euroCom is a German non-governmental organisation founded in Berlin in
1989 with the original aim to arrange social, cultural and ecological
co-operation projects between the West and the East.
Troughout the 1990ies
euroCom’s activities covered a
number of countries of different development levels the world, in particular in
(Eastern)Europe, the Near and Middle East and Africa.
By co-operating with other non-governmental organisations and charities on a
project-to-project basis, euroCom’s work is aimed at pursuing the following
goals:
Establishing and
developing the legal basis for founding, registering and running NGOs;
Introducing modern
methods of managing and administrating NGOs;
Setting up
efficient organisational structures;
Improving the
financial basis, and finance and accounting procedures of NGOs;
Promoting
transition processes towards democratic societies;
Improving the work,
role and acceptance of NGOs by setting up local, regional and international
networks;
Establishing for
NGOs access to modern means of electronic communication and exchange of
information;
Developing and
improving co-operation patterns with governmental organisations and
administrations;
Supporting
co-operation on aid programmes between NGOs and international donors and aid
organisations.
Furthermore, euroCom collaborates with a variety of German and European
organisations working in different sectors and utilises their specific skills
and experience for providing counselling services and professional inputs to
projects in third countries.