List of NGOs Accredited to FfD
Following is a list of non-governmental organizations accredited to the International Conference on Financing for Development or the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
Note: Organizations marked with an asterix (*) were accredited to the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. All others were accredited to the International Conference on Financing for Development.
- Action pour le Developpement
de L'Afrique a la Base (ADAB)
- Ms. Odette Shantal Tiomo,
President
P.O Box. 121 Dschang Ouest
Cameroon - Tel: (237) 45-12-38, 45-12-50
Fax: (237) 345-17-00
E-mail: adabcameroun@yahoo.com
Web site: www.adabafrique.org - Membership: International
- Purpose: ADAB operates at the grass root level and promotes development and peace. ADAB activities focus on small communities, indigenous people's rights, youth capacity building, literacy and health programmes.
- Ms. Odette Shantal Tiomo,
President
- Action de Junes Unies por le
developpement integral (AJUDI)
- Mr. Khionge Kalamba, President
19, Rez De Chaussee,Nouvelles Galeries Presidentielles
Commune De La Gombe
Kihonge Kalambay
N° 9/C Quartier Baboma Commune De Matete
Kinshasa
Republique Democratique Du Congo - Tel: 243 893 8235
Fax: 707 922 2154
E-mail: ajudi@yahoo.fr / ajudi2@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- AJUDI focuses on capacity building and ensuring the well being of the population, with a particular emphasis on youth. Its primary areas of work are education, health and crime prevention.
- Mr. Khionge Kalamba, President
- Action for Economic Reform
- Marivic Penaflor, Administrative
Officer
P.O. Box 242
University of the Philippines Campus
1101 Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines - Telefax: (632) 9279686 local 270
E-mail: action@codewan.com.ph - Membership: national
- The goals of Action for Economic Reform are to put in place a macroeconomic environment that addresses equity, democratization and sustainability; build the capacity of people's organizations and non-governmental organizations to intervene in economic policy issues; develop policy alternatives and build economic strategies; influence policy and win concrete policy reforms.
- Marivic Penaflor, Administrative
Officer
- Africa Development
Interchange Network (ADIN)
- Mr. Martin Tsounkeu
ADIN Word Centre
P.O. Box 15274 Douala
Cameroon - Tel: (237) 774 7828
E-mail: adin_apd@yahoo.com - Membership: National
- Use development facilities in potentially rich African regions to produce needed resources in other African regions (potentially poor), through the following programmes: Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, Trade, etc.
- Mr. Martin Tsounkeu
- Africa Infrastructures
Foundation
- Emmanuel A. Adeyemo
21, Bamisile Street off Allen Avenue, Ikeja
P.O. Box 7793
Shomolu, Lagos
Nigeria - Membership: national
- The aim of the organization is to provide first-class services to the African community and African and international development organizations to sustain Africa's infrastructures with the purpose of improving the quality of the environment and enhancing socio-economic development through the principles of sustainable development.
- Emmanuel A. Adeyemo
- 6. African Centre for
Empowerment, Gender and Advocacy, The
(AC-EGA)
- Ms. Litha Musyimi-Ogana,
Regional Director
United Nations Avenue, opposite HQ, Gigiri
P.o.Box 60375 Nairobi
Kenya - Tel: (254) 2 520 247
Fax: (254) 2 5120 02/ 710305
E-mail: acega@insightkenya.com - Membership: International
- Purpose: AC-EGA is a regional NGO working on projects on gender, capacity development, research and policy advocacy specializing in women's health, governance and competence in decision-making.
- Ms. Litha Musyimi-Ogana,
Regional Director
- African Forum and Network on
Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
- Opa Kapijimpanga, Chair of the
Board of Trustees
Suite 17/18/19, Sao Paolo Flats
158 Union Ave., P.O. Box MR 38
Marlboorough, Harare
Zimbabwe - Tel: (263) 4 702 093
Fax: (263) 4 702 143
E-mail: afrodad@afrodad.co.zw
Web site: www.afrodad.org - Membership: AFRODAD is a trust and operates on an associate basis instead of a membership basis. The associates are groups initiated by AFRODAD or, in two cases, very close collaborators.
- AFRODAD's goals are to mobilize African civil society to engage actively in issues of debt and development with their Governments and with the creditor Governments and institutions; to secure adoption of policies and measures by African Governments and their creditors for appropriate, efficient and effective use of loan resources to avoid crises now and in the future; to create sustainable policy coalitions in African countries to deal with debt and related development issues; to undertake research to assist policy makers in their formulations; to facilitate dialogue between civil society organizations and Governments on issues related to debt; to develop African expertise on issues of debt; to collect and disseminate information on issues related to debt for lobbying and advocacy groups in Africa and elsewhere.
- Opa Kapijimpanga, Chair of the
Board of Trustees
- African Human Rights
Campaign
- Bueyoe Robert Awankem, Executive
President
P. O. Box 8313, Yaounde
Cameroon - Tel: + (237) 22 65 96/ 22 65 97/
22 10 24
Fax: + (237) 22 65 97/ 22 10 24
E-mail: rbueyoe@yahoo.com / bueyoerobs@yahoo.com - Membership: national
- AHRC mandate is to disseminate the principles set forth by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and similar documents; to work closely with Governments through dialogue, negotiation and other progressive activities to ensure that human rights and freedom are in place and guaranteed; to collaborate with other human rights organizations and humanitarian endeavours that strive to better people's dignity and welfare; and to initiate a variety of projects to protect all people from all forms of abuse in a sustainable fashion.
- Bueyoe Robert Awankem, Executive
President
- African Network for
Environmental and Economic Justice
- Rev. David Ugolor
President
123 First East Circular Road
Benin City, Edo State
Nigeria - Tel/Fax: 234-52-258748
E-mail: aneej2000@yahoo.co.uk - Membership: Regional
- The main objective of ANEEJ is to act, support and collaborate in the elaboration and dissemination of new approaches, policies and activities related to human development questions.
- Rev. David Ugolor
- African Women's Economic
Policy Network (AWEPON)*
- Ms. Alice M. Abok, Chairperson
Plot 2, Sturrock Road
Kololo, P.O. Box 33576
Kampala
Uganda - Tel: 256-41-533265
Fax: 256-41-290211
E-mail: awepon@africaonline.co.ug - Membership: International
- The African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON) is an African network of non-governmental organisations based in Uganda that seeks to strengthen the capacity of women at the grass root and national levels to participate in economic policy decision making. AWEPON attempts to increase women's understanding of the content and impact of economic policy by offering training in economic literacy and advocacy.
- Ms. Alice M. Abok, Chairperson
- Agency for Promoting
Sustainable Development Initiatives
(ASDI)
- Mr. Oyugi Onono Quirinus
Board Secretary and Chairman Projects Implementation Committee
Plot 21 Market Street
Apac town
Northern
P.O. Box 38 Apac -Uganda
Uganda - Tel: (256) (0)77-439 850
Fax: (256) 41 236951
E-mail: asdi_ug@hotmail.com
Web site: radioapac.tripod.com - Membership: National
- Purpose: ASDI is committed to sustainable development through collaborative efforts of grass roots groups and communities, by increasing incomes of poor agro-based groups in the Apec district. ASDI facilitates the participation of professionals in the development activities and evaluation for development activities and promotes training, savings, credit marketing, team spirits and active participation wit the like-minded organizations.
- Mr. Oyugi Onono Quirinus
- Agricultural Cooperative
Development International and Volunteers
in Overseas Cooperative Assistance
(ACDI/VOCA)
- Mr. Michael Deegan
President and CEO
40 F. Street, Suite 1075
Washington, D.C. 20001
United States of America - Tel: (202) 383-4971
Fax: (202) 783-7204
E-mail: mdeegan@acdivoca.org
Web site: www.acdivoca.org - Membership: International
- ACDI/VOCA is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational opportunities for farmers and other entrepreneurs in developing countries and emerging democratic states by promoting democratic principles and market liberalization, building international cooperative partnerships, and encouraging sound management of natural resources.
- Mr. Michael Deegan
- Agricultural Mission
- Winston G. Carrao, Interim
Executive Director
475 Riverside Drive, Room 624
New York, NY 10115
United States of America - Tel: (212) 870 2553
Fax: (212) 870 3220
E-mail: winston@ncccusa.org
Web site: www.churchworldservice.org - Membership: International
- Agricultural Mission is a specialized agency and centre for service committed to giving guidance and assistance to Protestant and Catholic churches in their work among rural people overseas through improved food production, rural community development, home improvement and nutrition, and the strengthening of rural church life.
- Winston G. Carrao, Interim
Executive Director
- Alternativas de Capacitacion
y Desarrollo Comunitario
- Laura Frade Rubio, Regional
Coordinator
Calle Chapultepec No. 257-B, Creel,
Chihuahua
Mexico. C.P. 33200 - Tel: + (52) 145 60134
Fax: + (52) 145 60078
E-mail: alcadecoac@infosel.net.mx - Membership: international
- The objective of ALCADECO is to promote sustainable and equitable development, based on a gender perspective, by generating organizational projects that satisfy the basic and strategic needs of the male and female inhabitants of Mexico's indigenous and non-indigenous communities.
- Laura Frade Rubio, Regional
Coordinator
- ARC-EN-CIEL (Organisation
d'appui et d'animation au developpement)
- Mr. Tally Osono, Co-ordinator
BP: 13231 Yaounde
Cameroon - Tel: (237) 222 56 08
Fax: (237) 220 96 67
E-mail: arcenciel.as@iccnet.cm - Membership: National
- Purpose: ARC-EN-CIEL promotes local development by focusing on the socio-economic development of urban and rural areas.
- Mr. Tally Osono, Co-ordinator
- Asociacion Lola Mora
- Norma Sanchis, President
Migueletes 1946 (1428)
Buenos Aires
Argentina - E-mail: nsanchis@overnet.com.at
- Membership: not applicable
- The objective of the organization is to promote social and economic development of women, family and elderly persons in Latin America. Its activities include public awareness campaigns, seminars, research and collaboration with local, regional and national authorities, as well as research institutions and other non-governmental networks.
- Norma Sanchis, President
- Association Femmes Soleil
d'Haiti (AFASDA)*
- Ms. Elvire Eugene, Coordinator
Rue 21 J-K # 145
Cap-Haitien
Haiti - Tel: 509-262-2558 or
509-557-4626
Fax: 509-262-3535
E-mail: afasdacap@yahoo.fr
Web site: www.haitimedical.com/afasda - Membership: National
- The Association Femmes Soleil d'Haiti (AFASDA) is a non-governmental organization based in Haiti with the objective to promote a more equitable society through promoting the active participation of women in all spheres. Actual projects focus on literacy, health, environment, and general capacity building.
- Ms. Elvire Eugene, Coordinator
- Association pour le
Deploiement Rural, la Protection de
l'Environment et l'Artisanat
(ONG-DERPREA)*
- Mr. Emmanuel Noumsi,
Director-General
BP 533 Nkongsamba
Cameroon - Tel: 237-349-3912 or
237-731-1730
E-mail: ongderprea@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- The Association pour le Deploiement Rural, la Protection de l'Environment et l'Artisanat (ONG-DERPREA) is a non-governmental organization based in Cameroon that campaigns to raise awareness of the local population on the importance of issues such as rural development and environmental protection. It reaches out to its population through various initiatives such as educational programmes in schools.
- Mr. Emmanuel Noumsi,
Director-General
- Association de Lutte pour la
Sante et le Developpement
- Ms. Wotsa Nathalie Kotor,
Coordinator
B.P 30267 Lome Togo - Tel: +228 226 7570/80
Fax: +228 226 7580
Email: sd_alsd@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- The main goal of Association de Lutte pour la Sante et le Developpement (ALSD) is to combat poverty by improving health and development of the poor. The organization also focuses on promoting access to education for HIV infected children. In addition, ALSD promotes building more inclusive financial sectors by supporting the use of microcredit and extending micro loans to the poor, especially women.
