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             WITH PSYCHOTRAUMA AND PEACE 

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The listing of an organization does not necessarily imply endorsement of its work or policies by the CWWPP.  The sites listed are those that might be of interest to visitors to this site.  Suggestions for further listings may be sent to office@cwwpp.org.   We do not accept any listings that are commercial and will not reply to such inquiries.

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International Non-Governmental Organizations With Diverse Missions

Accord  Conciliation Resources' Accord Programme aims to support the efforts of those directly involved in transforming armed conflict into opportunities for sustainable human development, by responding to the ongoing challenge of informing and enhancing peace processes around the world.

 

Working collaboratively with locally-based organisations, the Accord Programme aims to document peace processes and initiatives and the sources and dynamics of particular conflicts; increase public access, both locally and internationally to the understanding of peace processes and peace agreements promote learning, domestically and internationally from past and comparable peace making experiences

http://www.c-r.org/accord/index.htm

Advocacy Project works with non-governmental organizations in war-torn areas

http://www.advocacynet.org/
Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe

http://www.cdsee.org

Their joint history project may be found on http://www.see-jhp.org/

CDRSEE “Lustration” site.

This site has to do with good governance, rule of law and participation of civil society on a regional and local basis

http://www.lustration.net
Decade of the Culture of Peace Reports of diverse organizations on the progress during the first half of this decade, with recommendations to the UN Secretary General and the General Assembly http://decade-culture-of-peace.org
Mennonite Central Committee http://www.mcc.org
Nansen Dialogue Project http://www.nansen-dialog.net/
Prison Fellowship International working with prisoners in many countries http://www.pfi.org

Save the Children Useful publications on working with children

http://www.savethechildren.net/

 

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Local Non-Governmental and Governmental Organizations in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia-Montenegro or Other Countries in the Western Balkans 

Bosfam

http://www.bosfam.ba

Bosnian Music for Peace-Pontanima (Fra Ivo Markovic) http://www.peacevox.com/spoken_music_pontamina.htm
Catholic Church Croatia (in Croatian) http://www.ika.hr/
Center for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights Osijek http://www.centar-za-mir.hr/

Europe House Vukovar

Europe House Vukovar is a close ally of the CWWPP and works for integration of Croatia into Europe in a variety of ways

www.edvu.org
GORD (Civic Organization for the Development of Dalj) An organization associated with the CWWPP working on civil society and conflict resolution in a divided village 20 km northwest of Vukovar http://www.inet.hr/~gordcodd/index.htm
Institute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia-Herzegovina http://www.rokkan.uib.no/bihdemocracy/
Osijek-Baranja County http://www.obz.hr/ 
Southeast Europe Educational Cooperation Network http://www.see-educoop.net/
Srebrenica NGO forum http://www.advocacynet.org/page/ngos 

Touch of Hope A project on trauma healing in the Osijek-Vukovar region involving CWWPP Board member Rev. Clive Fowle.

http://www.touchofhope.co.uk
Vukovar Institute for Peace Research and Education (VIMIO) http://www.vimio.hr/ 

Women Antiwar Organizations in former Yugoslavia

http://balkansnet.org/women/beges.html 
Youth Network in Bosnia-Herzegovina http://www.omladina-bih.net

 

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Organizations Dealing Specifically With Trauma, Psychological and/or Medical Issues, Sometimes In Combination With Peace or Other Issues

Aftermath of War a chatroom on PTSD research and other issues that may be useful http://groups.msn.com/aftermathofwarcopingwithPTSDtoo/ptsdresearch.msnw

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Croatia

Meeting times and locations; index to AA Europe; AA documentation

http://aahrvatske.blog.hr/

Amcha http://www.amcha.org/
American Iatrogenic Association

The American Iatrogenic Association is devoted to the study and reporting of medical errors that lead to disease and death and has a good section on mental health.

http://www.iatrogenic.org/
American Psychological Society, also with a good links page http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org
Art of Living www.artofliving.org

Body Memory Process

The website on the extremely useful therapeutic work of our Board member, David W. Sohn

www.bodymemoryprocess.org
Breza, Association for Work with Young People, Osijek

There is a great deal of information here in English, despite the introduction to the site being in Croatian.  The leader of Breza, Zoran Vargovic, is associated with the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Osijek

http://www.breza.hr/
Canadian Center for the Victims of Torture http://www.ccvt.org/
Center for Global Initiatives http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/
Center for the Victims of Torture USA http://www.cvt.org/main.php
Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research http://www.stigmaresearch.org/index.cfm
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers with a psychosocial section http://www.child-soldiers.org
Common Bond Institute http://www.cbiworld.org/ 
ESRA Holocaust Treatment Center Vienna http://www.esra.at/de/start.asp
Focusing Institute http://www.focusing.org/index.html

