Information categorized by continent and region
Africa
- Eden
Project carries out research and extension work on the direct
seeding of edible perennials in the Sahel
- SACOPS -
South African Communities Organising for Public Safety
Increasing awareness and providing access to positive proactive
information for persons interested in preventing crime: Police,
Research, Community Police/Neighbourhood Watch, Victims, Prison,
Justice, Crime Prevention, Death Penalty, Guns and Violence,
Youth, Security and Safety.
- Centre of
African Studies (CAS) "provides an entry point for those
interested in finding out more about the University of Edinburgh's
wide-ranging activities in teaching, researching and consulting on
African matters. The University is Scotland's leading centre for
Africa-related work across a range of disciplines including
anthropology, veterinary medicine, education, law and divinity."
- African
Human Rights Resource Center "This human rights resource
center contains a collection of international human rights
materials with a particular focus on Africa as well as a
collection of global International Human Rights Instruments --
treaties, declarations, and other materials -- together with
authoritative citations."
- The
International Development Co-operation Committee. "The task of
the IDCC is to effectively manage and coordinate foreign official
development assistance to South Africa."
- African
Policy Information Center's primary objective is "to widen the
policy debate in the United States around African issues and the
U.S. role in Africa, by providing accessible policy-relevant
information and analysis usable by a wide range of groups and
individuals. APIC is the educational affiliate of the Washington
Office on Africa (WOA), a not-for-profit church, trade union and
civil rights group supported organization that works with Congress
on Africa-related legislation."
- African Index
Medicus: "Printed knowledge [on medical matters] generated in
African countries will be given global exposure in the African
Index Medicus. It will promote African publishing by encouraging
writers to publish in their country or regional journals, whereas
now scientists and researchers in developing countries are
competing for publication space in the few world-wide
"prestigious" journals. The traditional North-South flow of
information would be complemented by South-South and South-North
communication: information on health problems in one country would
be shared with those experiencing similar conditions."
- Data
Research Africa
- Demographic
data on Africa
Asia
- The Palestine
Children's Relief Fund is the only non-profit relief
organization working to bring injured and sick children from the
Middle East for free medical care that is not available to them in
their homeland. Since 1991, over 75 children have come to the U.S.
through the PCRF. The PCRF also arranges to ship medical equipment
and supplies to institutions in Lebanon and Palestine.
- Seametrey
is a Cambodian NGO with the following objectives: "1. To help
rebuild Cambodia economically and morally; 2. To foster relations
between the Cambodians inside and outside the country, help those
who want to return settle down in their new life; 3.To return
self-esteem to the Cambodian people. They are very proud of their
past but the present is a stigma."
- China
Development Briefing "reports on social development and
welfare in China, including issues such as rural development and
poverty alleviation, reproductive health and primary health care,
gender, education, environment, disability, child welfare, and
disaster relief."
- Virtual
Sri Lanka
- SAWNET
homepage
- AID -
Association for India's Development
- ASHA, an
action group for basic education in India
- A TRIBUTE TO
TIBETAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (Canada)
- Demographic
data on Asia and the Pacific
- Thailand
Geography and Demographics
- CRY
(India)
- AUSTRALIA'S
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH VIETNAM
- (JICA) JAPAN'S OFFICIAL
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
- Asian Development
Bank
- ASEAN
- Katha, literacy
projects in a slum in New Delhi, India
- Asian Institute of
Technology (Bangkok, Thailand)
South America
- The Virtual
Institute of Caribbean Studies This new website aims to become
a major forum for the academic discussion of development,
politics, and culture in the Caribbean. It features downloadables,
a discussion forum, newsletter, and a guestbook.
- FUNREDES information system
is an NGO dealing with the dissemination of New Information and
Communication Technologies in the Developing Word. Its web site
includes more than 300 original documents about the development of
non profit Internet in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a
special focus on methodological issues for appropriate network
development in the South.
- Caribbean Group for
Cooperation in Economic Development surprisingly, this is the
" Caribbean Region homepage for Cooperation in economic
development"
- Partners of the
Americas - Brasilia/Washington DC chapter, "The Partners of
the Americas chapter linking socioecologically concerned citizens
in Brasilia with concerned citizens in Washington D.C. This site
relates our community development projects in Brasilia and also
includes many information about alternative solutions appropriate
for the communities, microcredit, links to related sites etc. And
if you know some information relevant for the community leaders
that soon will be reaching the Internet, please send it to us, we
will translate and include it in our site. Thanks.".
- Island Systems is
"a community-oriented environmental management and development
company. We work with community organizations all over the Greater
Caribbean to create jobs while supporting sound community
stewardship of local environmental resources."
- Casa Alianza, is
"an independent, nonprofit organisation dedicated to the
rehabilitation and defense of street children in Guatemala,
Honduras, and Mexico. Casa Alianza is the Latin American branch of
the New York-based Covenant House. A leading advocate of
children's rights in the region, Casa Alianza is headquartered in
San José, Costa Rica. Founded in Guatemala in 1981, and
expanded into Honduras and Mexico in 1986, Casa Alianza monitors
and cares for about 3,000 street children, most of whom have been
orphaned by civil war, abused or rejected by dysfunctional and
poverty-stricken families, and further traumatized by the
indifference of the societies in which they live."
- AJA is a
non-profit organization based in Brasilia, DF - Brazil, that
offers professional training, skills and education to poor youths
as well as adults - most jobless - men and women. AJA works
equally with people of all races, and due its nondiscriminatory
policies, AJA does not involves with religious nor political
matters
- Demographic
data on South America
- Inter American Development
Bank
- Mercosur
(Uruguay, only available in Spanish)
Australia
- Children's
Peace-full-Environment Foundation is holding an International
Conference for children and young people in Adelaide, Australia.