- Ms. Wotsa Nathalie Kotor,
Coordinator
- Association de Secours et
Aide des Victimes de l'est du Congo
(ASAVIDE-ONGD)
- Mr. Dadou Namwisi Mwata
Avenue Kauka No. 44
Q/Kauka, Commune de Kalamu
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC - Tel: (00243) 9904609; 9926969
Fax: (001 501 325 1945
E-mail: ami-nanwisi@excite.fr / asavide@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- Purpose: Provide support and relief to war's victims, particularly to vulnerable groups such as children and women.
- Mr. Dadou Namwisi Mwata
- Association pour le
developpement economique social
environnement du nord
- Abdoul Souleye Sow
205, rue Calvet,
B.P. 495 Saint-Louis
Senegal - Tel: + (221) 961 35 22
Fax: + (221) 961 31 14
E-mail: adesen@yahoo.com - Membership: national
- Founded in 1996, the scope of ADESEN is to promote sustainable development in both rural and urban areas. Its activities focus on land erosion, environmental education, the promotion of sustainable energy use, assistance to grass-roots movements, gender-sensitive and poverty alleviation policies, and communication and information dissemination. ADESEN is a member of Social Watch.
- Abdoul Souleye Sow
- Bangladesh Support Group
- Mr. Bikash Chowdhury Barua,
President
Dr. J. Presserstraat 30
2552 LN, The Hague
The Netherlands - Tel: +31(0)6 2908 5588
Fax: +31(0)70-381 8204
Email: info@basug.nl, bikash.chowdhurybarua@basug.nl
Website: www.basug.nl - Membership: National
- Bangladesh Support Group (BSG) is a non-governmental organization based in the Netherlands focussing on poverty eradication in Bangladesh. Its work deals with development issues faced by the most vulnerable groups of society, women and children. Activities aim at integrating women into sustainable income-generating and development programmes and to provide basis and technical education to the poor children and women who do not have any access to the conventional education system.
- Mr. Bikash Chowdhury Barua,
President
- Berne Declaration
- Christine Eberlein
Quellenstr. 25
8005 Zurich
Switzerland - Tel: + (41) 31-390 93 33/ +(41)
1-277 7000
Fax: + (41) 1 277 001
E-mail: ceberlein@datacomm.ch
Web site: www.evb.ch - Membership: national
- The Berne Declaration is a Swiss non-governmental organization, with 16,000 members. Through research, public education and advocacy work, it has promoted more equitable, sustainable and democratic North-South relations since 1968. The Berne Declaration monitors the role of Swiss corporations, banks and government agencies. It addresses the problems of unequal international trade and financial relations, unsustainable consumption patterns and cultural prejudices. It calls on all Swiss actors - the private sector and the state, citizens and consumers - to assume their responsibility in resolving these problems. The Berne Declaration is completely independent, and derives most of its revenues from individual membership fees and donations.
- Christine Eberlein
- Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
- Mr. Trevor Neilson, Director of
Special Projects
P.O. Box 23350
Seattle, Washington 98102
United States of America - Tel: (206) 709-3112
E-mail: kdoheny@ssk.com
Web site: www.gatesfoundation.org - Membership: Not applicable
- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation places a major focus on helping to improve people's lives through health and learning. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation looks for strategic opportunities to extend the benefits of modern science and technology to people around the world, especially where poverty serves as an obstacle to participating in these benefits.
- Mr. Trevor Neilson, Director of
Special Projects
- Canadian Community
Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC)
- Mr. Duff Conacher, Coordinator
of Democracy Watch, Chairperson of
the CCRC
P.O. Box 821, Stn. B
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P 5P9 - Tel: (613) 241-5179
Fax: (613) 241-4758
E-mail: dwatch@web.net
Web site: www.dwatch.ca - Menbership: National
- Purpose: The Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC) was initiated and organized by Democracy Watch and its partner organization, the Democracy Education Network, in the fall of 1996. The CCRC has brought together over 100 organizations from several sectors of society to work together on their concerns about financial institutions, with a focus on the issues of access to capital for sustainable community development and access to other basic financial services.
- Mr. Duff Conacher, Coordinator
of Democracy Watch, Chairperson of
the CCRC
- Caritas del Peru
- Mr. Mario Rios Espinoza, General
Secretary
Calle Omicron 492 - Callao
Apartado 89,
Lima, Peru
Tel (51-54) 451-1552 or 451-1694
Fax: (51-54) 464-2495
Web site: www.caritas.org.pe - Membership: International
- Purpose: The Organization is an organ of the Catholic Church with the purpose of generating, promoting and stimulating programs on behalf of the poorest populations to achieve their sustainable human development based on the Christian principles of justice, solidarity and respect for human dignity.
- Mr. Mario Rios Espinoza, General
Secretary
- Carter Center
- Ms. Irene Langran
One Copenhil
Atlanta, GA 30307
United States of America - Tel: (404) 614-3720
Fax: (404) 420-5196
E-mail: ilangra@emory.edu
Web site: www.cartercenter.org - Membership: International
- The Carter Center is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.
- Ms. Irene Langran
- Center for Environmental
Economic Development
- Ruthanne Cecil, Project Director
CEED
P.O. Box 4167
Arcata, California 95518
United States of America - Membership: national and international
- The organization's mission is to help organizations and individual citizens achieve environmentally sustainable and socially just communities through policy and technical research, information exchanges and educational outreach.
- Ruthanne Cecil, Project Director
- Center For Global
Development (CGD)
- Nancy Birdsall, President
1776 Massachusetts Avenue
NW, Suite 301
Washington, DC 20036 - Tel: 202 416 0700
Fax: 202 416 0750
E-mail: slucas@cgdev.org
Web site: www.cgdev.org - Membership: International
- The Center for Global Development (CGD) is a non-profit think tank that seeks to reduce global poverty and inequality through policy-oriented research and active engagement on development issues with the policy community and the public. It also partners with other institutions in efforts to improve public understanding in industrial countries of the economic, political, and strategic benefits of promoting improved living standards and governance in developing countries.
- Nancy Birdsall, President
- Centre Africain d’Echange
Culturel
- Mr. Baudouin Schombe,
Coordinator
Boulevard du 30 Juin,
Immeuble Royal,
Entree A, 7e Niveau
Commune de la Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo - Tel: +243 (0) 998983491
Email: cafec3m@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- Centre Africain d'Echange Culturel (CAFEC) is an non-governmental organization based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its main activity is to promote information and communication technologies in support of human rights. Other issues of concern for this organization include women’s education and empowerment, health care, environment and sustainable development.
- Mr. Baudouin Schombe,
Coordinator
- Centre de Formation, Etudes
et Recherches pour le Developpment
(CFERD)
- Mr. Joseph B. Nkonga, Program
Director
B.P. 9484 Kinshasa 1
Republic Democratique du Congo DRC - Tel: 243-12-23332
E-mail: cefrd2001@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- CFRED operates at the community level by targeting children and youth in its education programmes. Ti carries out awareness campaigns on natural resources use, health and human rights, training on micro-credit and sustainable farming techniques.
- Mr. Joseph B. Nkonga, Program
Director
- Centre for International
Sustainable Development Law Commission
(CISDL)
- Mr. Ashfaq Khalfan, Director
3661 Peel Avenue
Montreal, Quebec
Canada - Tel: (514) 398 6604
Fax: (514) 398 4659
E-mail: leuprecht@falaw.lan.mcgill.ca - Membership: not applicable
- CISDL promotes sustainable societies and the protection of ecosystems by advancing the understanding, development and implementation of international sustainable development law. CISDL is an autonomous research foundation, which serves as a resource for research, analysis, events, projects, internships, fellowships and legal consulting contracts.
- Mr. Ashfaq Khalfan, Director
- Centre for Youth and Social
Development (CYSD)
- Mr. Jagadananda, Member
Secretary
E-1 Institutional Area
Bhubaneswar
Orissa 751 013
India - Tel: +91 674 300983
Fax: +674 310226
E-mail: cysdbbsr@sancharnet.in
Web site: www.cysd.org - Membership: National
- The purpose of the organization is to excel as an enabling institution for the development of the deprived so as to improve the quality of their life through participatory action, research initiatives, and through lobby and advocacy efforts at both local, national and International level so as to enhance the capacities of the intermediary and people's organizations, ensuring sustainability.
- Mr. Jagadananda, Member
Secretary
- Centro de Educacion para la
Participacion (CEP)
- Ms. Agustina Mitjavila,
Executive Coordinator
Centro de Educacion para la Participacion
Lavalle 1528 - 4-G
(C1048AAL) Buenos Aires
Argentina - Tel: (54-11) 4372-2182
Fax: (54-11) 4372-2018
E-mail: rjablkowski@velocom.com.ar / reneeli@tutopia.com - Membership: National
- CEP promotes development, human right and citizen participation. CEP members promote the elaboration of change alternatives in the areas of education, health, culture and human rights.
- Ms. Agustina Mitjavila,
Executive Coordinator
- Centro de Intercambio y
Servicios para el Cono Sur (CISCSA)
- Ms. Ana Maria Falu, Presidente
9 de Julio 2482 - Barrio Alto Alberdi
Cordoba, X 5003 CQR,
Argentina - Tel/Fax: 54 351-489-1313
E-mail: gem@agora.com.ar
Web site: www.redmujer.org.ar - Membership: International
- Con el objetivo de promover, coordinar y dar apoyo a las organizaciones sociales, aportar al desarrollo de politicas y acciones en los diversos campos de la problematica urbana, CISCSA participa directamente, o mediante otras instituciones en la asistencia a proyectos tanto junto a organizaciones sociales como a municipios. CISCSA trabaja en procesos de articulacion nacional, regional e internacional a los fines de fortalecer vinculos entre Instituciones comprometidas con temas, objetivos y preocupadas por la problematica urbana y el habitat.
- Ms. Ana Maria Falu, Presidente
- Children Barned Fellowship
(CBF)
- Mr. Gustave Niyonizigiye,
Representant Legal
Children Barned Fellowship
B.P. 291 Bujumbura
Burundi - Tel/Fax: (257) 232362
- Membership: National
- Purpose: CBF is a philanthropic organization focusing on the protection of children and youth and of their rights to a sustainable livelihood. CBF promotes the reintegration in society of disadvantaged children and youth and other vulnerable groups affected by the conflict.
- Mr. Gustave Niyonizigiye,
Representant Legal
- Children's International
Summer Villages
- Mr. Naon Katiohora, National
President
Boite Postale 497
Agnibilekrou, Cote d’Ivoire
West Africa - Tel: +225 07 16 5329
Email: presidentnational@ci.cisv.org
Website: www.cisvcotedivoire.org - Membership: International
- Children's International Summer Villages (CISV) is a charitable, independent, non-political, volunteer organization promoting peace education and cross-cultural friendship. CISV provides a range of unique education group activities, which develop cross-cultural understanding in children, youth and adults from around the world. By encouraging respect for cultural difference and the development of self-awareness, CISV empowers each participant to incorporate these values into their lives as they become global citizens and strive for a more peaceful world.
- Mr. Naon Katiohora, National
President
- Centro de Investigaciones de
Economia International
- Antonio Romero Gomez, Director
Universidad de la Habana
7 609 entre 6/10 Miramar Playa
Habana
Cuba - Tel: + (537) 240 869
Fax: + (537) 291 408
E-mail: ciei@comuh.uh.cu - Membership: not applicable
- CIEI was founded in 1970 as a scientific research institute within the University of Habana. CIEI focuses on research and teaching of economic international relations, by carrying out research and investigations in macroeconomics to provide both students and interested national and international organizations/institutes with up-to-date information and data on global macroeconomics, international trade, monetary and financial issues, and trends in international economic integration.