Foundation Centrum '45 One of the leading world centers on work with trauma and refugees

http://www.centrum45.nl/ukdef1.htm
Global Health Watch, including an alternative international health report http://www.ghwatch.org/
International Academy of Law and Mental Health http://www.ialmh.org/
International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) http://www.ifmsa.org/
International Federation of the Red Cross - Reference Center for Psychosocial Support http://psp.drk.dk/sw2955.asp
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) http://www.irct.org/
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims Zagreb (IRCT) www.irctzg.org
International Society for Health and Human Rights http://www.ishhr.org/
International Society for Political Psychology http://ispp.org/ispp_news.html
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies http://www.istss.org/
Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma http://www.traumaweb.org/
Macedonian Center for Mental Health http://www.centar.org.mk
Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture, London http://www.torturecare.org.uk/
Medical Peace Work, an international group working on such issues supported by the EU http://www.medicalpeacework.org/
Mental Health America http://www.nmha.org/go/get-info/

National Center for PTSD A very good site with links to a literature search engine

http://www.ncptsd.org/index.html
New Jersey Self-Help Group Clearing House gives some useful materials and information for other countries, though not for everywhere http://www.njgroups.org/
Non-Violent Communication  We don't agree with the commercial aspect of this and with the branding of "non-violent communication" but the techniques shown are valuable. http://www.nonviolentcommunication.com/index.htm

Omega Graz An excellent organization that has been working with refugees in good way for a fairly long time.  The organization is also involved with international projects, including the Daphne Database on Projects on Youth and the Medical Network for the Social Reconstruction of the Former Yugoslavia.  The website is in German.

http://www.omega-graz.at/index.shtml 
Open Society Institute Initiative on Mental Health Issues http://www.osmhi.org/
Psychologists Acting With Conscience Together http://psyact.org/ 
Physicians for Social Responsibility http://www.psr.org

Psychologists for Social Responsibility An excellent site that includes a curriculum on ethno-political warfare

http://www.psysr.org
PTSD Alliance  
Sexual Violence Initiative http://www.svri.org/ 
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, also including teaching materials and syllabi http://www.spssi.org/ppsc.html
Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association Division 48 http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology/
Survivors International http://www.survivorsintl.org

Trauma Center Boston and the work of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

http://www.traumacenter.org/ 
World Council for Psychotherapy http://www.worldpsyche.org/ 
World Psychiatric Association http://www.wpanet.org/home.html
Issuelab on Veterans' Health http://www.issuelab.org/closeup/May_2008

Zimbardo Prison Experiments  Psychologist Philip Zimbardo’s prison experiments in 1971

http://www.prisonexp.org/

 

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Organizations Dealing Specifically With Peace Issues 

Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) A method developed by Quakers but wholly secular.  We stress that this is a set of techniques that needs to be adapted to local circumstances and conditions http://www.avpusa.org/
Arts and Peacebuilding - Peace Vox http://www.peacevox.com/
Associations and Resources for Conflict Management Skills http://www.peacetraining.org/
Center for Non-Violent Action - Belgrade and Sarajevo http://www.nenasilje.org/cna/aboutus_e.html 

Community Relations Council of Northern Ireland

http://www.community-relations.org.uk/ 

European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation with a very wide list of organizations and programs http://www.conflict-prevention.net
Geneva Centre for Security Policy http://www.gcsp.ch/e/
Karuna Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, run by Paula Green http://www.karunacenter.org/index.html
KOFF Swiss Peace Center http://www.swisspeace.ch/
Martin Luther King Center http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Martin Luther King Papers Project at Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
Network of Communities for Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution http://www.apeacemaker.net/

Non-Violent Peace Force Peace workers instead of troops in conflict areas, run by good friends of the CWWPP

http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org
P.E.A.C.E. http://www.peaceroom.com/
Peaceful Societies Website http://www.peacefulsocieties.org/
USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/conflict/
Veterans for Peace http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Wholistic Peace Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA Bringing together conference of Nobel Peace Laureates

http://www.wholisticpeaceinstitute.com

Coexistence Initiative

http://www.coexistence.net/

Collaborative for Development Action Inc http://www.cdainc.com
Global Peace Index http://www.visionofhumanity.com/index.php
International Crisis Group, Early Warning Resources, an excellent website that gives information and many additional resources on locations in conflict or in danger of conflict http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=3397&l=1
Peace and Conflict Development a journal from the University of Bradford (UK) http://www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk
Peace Education Online Communities http://www.c-i-p-e.org/forum/
Religion and Ethics Newsletter http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/

