No event in recent years has influenced our international civic education activities as suddenly and completely as the terrorist acts of September 11, as well as the subsequent invocation of Article 5 of the NATO Charter and the military intervention in Afghanistan.

The UN Conference in Rio 1992 launched ”sustainable development” as a new name for progress. After ten years, in August 2002, the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg will be an occasion for reflection and reassessment. This Memorandum suggests an agenda for equity and ecology for the decade to come.

This report is designed to provide a brief overview of our work during the year 2000, thus satisfying the increasing demand for information on the Foundation’s activities abroad.