- Antonio Romero Gomez, Director
- Centro las Libres de
Informacion en Salud Sexual Region
Centro, Asociacion Civil
- Ms. Veronica Cruz Sanchez,
President
Sto. Nino 94 Colonia Pocitos
Guanajuato 36000
Mexico - Tel: 14737325278
Fax: 14626251027
E-mail: laslibres@hotmail.com - Membership: National
- To promote women's and young women's health and sexual and reproductive rights in the central part of the country, through the dissemination of information, training, research and the defence and promotion of these rights, in order to ensure that women have control over their own bodies and sexuality in full exercise of their rights as citizens in a context of greater gender equity.
- Ms. Veronica Cruz Sanchez,
President
- Collectif des Organisations
Non-Gouvernamentales pour Essor des
Communautes de Base en Afrique (COECA
a.s.b.l.)
- Mr. Jean- Jacques Luambua
Milambo, Executive Director
BoP 1509 Kin I
Kinshasa, 00243
Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC - Tel: (243) 9933 765; 81 29954
Fax: (208) 694 0401
E-mail: coeca2@yahoo.fr / jjluanbua_coeca@hotmail.com - Membership: National
- COECA est constitue de 31 Ong preoccupe d'appliquer des solutions adequates aux difficultes structurelles auxquelles sont confrontees les populations. COECA ?uvre comme Bureau d'etudes par la collecte de donnees, la conception et l'elaboration des projets et programmes au benefice des populations-cibles et ou sur demande de ses membres; Osbservatoir des catastrophes et station d'alerte en cas de declenchement; Cadre d'experimentation des solutions alternatives liees aux technologies appropriees de l'economie du milieu d'intervention; et Partenaire Social de tous les intervenants du Service de l'Aide pour la promotion et la defense des interets de ses membres.
- Mr. Jean- Jacques Luambua
Milambo, Executive Director
- Community Development
Library
- Mr. Mohiuddin Ahmad, Chairman
House 39, Road 14-A
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, 1209
Bangladesh - Tel: +880-2-8113769 or 8110495
Fax: +880-2-8110254
E-mail: rdc@bol-online.com
Web site: www.cdlbangladesh.org - Membership: National
- Established with the mission of delivering development information to activists and organizations committed to the promotion of sustainable development, gender equity, social justice, human rights and community education. The main objective of the organization is to raise the critical consciousness of the society through catalysts. They include academics, planners, development activists, cultural, political and human rights activists, environmentalists, feminists, community leaders, etc.
- Mr. Mohiuddin Ahmad, Chairman
- Congregation of the Mission
- Richard Divine
Vincentian Fathers
De Pau Residence
80-14 217 Street
Queens Village, NY 11427
United States of America - Tel: (718) 990 6424
Fax: (718) 990 1907
E-mail: deviner@stjohns.edu - Membership: Not a membership organization
- The purpose of the Congregation of the Mission is to work for the spiritual and material benefit of the poor.
- Richard Divine
- Consejo de Desarrollo
Socioeconomico Para Sudamerica
(CODESESA-Peru)*
- Mr. Casiano Ccari Mamani,
President
Jr. Lord Cochrane 160
Lima
Peru - Tel: 511-985-57941
E-mail: codesesaperu@hotmail.com - Membership: National
- The Consejo de Desarrollo Socioeconomico Para Sudamerica (CODESESA-Peru) is an entirely self-financed, non-governmental organization promoting the cause of indigenous peoples' small businesses and farms in the rural areas of Peru. The organization is reaching out to other South-American countries like Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador to establish a broader regional network.
- Mr. Casiano Ccari Mamani,
President
- Consortium d' Appui aux
Acton pour la Promotion et le
Developpement de l'Afrique (CAPDA)
- BP 15 151 Douala
Cameroon - Tel: (237) 75 39 63 / 42 06 07
Fax: (237) 42 96 04
E-mail: capda@voila.fr or capda@wagne.net - Membership: National
- Le CAPDA est une structure d'appui a des groupements d'entrepreneurs ou a des individus situes entre l'Eglise et la societe. Il intervient en formation, conseil, consultation, diagnostic, Ingenierie des projets, Suivi - Evaluation, recherche de financement des micro-projets ou soutien des micro-realiations puis, dans un avenir tres proche le Credit Solidaire; la Sante Preventive et Reproductive, l'Insertion Sociale par la Musique et le Sport, l'Agro-Pastoral et l'Environnement.
- BP 15 151 Douala
- Consorzio Etimos
- Bruno Neri, Director
Riviera Mugnai 8,
35137 Padova
Italy - Tel: +(39) 049 8755116
Fax: +(39) 049 8755714
E- mail: etimos@etimos.it
Web site: www.etimos.it - Membership: international
- For more than 10 years, the Consortium Etimos has been promoting ethical finance. Etimos was among the principal promoters of the first alternative bank in Italy, the Banca Etica. Today, Etimos participates in the international microcredit movement and in its programme to reach 100 million benefactors by the year 2005. Etimos finances popular and village banks, and supports financial services and technical assistance for small associated manufacturers and microenterprises in Latin America, Africa and Europe. Etimos works within a network of its own associates and the Banca Popolare Etica.
- Bruno Neri, Director
- Consumer Unity and Trust
Society
- Bipul Chatterjee
D-217 Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park
Jaipur 302 016
India - Tel: +(91-141) 207 482
Fax: +(91-141) 207 486 or 203 998
E-mail: cutsjpr@sancharnet.in
Web site: www.cuts.org - Membership: international
- The Consumer Unity and Trust Society aims at achieving consumer protection in the framework of social justice and equality, within and across borders. The organization operates from four centres in India and one in Africa, and focuses on four operational areas: consumer protection, which includes accountability, regulatory reforms etc; trade and development, which includes investment and competition policies; sustainable production and consumption, including consumer protection; and rural consumers and empowerment of women.
- Bipul Chatterjee
- Coordinadora Indigena
Campesina de Agroforesteria Comunitaria
- Alberto Chinchilla Cascante,
Regional Facilitator
Apartado postal 2089-1002
Paseo de los Estudiantes
Honduras - Tel: +(504) 225 2567
E-mail: cicafoc@racsa.co.cr
Web site: www.acicafoc.net - Membership: international
- The organization is a community-based coordinating body working in the fields of capacity-building, sustainable forestry management, sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. The beneficiaries of its activities are indigenous communities and farmers in Central America.
- Alberto Chinchilla Cascante,
Regional Facilitator
- Coordination SUD
- Nathalie Herlemont-Zoritchak,
International Officer
Passage Dubail
Paris, 75010
France - Tel: +(33-1) 44 720378
Fax: +(33-1) 44 729373
E-mail: international@coordinationsud.org
Web site: www.coordinationsud.org - Membership: international
- The aim of Coordination SUD is to provide service and representation, serving as a repository of and for international support associations. It offers non-governmental organizations a tool for networking and promoting methods to successfully accomplish their goal. These include: geographical platforms; thematic links, such as the Association conseil pour le developpement et l'environnement (debt conversion, support for cooperation between the World Bank and non-governmental organizations); and research and action groups, such as the URD Group (a link between emergency humanitarian aid and support for development). The organization also supports regional associations, helping them to work with regional organizations conducting decentralized public support activities, and facilitates an exchange of experience among the associations.
- Nathalie Herlemont-Zoritchak,
International Officer
- Council for International
Development
- Rae Julian, Executive Director
P O Box 24
228 Manners Street Wellington
6142 Aotearoa New Zealand - Tel: (64) 4 496 9615
Fax: (64) 4 496 9614
E-mail: rae.julian@cid.org.nz
Web site: www.cid.org.nz - Membership: international
- CID is the umbrella group for aid and development agencies, based in Aotearoa. CID aims to develop local capacity through participation and community assessment to address issues that will alleviate poverty and raise the capacity of the community to sustain economic and social improvement that impact on women and children; to respect the rights, beliefs, values and individuality of community groups; and to empower them to become self-determining and self-developing.
- Rae Julian, Executive Director
- Country Women Association of
Nigeria (COWAN)
- Mrs. Bisi Ogunleye, Chief,
National Coordinator
No. 7 Awosika Crescent
Ijapo Estate
PMB 809, Akure
Ondo State
Nigeria - Tel: +234-34-244489 or 241945
Fax: +234-34-244489
E-mail: COWAN@Fordwa.linkserve.org - Membership: National
- The Association aims at building capacity of rural and urban poor women by empowering them economically, socially and politically providing productive and managerial skills.
- Mrs. Bisi Ogunleye, Chief,
National Coordinator
- Danish Association for
International Cooperation
- Mr. Lars Anderskouv, Policy
Advisor
Borgergade 14
DK-1300 Kobenhavn K
Denmark - Tel: +45 7731 0082
Fax: +45 7731 0111
E-mail: larsand@ms.dk
Web site: www.ms.dk - Membership: National
- The mandate of MS is to promote understanding and solidarity between people and, by cooperating across national and cultural boundaries, to contribute to sustainable global development and a just distribution of the earth's resources.
- Mr. Lars Anderskouv, Policy
Advisor
- Development Advocates and
Lobbyists
- Ms. Rana Riaz Saeed, Coordinator
Flat 9, Block 6-A, Street 1
Sector I-8/1, Islamabad 44000
Pakistan - Tel: 9251-4440928
E-mail: ranariaz@isb.sdnpk.org - Membership: International
- To create, promote and support self-sustaining, participatory grass-roots organizations for urban and rural development in any part of the country, and in any sector for which community support is anticipated. In pursuit of this objective, Development Advocates and Lobbyist function as a private development agency for low-income groups.
- Ms. Rana Riaz Saeed, Coordinator
- Development Network of
Indigenous Voluntary Associations
(DENIVA)
- Mr. Obot David, Chairman
Plot 4 - Makerrerd, Kampala
Box 737
Uganda - Tel: 256-41-347022
Fax: 256-41-347545
E-mail: dobot@uol.co.ug - Membership: National
- A Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations strengthening civil society organizations in the quest for transparency, equity and democratic governance through advocacy, networking and capacity-building for sustainable development in Uganda.
- Mr. Obot David, Chairman
- El-Amel Association for
Social Development
- Mr. Selougha Mohamed-Salah
P.O. Box 342,
El Bihar, Alger
Algeria - Tel: 21361 55 3642
Fax: 21321 66 6166
E-mail: mselougha@netscape.net - Membership: National
- The organization aims at promoting as well as realizing global development as it is defined in the national and the international agreements, among the various categories of the society in rural and urban regions and areas, especially in fields of: Education, teaching, training & illiteracy combating; Development of health care and food; Environment and sustainable development; Human rights; Poverty and development; Youth employment; Rural development; etc.
- Mr. Selougha Mohamed-Salah
- Environment 2000 Foundation
- Howard Voss, Chief Executive
Officer
P.O. Box A639 Avondale
Harare
Zimbabwe - Tel: +(263-4) 302276
Fax: +(263-4) 339691 - Membership: national
- The aim of the organization is to raise the level of environmental awareness among the general public, including the business sector, schools, community groups, the media and government; to ensure that decision-makers actively consider the environment; to empower all sectors of society to take ownership of environmental issues; to improve the quality of the environment and the livelihoods of stakeholders through participatory implementation and facilitation of projects and programmes.
- Howard Voss, Chief Executive
Officer
- Espacio Autonomo
- Ms. Frine Romana Pilar Lopez
Martinez
Allende 7 - Casa 2
Pueblo Sta Ursula Coapa
Delegacion Coyoacan
Mexico, D.F. 04650 - Tel: (52 55) 56 17 61 17 or 54
21 55 53
Fax: (52 55) 56 17 61 17
E-mail: frinel@laneta.apc.org - Membership: National
- To contribute to the personal, social and cultural transformation of its members and of groups, organizations, institutions and persons associated with it through various research, action/intervention, training, communication and/or dissemination projects, plans and/or programmes.
- Ms. Frine Romana Pilar Lopez
Martinez
- ESPOIR
- Mrs. Fatma Bent Sidi Mohamed
Executive Secretary
BP: 6633, Nauakchott
Mauritanie - Tel: 222 525 04 40
Fax: 222 525 11 83
E-mail: esppoir@mauritel.mr - Membership: National
- EXPOIR carries out development programmes and activities including micro finance for women, poverty eradication, and health education, human rights and environmental protection.