Resources for Peace  Exactly what it says - publications, peace groups and departments of Peace Studies

http://www.givewings.com/peace/index.html

 

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Organizations and/or Information Sources Dealing Specifically With Genocide 

Genocide Watch- a very good site on genocide

http://www.genocidewatch.org/

H-Genocide A website and listserv on genocide http://www.h-net.org/~genocide/

Institute for the Study of Genocide/

International Association of Genocide Scholars

http://www.instituteforthestudyofgenocide.org/ 

http://genocidescholars.org/ 

Shoah Visual History Foundation http://college.usc.edu/vhi/ 

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles  Good collection of Holocaust resources.  Use their "Explore and Learn" section for Online Books and library

http://www.wiesenthal.com/

 

Yad Vashem The center for the victims of the Holocaust in Israel

http://www.yadvashem.org

 

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Organizations Dealing Specifically With Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Issues 

Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank House http://www.annefrank.org

Center for Interreligious Understanding

http://www.faithindialogue.org/ 

Churches Council for Theology and Public Policy Also click on the USIP link there for a paper on a conference on The Role of U.S. Regional and Local Religious Bodies Supporting Peacebuilding Efforts in Particular Countries

http://www.cctpp.org
Every Church a Peace Church http://ecapc.org/ 
Honestly Concerned a website in English and German dealing with anti-Semitism http://www.honestly-concerned.org
Institute for Theology and Peace, with large bibliography http://www.ithpeace.de
Stichting Radio La Benevolencija / Humanitarian Tools Foundation is a Dutch NGO devoted to helping people worldwide who suffered from ethnic violence http://www.labenevolencija.org/
National Council of Churches USA http://www.councilofchurches.org/

Religions for Peace  also with a branch in Croatia

http://www.wcrp.org

 

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Organizations Dealing With Minority Issues

European Center for Minority Issues

The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) engages in action-oriented projects - many of which fall into the area of constructive conflict-management, conducts practice-oriented research and provides information and documentation concerning minority-majority relations in Europe.

http://www.ecmi.de/
European Roma Rights Center http://www.errc.org/
Honestly Concerned a website dealing with anti-Semitism http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Honestly-Concerned-Mailingliste/
Women in Conflict - A Handbook http://www.urgentactionfund.org/documents/Rising-Up-In-Response.pdf

 

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Organizations Dealing Specifically With Legal and Human Rights Issues 

Balkan Human Rights Network http://www.balkan-rights.net/
Coalition for International Justice http://www.justiceinitiative.org/db/resource2?res_id=101642 
Electronic Information System for International Law www.eisil.org
European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Graz, including a downloadable extensive manual on human rights http://www.etc-graz.at/
Human Rights Education and Information Online an excellent resource that publishes a monthly newsletter http://www.hrea.org/erc/index.html
Human Rights links in Croatia http://www.zamir.net/~dphr/eng/addressbook/adresar.htm
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/  The link for Europe and Asia is http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=europe&c=croati
Rabbis for Human Rights http://www.rhr.israel.net
Serbia's Special Prosecutor for War Crimes http://www.tuzilastvorz.org.yu
Transitional Justice Network http://tj-forum.org/
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

 

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Jewish Organizations 

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

http://www.jdc.org

American Jewish World Service

http://www.ajws.org/

Centropa Stories and photographs of Jews from Central and Eastern Europe http://www.centropa.org/index.php

Forward Newspaper Good site for media links, especially but certainly not exclusively Jewish ones

http://www.forward.com/index.html
Honestly Concerned, a website on anti-Semitism in German http://www.honestlyconcerned.info/
International Survey of Jewish Monuments http://www.isjm.org/
Jewish Film Archive (Spielberg) http://www.spielbergfilmarchive.org.il/
Jewish Voice for Peace http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
Makabijada - the site of Jews Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia http://www.makabijada.com/
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture www.mfjc.org
National Council for Jewish Culture http://www.jewishculture.org/
Shalom Center – Jewish Spiritual Center and Center for Peace http://www.shalomctr.org
Tikkun Community http://www.tikkun.org/

