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Organisations that seek longer-term solutions to world humanitarian problems
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- Directories of Development Organisations
- Directory of Development Organisations - guide to international organizations, governments, private sector institutions,
development agencies, universities, research and training institutes, ngos, grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions and
development consulting firms
- World Directory of Development Organizations and Programs - project aimed at promoting mutual cooperation, dissemination of
data and exchange of experiences among organizations, associations and informal groups whose activity is development related
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- Development Organisations
- ACDI/VOCA (Washington, DC) - private, nonprofit organization that promotes broad-based economic growth and the
development of civil society in emerging democracies and developing countries, offering a comprehensive range of technical
assistance services, and addressing the most pressing and intractable development problems
- ActionAid (London) - development agency that works with poor and marginalised people in more than 30 countries in Africa,
Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it, living and
working by the values of mutual respect, equity and justice, honesty and transparency, solidarity with poor and marginalised
people, courage of conviction, humility
- Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) (New Delhi) - autonomous inter-governmental organisation comprising
twenty-seven members from Africa and Asia, which is devoted to developing understanding among its members for better
appreciation of each others' problems and to exploring, collectively, opportunities for coordination of efforts for promoting welfare
and eradication of thirst, hunger, illiteracy, disease and poverty amongst rural people
- Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) (Switzerland) - group of development agencies that focuses on health, education,
culture, rural development, institution-building and the promotion of economic development, primarily in Asia and Africa, without
regard to faith, origin or gender
- Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID) (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - worldwide, non-profit and non-
governmental organization that provides a continuing forum for the exchange of ideas, experience and information among all
persons concerned with the role of the geosciences and of geoscientists in international development
- British Executive Service Overseas (BESO) (London) - development agency which offers professional expertise to organisations
in less developed communities worldwide that cannot afford commercial consultants
- Colibrí International (Ecuador) - society for the defence and conservation of biodiversity at the regional, national and global levels
- Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR) (London) - international charity which works with partners to relieve poverty in
Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the UK and Europe
- Changemakers (Calcutta, India) - an initiative of Ashoka.org that focuses on the rapidly growing world of social entrepreneurship,
providing inspiration, resources, and opportunities for those interested in social change throughout the world
- CIVITAS International (Strasbourg, France) - aims to strengthen citizenship in new and established democracies around the
world, using all available resources, including computer networking and international exchanges
- Commonwealth Foundation (London) - intergovernmental organisation, with a mandate from the Commonwealth Heads
- of Government, which supports non-governmental organisations, professional associations and cultural activities and promotes
- people-to-people interaction and collaboration within the non-governmental sector of the Commonwealth
- Commonwealth Knowledge Network (CKN) (London) - helps to bridge the knowledge and information gap which can hold back
the development that is fundamental to eliminating poverty
- Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD) (Switzerland) - consortium of agencies, donors,
NGOs and foundations that links with regional-based individuals and organisations involved in programming, research,
policy-advocacy, monitoring and evaluation for young children (up to 8 years) at risk in "South", "developing" or "third world"
countries
- Danish Association for International Co-operation (MS) (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) - works to promote understanding and
solidarity between people across national borders, political beliefs and colour of skin by means of development assistance,
youth exchange, development education, ethnic minorities work, information and advocacy work
- Development Gateway Foundation (Washington, DC) - not-for-profit organization whose core objectives are to reduce poverty
and support sustainable development through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)
- Development Initiatives (DI) (Somerset, UK) - independent organisation concerned with poverty, aid, development cooperation
and international relations which analyses policy, disseminates information, and undertakes strategic planning and evaluation
- Développement International Desjardins (DID) (Lévis, Quebec) - specializes in providing technical support and investment to the
community finance sector in emerging or developing countries
- Echos Communication (Belgium) - aims to develop interdependent co-operation South-North and East-West by actions which
support the recognition of the cultural identities and exchange on equal footing
- Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM) (Dakar, Senegal) - international association of autonomous
entities which collaborates with grassroots groups in search of alternative development models on the basis of the experience,
expectations and objectives of marginalised peoples
- eXpertist.net (Berlin, Germany) - international, multidisciplinary knowledge sharing network of qualified freelanced experts,
covering all market sectors and professional functions, including detailed qualification profiles
- Fahamu (London, UK) - supports progressive social change in the South through information and communication technologies,
making information available via electronic newsletters, distance learning materials, face-to-face workshops, websites and
web-based resources available for offline use
- Global Development Forum (London, UK) - project which holds an annual series of high profile public debates covering different