- Mrs. Fatma Bent Sidi Mohamed
- European Network on Debt and
Development (EURODAD)
- Mr. Kath Noble, Administrator
Rue Dejoncker 46
1060 Brussels
Belgium - Tel: +32 2 543 90 60
Fax: +32 2 544 05 59
E-mail: knoble@eurodad.org
Web site: www.eurodad.org - Membership: International
- The goals and objectives of EURODAD are exclusively charitable, educational and development-oriented and include, but are not limited to, promoting the development of a comprehensive development finance strategy by representing the opinions of civil society on the issues of debt, structural adjustment and financial markets; gathering and analysing data to help civic society formulate these opinions; and, communicating these opinions to interested parties through policy positions, advocacy work, information exchange and other means of expression.
- Mr. Kath Noble, Administrator
- European Partners for the
Environment (EPE)
- Mr. Francisco Flores
Av. De la Toison d'Or. 67
B-1060 Brussels, Belgium - Tel: 32 (2) 771 15 34
Fax: 32 (2) 539 48 15
E-mail: eupe@glo.be
Web site: www.epe.be - Membership: International
- EPE is a multi-stakeholder forum, which builds the ground for consensus on sustainability, on which members can more confidently plan actions. EPE serves as a catalyst, in Europe and around the world, to achieve into the future a better balance between the environmental, social and economic elements of life. Dialogue built through long-term relationships between partners and strengthened by trust leads to common practical action.
- Mr. Francisco Flores
- European Solidarity Towards
Equal Participation of People (EUROSTEP)
- Mr. Simon Stocker
115 Rue Stevin
1000 Brussels
Belgium - Tel: +32 2 231 16 59
Fax: +32 2 230 37 80
E-mail: admin@eurostep.org
Web site: www.eurostep.org - Membership: International
- The two principal aims of EUROSTEP are: to influence official development cooperation policies of multilateral institution, and in particular those of the European Union and to improve the quality and effectiveness of initiatives taken by NGOs in support of people centred development.
- Mr. Simon Stocker
- Evangelischer
Entwicklungsdienst (EED)
- Mr. Peter Lanzet, Senior Policy
Advisor
Ulrich-von-Hassell Str. 76
Bonn, NRW 53123
Germany - Tel: 49 (0) 228 81 01 2313
Fax: 49 (0) 228 81 01 150
E-mail: eed@eed.de or peter.lanzet@eed.de
Web site: www.eed.de/en/ - Membership: International
- EED is a development organization representing German Protestant Churches, and cooperates in over 60 developing countries. Within the framework of a global partnership network, EED plays its role in creating a fairer society.
- Mr. Peter Lanzet, Senior Policy
Advisor
- FARMAPU - Inter and
CECOTRAP-RCOGL
- Dr. Saidi Asenge
Jean Marie Vianney
B/O 4450 Kigali
Rwanda - Mobile tel: (250) 0840 5302
Fax: (250) 517 372
E-mail: alisai2000@yahoo.fr or farmapu@yahoo.fr - Membership: International
- La Fondation Africaine pour la Renouveau Moral, l'apprentissage professionnel et universitaire internationale , en sigle FARMAPU - INTER et CECOTRAP- RCOGL a la mission de servir de plate forme ou de forum a plusieurs ONG ou associations qui ont les memes objectifs que les siens au niveau de l'Afrique toute entiere. Elle s'occupe foncierement de la formation , du commerce electronique et du pole commercial pour les pays des grands lacs.
- Dr. Saidi Asenge
- Female Lawyers Association
of Benin
- Mrs. Huguette Bokpe Gnacadja
Asst. to the General Secretary
B.P. 2753
Cotonou
Benin - Tel: 229 33 05 85 or 229 33 77
01
Fax: 229 33 12 29
E-mail: hugbok@yahoo.com or imoreph@intent.bj - Membership: National
- To promote and defend human rights and especially women and children rights; to circulate the knowledge of those rights among its members, in their professional and social environment; to encourage and help the people to obtain satisfaction concerning all their demands and actions with the institutions, state or private offices; to work for the accessibility of all careers and functions to women, without any discrimination, and to ensure them equal chances with men; and, to contribute to the development of law.
- Mrs. Huguette Bokpe Gnacadja
- Filomena Tomaira Pacsi
- Ms. Patricia Maria Amat y Leon
Rodriguez
Almirante Guisse 1137
Jesus Maria
Lima 11
Peru - Tel: (51 1) 266-0164
Fax: (51 1) 472-0625
E-mail: filomena@terra.com.pe - Membership: National
- El objetivo de la organizacion es promover la participacion de las mujeres del sector minero en la vida social y cultural del pais, fomentando su proceso de auto educacion, valorizando su condicion de mujeres y propugnando los mejores en sus condiciones de vida para el logro de sus objetivos.
- Ms. Patricia Maria Amat y Leon
Rodriguez
- Finnish United Nations
Association
- Mr. Rauno Merisaari
Add. Unioninkatu 45,B
FIN - 00170 Helsinki
Finland - Tel: +3358-9-1351521
Fax: +3588-9-1352173
E-mail: rauno.merisaari@ykliitto.fi
Web site: www.ykliitto.fi - Membership: National
- The purpose of the organization is information sharing, education and empowering of non-government organizations relating to the United Nations through its publication (Maailmanpyora - magazine), Global Citizenship Study Programmes, Human Rights Ambassador Training and other related projects.
- Mr. Rauno Merisaari
- Focus on the Global South
- Nicola Bullard
c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University
Phayathai Rd.
Bangkok 10330
Thailand - Membership: national
- The aim of the organization is to strengthen the capacity of organizations of poor and marginalized people in the South and those working on their behalf to better analyse and understand the impact of the globalization process on their daily life and struggles. It also aims to help strengthen the capacity of such groups to have a greater local, national, regional and global impact through a more systematic and strategic use of innovative community practice.
- Nicola Bullard
- Forgotten Children
- Francoise Remington, Founder and
Executive Director
1031 North Edgewood Street
Arlington, Virginia 22201
United States of America - Membership: national
- The purpose of the organization is to improve the conditions of children living in difficult circumstances in the world through advocacy, research, training, publication and the creation of educational materials and projects, especially in the area of education.
- Francoise Remington, Founder and
Executive Director
- Foundation for Democracy,
Governance and Endowment
- John Phiri, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1397
Blantyre
Malawi - Tel: +(265) 604582
Fax: +(265) 652178
E-mail: fodge@malawi.net - Membership: national
- The Foundation for Democracy, Governance and Endowment was established, among other things, to strengthen the young and growing democracy and democratic institutions in Malawi. It also aims to promote democratic culture and good governance. Its objectives include: advocating a conducive and enabling policy environment for smooth, effective and efficient operations of civil society and grass-roots organizations; and ensuring that electoral processes are conducted in a free and fair, as well as transparent and accountable, manner.
- John Phiri, Executive Director
- Foundation for Development
Cooperation
- Brian Scott, Chairman
P.O. Box 10445
Adelaide Street, Brisbane
Queensland 4000
Australia - Tel: +61-7-3236-4633
Fax: +61-7-3236-4696
E-mail: info@fdc.org.au - Membership: national and international
- The Foundation for Development Cooperation is an independent, not-for-profit and non-partisan organization that aims to strengthen international cooperation and development throughout Asia and the Pacific. The focus of the Foundation is on development cooperation in a broad context, which includes international economic relationships and policies, emerging cooperative approaches to international development issues and community approaches to achieving progress in development at the local level.
- Brian Scott, Chairman
- Freeplay Foundation
- Kristine Pearson, Executive
Director
P.O. Box 18936
Wynberg 7824
South Africa - Tel: 27 (0) 21 794 4889
Fax: 27 (0) 21 794 0110
E-mail : kpearson@freeplayfoundation.com
Web site: www.freeplayfoundation.org - Membership: Not a membership organization
- A not-for-profit organization, based in the United Kingdom, the Freeplay Foundation works primarily in Africa, with offices in London and Cape Town. The Foundation's goals are to promote awareness of appropriate and alternative sources of energy within Governments, international agencies, non-governmental organizations and aid organizations; to increase understanding of the value of alternative energy sources in reducing poverty, disease and famine; to raise awareness of the role of broadcasting and communication in developing countries, disaster areas and regions of conflict; to research opportunities where appropriate and alternative sources of energy can be applied to improve the lives of people in developing communities; to seek sponsorship to initiate and support projects and programmes.
- Kristine Pearson, Executive
Director
- Friends of Children Society
(AMAL)
- Eng. Ahmed Abdalla Ahmed
P.O. Box 10054
Khartoum
Sudan - Tel: (249-11) 467644 or 473430
E-mail: amalsociety@yahoo.com - Membership: National
- AMAL was established to promote child welfare through direct and indirect interventions and encourage social welfare institutions to follow suit. Various programmes are aimed to assist children under difficult circumstances by providing basic childcare services, preventive measures, awareness campaigns, skills promotions, and capacity-building.
- Eng. Ahmed Abdalla Ahmed
- Fundacion Canovas del
Castillo
- Mr. Francisco Sanabria,
Secretary-General
Marquez de la Ensenada
14 - 28004 Madrid
Spain - Tel: 91 319 59 04/08
Fax: 91 319 82 58
E-mail: fundacion.fcc@intelideas.com - Membership: National
- The purpose of the Fundacion Canovas del Castillo is to promote, develop, safeguard and foster studies and research of all kinds on social, civic and cultural topics, and to promote or carry out development cooperation activities and carry out all other activities to that end.
- Mr. Francisco Sanabria,
Secretary-General
- Fundacion Dialogo Mujer
- Ms. Sara Gomez Acevedo, Director
Carrera 32 No. 16-45
Bogota
Colombia - Tel: 57-1 2472273
Fax: 57-1 3712960
E-mail: dialogo@global.net.co - Membership: National
- To help improve women's and young women's quality of life with a view to building a more equitable, democratic and peaceful society through their leadership and empowerment, and their organization and effective participation in those areas of public policy-making, planning and project design which directly affect their lives, and, in particular, to guarantee these rights to poorer women and young women and integrate them into our "Dialogo Mujer" Team.
- Ms. Sara Gomez Acevedo, Director
- Fundacion Intervida
- Jean Pierre v. d. Bossche Lucas,
Manager
International Partnerships
Fundacion Intervida
Pujades, 77-79
4° 08005 Barcelona
Spain - Tel: (34) 933001101
Fax: (34) 933096868
E-mail: ipd@intervida.org - Membership: national
- The Foundation is a Spanish NGO with a non-profit status. The Foundation's objectives are to carry out research and assist developing countries in improving local populations' livelihoods, in particular children; to assist marginalized, helpless and homeless populations; and to protect, stimulate and promote shelter and finance, both with its own funds and with the funds of third parties.
- Jean Pierre v. d. Bossche Lucas,
Manager
- Green Earth Organisation
(GEO)
- Joshua Awuku-Apaw
P.O. Box 16641
Accra
Ghana - Tel: (233) 21 232 762
Fax: (233) 21 230 455
E-mail: greeneth@ghana.com - Membership: National
- Green Earth Organisation focuses on environment conservation and protection and on sustainable rural development.
- Joshua Awuku-Apaw
- Heinrich Boll Foundation
- Nika Greger, Programme Director
Chelsea Gardens
1638 R Street, NW, Suite 120
Washington, D.C. 20009
United States of America - Membership: national
- The main purpose of the Foundation is political education work in Germany and abroad with a view to promoting formation of the will for democracy, involvement in socio-political issues and international understanding. In addition, the foundation promotes arts and culture, science and research, and development cooperation.
- Nika Greger, Programme Director
- Hydra Project International
- Asanji Lema Siri, Information
Officer
North West Province
Cameroon - Tel: +(237) 36 17 84
Fax: +(237) 36 24 64
E-mail: hydra@refinedct.net - Membership: national
- The objective of the organization is to promote trade by: assisting local producers, small and medium-sized enterprises in managing, developing and marketing their products; disseminating information on new research issues related to trade and employment; linking local producers to alternative trade organizations; and raising the standards of living among farmers, small business persons and the community at large.
