Organizations ordered by alphabet: G to I

A-C *D-F * J-L * M-O * P-S * T-V * W-Z

G

• GLADNET The Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network (GLADNET) was formed by the International Labour Organization in 1995; it has now becomean independent NGO affiliated with the ILO's Vocational Rehabilitation Branch. With more than 100 affiliates on all continents, GLADNET membership is open to organizations (such as research institutes, universities, government agencies, trade unions, organizations representing persons with disabilities, enterprises, non-governmental organizations) or persons belonging to such organizations, who are concerned with the advancement of integrated vocational training and employment opportunities for disabled persons, or who are involved in research in this area.
• Green Globe Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development The web pages contain key information on the most important international agreements on environment and development, IGOs and NGOs working in this area, and environmental data on OECD countries. The paper version of the Yearbook is produced by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway, and published by Oxford University Press.
• Greenpeace is "an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future.."
• German Foundation for International Development The DSE provides a forum for development policy dialogue and offers initial and advanced training of specialists and executive personnel from developing and transitional countries. In addition, it supports experts of German technical and cultural cooperation, and their families, in their preparation for assignments in developing countries. The DSE maintains Germany's largest documentation and information centre on development cooperation issues in Germany.
• International Gender, S&T; Policy Information Map is "a listing of organisations, institutes, networks, activities, reports, journals, film and other resources available on the World Wide Web on international policy issues in gender, science and technology. It is intended to facilitate policy research and collaboration on issues relating to gender, science and technology policy, at national, regional, and international levels."
• Gender, Science and Technology: International Policy Issues "is an international policy research network of scientists and technologists who work together on issues of importance to women in international science and technology. GSD coordinates an international network of groups and individuals involved in international gender, S&T.; It also works with several international groups and associations in pursuit of its objectives to promote women's creativity, abilities, and perspectives in the development and implementation of S&T; around the world."
• GATT, Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme, (MTN/FA III-6)
• GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) (gopher)
• The Global Fund for Women
• Global Volunteers Organization's goal is "to enable teams of North American volunteers to help with local projects in developing countries worldwide and to learn about the host country from a "non-tourist" perspective."
• GTZ, "is one of the world's largest service enterprises in the field of development cooperation." (English and German version available)

H

• HP Sustainable Future Program which has been launched by HP "in an effort to accelerate global access to information for economic development, environmental protection, and social equity".
• Human Rights Web Resources "this page contains names of human rights organizations, other organizations doing substantial amounts of human rights work, and resources (such as libraries and internet-based information) of use to human rights activists and researchers."
• Human Rights and related resources "this library provides links to other useful Internet sites containing information about human rights, the United Nations, international organizations, government sources, as well as many other relevant resources."
• HealthNet-SR, a "WWW site which attempts to facilitate information retrieval and access through Internet to various information sources within the country and outside. Items available by mid 1996: addresses and descriptions of health care institutions, ICD 10, AIHA page, projects, news, links to other medical resources, ..."
• Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO)
• Health Information on SunSITE
• Hunger and Poverty Page
• HungerWeb

I

• International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) is an international non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide. Apart from information on the Alliance, the site contains information on the co-operative movement in different economic sectors: agriculture, banking, credit, consumer, energy, fisheries, housing, insurance, workers, tourism and health care, and from all continents as well as links to other sites and issues of interest to co-operators
• The Development and Cooperation University Institute of the Complutense University of Madrid (IUDC-UCM) is a public higher learning institute which takes part in training and consulting based on independent scientific research. The IUDC-UCM has prepared these pages for all those interested in International Cooperation and Development. Here you will find information on Institutions, Policies, Programs, Instruments, and Methodologies concerning International Cooperation for Development. También viene en español!
• The Interuniversity Institute (INU) serves as a point of "exchange about the issues of cooperation between living civilizations (Western, Arabo-Islam, Hindustani and Chinese) as well as issues of globalization."
• InterAction " is the US's largest coalition of disaster-relief, development and refugee-assistance organizations. The web site features news on disasters, refugees, economic and social development, population and women's issues, as well as links to a host of government, multilateral, academic and non-governmental sites."
• "The New Face of Development" International Development Conference "... this year (January 13-15, 1997) focuses on "The New Face of Development" and will address concerns about worldwide development, global and political realities, ways of alleviating poverty, innovative financing for social development and new technology."
• International Development Resources Page contains a collection of links to international development resources with a special focus on Africa.
• Institute for Development Policy and Management is "a multi-disciplinary group within the University of Manchester specialising in training, consultancy and research in management and development in less developed countries. Its main objective is to promote social and economic development by enhancing the professional competence of individual managers and policy-makers, and by strengthening the organisations in which they work through a variety of activities in the UK and overseas."
• Inter American Development Bank is "an international financial institution created in 1959 to help accelerate the economic and social development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean." (available in Spanish and English)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development "a specialized agency of the United Nations launched in December 1977 as an international financial institution with the mandate of assisting exclusively the rural poor."
• IMF's aim is: " to promote international monetary cooperation; to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade; to promote exchange stability; to assist in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments; to make the general resources of the Fund temporarily available to the members under adequate safeguards; and to shorten the duration and lessen the degree of disequilibrium in the international balances of payments of members."
• International Health Program Office
• The International Forum on Food Security
• Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
• International Conference on Population and Development
• INFORSE, the International Network for Sustainable Energy
• International Conference on Population and Development
• International Institute for Sustainable Development: "the goals of economic and social development must be defined in terms of sustainability in all countries -- developed or developing, market-oriented or centrally planned. Interpretations will vary, but must share certain general features and must flow from a consensus on the basic concept of sustainable development and on a broad strategic framework for achieving it."
• International Labour Organization, "is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights."
• Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación is a public higher learning institute which takes part in training and consulting based on independent scientific research. Here you will find information on Institutions, Policies, Programs, Instruments, and Methodologies concerning International Cooperation for Development.
• INDIX - the International Network for Development Information Exchange is "dedicated to furthering the exchange of information within the development aid community."
• Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

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