aspects of international development in order to focus the efforts of charities and agencies and provide the public with a deeper
insight into global affairs
- Global Development Research Center (GDRC) (Osaka, Japan) - virtual organization that carries out initiatives in education,
research and practices, in the spheres of environment, urban, community and information, and at scales that are effective
- Grameen Foundation USA (Washington, DC) - provides financing, technical assistance and technology support to the growing
numbers of grassroots institutions that are successfully replicating the success of Grameen Bank in providing tiny loans to very
poor people to allow them to start "micro-businesses" in countries as diverse as Malaysia, India, Uganda, Mexico and the
United States
- Heifer International (Little Rock, AR, USA) - provides animals (and training in their care) to hungry families around the world as a
way of feeding themselves and becoming self-reliant. Children receive nutritious milk or eggs; families earn income for school,
health care and better housing; farmers learn sustainable, environmentally sound agricultural techniques
- The Hunger Project (New York, NY) - strategic organization and global movement committed to the sustainable end of world
hunger by empowering local people to create lasting society-wide progress in health, education, nutrition and family incomes
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) (Minneapolis, MN) - promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and
ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy
- Institute of Cultural Affairs International (ICAI) (Brussels) - aims to develop and implement methods of individual, community and
organizational development using programmes that are highly participatory in nature and conducted in collaboration with other
public, private, voluntary or local community organizations
- International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) (Versoix, Switzerland) - global network of human rights, humanitarian, and
development NGOs, which focuses its information exchange and advocacy efforts primarily on humanitarian affairs and refugee
issues
- International Forum on Capacity Building (IFCB) - common platform for the interaction and engagement of a broad range of
players working to build the capacity of SNGOs in order to enhance their contributions towards addressing issues of poverty,
marginalization, democratization, strengthening of civil society, human rights, and sustainable human development
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (London, UK) - independent, non-profit organization promoting
sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge
dissemination
- International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) (Silang, Philippines) - rural development organization which promotes
people-centered development through capacity building for poor people and their communities, development organizations and
agencies
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Winnipeg, Canada) - integrates environmental stewardship, economic
development and the well-being of all people for generations to come by advancing policy recommendations on international
trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to
make development sustainable
- Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) (UK)- works with poor communities to develop appropriate technologies in
food production, agroprocessing, energy, transport, shelter, and disaster mitigation
- International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (UK) - co-operative network of partners whose mission
is to enhance the flow of information within and between countries, especially those with less developed systems of publication
and dissemination
- International Service (IS) (York, UK) - charity and volunteer agency that works to promote long-term development in poor
communities in the Third World by working in partnership with local organisations, non-governmental or governmental
organisations or the two in collaboration
- International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) (Melbourne, Australia) - promotes the equitable growth of commununities,
working with women in developing countries to support their efforts to improve their life choices and those of their families and
communities, and to advance women's human rights
- Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International (London) - global network of individuals and non-governmental
organizations whose mission is to create, strengthen and support networks of people and institutions promoting change towards
sustainable development - development that is economically sound, environmentally responsible and socially equitable
- Mandate the Future (Batharamulla, Sri Lanka) - youth Internet forum on sustainable development
- Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (MS) (Danish Association for International Cooperation) (Copenhagen, Denmark) - international
volunteer organisation which aims to empower the poor and disadvantaged in the developing world to improve their living
conditions
- NetAid (New York, NY) - nonprofit organization that combines innovative programs with new technologies and works in
partnership with the United Nations and the private sector to build a network of everyday people committed to working for a world
without extreme poverty, raising awareness in wealthy countries about extreme poverty and promoting actions that will make a
meaningful difference in the lives of the world's poorest people
- Network of Development Cooperation Consultants (NEDWORC) (Leusden, Netherlands) - organisation for independant
consultants working in the fields of Development Cooperation, International Cooperation and Relief & Rehabilitation
- Networked Intelligence for Development (Canada) - works with communities in developing countries and emerging economies to
assist in harnessing the benefits of evolving information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to establish their identities
in the knowledge economy
- Ockenden International (UK) - works to promote self-reliance for refugees and displaced people living in some of the world's
poorest countries
- One World Action (London, UK) - works for a just and equal world, free from poverty and oppression
- Opportunity International (US) - specialist provider of collateral-free business loans, training and mentoring to chronically poor
adults empowering them to start or expand their own small businesses, with a worldwide repayment rate of 95-98% on both
- Outreach International (Independence, MO, USA) - non-profit human development agency that helps people to overcome the
