The KoGe looks back on a year full of commitment to promoting peaceful, just and inclusive societies. Our partners have reached more than 600,000 people in over 40 countries, successfully improving access to basic health and education services, reducing violence and contributing to the economic, social and political empowerment of marginalized people. The KoGe embraces a holistic approach. Its members work at local level with people and communities most left behind. At the same time, they also engage at the policy level to decrease structural inequalities. Read this year’s annual report to find out how the KoGe promotes more inclusive and responsive policy-making and service delivery around the world.

KoGe Annual Report 2022 (PDF)

On many aspects of human development, the gaps between different groups of people continue to widen. Leave no one behind (LNOB) is a commitment made by United Nations Member States to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and end discrimination by tackling their root causes. LNOB also stands at the center of KoGe’s Programme on Peace, Justice, and Inclusion. Underneath questions of injustice and inequality lies the question of power. In our Learning Journey on LNOB we explored the dynamics of power, inclusion, and exclusion. The result are two learning documents that we hereby make publicly available.

Learning Paper on LNOB: Expand your understanding of power and intersectionality and KoGe Learning Brief #1, April 2023: LNOB (PDF)

On the occasion of its first Virtual Workshop on Peace, Justice and Inclusion on 26 October 2021, more than 70 participants from 16 countries and three continents shared their experiences in working towards more peaceful, just and inclusive societies. This conference was organized according to the Open Space Technology-method, which reflects the concern of the Community of Cooperation (KoGe) to engage with its worldwide partners as actors on an equal footing.

Our external counselling service offers advice on issues related to sexual harassment in the workplace. This confidential service is free of charge for the employees of our member organisations. We fight against sexual exploitation and abuse, we run programmes against sexual and gender-based violence and we are committed to breaking the taboo of sexual harassment.

Working for peaceful, just and inclusive societies in fragile contexts makes security an important issue for the Community of Cooperation and its members. In 2020, our learning group on good governance developed a checklist of recommended minimum security standards. The KoGe security checklist serves as a self-assessment tool at organisational level.

KoGe Security Checklist (PDF)