- Asanji Lema Siri, Information
Officer
- Ing Makababaying Aksyon
(IMA) Foundation
- Ms. Maria Jesus T. Pineda,
Founder and Executive Director
Ing Makababaying Aksyon (IMA) Foundation, Inc.
WDRC, Diamond Park, Diamond Subdivision
Balibago, Angeles City 2009
Philippines - Tel: +63-45 322-3983
Fax: +63-45 322-3820
E-mail: imafound@mozcom.com
Web site: www.ima.org.ph - Membership: National
- IMA is a feminist service, providing various services and programmes for the empowerment of marginalized women in the grass roots and to survivors of gender-based violence.
- Ms. Maria Jesus T. Pineda,
Founder and Executive Director
- Institute for Democracy in
Southern Africa (IDASA)*
- Dr. Shun Govender
Head: Budget Information Service
6 Spin Street
Cape Town 8001
South Africa - Tel: 27-21-467-5627
E-mail: shun@idasact.org.za
Web site: www.idasa.org.za - The Institute for Democracy in Southern Africa (IDASA) is an independent public interest organisation committed to promoting sustainable democracy in South Africa and elsewhere by building democratic institutions, educating citizens, and advocating social justice. Its strategic objective is to build the capacity for democracy in civil society and government. An important aspect of the work of IDASA is the assessment of the state of public finance in relation to government social spending (health, welfare, education, HIV/AIDS), the integrity of financial management systems and pro-poor budgeting.
- Dr. Shun Govender
- Institute for International
Economics
- C. Fred Bergsten, President
1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903 - Tel: 202-328-9000
Fax: 202-659-3225
E-mail: kstewart@iie.com - The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. The Institute attempts to anticipate emerging issues and to be ready with practical ideas to inform and shape public debate. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large. It addresses these groups both in the United States and around the world.
- C. Fred Bergsten, President
- Instituto de Estudos
Socioeconomicos (INESC)
- Rodrigo Bonfim, International
Political Assistant
SCS - Qd. 08, Bloco B-50, Salas 433/441, Edificio Venancio 2000
70 333 970 Brasilisa/DF
Brazil - Tel: (55) 061 226 8093
Fax: (55) 061 226 8042
E-mail: inesc@tba.com.br
Web site: www.inesc.org.br - Membership: Not a membership organization
- INESC was funded in 1979 as a civil society organization with public objectives. It is positioned at an intersection between the Congress and organized civil society. Its aims are to enhance the role of the National Congress and to facilitate popular movements and civil society participation in the decision-making processes; build and strengthen awareness of the importance of the Congress; and carry out analytical work to enable monitoring and control mechanisms of public policies.
- Rodrigo Bonfim, International
Political Assistant
- Instituto Laboral para el
Desarrollo Regional (ILDER)
- Mr. Jesus Gomez Urquizo,
Director Ejecutivo
Miguel de Cervantes 103 ovalo
Urb. La Victoria
Arequipa
Peru - Tel/Fax: (51 54) 206 777
E-mail: ilder@terra.com.pe - Membership: National
- Promote the advancement and defence of women's rights; to foster the exercise of democracy and solidarity amongst Peruvians; create the conditions necessary to realize the sustainable development of gender equality.
- Mr. Jesus Gomez Urquizo,
Director Ejecutivo
- Instituto Latinoamericano de
Educacion para el Desarrollo (ILAEDES)
- Mr. Luis Yrzabal, President
P O Box 9020319
Viejo San Juan
Puerto Rico 00902-0319 - Tel: (787) 760 3682
Fax: (787) 292 4113 - Membership: International
- El Instituto contempla una red de expertos en las areas de educacion superior y desarrollo humano sostenible, y conduce su actividades de formacion, investigacion y servicio, principalmente orientadas a satisfacer la demanda de las instituciones de educacion superior de America Latina y del Caribe.
- Mr. Luis Yrzabal, President
- Inter American Economic
Council
- Mr. Barry S. Featherman,
President
Suite 700, Ronald Reagan Building
International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20004 - Tel: (202) 204-3053
Fax: (202) 318-4300
E-mail: iaec@excite.com
Web site: www.inter-american.org - Membership: International
- The Inter-American Economic Council's main purpose is to develop coordinated strategies to promote economic development and stability within the countries of the Americas, by bridging the existing gap between public and private sectors for the collateral advancement of regional economic development.
- Mr. Barry S. Featherman,
President
- Inter-American Dialogue
- Mr. Daniel P. Erikson, Deputy
Director
1211 Connecticut Avenue
NW Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20036
United States of America - Tel: (202) 463-2578
Fax: (202) 822-9553
E-mail: derikson@thedialogue.org - Membership: International
- Inter-American Dialogue is organized for the charitable and educational purposes of enhancing communications and improving the quality of policy debates and decisions in Western Hemisphere relations. The Dialogue engages public and private leaders from across the Americas in the effort to develop and mobilize support for cooperative responses to key problems and opportunities.
- Mr. Daniel P. Erikson, Deputy
Director
- Interhemispheric Resource
Center
- Tom Barry, Co-Director
Foreign Policy In Focus Project
P.O. Box 2178
Silver City, NM 88062
United States of America - Tel: (505) 388-0208
Fax: (505) 388-0619
E-mail: irc@irc-online.org - Membership: international
- The goal of the Interhemispheric Resource Center is to educate the public on topics that will help to develop interhemispheric understanding and global action.
- Tom Barry, Co-Director
- International Centre for
Enterprise and Sustainable Development
- Emmanuel Kwesi Boon, Chairman
32 Adjiringanor Street, East-Legon
P.O. Box 16461
Airport-Accra
Ghana - Tel: +233 21 302480
Fax: +233 21 767593
E-mail: iced@ghana.com.gh - Membership: national and international
- The organization was established for the purpose of developing and promoting small and medium-scale enterprises, international trade, gender empowerment and sustainable environmental management in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa.
- Emmanuel Kwesi Boon, Chairman
- International Development
Conference
- Carl Asakawa, Executive Director
666 11th Street NW, Suite 450
Washington, D.C. 20001
United States of America - Tel: +(1-202) 783-5980
Fax: +(1-202) 628-0442
E-mail: idc@idc.org
Web site: www.idc.org - Membership: international
- The aim of the organization is to define and demonstrate the value of viewing development issues through the lens of generations and to diffuse this approach throughout the international development community. The organization believes that, by working together across generational boundaries, it can create an enhanced model for sustainable development.
- Carl Asakawa, Executive Director
- International Foundation for
Election Systems
- Azish Filabi, Program Assistant
Development and New Initiatives
1101 15th St. N.W., Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
United States - Tel: (202) 828-8507
Fax: (202) 452-0804
E-mail: afilabi@ifes.org - Membership: international
- The general purposes for which IFES is organized are exclusively charitable and educational. The aim of IFES is to gather and disseminate information about the electoral process through the creation and maintenance of a database on the administration of elections; through field assessments; through the organization, promotion and supervision of conferences of election law administrators and experts from various countries; and by the dissemination of publications and materials concerning electoral processes.
- Azish Filabi, Program Assistant
- International Union for Land
Value Taxation and Free Trade
- Alanna Hartzok, UN NGO
Representative
P.O. Box 328
Scotland, Pennsylvania 17254
United States of America - Membership: international
- The purposes of the organization are to stimulate in all countries a public opinion favourable to permanent peace and prosperity for all peoples, through the progressive removal of the basic economic causes of poverty and war.
- Alanna Hartzok, UN NGO
Representative
- Japan Network on Debt and
Poverty
- Yoko Kitazawa, Co-Chair
c/o Pacific Asia Resource Center
Hinoki bldg.3rd fl.2-1Kanda Ogawamachi Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0052
Japan - Tel: + (81) 3-3291-5901
Fax: +(81) 3-3292-2437
E-mail: debtnetjapan@jca.apc.org
Web site: www.eco-link.org/jubilee - Membership: national
- Japan Network on Debt and Poverty, formerly Jubilee 2000 Japan, was renamed on 1 January 2001. Its activities focus on debt cancellation: cancellation of the bilateral and multilateral debt of the poorest countries; cancellation of the odious debt of all developing countries; achieving a fair and transparent arbitration process in such debt cancellation; and reforming international financial institutions into democratic, transparent and accountable ones.
- Yoko Kitazawa, Co-Chair
- Kennedy School of Government
- Ms. Nicole McGowan
Program Administrator
Executive Education
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge MA 02138
United States of America - Tel: 617 495 4580
E-mail: nicole_mcgowan@ksg.harvard.edu
Web site: www.ksg.harvard.edu - Membership: Not applicable
- Kennedy School of Government for Governance and Public Policy is part of Harvard University. It offers programs for Public Sector officials from all over the world and have several programs that focus on Development: Macroeconomics, Global Financial System, Budgeting and Financial Management in the Public Sector, Management of Foreign Aid, Financial Institutions for Private Enterprise Development, Infrastructure in a market Economy, Leadership in Development and Trade programs.
- Ms. Nicole McGowan
- KULU - Women and Development
- Anne Bork, Board member
Borgergade 14, 2
DK 1300 Copenhagen K
Denmark - Tel: + (45) 3315 7870
Fax: + (45) 3332 5330
E-mail: kulu@lulu.org
Web site: www.kulu.org - Membership: national and regional
- KULU - Women and Development's overall purpose is to support women and women's organizations and networks in the South in their struggles for equality, peace and development. Its work is based on United Nations action programmes for women. The organization's long-term goal is to work for the formation of a just and sustainable world order in which women have access to and control over resources; the right and access to influence their own situation and participate in political and economic institutions; and the right to control over their own bodies, health and lives.
- Anne Bork, Board member
- La Congregacion des freres
de St. Gabriel
- Paul Boursier
College Saint Gabriel, Avenue Philibert Tsiranana
BP 611
401 Majunga
Madagascar - Membership: Not a membership organization
- La Congregacion des freres de St. Gabriel is a recognized non-governmental organization active in the fields of education and social and economic development in Madagascar.
- Paul Boursier
- La Liga Policy Institute
- Antoinette R. Raquiza,
International Liaison Coordinator
2103 Medical Plaza Ortigas
San Miguel Ave.
Pasig City
1550 Metro Manila
Philippines - Tel: (63-2) 687-4775 or 687-4427
Fax: (63-2) 687-4838
E-mail: La_liga@edsamail.com.ph - Membership: national
- The La Liga Policy Institute, a non-profit organization carrying out research, policy studies and training, is dedicated to evolving and institutionalizing a platform of politico-economic governance that combines fiscal prudence and a progressive social policy. It was founded in 2000 by a group of social activists who have had experience in government, civil society and the private sector. The Institute is committed to significantly contributing to a movement for renewal and reform in governance, economy, living environments and global relationships.
- Antoinette R. Raquiza,
International Liaison Coordinator
- Latin American Council of
Churches
- Rev. Israel Batista G.,
Secretary General
Latin American Council of Churches
Inglaterra N32-113 and Mariana de Jesus
Quito
Ecuador - Tel: (5932) 2553-996, 2529-933,
2568-373
E-mail: unlo@wccia.org - Membership: International
- CLIA is an organization of more than a hundred and fifty churches and Christian movements across all Latin America and the Caribbean, created to promote the unity between Christians of the continent. CLAI works to deepen the unity of the human being, within and beyond Christianism, recognizing the wealth of the diversity of traditions, confessions and expressions of faith, reflection, teaching, proclamation and service. CLAI stimulates the reflection and action in themes like evangelization, education and formation, faith and economy, human rights, health, women and youth issues, indigenous people, among others. The task of CLAI is to collaborate in the discovering of their Latin American and Caribbean identity and commitment as Christians within the continental reality, and to search of an order of justice, peace and fraternity.
