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- ACDI/VOCA - Nonprofit co-op based group promoting democratic principles and market liberalization, building international cooperative partnerships, and encouraging the sound management of natural resources.
www.acdivoca.org
- Africa Bridge - Seeks to provide a forum for leaders in African and the West to work as equals to identify and define innovative approaches and projects to improve the lives of people in Africa.
www.africabridge.org
- Asian Rural Institute - Trains rural and grassroots leaders from Asian and African developing countries, aiming towards self-sufficiency based on organic farming and forming just and peaceful community. Program information, publications, photographs, and food for sale.
www.ari.edu
- Bellanet - An international initiative to increase collaboration among international development partners. Describes services and provides links to related resources and activities.
www.bellanet.org
- BOND - A network of UK based NGOs working in international development seeking to foster greater collaboration between NGOs on issues such as training, advocacy and fund raising. BOND also act as an information resource for their members and the public.
www.bond.org.uk
- Community Development Society (CDS) - An international organisation founded in the USA aimed at making people's lives better.
www.comm-dev.org
- Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF) - CHF serves as a catalyst for sustainable positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping to improve their housing, economic circumstances and environments.
www.chfhq.org
- Council for Urban Economic Development - "For more than three decades, CUED has represented the diverse interests in economic development, from the public sector economic developer to chamber of commerce executive, to site selection consultant."
www.cued.org
- Cross-Cultural Solutions - Sponsors humanitarian volunteer work programs to empower local communities, foster cultural sensitivity and understanding, and further social progress in China, Ghana, India, Peru and Russia.
www.crossculturalsolutions.org
- Culturelink - The Network of Networks for Research and Cooperation in Cultural Development. Aims to collect, process and disseminate cultural information, encouraging international and intercultural communication and collaboration among its over 1000 member-networks, institutions, organizations and foundations from 97 countries around the world.
www.culturelink.org
- Danish Association for International Co-operation (MS) - A Danish organisation combining development assistance with political lobbyism and action at a grassroots level. MS runs several country programmes mainly in Africa.
www.ms.dk/uk
- Development & Peace - Since 1967 we have helped improve living and working conditions in 70 countries around the globe, providing $320 million for human rights, community development and humanitarian aid in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.devp.org
- Directory of Development Organizations - Lists over 18,500 contacts of organizations promoting private sector development and poverty alleviation through microfinance, business development services, small enterprise development, appropriate technology, community development, training and research.
www.devdir.org
- Expanding Opportunities - Increasing self-sufficiency through international educational and charitable projects. Donation and administration information, online shopping, current project news, and African links.
www.expandingopportunities.org
- Fahamu - Dedicated to strengthening the work of not-for-profit and other non-governmental organisations throughout the world through the use of information and communications technologies. We produce and publish CDROM based learning materials, design and manage websites and run training courses.
www.fahamu.org
- Friendships Without Borders, Inc. - Friendships Without Borders, Inc is a program for resolution and conciliation in areas of conflict and social deprivation, achieving its goals through the creation of inter-community educational, career and job options through inward investment, to sustain and re-empower the rural communities.
www.fwbinc.org
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW) - Up to date information on DSWÂs activities in Germany and in developing countries: development projects, advocacy campaigns, special events and publications on population and reproductive health.
www.dsw-online.de/english
- Independent Development Experts Association (IDEA) - Swiss NGO which looks at quality and effectiveness of development cooperation projects in the third world in order to improve their effectiveness.
www.ideas-expert.ch
- Institute of Development Studies - A UK based centre for research and teaching on international development. The institute's research work is described and links to information resources covering international development are provided.
www.ids.ac.uk
- InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action - The nations largest coalition of international development, disaster relief and refugee assistance agencies. InterActions members include more than 150 US-based non-profit organizations, large and small, including secular and religious groups. InterAction coordinates and promotes their activities and helps to ensure that goals are met in an ethical and cost-efficient manner.
www.interaction.org
- International Center for Peace & Development - The ICPD conducts research projects on a wide range of issues concerning global security, conversion of resources from military to civilian purposes, food security, employment, economic development, and the environment.
www.icpd.org
- International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - Promoting social and economic development with women's full participation. ICRW generates quality, empirical information and technical assistance on women's productive and reproductive roles, their status in the family, their leadership in society, and their management of environmental resources.
www.icrw.org
- International Community Development Organizations On The Web - A guide to international nongovernment (NGOs) and private voluntary (PVOs) organizations.
www.goshen.edu/soan/soan96cd.htm
- International Development Network (IDN) - Promotes sustainable development by providing development related information and resources to individuals, NGOs, companies and government agencies.
www.idn.org
- International Executive Service Corps - Not-for-profit organization that recruits and assigns U.S. volunteer experts to assist businesses in developing and emerging-market countries worldwide.
www.iesc.org
- King Baudouin International Development Prize - Contains the background to the prize and the current winners.