 

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Quaker Organizations 

Friends' Committee for National Legislation

http://www.fcnl.org/

Quaker Information Center, Philadelphia, USA, with information about Quakers and other Quaker links http://www.quakerinfo.org/

Quakers A site with a large number of Quaker links

http://www.quaker.org/

 

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Lists of Non-Governmental Organizations 

Directory of Development Organizations

Guide to International Organizations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, Universities, Research and Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs, Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Development Consulting Firms

http://www.devdir.org

Idealist  A well-known website that includes a variety of information on NGOs all over the world and also opportunities for volunteering and work

http://www.idealist.org
NGO Database for Southeast Europe http://www.see-database.org/
Quaker Council for European Affairs European Peace Directory http://www.quaker.org/qcea/peacedirectory/

 

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Academic Institutions 

American University Peacebuilding and Development Institute

http://www.american.edu/sis/peace/summer/

Boston University Department of Religion, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies http://www.bu.edu/judaicstudies/index.html
Bradford University Peace Studies Department http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/
Clipsee and the University of Munich Program in Southeast Europe http://www.psih.org/index.php?newlang=english
Coventry University Center for the Study of Forgiveness and Reconciliation http://www.coventry.ac.uk/
Eastern Mennonite University - Program in Conflict Transformation and Summer Peacebuilding Institute http://www.emu.edu/ctp/
Graduate Programs known to give Peace Psychology - site of the American Psychological Association, Division 48 http://www.psysr.org/about/committees/peace_education/graduate.php
Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research http://www.hpcr.org/ 
Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research including a Conflict Barometer http://www.konfliktbarometer.de/en/konfliktbarometer/index.html
International Studies Association http://www.isanet.org/
International Trauma Studies Program in New York City http://itspnyc.org
Incore, an institution formed by the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) and the UN http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies http://www.sais-jhu.edu/

Open Courseware Consortium

Free courseware materials

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
Oxford Refugee Study Center http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
Oxford University, St. Anthony's College  http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/ 

Peace and Justice Studies Association 

http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/ 

Peace Research Information Unit Bonn List of peace research institutes worldwide and other resources in Germany

http://www.priub.org/index_en.html
Peace Through Health Program, McMaster University http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/peace-health/
Scholarship Net information on scholarships http://www.scholarshipnet.info/
Scholarships-IEFA http://www.iefa.org/
Scholarships - US Journal of Academics http://www.usjournal.com/en/students/info/finaid.html
Scholarships - Fastweb http://fastweb.monster.com/
Scholarships - Hareon  information on scholarships http://www.hareon.com/threads.jsp?id=44&pg=1

Study and Research in Europe Links to sites for research and study in a number of countries

http://www.study-in-europe.org/
Swarthmore College, Peace and Conflict Studies Program which also includes resources. http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/lsmithe1/swarthmore/courses/index.htm
Universities in the US dealing with International Relations – links http://www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR/academic.html
University of Massachusetts Peace Psychology Program http://www.umass.edu/peacepsychology
University of Munich Program in Southeast Europe http://www.psih.org/index.php?newlang=English
University Index - Braintrack giving a list of universities around the world http://www.braintrack.com/
University for Peace - UN chartered institution in San Jose, Costa Rica http://www.upeace.org
University of Sarajevo Center for Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies http://www.cps.edu.ba/
University of Toronto Centre for International Medicine http://intlhealth.med.utoronto.ca
Universities offering non-profit management courses http://pirate.shu.edu/~mirabero/Update%202001/Master%20List%20of%20All%20Universities.htm
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm
Yale University Genocide Studies Program http://www.yale.edu/gsp/
York University (Canada) Centre for Refugee Studies http://www.yorku.ca/crs/

 

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Inter-Governmental Organizations 

Council of Europe

http://www.coe.int/ 

Economic Reconstruction in Southeast Europe – EU and World Bank site http://www.seerecon.org

International Committee of the Red Cross

http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/homeeng!Open
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
The publications are particularly useful
http://www.iom.int/jahia/page1.html
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) http://www.osce.org The Mission to Croatia may be found at http://www.osce.org/croatia

Relief Web The UN's main site for humanitarian aid; gives links to UN agencies and to humanitarian organizations involved in humanitarian work of all sorts; also gives vacancies

http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) http://www.unhcr.ch
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - Special Rapporteur on Health http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx 
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://ochaonline.un.org/
World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/

 

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General Information Sources 

AlertNet provides global news, communications and logistics services to the international disaster relief community and the public.

