One World Net NRW - Eine Welt Netz NRW

The One World Net NRW is the umbrella association of the development associations in North Rhine-Westphalia and is headquartered in Münster.

 North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Our offices are located in Münster (in Westphalia) and in the state capital Düsseldorf (in the Rhineland).

With nearly 18 million people, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous German state. Overall, Germany has about 82 million inhabitants. 29 of the 80 major German cities are located in this highly urbanized area in the west of Germany. The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, which is located in the center of the state, is one of the 30 largest metropolitan areas in the world with about ten million inhabitants, and a central part of a European conurbation. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia - and one of the oldest cities in Germany - is Cologne.

There are over 3,000 registered groups and organizations in North Rhine-Westphalia that deal with development policy and development cooperation. Most of them work on a voluntary basis. Some of the big German development organizations have their headquarters in Bonn, Cologne and Aachen as well, for example, Welthungerhilfe, Misereor, Unicef, Adveniat and Missio. They are joined in their own national umbrella organization.

There is a development policy network in each state, which is an independent NGO respectively. At federal level, they are members of the association of the One World country networks (agl) which in turn is also a member of the umbrella organization VENRO.