...conducted by the International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, this programme is designed to fill the gap between human rights monitoring by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at the international level, and grassroots activism of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) demanding government accountability at the national level...

Stand Up Against Poverty. Stand Up for the MDGs

...this annual event - taking place in 2009 from October 16-18 - is designed to coincide with the International Day of Poverty Eradication and the White Band Day of the Global Call to Action against Poverty. It mobilises all individuals, everywhere, to take part in local, communal/group events through which they publicly demonstrate to policy makers growing grassroots support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

Bridging Divides

CooperaTiVa
...uses the "reality television" genre as part of an initiative designed to build bridges between divided Balkan communities. In the 8-part series, 2 inter-ethnic teams of Serb and Albanian youth from Kosovo and Serbia competed in "cooperation challenges," as they vied for the final prize. Winning required collaboration and teamwork...

The Potential for Migrant Workers' Social Networking in the Persian Gulf
...a social network initiative proposed to help migrant workers "interact with their existing connections, strengthening their weak ties with other workers, as well as other interest groups such as NGOs or activists". Including information on legal rights and entitlements in the same space as an informal communication portal would be part of this effort to bridge the gap between vital knowledge and social engagement...