Who is KOSA?
The registered association KOSA (co-ordination for Southern Africa)
is a nation-wide affiliation of presently 13 organizations and groups
as well as 240 individuals involved in development policy, working
locally but also across the country on Southern Africa. Since the
end of August 2001, KOSA has also been the successor to the association
"Afrika-Süd Aktionsbündnis" (AAB) [alliance
for action on Southern Africa], the for-mer anti-apartheid movement.
Since 1995, KOSA is based at the registered association Welthaus
Bielefeld where it carries out its coordination and office work.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of KOSA is to critically follow the multiple political
relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the EU
respectively and the countries of Southern Africa and, if possible,
to exercise an influence on their future development in the interest of the
disadvantaged people in Southern Africa. To this end, KOSA has set
itself the following tasks:
 | Encouragement of an intensive exchange of information between
member groups by means of regular meetings and a circular letter |
| Interchange with solidarity groups and organizations on a national
and European level as well as co-ordination and planning of joint
actions; interchange with partner organizations in Southern Africa |
| Management of a pool of resources |
| Educational work and public relations through: |
| joint seminars and campaigns, visitor programs, publication
of specialized literature and materials |
| advocacy work and lobbying |
Anyone interested in the region of Southern Africa can become a
member. There are various forms of membership:
| Regular membership: attendance of member meetings, subscription
to the KOSA newsletter. The membership rate for institutions and
associations is €180, for groups €120 and for individuals
€60 per year. |
| Supporting membership: subscription to KOSA newsletter. See
above for rates. Subscription to newsletter only: €30 |
Recent Topics and Campaigns
Over the last years, KOSA has focused on the economic relations between
the region of Southern Africa and the European Union. For two years
now, KOSA has been actively involved in the "International Apartheid
Debt and Reparations Campaign in Southern Africa" as well as topics like "water
and privatisation" and HIV/AIDS are given priority. The present
focus is on the planned "Economic Partnership Agreements" between
the EU and ACP-Countries with special attention on implications on
Southern African.
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