http://www.alertnet.org/

Alliance for Conflict Transformation

provides a great deal of information on a variety of topics regarding conflict transformation, including positions and scholarships

http://www.conflicttransformation.org/ 
Civil Society Building Net exactly what it sounds like http://www.civilsocietybuilding.net/
Common Dreams News Center http://www.commondreams.org/
Cosmic Fantasia  Gives resources on organizations dealing with non-violent conflict resolution and alternative points of view http://cosmicfantasia.com/
European Forum on International Cooperation http://www.euforic.org/ 
Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Good reports on a variety of areas.

http://www.iwpr.net

International Crisis Group  Reports on the political situation in countries in conflict

http://www.crisisweb.org

Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research The website of a number of well known activists and writers on peace

http://www.transnational.org
World Education Database http://www.world-education-database.org/

World Link TV Satellite and web television dealing with social issues

http://www.worldlinktv.org/ 

 

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Literature Portals

Central and Eastern European Online Library http://www.ceeol.org/index.aspx

CORDIS The European Union Research Portal

http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html

European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies http://www.slavistik-portal.de/en.html
Evonymos Ecological Library not exactly our field, but too good to miss

http://www.evonymos.org

Global Development Network – Access to 120 social science journals

http://www.gdnet.org/

Harvard University Hollis Catalogue http://lms01.harvard.edu/
Hrčak - Portal for scientific journals in Croatia http://hrcak.srce.hr/
Information for Practice - an excellent site on psychological and social sciences literature from the New York University School of Social Work and Gary Holden http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/
International Humanitarian Law Research Portal of the Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research http://www.ihlresearch.org
Taylor and Francis Group - Journal articles on a wide variety of subjects http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/app/home/main.asp?wasp=07wck7wrqm0xtlfvudu7
Knowledge Base for the Social Sciences in Central and Southeast Europe http://www.cee-socialscience.net

The Lancet One of the world's top medical journals

http://www.thelancet.com/home
Library of Social Sciences, including Richard Koenigsberg’s work on war and genocide http://home.earthlink.net/~libraryofsocialscience/index.html
Map Library-University of Texas http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Medscape a variety of medical information

http://www.medscape.com/
MOST-UNESCO journal on multicultural societies http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2547&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
National Library of Medicine Gateway http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd

Social Psychology Network A good database on the area

http://www.socialpsychology.org/
World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers – more than 73000 links to literature and other resources http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/  

 

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 Information and Resources on Trauma and Medical Issues 

Child Trauma Institute http://www.childtrauma.com/

David Baldwin's Trauma Pages

Very good references to a variety of resources on Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions

http://www.trauma-pages.com/
Health and Human Rights:  an International Journal (without charge) http://www.hhrjournal.org/index.php/hhr

Health Workers Without Borders

Manuals on psychosocial intervention in disaster situations and on dealing with burnout for professionals as well as other information available

http://www.mhwwb.org

Kaiser-Permanente Multicultural Health Series
A manual on working in multicultural health
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=7632
Intervention

A Journal of Trauma and reconciliation.  The link is to issues 12 months old or more that give full-text articles

http://www.interventionjournal.com/index3.html
Journal of Child Trauma http://www.springerpub.com/journal.aspx?jid=1936-6604
Office for Teaching Resources in Psychology, including bibliographies on genocide, trauma and general psychology http://teachpsych.org/otrp/resources/resources.php?category=Diversity
Psychological Links in Croatian http://free-zd.t-com.hr/psih/index.html
Psychotherapy Networker http://www.psychotherapynetworker.com/ 

 

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Information on Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees

Brookings Institution Project on Internally Displaced Persons

http://www.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/idp.htm

Global IDP Project very useful data on IDPs and refugees

http://www.idpproject.org/
Journal of Identity and Migration Studies http://jims.e-migration.ro/
Migration Information Service a useful site giving data and policy of various countries http://www.migrationinformation.org/
Migration Policy Institute http://www.migrationpolicy.org/

 

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Information and Resources on the Western Balkans, Including But Not Limited to Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia-Montenegro

Alternative Information Network for the Balkans

http://www.aimpress.ch/index.htm

BalkanWeb http://www.balkanweb.com/

Balkan Watch and Public International Law and Policy Group Reports on Peacebuilding and on the Balkans and other areas.  This group publishes Balkan Watch with useful information about the region

http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/
Bosnia Institute London http://www.bosnia.org.uk
Center for International Politics Thessaloniki http://www.cipt.gr/html/
Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics, with useful information in Croatian and English http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm 
Croatian links: the mother site is a bit nationalistic for our taste, but the links are useful.  The site is in Croatian http://www.hic.hr/ 