- Rev. Israel Batista G.,
Secretary General
- Literary Academy for Dalit
of Nepal
- Mr. Kesh Bahadur Pariyar,
President
Thamel P.O. Box 12134
Kathmandu
Nepal - Tel: 977-01-423367
Fax: 977-01-426157
E-mail: pariyarkb@hotmail.com - Membership: National
- The organization aims at raising awareness among the Dalits of Nepal to eliminate the castes system. The organization supports the discriminated and oppressed castes of Nepal, by publishing literature, research articles, and audio-visual materials. The organization also supports all the Dalits in their movement against racism.
- Mr. Kesh Bahadur Pariyar,
President
- Local Association for
Cooperation and Social Development
(LACSD)*
- Mr. Hamid Ech-Chantoufi
President
Douar Bouhouda
Commune Bouhouda
Province of Taounate
Morocco - Tel: 212-6447-1978 or
212-6613-5392
E-mail: ONG_BOUDA@hotmail.com - Membership: National
- The Local Association for Cooperation and Social Development is a national non-governmental organization based in Morocco that focuses on social, economic, agricultural, and cultural development issues. Among its goals are those of creating a culture of cooperation, fighting illiteracy, encouraging small businesses, safeguarding the environment and improving living standard in general.
- Mr. Hamid Ech-Chantoufi
- Mauritanian Association for
Development and Environment Protection -
MADEP
- Mr. Mohamdi Ould El Hadj Brahim,
President
P.O. Box 897
Nouakchott
Mauritania - Tel: +222-29-O l-99125-60-72
Fax: +222-25-56-86
E-mail: amdpe@iiardd.mr - Membership: National
- Contributing to sustainable development in Mauritania through poverty eradication and the improvement of living conditions especially for the most vulnerable and underserved peoples; training and assisting vulnerable groups such as women, young children in critical situation, older persons and disabled.
- Mr. Mohamdi Ould El Hadj Brahim,
President
- Medicus Mundi
- Alfonso Sancho, President
Calle Elisa 14 BAIXOS
Barcelona, 08023
Spain - Tel: +(34-93) 418 47 62
Fax: +(34-93) 418 48 66
E-mail: projectes@medicusmundi.es
Web site: www.medicusmundi.es - Membership: international
- Founded in 1963, Medicus Mundi operates in the area of development cooperation, particularly in developing countries, with a special focus on health as a basic human right. Through its network of members and volunteers, Medicus Mundi aims at reducing poverty by carrying out integrated and participatory processes, working in close cooperation with local authorities. Medicus Mundi has consultative status with the World Health Organization.
- Alfonso Sancho, President
- Montreal International Forum
(FIM)
- Mr. Nigel Martin, President
407, rue McGill, Bureau 800
Montreal (Quebec)
Canada H2Y 2G3 - Tel: 514-499-9468
Fax: 514-499-9468
E-mail: info@fimcivilsociety.org
Web site: www.fimcivilsociety.org - Membership: International
- The Montreal International Forum (FIM) is an international non-governmental think tank with the goal of improving the influence of international civil society on the United Nations and the multilateral system. FIM aims at strengthening the interaction between civil society and multilateral institutions to better address global problems like extreme poverty, wars, human rights violations and environment degradation.
- Mr. Nigel Martin, President
- Mujeres para el Dialogo A.
C.
- Maria del Carmen Montes
Castillo, Presidente
Cerro Gordo No. 253
Distrito Federal 04200
Mexico - Tel/Fax: (55) 55 44 69 02
E-mail: mujerdialogo@prodigy.net.mx - Membership: International
- Promover el desarrollo de la cultura de genero en las mujeres y en la sociedad en procesos de informacion, difusion, investigacion, capacitacion y educacion; y contribuir a la capacitacion de las mujeres sobre la dimension economica, la elaboracion de proyectos de desarrollo economico locales.
- Maria del Carmen Montes
Castillo, Presidente
- National Association for
Human Rights and Development (NAHRD)
- Mr. Amir Salem
Director
7 Al Higaz St., Roxi
Heliopolis, Cairo
Egypt - Tel: 202 4520977
Fax: 202 2596622
E-mail: lrrc@brainy1.ie-eg.com - Membership: National
- NAHRD works in the filed of human rights education and aiming at spreading human rights concepts and principles and increasing awareness among different classes and sectors of Egyptian society.
- Mr. Amir Salem
- National Service Conference
of the American Ethical Union
- Ms. Martha Gallahue,
NGO Representative to the UN
2 West 64th Street
New York, NY 10023
United States of America - Tel: (212) 873-6500
E-mail: marlalamar@mindspring.com - Membership: National
- The organization aims at promoting the knowledge and love in all the relations of life. National Service Conference of the American Ethical Union promotes the religious and educational fellowship of its members in an effort to advance the moral growth of humanity through study, social action and spiritual consecration.
- Ms. Martha Gallahue,
- Nautilus Institute
- Christine Ahn
125 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710-1616
United States of America - Tel: +(1-510) 295-6165
Fax: +(1-510) 295-6130
E-mail: cahn@nautilus.org
Web site: www.nautilus.org - Membership: international
- The purpose of The Nautilus Institute is to integrate environmental protection and human rights into the governance of international trade and investment. The Nautilus Institute conducts research, convenes multi-sectoral workshops, organizes training, builds networks, and utilizes the Internet to widely disseminate information. The organization aims at identifying and promoting innovative policies and business practices to enhance social and environmental ethics in global markets.
- Christine Ahn
- Network Institute for Global
Democratization
- Riku Warjovaara, Chair
Nottingham Trent University, Faculty of Humanities,
Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS
United Kingdom - Tel: + (44) 115 948 6610
Fax: + (44) 115 948 6385
E-mail: nigd@nigd.u-net.com - Membership: not applicable
- NIGD aims to promote worldwide democratization at all levels. Its predecessor, the Finnish follow-up process (1995-1997) to the United Nations Secretary-General's reports, issued annually since 1995, organized seminars and issued publications supporting regional democratization, mainly in Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation. In 1998, NIGD extended its agenda to incorporate both research and more practically oriented projects concerning the transnational impacts of democratization in areas also outside Europe. NIGD focuses on the impacts of globalization on democratization and, normatively, on democratizing globalization.
- Riku Warjovaara, Chair
- Network Institute for Global
Democratization
- Katarina Sehm Patomaki,
Executive Secretary
Nottingham Trent University, Faculty of Humanities,
Clifton Lane
Nottingham NG11 8NS
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Tel: + (44) 802 598 332
Fax: + (44-115) 948 6385
E-mail: katarina@nigd.u-net.com
Web site: www.nigd.org - Membership: international
- The aim of the Network is to promote worldwide democratization at all levels. Its predecessor, the Finnish follow-up process (1995-1997) to the reports of the Secretary-General of the United Nations - issued annually since 1995, organized seminars and issued publications supporting regional democratization, mainly in Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation. In 1998, the Network extended its agenda to incorporate both research and more practically oriented projects concerning the transnational impacts of democratization in areas outside Europe. The Network focuses on the impact of globalization on democratization and, normatively, on democratizing globalization.
- Katarina Sehm Patomaki,
Executive Secretary
- New Economics Foundation
(NEF)
- Andrew Simms, Head Global
Economy Programme
6-8 Cole Street
London SE1 4YH
England - Tel: (44) 207 407 7447, ext. 252
Fax: (44) 207 407 6473
E-mail: andrew.simms@neweconomics.org
Web site: www.neweconomics.org - Membership: Not a membership organization
- New Economic Foundation works to construct a new economy centred on people and the environment. Founded in 1986, it is an independent think tank, combining research, advocacy, training and practical action. NEF is a registered charity, funded by individual supporters, charitable trusts, public finance, such as the United Kingdom National Lottery, businesses and international grant-giving bodies.
- Andrew Simms, Head Global
Economy Programme
- New Light Voluntary
Organization
- Kishor Chandra Sekhar Panda,
Secretary General
Bolgarh, Dist - Khurda
Orissa 752066, India - Tel: 91 11 6104511
Fax: 91 11 6165326
E-mail: newlightindia@rediffmail.com - Membership: National
- The main purpose is the development of weaker sections in society, by carrying out literacy campaigns, vocational training, community development work, health and family welfare campaigns, rural housing programmes.
- Kishor Chandra Sekhar Panda,
Secretary General
- New Rules for Global Finance
- Ms. Jo Marie Griesgraber,
Executive Director
220 Wilson Voulevard
Suite 650,
Arlington, VA 22201 - Tel: 202 277 9390
Fax: 703 841 0050
Email: jbaker@new-rules.org, jgriesgraber@new-rules.org
Website: www.new-rules.org - Membership: International
- New Rules for Global Finance is a networking organization of researchers and policymakers committed to reducing global poverty and inequality. The organization advocates politically feasible and technically sound approaches to the reform of international financial institutions. Its goal is to promote stable global financial systems, in order to reduce poverty and inequality and to achieve a more socially just, equitable and environmentally sustainable world.
- Ms. Jo Marie Griesgraber,
Executive Director
- Norwegian Forum for
Environment and Development (ForUM)
- Mr. Rolf Wermundsen
The Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development
Storgata 11
N-0155 Oslo
Norway - Tel: 47 23 01 03 00
Fax: 47 23 01 03 03
E-mail: rw@forumfor.no
Web site: www.forumfor.no/vis.php?side=english - Membership: National
- ForUM is a network for Norwegian NGOs actively promoting environment and development issues. It is a national focal point on international negotiations to Agenda 21 follow-up. ForUM brokers contact between Norwegian organizations, the authorities, media, institutions and other stakeholder groups working on environment and development questions, nationally and internationally.
- Mr. Rolf Wermundsen
- Nordelbisches
Missionszentrum (NMZ)
- Mr. Michael Hanfstangl
Africa Secretary of NMZ
16, Agathe-Lasch-Weg
D-22605 Hamburg
Germany - Tel: 49 (0) 40/881 81 0
Fax: 49 (0) 40/ 99191 210
E-mail: info@nmz-mission.de
Web site: www.nmz-mission.de - Membership: International
- Cooperation in mission and development, church world service, inter-religious dialogue, awareness building and ecumenical cooperation. NMZ and its partners are also involved in development cooperation and advocacy work such as the debt cancellation campaign Jubilee 2000, and in monitoring intergovernmental processes.
- Mr. Michael Hanfstangl
- North-South Institute
- John Foster, Principal
Researcher
55 Murray Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5M3
Canada - Tel:+(1-613) 241 3535, ext. 251
Fax:+(1-613) 241 7435
E-mail: jfoster@nsi-ins.ca
Web site: www.nsi-ins.ca - Membership: national
- The North-South Institute is Canada's only non-partisan, non-governmental research institute focused on international development. The purpose of the organization is to carry out research and analysis of Canadian foreign policy and pressing world development problems, and to bring those issues before Canadian public opinion. The Institute has three main goals: to reduce poverty in developing countries, increase fairness around the world, and improve governance.
- John Foster, Principal
Researcher
- Ocaproce Internationale -
Organisation Camerounaise de Promotion
de la Cooperation Economique
Internationale*
- Princess Micheline Makou Djouma,
President
BP 7629 Yaounde
Cameroon - Tel: 237-959-4907 (Geneva:
41-78-893-1154)
Fax: 237-222-8560
E-mail: ocaproce_internationale@hotmail.com - Membership: International
- The Ocaproce Internationale is a network of non-governmental organizations that aims to support the rights of indigenous people in the process of globalization. It supports initiatives and conducts research in the area of sustainable development, industrial development, commerce, human right, and rights of children and women in particular.
- Princess Micheline Makou Djouma,
President
- One World Trust
- Simon Burall, Executive Director
18 Northumberland Avenue
London, WC2N 5BJ
United Kingdom - Membership: national
- The purpose of the organization is to investigate and promote ways in which to encourage a greater sense of world community by promoting research and inquiry into the methods, facts and principles of planning and organizing on a world level to achieve peace and alleviate global poverty; promoting education about global issues; and promoting the dissemination of knowledge and information to further its other aims.
