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| China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO) |
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Name： |
China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO) |
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View list of member organizations in China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO) |
Category： |
NGOs |
Working Fields： |
 Education
 Environment
 Health & Safety
 Philanthropy & Charity
 Social Standards & Labor Protection (Supply Chain)
 Women & Children
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Zip Code： |
100007 |
Estab. Date： |
1993 |
Address： |
C-601, East building, Yonghe Plaza 28" Andingmen Dongdajie Beijing, China |
Contact： |
Please send your request to CCM Team
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Website： |
www.cango.org |
| Background Description / Mission Statement: |
China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO) is a non-profit, membership organization operating nationwide. CANGO was founded in 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 1993 (registration number 3340), and is audited according to Chinese laws. By the end of 2008, CANGO has 108 member organizations. CANGO is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. CANGO also gained the qualification of pre tax deduction of donation by the Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation.
Since its founding, CANGO has developed and maintained good relations with 165 foreign NGOs, bilateral, and multilateral organizations through its day-to-day operations. By the end of December 2008, CANGO raised RMB Yuan 432 million from 82 donor agencies for project implementation. The local matching fund has reached RMB Yuan 250 million. Almost 100 counties from 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities were involved in the projects.
The task and direction for CANGO will be to promote China’s civil society development and to provide an experience exchanging and information-sharing platform for Chinese NGOs. CANGO will continue its work in Central and Western China; environmental protection and civil society building broaden the corporative channels between CANGO and government, business, and research institutes; and pay more attention to a balanced economic and social development.
CANGO’s mission is to create a strong, empowered network of Chinese NGOs to address poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and social development, particularly in China's poor, remote and minority-inhabited areas. CANGO acts as an intermediary agency and partners with foreign NGOs, bilateral and multilateral organizations and Chinese NGOs to enhance fundraising, provision of technical support and capacity building of grassroots NGOs in China.
CANGO’s vision is to empower citizens and civil society to create an environment that offers fair chances to everybody for sustainable development. |
CSR Activities include:
- on November 04, 2009 Senior International Advisor Ms. Dagmar Woehlert held a lecture at a resource organization and NGO meeting in Xi’an on “CSR and the development of civil society”. The meeting was organized in the framework of the project “ The development of harmonious society and capacity building of NGO” funded by the German Church development Service (EED)
- in July 2009 CANGO cooperated with German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in the Sino-German Corporate Social Responsibility Project on promoting CSR strategy building for Hebei small and medium sized companies. Mr. Zhao Daxing, Deputy director of CANGO and Dr. Jia Ying, CSR & Company, introduced the topic of CSR and community development.
- In 2009 CANGO started to work in the provinces of Qinghai and Gansu. First round table meetings took place for various stakeholders in each province. In November detailed needs assessments were conducted such as in Ningxia and Sichuan before. Training activities are planned for 2010.
- At the beginning of 2009 a special CSR webpage was launched to introduce the project activities to a broader public and to inform about CSR development in general (www.cango-csr.org). CANGO established an exchange platform on the webpage in order to find matches for enterprise and NGO cooperation projects.
- From May 2007 to December 2008, CANGO held workshops and training sessions on various CSR topics and carried out the enterprises’ social responsibility and sustainable development project in Ningxia, Sichuan and Beijing with the sponsorship of Heinrich Boll Foundation. Local cooperation partners were the Ningxia International Association for Economy Technology Cooperation and the Sichuan Association for NGO Cooperation. People from Ningxia and Sichuan NGOs, governmental departments and companies participated in the training. Training sessions included exchange platforms for all stakeholders to identify their roles in terms of CSR implementation.
- In 2007, CANGO began to implement the Microsoft Unlimited Potential community training project, sponsored by Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd. The project provided opportunities of technical and IT learning for migrant workers, unemployed people by setting three Community Technology Learning Center in Beijing, Lanzhou and Jiamusi.
- On September 15, 2006 CANGO conducted the “Corporate Social Responsibility Workshop” research project funded by Heinrich Boll Foundation. By doing this, CANGO got information on CSR experience and challenges faced by the local companies. This period was completed with CSR salons in Ningxia and Beijing in November and December of 2006.
Green Commuting
- On October 31, 2008, experts on the "green carbon road trip action” held a conference to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Beijing. The project was supported by Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Mengniu, China Mobile Beijing branch, Bothland Group, China National Overseas Engineering Corporation, 3M, IBM Corporation, Beijing and Environmental Sciences Research Supporting institutions, Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee, Beijing, Beijing TV Finance Channel, People’s Daily, Sohu, Bitauto, and other media.
- In April 2008, “Green Commuting Project” and Tsinghua University Traffic Institute co-developed "Green Commuting Online Carbon Calculator" on the People's Network, marking the formal launch of “green carbon road trip action".
- In 2007, United States Environmental Defense, CANGO and other 20 NGOs co-launched a "Green Commuting Joint Action”.
- Since June, 2006, along with United States Environmental Defense (EDF), CANGO launched the "Green Commuting" project in Beijing.
- In the summer of 2005, along with Association of the United States Environmental Defense, and supported by Honeywell, CANGO launched the "Yangtze River Delta air-conditioning energy saving action" in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. The Shanghai Oasis, Shanghaineses: Love Their Homes, Jiangsu Green Friends, and Wenzhou Green Environment Center participated in the action.
- In May 2005, CANGO held the “Social Entrepreneurs’ Dialogue on Public Welfare: Opportunities and Challenges” seminar. During this event, experts, scholars and business people from home and abroad discussed the opportunities and challenges faced by entrepreneurs in public welfare activities. Discussion also covered how entrepreneurs exchange and cooperate with civil societies to realize “win-win” situations, and enhance CSR to better benefit the public in building a harmonious society.
- From March to April 2004, commissioned by GTZ and Ave, CANGO held seminars on “Social Responsibility Standard” in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. 600 representatives from enterprises, NGOs, and research institutions attended the seminar.
- From November 9 to 11, 2003, along with other institutions, CANGO hosted a high-level forum on “multinational corporations and charity”. More than 100 representatives from different countries attended the forum and had a lively discussion on CSR.
- In 2002, Senior International Advisor Miss Dorit Lehrack from CANGO visited the "Business and social progress" inspection agencies in Philippines. On July 15, Miss Dorit Lehrack introduced the "Chinese enterprises and social progress," and answered the questions raised by the participants.
- CANGO cooperates with international civil societies and other organizations in the fields of agriculture, basic living needs (human and animal drinking water, etc.), income generation (aquatic production, handicraft, and husbandry), community development, health care, poverty alleviation, environmental protection, basic education and vocational training, institutional capacity building, practical technology training, disaster relief and rehabilitation, gender and development (technology training and raising women’s status), as well as the cooperation between developing countries. |
"Business and Civil Society"
"100 NGOs in China"
"Strategic Management of NGO"
"Practice and management of NGO"
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ABA
Caritas Australia
Coca Cola Company, Amway (China) Co., Limited
Community Aid Abroad (CAA)
EED
EDF
HBF
Honeywell International
Keidanren Nature Conversation Fund (Japan)
Microsoft
Ningxia International Association for Economy Technology Cooperation
Oxfam U.K
Tianjin Figaro Electric Co., Ltd
UPS
UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
World Council of Credit Unions
World Vision
The Heinrich Boll Foundation
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