effects of poverty and to develop the capacity to create a new future for themselves and their communities
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London) - independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues
which aims to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the
achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries
- Oxfam International (Oxford, UK) - confederation of 12 organizations working together in more than 100 countries to find lasting
solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice
- PACT (Washington, DC) - helps build strong communities globally that provide people with an opportunity to earn a dignified
living, raise healthy families, and participate in democratic life
- Plan International (Surrey, UK) - humanitarian, child-focused organisation with no religious affiliations and a staff of over 6,000
and 50,000 community-based volunteers worldwide, which works with families and their communities to meet the needs of
children around the world
- Polaris Institute (Ottawa, Canada) - retooling citizen movements to fight for democratic social change in an age of
corporate-driven globalization
- Population Council (New York, NY) - global, nongovernmental research organization that seeks to improve the wellbeing and
reproductive health of current and future generations around the world, and to help achieve a humane, equitable and sustainable
balance between people and resources
- Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of
international and intercultural cooperation which aims to contribute to sustainable development, poverty alleviation, and cultural
preservation and exchange and, within the Netherlands, to promote interest in and support for these issues
- Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) (London) - aims to enhance the provision of reliable and authoritative
information on science- and technology-related issues that impact on the economic and social development of developing
countries
- Skillshare International (Leicester, UK) - works with partner organisations in Botswana, Lesotho, India, Mozambique, Namibia,
Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda for sustainable development by sharing and developing skills, facilitating
organisational effectiveness and supporting organisational growth
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (New York, NY) - independent, nongovernmental, not-for-profit international
organization that seeks to advance social science throughout the world and supports research, education and scholarly
exchange on every continentt
- Society for International Development (SID) (Rome, Italy) - international non-governmental network of 65 local chapters, 55
institutional and 3,000 individual members in 125 countries which promotes social justice and fosters democratic participation
- South Centre (Geneva, Switzerland) - organisation of developing countries which promotes South solidarity, South
consciousness and mutual knowledge and understanding among the countries and peoples of the South
- Student Action for Refugees (STAR) (UK) - supports refugees everywhere
- Survival for Tribal People (London) - worldwide organisation that supports tribal peoples through public campaigns, education and
funding, helping these peoples to protect their lives, their lands and their human right
- Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (Trieste, Italy) - autonomous international organization that represents the best of
science in the developing world and whose principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable
development in the South
- World Development Movement (WDM) (London, UK) - tackles the underlying causes of poverty, lobbying decision makers to
change the policies that keep people poor, researching and promoting positive alternatives, and working alongside people in the
developing world who are standing up to injustice
- World Ecology, Economy and Development (WEED) (Berlin, Germany) - engages itself in national and international networks
and unites organizations and initiatives in the North and South, working in different areas and institutions dealing with questions
of global development
- World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) (Birmingham, UK) - promotes dialogue between people from different religious
traditions and between them and development institutions on issues concerning poverty and development, in order to contribute
to more vigorous impovements for the poor, with a focus on the relationship between faith and development and how this is
expressed, both in considering decisions about development policy and in action with impoverished communities all over the
world
- Worldgrowth.org (Melbourne, Australia) - reports, studies and research on growth, development and trade, and it lifts people out
of poverty, secures sustainability and improves the environment
- Youth for Development and Cooperation (YDC) (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - global non-governmental network of youth and youth
related organisations working on development issues and development education around the world, providing assistance and
support to young people and youth organisations that undertake local development projects in their communities on a wide
range of issues
- Save the Children (Westport, CT, USA) - nonprofit child-assistance organization that works in 19 states across the United
States as well as in 47 other countries in the developing world to help children and families improve their health, education and
economic opportunities, and that mobilizes rapid life-support assistance for children and families caught in the tragedies of
natural and man-made disasters
- SOLIDAR (Brussels, Belgium) - independent international alliance of NGOs who are involved in social service provision,
international co-operation, humanitarian aid and life-long learning, and are historically linked to the free and democratic labour
and trade union movement
- SOS-Kinderdorf International (Vienna, Austria) - umbrella organisation of over 100 SOS Children's Village associations, which is
tasked with guaranteeing their observation of the basic principles of SOS Children's Village work and of the educational and
administrative guidelines, and supporting the national associations in their work on the basis of the SOS Children's Village
philosophy
- War on Want (London, UK) - fights poverty in developing countries in partnership and solidarity with people across the world and
campaigns for workers' rights to counter the causes of poverty, inequality and injustice
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