The children who are coming from all over the world will come
together to discuss issues related to peace and the environment
the end result being an official document containing the proposals
of the children which would then be sent to all the governments of
the world.
- World Vision Australia
's mission is to fight poverty through empowering people to change
their world. This includes not only work in various developing
countries, but educating people to be advocates for others. This
website was designed not only to present the work World Vision
Australia is doing around the world to end poverty but also what
action people can take themselves. Links to other WV partners are
included to encourage people to see what is going on at the World
Vision nearest them.
- AUSTRALIA'S
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION PROGRAM WITH VIETNAM
- AusAID
- Basic Facts and Figures about Australia's Aid Program
North America
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.
Advancing
Basic Education & Literacy Phase 2 USAID created its
worldwide project, Advancing Basic Educationand Literacy (ABEL),
to address national and international concerns across the broad
spectrum of basic education, formal education systems, early
childhood education, and nonformal education for out-of-school
youth and adults.
- CARE International is one of
the worlds largest independent, international relief and
development organisations and operates in more than 60 countries.
- Pact's mission is to
contribute to the growth of civil societies--where citizens acting
together can express their interests, exchange information, strive
for mutual goals and influence government. We accomplish this by
targeting our efforts on strengthening the community-focused
nonprofit sector worldwide and by working with strategic partners
to identify and implement participatory development approaches at
the community level that promote economic, social and
environmental justice.
- The People2people
Project The Synergos Institute works with non-governmental
organizations that work in developing countries around the world.
The People2people project sends web journalists to work with these
organizations and report on their progress weekly over the
internet. There is also a virtual marketplace where some of the
groups that these organizations work with can sell their products.
- People-Centered
Economic Development seeks to develop localized
people-centered economics globally.
- AKFC Partnership
Walk on the Web The Partnership Walk website tracks Canada's
largest event in support of International Cooperation. The
Partnership Walk serves to raise public awareness of development
issues ranging from education and health in the Third World to
sustainable development, rural development and women's issues. The
Walk also raises funds which are matched by CIDA and applied to
projects in Africa and Asia. The Partnership Walk is an initiative
of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada.
- 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 Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) "is the federal agency
responsible for delivering Canada's Official Development
Assistance (ODA) program. It reports directly to the Minister for
International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La
Francophonie. The purpose of CIDA is to support sustainable
development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and
to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world."
(English
and
French
version available)
- "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."
- Information
on NAFTA, the free-trade agreement between the USA, Canada and
Mexico, as provided by the OAS (Organization of American States)
- Intersocietal, is "a
Canadian enterprise, specializing in marketing and communication
for human development.
- The
Development Page
- Inter American Development
Bank
- U.S. Agency for
International Development
- The Peace Corps
Europe
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.
DEG - German
Investment and Development Company promotes private sector
development in Africa, Asia, Latin America as well as in Central
and Eastern Europe by means of long-term project finance and
consultancy services for business cooperation.
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 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
- Det Noedvendige
Seminarium, DNS (Necessary Teacher Training College), an
alternative teacher education which includes study and travel in
Asia and work as a teacher in southern Africa. Development, human
rights and global partnership ar clear themes in the school's
philosophy.
- Lux-Development is
the executing agency of the bilateral intergovernmental
development programme of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.
(Luxembourg is the only country which has privatized the execution
of its bilateral development cooperation).
- action five e.V.
Bonn action five e.V. is an NGO working in Bonn/Germany. We
send donations to projects in developing countries. We have
personal contact with the project, but we don't send people there.
Our work is completely voluntary. Our site shows you some of our
projects, our criteria for support of projects, our financial
report and more... In English, French and German.
- Conflict
and Peace Courses: An annual season of practical courses led
by Prof Johan Galtung, founder of Peace Studies. Each is designed
to create or strengthen peoples' networks, aware of the need and
equipped to intervene for peace.
- 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!
- ENRICH Information
Server ... "The Global Change Research Information Network
Initiative is a follow up on the Recommendations 1 and 2 following
by the ENRICH inventory study on European Global Change Research
Networks."
- EUROPA is "a
WWW-server offering information on the European Union's goals and
policies. EUROPA is a common endeavour of the EU's institutions,
run by the European Commission."
- Direction des Relations
Economiques Extérieures (DREE). "Organisation for
overseas economic relations of the French governement's Economy
and Finances Ministry."
- Ministry for
Foreign Affairs; Department for International Development
Cooperation of Finland
- 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."
- Socrates
International Consultancies is a small organization dedicated
to cooperation and quality management in communication, education
and information.
- Forum on
developing countries. This is an open space for people
interested in education and communication for planning and design
in developing countries.
- 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.
- British
Overseas Development - Sept 1995
- RAWOO
- Advisory Council for Scientific Research in Development
Problems (The Netherlands)
- The
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) Web (U.K.)
- The Right Margin
Foundation (The Netherlands)
- Young Women and Democracy
Programme - Main index (The Netherlands)
- Centre for Development
and Environment (CDE)
- GTZ,
"is one of the world's largest service enterprises in the field of
development cooperation." (English and German version available)
- Institute of Social Studies
(ISS)
- Novartis
Foundation for Sustainable Development. "Activities include
project work in agriculture, health and social development;
compiling information on development issues"
- TOOL Foundation " consists of
a group of Dutch organizations dedicated to the advancement of the
socio-economic conditions of underprivileged groups in developing
countries. To achieve this aim, the TOOL organizations promote
technology transfer to many countries throughout the world. With
the promotion of technology transfer, TOOL encourages the
South-South exchange of knowledge. For this purpose TOOL is an
active member of a large number of technology networks in the
South. Our activities are principally directed at local capacity
building and exchange and dissemination of technical information."
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