NOVA - Centre per a la Innovació Social

Structure of the organization: NOVA is divided in 3 main units: citizens participation unit, economical democracy unit and peacebuilding and nonviolence unit. The 3 units has a direction department and administrative unit giving support. Human resources and material resources: 12 people working the team, one headquarters in Barcelona with a delegation office in Ramallah (Occupied Palestinian Territories) with one local staff. around 15 personal computers and equipment to support this structure (furniture, phones, copy machine, etc) Last year budget was around: 400,000 EUR from public donor mainly: Barcelona Council, Catalan Agency of Cooperation for Development, Spanish Agency for International cooperation, Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Office for the promotion of human rights form Catalan Government and the Office for the promotion of human rights of Spanish Government. Modalities: we have 3 main lines of action. (i) international peace projects to support nonviolent movements in Middle East; (ii) awareness campaigns in Spain and Europe to promote a culture of peace and support to nonviolent voices in Middle East; (iii) advocacy actions to Spanish and European public institutions to streghten their public policies regarding peacebuilding and Middle East.