Sharing of expericences, Capacity Building, African solutions for African problems:
18 – 25 July 2008
A report from Mamadou Mbodji, Head of the network

From 4 – 25 August 2008, 14 Senegalese Friends of Nature stayed in Germany for a “friendship and working visit”. Ingeborg Pint, IFN advisor for African Friends-of-Nature organisations, accompanied them for 12 days.

”An Impelling Idea“ was the motto chosen by IFN for the Congress in Munich in 2005, which was organised in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Friends of Nature Germany. At the end of this Congress period we now need to ask ourselves, whether we actually did put things in motion with our activities?

The IFN (International Friends of Nature) European Friendship Cycling Trail opens up opportunities for becoming acquainted with Europe’s varied landscapes in a leisurely fashion. ‘Points of departure’ are encounters with the local population and mindfulness of milieu and culture.