- Simon Burall, Executive Director
- Organization of Pakistani
Women in Development
- Suite M016, SB-1/LA-3
Block-21, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Karachi
Pakistan - Membership: national
- The organization aims to provide poor women with poverty reduction, education, training and capacity-building programmes and to assist them in attaining employment.
- Suite M016, SB-1/LA-3
- Parliament Network on the
World Bank (PNoWB)
- Mr. Bert Koenders
MP, Chair of Steering Committee
66, avenue d'Iena
75116 Paris
France - Tel: (33 1) 4069 3017
Fax: (33 1) 4723 7436
E-mail: Htermaat@worldbank.org
Web site: www.worldbank.org/pnowb - Membership: International
- The PNoWB is an independent network of knowledgeable Members of Parliament that aims to contribute its insights to the policy debate on international development. The purpose of PNoWB is to increase parliamentary involvement and effectiveness in the field of international development.
- Mr. Bert Koenders
- Pax Perpetua Community
- Dr. Robert Dussey, President
Avenue Nicolas
Grunitzky B.P. 77
Lome
Togo - Tel: (228) 901-92-53
Fax: (225) 225-73-60
E-mail: pax-perpetua@visto.com - Membership: National
- The objective of Pax Perpetua Community is the promotion of peace and the fraternity in the world. To reach its objectives Pax Perpetua Community organizes symposiums, seminars and conferences to raise awareness and foster understanding among different political actors.
- Dr. Robert Dussey, President
- PEACE Worldwide (Program of
Education for Abodeless Children
Enhancement)
- Mr. Hector Aleem , Chairman
Peace Worldwide
H #160 Street
78 G - 11/2 Islamabad
Pakistan - Tel: 92 51 2292879
E-mail: pww2000@hotmail.com - The goals and objectives of the organization are: to provide education, skill and experience; to try to safeguard the dignity and rights of the individuals; no discrimination exercised, nor tolerated on the grounds of origin, race, status, and sex; to promote appropriate ethnic and cultural diversity of service; to provide vocational/professional technical training to women in fields of computer, woodwork, leatherwork, embroidery, etc.; to adopt measures to reduce pollution and create awareness to the people; to open dispensaries and medical clinics in the remote areas and provide other social helps to the needy people.
- Mr. Hector Aleem , Chairman
- Pount People's Action
- Mr. Warsama Osman Ahmed,
President
Plateau Du Serpent
Djibouti
Republique De Djibouti - Tel: 253 35 30 52
Fax: 253 35 41 31
E-mail: Pount@Caramail.Com - Membership: National
- Favoriser le developpement de l'education; aider les victimes des catastrophes naturelles et humaines; sensibiliser et rapprocher des interlocuteurs concernes pour encourager l'action commune et faire naitre les synergies.
- Mr. Warsama Osman Ahmed,
President
- Proyectos Laubach de
Alfabetizacion en Mexico (PLAMAC)
- Dr. Antonio Armando Uribe Baca,
Presidente de la Organizacion
Manuel Mendivil #102
Fracc. Cd. Deportiva
Irapuato
Guanajuato 36612
Mexico - Tel/Fax: 01 462 6251027
E-mail: plamac_Mexico@hotmail.com - Membership: National
- PLAMAC se dedica a la educacion y dirige su accion educativa a los sectores mas abandonados de Mexico, apoyando proyectos de educacion comunitaria con enfasis en la alfabetizacion y la educacion de la mujer. PLAMAC se interesa de la integracion de la prospectiva de genero en las politicas y proyectos de financiamiento que las multilaterales impulsan.
- Dr. Antonio Armando Uribe Baca,
Presidente de la Organizacion
- Red Mexicana de Accion
Frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC)
- Dr. Alejandro Villamar Calderon
Godard No. 20,
Col. Guadalupe Victoria
C.P. 07790,
Mexico D.F. - Tel: (52-5) 355-1177
Fax: (52-5) 356-4724
E-mail: rmalc@laneta.apc.org
Web site: www.rmalc.org.mx - Membership: National
- To influence and support social convergence processes and build alliances in support of economic policy, alternative budgeting and debt restructuring proposals with a view to democratizing existing models. To influence economic and financial globalization processes and the negotiation and renegotiation of trade agreements to include our proposal for an economic alternative in general and specific case-by-case proposals. To develop and promote a social agenda at the national and international levels for incorporation as a substantial part of economic policies and trade and investment agreements.
- Dr. Alejandro Villamar Calderon
- Rural Area Development
Programme
- Rajendra Bahadur Adhikari,
Programme Coordinator
G.P.O. Box 21003
Kathmandu
Nepal - Tel: +(977) 65-60615
E-mail: radp_rajendra@hotmail.com - Membership: national
- The purpose of the Rural Area Development Programme is to develop and implement programmes and activities in rural areas, aimed at raising the standards of living of the rural population in cooperation with national and international donor agencies, and with the contribution of local people.
- Rajendra Bahadur Adhikari,
Programme Coordinator
- SAFIA
- Mr. Findula Zangamoni, President
Quartier Banunu No. 37/A
Commune de Matete
BP 15059, Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC - Tel: (243) 9933 765
Fax: (001) 509 277 1975
E-mail: ongsafia@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- SAFIA advocates human rights and environmental protection and natural resources conservation.
- Mr. Findula Zangamoni, President
- Self Help Initiative
- Mr. Ibiduni (Duni) Jones
Silver Spring Avenue, 305G
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
United States of America - Tel: 301 681 6815
Fax: 301 681 8151
E-mail: sehi@erols.com - Membership: International
- The programme's overall goal is to establish a network for dissemination of information on the effects of armed conflict on children and youth, with particular focus in the Commonwealth countries. It catalyses the process of building various groups' capacities to restore family life, provide shelter and education, and minimize the dangers of armed conflict on children and youth.
- Mr. Ibiduni (Duni) Jones
- Service Centre for
Development Cooperation (KEPA)
- Ms. Lotta Valtonen, Advocacy
Officer
Sornaisten rantatie 24
00500 Helsinki
Finland - Tel: 358-9-584-23-246
Fax: 358-9-584-23-200
E-mail: lotta.valtonen@kepa.fi
Web site: www.kepa.fi - Membership: International
- The purpose of KEPA is to support, encourage and organize Finnish civil society to bring about a global sense of collective responsibility.
- Ms. Lotta Valtonen, Advocacy
Officer
- Service Oecumenique pour la
Paix (SeP)
- Ms. Georgine Kengne Djeutane
P. O. Box 12214
Yaounde
Cameroon - Tel: (011 237) 31 20 05
Fax: (011 237) 31 20 06
E-mail: gkengne@hotmail.com, peace.humanus@camnet.cm - Membership: National
- Its mission is to contribute to non-violent social transformation by: spreading the philosophy and techniques of non-violence and non-violent conflict resolution; seeking and studying obstacles to just peace and its alternatives through mediation and the quest for reconciliation; stimulating and supporting non-violent actions; stimulating and supporting the fight against misery and poverty; and, encouraging training in civic, social and humanitarian action.
- Ms. Georgine Kengne Djeutane
- Shelter Rights Initiative
- Ray Onyegu, Executive Director,
Legal Services and Special Projects
6 Adisa Bashua Street, off Adelabu Street
Surulere, Lagos
Nigeria - Tel: +(234-1) 4705626
Fax: +(234-1) 5849028
E-mail: esc@srinitiative.org - Membership: national
- The mandate of Shelter Rights Initiative is to promote due process and basic standards in economic, social and cultural rights in Nigeria. It advocates the promotion and protection of all internationally recognized human rights and provides remedial measures for victims of their violation. To achieve its mandate, the organization uses all of the instruments of civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights. Shelter Rights Initiative sets out to achieve its objects through advocacy, research, investigations and reports on human rights abuses. It also uses campaigns and networking as principal tools in its work.
- Ray Onyegu, Executive Director,
Legal Services and Special Projects
- Social Alert
- Isabelle Hoferlin, Coordinator
579 Chaussee de Haecht
Brussels 1030
Belgium - Tel: +(32-2) 2463607
Fax: +(32-2) 2463010
E-mail: i.hoferlin@socialalert.org
Web site: www.socialalert.org - Membership: international
- The objective of the organization is to promote and defend economic, social and cultural rights in the world. It works specifically on collective rights and on workers' rights. To reach its objectives, Social Alert gathers social, human rights and workers' organizations from the North and the South through networks, linking North and South through the circulation and dissemination among its members of information on economic, social and cultural rights.
- Isabelle Hoferlin, Coordinator
- Social Investment Forum
- Fran Teplitz, Managing Director
1612 K Street, N.W., Suite 650
Washington, D.C.
United States - Tel: (202) 872-5319
Fax: (202) 822-8471
E-mail: fran@socialinvest.org
Web site: www.socialinvest.org - Membership: international
- Social Investment Forum is a national, non-profit, non-governmental organization, with a membership of more than 500 socially responsible investing professionals and institutions. The Forum provides research, analysis, networking opportunities, educational programmes, media visibility, shareholder information and programmes to advance community investing in the United States and abroad. Its purpose is to advance the concept, practice and growth of socially and environmentally responsible investing. This is achieved through the three pillars of socially responsible investing: portfolio screening, shareholder advocacy and community investing.
- Fran Teplitz, Managing Director
- Solagral
- Mr. Pierre Castella, President
45 bis, Avenue de la Belle Gabrielle
94 376 Nogent-sur-Marne cedex
France - Tel: 33 (0) 1 43 94 73 40
Fax: 33 (0) 1 43 94 73 36
E-mail: solagral@solagral.asso.fr
Web site: www.solagral.org - Membership: International
- Purpose: Solagral est une organisation non gouvernementale francaise creee en 1980, agissant pour davantage de solidarite dans les regulations internationales en matiere d'agriculture, d'environnement et de developpement.
- Mr. Pierre Castella, President
- SOS ANEMIES (SOS ASS)
- Namwisi Kasemvula, President
Q Baboma N° 9/C Matete
Kinshasa 00243
Democratic Republic of the Congo - RDC - Tel: (243) 99 33 765
Fax: 001 413 513 4242 / 011 509 277 4280
E-mail: Ehadassa@Voila.Fr / sosass@yahoo.fr - Membership: National
- Awareness raising and educational campaigns on health related issues. Provide moral and in-kind assistance to AIDS and anemic patients.
- Namwisi Kasemvula, President
- South African Institute of
International Affairs (SAIIA)*
- Mr. Tom Wheeler, Chief Operating
Officer
PO Box 31596
Braamfontein 2017
South Africa - Tel: 27-11-339-2021
Fax: 27-11-339-2154
E-mail: minnaara@saiia.wits.ac.za
Web site: www.saiia.org.za - Membership: International
- The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) is a non-governmental organization based in South Africa, which aims to promote a wider and more informed understanding of international issues among South Africans. It seeks to educate, inform and facilitate contact between people concerned with South Africa's place in the world, and to contribute to the public debate on foreign policy. It focuses on four key roles: public education, specialist research, international networking, and leadership development.
- Mr. Tom Wheeler, Chief Operating
Officer
- Southern and Eastern African
Trade, Information and Negotiation
initiative (SEATINI)
- Mr. Yash Tandon, Director
Takura House, 67-69 Union Avenue
P.O. Box 4775 Harare
Zimbabwe - Tel: (263 4) 792 681 Ext. 276
and 255
Fax: (263 4) 251 648 or 728 695
E-mail: seatini.zw@undp.org
Web site: www.seatini.org - Membership: International
- SEATINI is an African initiative to strengthen Africa's capacity to take a more effective part in the emerging global trading system and to better manage the process of globalization. SEATINI mainly deals with issues and debates around the World Trade Organization and Africa's relationships to it.
