Network as the first and widest Environment network and to cover all
other parts the Kurdistan Region.
Earth Network was granted membership at the Climate Action Network Arab World
Community Action Group
Community Action Group – CAG is a consortium of Aran for Community Civilization ADCC and IRO Organization for Community Development) working for common goals in Kurdistan Region and includes individual activists, volunteers and free media journalists as well. CAG is committed to work for the respect of the human dignity, community mobilization and convey the needs of the local communities to the related Government foundations through diverse activities. CAG focus areas are those which directly impact the communities ‘lives such as working to reduce violence against female, raise environment awareness, developing youth capacities, monitoring government foundations, advocacy for the civic rights and delivery of the public services.
CAG has built a network of
volunteer young people in many districts and train them to raise awareness of
the populations on diverse issues through advocacy campaigns.
As civic actors we build ties
with all other parts of the communities and share ideas, activities, goodwill
and make partnership to serve our common goals. In this respect, we call for
your support and cooperation with our network to sustain our communal activities.
The CAG considers the
collaboration approach as a basis for activating the values of partnership and
cooperation, integrating capabilities, rationalizing the use of resources, and
building on people’s capabilities and experiences, and hence, the CAG works on
basis of the following principles:
· Share a vision for addressing people’s immediate needs and the
underlying causes of suffering and injustice.
· Make decisions at a level as close as possible to the people who
will be affected by them.
· Strive for mutuality, recognizing that each partner brings
skills, resources, knowledge, and capacities in a spirit of autonomy.
· Foster equitable partnerships by mutually defining rights and
responsibilities.
· Respect differences and commit to listen and learn from each
other.
· Encourage transparency.
· Engage with civil society, to help transform unjust structures
and systems.
· Identify, understand, and strengthen community capacities, which
are the primary source of solutions to local problems.
· Promote sustainability by reinforcing partners’ capacity to identify their vulnerabilities and build on their strengths