Croatian publications

This site gives links to the sites of all major Croatian publications

http://www.monitor.hr/
European Stability Initiative (ESI) Reports on the Western Balkans http://www.esiweb.org/
International Forum Bosnia http://www.ifbosna.org.ba/_site/index.php 
International UNESCO Education Server for Civic, Peace and Human Rights Education in the Balkans http://www.dadalos.org/
Jasenovac Association Information about the former concentration camp http://www.jasenovac.org
Jutarnji List – Croatian morning daily newspaper http://www.monitor.hr/jutarnji

Kosov@ Humanitarian Community Information Center-good basic information on Kosov@ from UNMIK

http://www.unmikonline.org/
Kosovakosovo.com  News about Kosov@ http://www.kosovakosovo.com/
Pavelic Papers a site detailing the fascist movement in Croatia until the present day http://pavelic-papers.com/features/essays/pft.html 
Photographic Exhibition on Vukovar in January, 2003 by Werner Rolli http://www.fotorolli.ch 
Photographs of Vukovar by Jan Banning http://www.laif.de/  (You must use the search engine. Simply enter Vukovar and type Suche.)
Project on Inter-Ethnic Relations http://www.per-usa.org/Reports/Newsletter_2008.pdf
Sramota.com pictures of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 http://www.sramota.com/ 
South East News Service Europe in English and local languages http://www.sense-agency.com/portal/english/index.php
Vecernji List – Croatian daily evening newspaper http://www.vecernji-list.hr
Videoletters a site on and for people separated by the war, mostly in Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian with some in English http://www.videoletters.net

Vukovarac Site by private individual giving some insight into Vukovar.  Gives photos.  Mostly in Croatian, but penetrable

http://www.vukovarac.net
Vukovar Museum (in Croatian) http://www.mdc.hr

Yugoslav Websites This site and its mother site (one step back) give an enormous number of links to various aspects of Yugoslav life, including humanitarian organizations and organizations elsewhere in the Balkans; in Serbian, but Latin script and penetrable

http://solair.eunet.yu/~vodnik/DO_DNA.htm

Yugoslavia Offer In general a business site, but gives general information on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

http://www.yugoslavia-offer.org.yu/Eng/default.htm
Youth in Croatia a report by Proni through the University of Zagreb http://www.ffzg.hr/hre-edc/hr/download.php?file=YIC_Binder1.pdf

 

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Assistance to Non-Governmental Organizations

Change Handbook Methods for civil society http://thechangehandbook.com/
GCF – free computer and development training online http://www.gcflearnfree.org/

Innovation Network

Excellent resources on evaluation and other aspects of non-profit management

http://www.innonet.org/
International Center for Non-Profit Law http://www.icnl.org/
Itrainonline Information on computers and web development and on training in general for people working in non-governmental organizations http://www.itrainonline.org/
Learning for Sustainability gives a variety of tools for the work of NGOs http://learningforsustainability.net/

New Tactics This is a project of the Center for the Victims of Torture USA to give insight and examples of strategies being used in human rights, democratization and work against torture and is useful for obtaining ideas.

http://www.newtactics.org/ 

Organizers' Collaborative Aside from anything else, lots of useful links

http://organizerscollaborative.org/ 

Peaceful Nation

This site includes a beautiful declaration which, in a rare departure from our usual policy, we urge you to sign.  The site also includes good tools for NGOs

www.peacefulnation.org

Tech Soup Technology for non-profits, including discussions, hardware, downloads

http://www.techsoup.org/index.cfm?cg=header&sg=home
Writing guide for non-profits-extensive and interactive   http://www.fahamu.org/WFCEng/sitemap.html

 

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Miscellaneous Sites

Cooperative Communications Skills

http://www.newconversations.net/ 

Depleted Uranium Video http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3581.htm
Diary Project http://www.diaryproject.com/
International Campaign to Ban Landmines http://www.icbl.org/
Kwmap – a keyword search engine http://www.kwmap.net
Speeches – Historic http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive1.html
Swans-an online magazine http://www.swans.com/

Veterans for Common Sense (US)

Also links to other veterans websites

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/default.asp
World Affairs Council Pittsburgh – site with good links to other sites http://www.worldaffairspittsburgh.org/

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