- Mr. Yash Tandon, Director
- State of the World Forum
- Jim Garrison, President
P.O. Box 29434
San Francisco, CA 94129
United States of America - Tel: +(1-415) 561-2345
Fax: +(1-415) 561-2323
E-mail: forum@worldforum.org
Web site: www.worldforum.org - Membership: international
- The corporation is a non-profit, public benefit corporation and its specific and primary purpose is to engage in charitable and educational activities. The core mission of the State of the World Forum is to establish an enabling environment and to serve as a secretariat for the gathering of leaders and citizens from around the world and a spectrum of disciplines to search together for the new frameworks of values that are required for this new phase of human development and, within this context, to take concerted action - strategic initiatives - to help give shape to the world.
- Jim Garrison, President
- Sustainable Development
Initiative, Columbia University
- Eugenie Bietry, Director
Columbia University Graduate School of Business
2880 Broadway
Mail Code 0205
New York, NY 10025
United States of America - Tel: (212) 854-3489
Fax: (212) 316-1473
E-mail: eb40@columbia.edu - Membership: national
- As a research and outreach programme of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, the Sustainable Development Initiative seeks to facilitate a healthy business environment within the framework of long-term economic sustainability. It furthers this process in several ways. It identifies, supports and conducts research into the opportunities and constraints environmental issues pose for business management; acts as a resource for curriculum development and student education; and maintains an active outreach programme of lectures, workshops and conferences on issues of sustainability
- Eugenie Bietry, Director
- Swiss Coalition of
Development Organizations
- Bruno Gurtner, Senior Economist
Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations
P.O. Box 6735
CH-3001 Bern
Switzerland - Tel: +41 31 390 93 35
Fax: +41 31 390 93 31
E-mail: bgurtner@swisscoalition.ch
Web site: www.swisscoalition.ch
- Membership: National
- The Swiss Coalition of Development Organizations is an umbrella organization of five major Swiss NGOs concerned with development. Its purpose is to facilitate the pursuit of common aims and the exercise of common functions with greater effectiveness. It acts as an advocate within Switzerland promoting a more equitable, peaceful and environmentally sound world. The Swiss Coalition is committed to an active role for Switzerland in international organizations concerned with sustainable development.
- Bruno Gurtner, Senior Economist
- Tax Justice Network
- Mr. John Christensen, Director,
International Secretariat
38 Stanley Avenue,
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP 52JG
United Kingdom - Tel: +44 79 79 8683 02
Email: john@taxjustice.net
Website: www.taxjustice.net - Membership: International
- The Tax Justice Network (TJN) promotes tax justice and tax cooperation and resists tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax competition. It operates on a not-for-profit basis by bringing together organizations, social movements and individuals working towards these goals. TJN campaigns for a tax system which is favourable for poor people in developing and developed countries, finances public goods and taxes harmful activities which pollute and cause unacceptable inequality.
- Mr. John Christensen, Director,
- Terre de la Jeunesse
Culturelle
- Mr. Achille Kougbenya, Executive
President
239 rue Adido Qt Gbossime
2652 Lome, Togo - Tel: +228 948 0222/222 20 68/919
3610
Fax: +258 220 6821/ 223 2605
Email: sena200@yahoo.fr
Website: www.a-tjc.fr.tc - Membership: National
- Terre de la Jeuness Culturelle is a non-governmental organization created in 2000 by young volunteers dedicated to the understanding of protection of the environment and the promotion of the agricultural sector and access to ICT, health and education. Its overall mission is to support sustainable development as a priority at the national, regional and global levels. It also aims to educate, empower, and support the youth of Togo in order to involve them in a sustainable development process.
- Mr. Achille Kougbenya, Executive
President
- The Sisters of Charity
Federation
- Marie Elena Dio, SC, NGO
Representative
84-32 63 Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
United States of America - Membership: national
- The Federation aims to alleviate and eliminate all forms of poverty through advocacy, witness, systemic change and direct services
- Marie Elena Dio, SC, NGO
Representative
- Transkei Land Service
Organization
- Navy Simukonda, Acting Director
Private Bag X5132
60 Wesley Street
Umatata 5100, Eastern Cape
South Africa - Membership: national
- The aim of the organization is to ensure equitable access to and control over land and related resources for sustainable development.
- Navy Simukonda, Acting Director
- UBUNTU-World Forum of Civil
Society Networks*
- Ms. Nuria Molina, Executive
Officer
Ad Hoc Secretariat
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Torre Girona: PL 001
Jordi Girona 31
08034 Barcelona
Spain - Tel: 34-93-401-2569
Fax: 34-93-401-2568
E-mail: ubuntu@ubuntu.upc.es
Web site: www.ubuntu.upc.edu - Membership: International
- UBUNTU serves as a network of non-governmental organizations. Its main objective is to unite efforts and build bridges of dialogue and communication amongst national and international institutions, which are focused on promoting peace, endogenous development, dignity and human rights.
- Ms. Nuria Molina, Executive
Officer
- Uganda Development Network
(UDN)
- Joseph Okune, Chairperson
Plot 424 Mawanda Road, Kamwokya
P.O. Box 21509
Kampala, Uganda - Tel: (256) 41-543974
Fax: (256) 41-534856
E-mail: Info@udn.or.ug
Web site: www.udn.or.ug - Membership: International
- UDN was formed in 1996 by a network of civil society organizations and individuals as an advocacy and lobbying coalition, out of concern that civil society in Uganda was not participating actively in the campaign for debt relief under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) Debt Relief Initiative, sponsored by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. UDN's mission is to advocate for reduced and sustainable debt levels and to use, in an accountable and effective fashion, national resources for the benefit of all the people of Uganda.
- Joseph Okune, Chairperson
- United Nations Association
Dominican Republic
- John R. Gagain Jr.,
Vice-President
Avenida Maximo Gomez No. 29 Suite 206
Plaza Gazcue
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic - Tel: +(809) 221 4455
Fax: +(809) 221 4466
Mobile: + (809) 914 527 6403
E-mail: jgagain@unadr.org
Web site: www.unadr.org - Membership: national
- Founded in 2000, the Association's mandate is to promote the work of the United Nations system. The Association's programmes are structured to reach out to various audiences, such as students and teachers, businesses and corporations, non-governmental organizations and individual citizens within the Dominican community.
- John R. Gagain Jr.,
Vice-President
- Urban Justice Center
- Ms. Laine Alston
Human Rights Project
666 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10012
United States of America - Tel: (212) 602-5600 Ext. 5627
Fax: (212) 533-4698
E-mail: info@urbanjustice.org
Web site: www.urbanjustice.org
Membership: Non applicable - Urban Justice Center, a not-for-profit agency dedicated to advocating on behalf of the poor and marginalized through a unique combination of direct representation, systemic advocacy driven by direct service work, and community education and empowerment. One of the Center's areas of work is the Human Rights Project, aiming at promoting the use of an economic human rights framework in the United States as a tool to analyse the implementation and impact of social policy.
- Ms. Laine Alston
- Village Earth: the
Consortium for Sustainable Village-based
Development
- David Bartecchi, Office Manager
W110 Engineering Research Centre (ERC)
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
United States of America - Tel and Fax: (970) 491 5754
E-mail: david@villageearth.org
Web site: www.villageearth.org - Membership: International
- The goal of Village Earth: the Consortium for Sustainable Village-based Development (CSVBD) is to join together with other non-governmental organizations and individuals to help connect rural villages (two thirds of the world's population) to global resources - including energy resources, information resources, hard and soft appropriate technologies, social resources and financial resources - for self-reliant, sustainable village-based development.
- David Bartecchi, Office Manager
- VIVAT International
- Robert B. Fisher, Co-Chairperson
211 East 43rd St., Suite 706
New York, NY 10017
United States of America - Tel: +(1-646) 487-0003
Fax: +(1-646) 487-0004
E-mail: viny@vivatinternational.org
Web site: www.vivatinternational.org - Membership: international
- VIVAT currently operates in 61 countries, and its main goal is to promote networking of its members, and most particularly: to promote collaboration with the United Nations in achieving peace, human rights and sustainable development; to distribute information aimed at awareness-raising among its members; to glean from the grass-roots experience and insights of its members and bring these to the attention of the international community; and to liaise and collaborate with other agencies and networks.
- Robert B. Fisher, Co-Chairperson
- Volontari nel Mondo
- Silvia Sperandini, International
relations
Via S.Francesco di Sales
18 00165 Rome
Italy - Tel: +(39) 066877796 / 066877867
Fax: +(39) 066872373
E-mail: focsiv@www.glauco.it
Web site: www.focsiv.it - Membership: national
- FOCSIV is a federation of 52 Italian non-governmental organizations of international cooperation for development, working to promote a "one world" consciousness and to carry out programmes of cooperation with the South. Its aim is to contribute to the struggle against all forms of poverty and marginalization; the affirmation of human dignity and human rights; the growth of local communities and institutions, enabling them to become authentic agents for the development of their own people; and the growth of non-governmental organizations through research, training and evaluation, promoting all forms of collaboration and coordination.
- Silvia Sperandini, International
relations
- WaterAid
- Mr. Eric Gutierrez, Policy
Officer
Prince Consort House
27-29 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7UB
United Kingdom - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7793 4555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7793 4545
E-mail: ericgutierrez@wateraid.org.uk
Web site: www.wateraid.org.uk / www.givewater.org / www.watermatters.org.uk - Membership: National
- WaterAid is the United Kingdom's only major charity dedicated exclusively to provision of domestic water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion to the world's poorest people. Billions of people do not have access to safe water and billions of people in the world lack adequate sanitation. WaterAid works with individuals and families in their communities, paying special attention to the role of women, to enable them to take ownership of these projects and to maintain a lasting supply of safe water as well as influence others to do the same. It believes that their approach makes it possible for communities to sustain a better quality of life, and is an essential step in the eradication of poverty.
- Mr. Eric Gutierrez, Policy
Officer
- Wemos Foundation
- Dr. Nina Tellegen, Managing
Director
Ellermanstraat 15
Postbus 1693
1000 B R. Amsterdam
The Netherlands - Tel: +31 20 4688 388
Fax: +31 20 4686 008
E-mail: wemos@wemos.nl
Web site: www.wemos.nl - Membership: International
- Wemos Foundation aims to influence policies of the North in order to improve the health situation of men and women in developing countries. More specifically, Wemos Foundation concentrates on the consequences for health and access to health services of international trade agreements, debt relief policies, structural adjustment programmes and poverty reduction strategies.
- Dr. Nina Tellegen, Managing
Director
- Women's International
Coalition for Economic Justice
- Carol Barton, Coordinator
12 Dongan Place, 206
New York, NY 10040
United States of America - Membership: international
- The organization aims to advance an enabling environment that would allow for full implementation of the commitments made at United Nations conferences, particularly with regard to trade, debt, finance and the role of transnational corporations.
- Carol Barton, Coordinator
- World Population Foundation
- Mr. Wouter A. Meijer, Executive
Director
Amperestraat 10
1221 GJ Hilversum
The Netherlands - Tel: 31-35-642 23 04
Fax: 31-35-642 14 52
E-mail: docucentre@wpf.org or office@wpf.org - The World Population Foundation aims at improving the quality of the lives of the present and future generations by carrying out projects in developing countries in the field of reproductive health and by the awakening of policy makers, politicians and the general public in regard to stimulating the subject population.
- Mr. Wouter A. Meijer, Executive
Director
- Year of Relief 2000
- Jurgen Kaiser, Campaign
Coordinator
Folkersbeck 57
45149 Essen
Germany - Membership: national
- The aims of the organization are to achieve substantial debt relief for the world's poor countries by the year 2000 and the reformulation of international financial relations in order to establish a fair process between debtors and creditors.
- Jurgen Kaiser, Campaign
Coordinator
- Youth Ending Hunger
- Mustapha Chouikha
Villa B7 SPRIC
TN - 2070 La Marsa
Tunisia - Membership: national and international
- The aim of Youth Ending Hunger is to create a world where all people are enriched both physically and spiritually and can have hope for their future.
- Mustapha Chouikha
