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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