www.kbprize.org
- Local Development & Gender (LDG) - Small consultancy aganecy that has executed projects and short missions in developing countries and transitional economies since the early 1990s. Its focus [in Latin America, the CEE and FSU] is on rural & community development, project evaluation and monitoring, and gender and communication.
www.xs4all.nl/~fqs
- Management Sciences for Health (MSH) - A private, nonprofit international organization working in public health areas to improve management and access to critical health care services
www.msh.org
- Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) - Gateway to information & documentation on natural resources and environment in the field of development cooperation.
www.nre.ch
- OneWorld - OneWorld is a network organisation working for sustainable development through information and communication technologies (ICTs). The OneWorld partnership includes over 1000 development and human rights NGOs.
www.oneworld.net
- Opportunity International - Provides loans and basic training in business practices for the poor in order to break the cycle of poverty and foster social transformation.
www.opportunity.org
- Outreach International - A human development agency striving to alleviate the injustices of hunger, poverty and disease by engaging people as partners in their own development.
www.outreach-international.org
- Pact International - Social development programs in 13 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America
www.pactworld.org
- Partners In Development - A Christian service organization committed to the educational and economic advancement of the Third World poor.
holwick.homestead.com/files/pid/partners.html
- Questscope - A British private voluntary organization which seeks to develop sustainable change in lifestyles and communities to improve the lot of the disadvantaged.
www.questscope.org
- Recruitment Resources for International Development Projects - Provides on-line database of consultants and job listings for international economic and social development assistance projects.
www.cambridgedata.com
- Rights Action (formerly Guatemala Partners) - Raises funds for community development, humanitarian relief and human rights projects in Southern Mexico, Central America and Haiti, while educating and advocating in the US and Canada.
www.rightsaction.org
- Seeds of Learning - Nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities in rural Latin America.
www.seedsoflearning.org
- Send a Cow - Send a Cow gives direct, practical help to poor farmers in East Africa, by providing, cows and other livestock, training in livestock rearing and organic farming, and low-cost veterinary and advice services.
www.sendacow.org.uk
- SNV Netherlands Development Organisation - SNV supports organisations in the South committed to fighting poverty and improving local governance. SNV provides technical and organisational expertise, and support in change processes.
www.snv.nl
- Students For Change - A non-profit corporation that works with student volunteers to create sustainable communities. Programs emphasize the use of information technology.
www.studentsforchange.org
- Sunseed Trust - Aims to improve the quality of life and of environment of people living in arid, near-desert areas of the world, by researching desertification and appropriate technologies.
www.rodcuff.demon.co.uk/sunseed
- Technology Helping Advance Women Entrepreneurs - THAWE promotes the sustainable growth of micro/small women-owned businesses in developing nations by empowering women to transform their ideas into reality, and at the same time establishes mutual understanding between people of diverse cultures.
www.womenandtechnology.org
- Telecommunications In Action - A not-for-profit organization working with the United Nations and its agencies which focuses on agricultural and rural development, biodiversity and conservation, environmentally sound technologies, financing for development, global telecommunications development, health protection and promotion, public/private sector partnerships, social development, sustainable development, and technology cooperation.
www.regency.org
- The Imfundo Initiative - Combines the skills and contributions of a wide range of different partners to help African governments achieve the international development targets of gender equality and universal primary education. Objectives, newsletter and projects.
www.imfundo.org
- The Marquis Project - A Manitoba based international development organization involved in local education programs for global issues, community development projects with overseas partners, and operating a Third World craft shop.
www.marquisproject.com
- The North-South Institute - A Canadian based non-profit institute conducting research relating to international development. The institute engages in research on governance, gender, social responsibility and conflict prevention with a focus on developing countries.
www.nsi-ins.ca
- The U.S.-Ukraine Community Partnerships Project - A USAID-funded program to establish education and training programs for local governments in Ukraine.
www.usukraine.org/cpp
- Tools for Self Reliance - Supports workers in some of the world's poorest countries by providing basic hand-tools and helping promote local tool-making initiatives.
www.tfsr.org
- Trickle Up Program - Fighting Poverty, One Business at a Time. - Dedicated to reducing poverty by providing low-income people around the world with the opportunity to create their own microenterprises.
www.trickleup.org
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Through a network of 134 country offices, the UNDP helps people in 174 countries and territories to help themselves, focusing on poverty elimination, environmental regeneration, job creation and the advancement of women. In support of these goals, UNDP is frequently asked to assist in promoting sound governance and market development and to support rebuilding societies in the aftermath of war and humanitarian emergencies.
www.undp.org
- Vetaid - An international development charity supporting people who rely on animals for their survival.
www.vetaid.org
- Winrock International, nonprofit organization - Winrock International assists the disadvantaged everywhere -to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources and protect the environment using innovative approaches in agriculture, forestry, clean energy, leadership training and policy.
www.winrock.org
- World Accord - Canadian non-profit involved in development projects and development education in developing countries around the world.
www.worldaccord.org
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