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Abya Yala

ACFOD
ACFOD (Asian Cultural Forum on Development) is a regional non-governmental organisation promoting integral development throughout Asia Pacific.

ACHR
ACHR (Asian Coalition for Housing Rights) is a regional network on human settlements and urban issues consulted by many UN agencies.

ActionAid
One of the UK's largest development agencies, working in more than 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

ACTSA
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) campaigns with the people of Southern Africa as they strive to build a better future. Working for peace, democracy and development across the region, ACTSA is the successor organisation to the Anti-Apartheid Movement.

Advocacy Project
The Advocacy Project is a non-profit organisation, based in Washington DC, that was created in 1998 to help advocates who are working on the front lines for social justice, peace and human rights.

AfricaFiles
AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting human rights and economic justice in Africa and to hearing African perspectives and alternative analyses for viable human development in Africa.

AIDSchannel.org
AIDSchannel.org is a multimedia web portal on issues relating to HIV/AIDS.

AIDSPortal.org
An initiative of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development is the AIDSPortal global information sharing network. It offers easy access to the latest research, case studies, news stories and jobs, as well as a global directory of contact information for people and organisations.

ANFREL
Formed in 1997, the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is a Bangkok-based regional network of election monitoring and human rights organisations with a mandate to support democratisation and related initiatives in Asia.

ASAP
ASAP is a network of activists around Australia who are building solidarity with and support for movements for social justice, genuine democratisation and self-determination around the Asia Pacific region. 

Asia Caucus
We seek to build a network of civil society organisations that will be an intermediary mechanism by which appropriate and relevant information, knowledge and advocacy networks are forged between and among our constituencies in Asia and the Philippines.

Asia Recovery Information Centre
This website gives information on the economic and social impacts of the Asian crisis and how the recovery is progressing.

Asia Week
Asia Week ceased publication with its 07/12/2001 issue, but its online archives are still available. The archive is fully searchable and is still used by researchers and academics, business people — anyone with an interest in Asian affairs.

Asia-Europe Foundation
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) seeks to promote better mutual understanding between the peoples of Asia and Europe through greater intellectual, cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two regions.

ASIADHRRA
The Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia or AsiaDHRRA is a regional partnership of 11 social development networks and organisations from 10 Asian nations.

Asian Human Rights Commission
The AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations.

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Bath University, Department of Economics & International Development
Bath University has established itself as one of the leading centres in the country for teaching and research in Economics and has a global reputation in International Development.

Bath University, Centre for Development Studies
The Centre is a research and consultancy unit with expertise in a wide range of development issues and with experience of working with a variety of government and non-governmental agencies in developing and transitional countries.

Bath University, International Centre for the Environment
The goal of the Centre is to promote leadership in environmental research and education at the University of Bath.

BESO
BESO is a development agency which offers professional expertise to organisations in less developed communities worldwide that cannot afford commercial consultants.

BRIDGE
BRIDGE is now an established non-profit making unit specialising in gender and development based at the Institute of Development Studies in the UK

Britain Zimbabwe Society
Serves as a network for contacts and information exchange, and brings together individuals and organisations with wide-ranging interests in development, education, and health etc.

British Angola Forum
BAF is based at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House.

British Overseas NGOs for Development, BOND
BOND is the network of more than 260 UK based voluntary organisations working in international development and development education.

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Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, CAFOD
CAFOD is a major British charity that has been fighting third world poverty since 1962.

Catholic Church in England & Wales

Catholics for a Changing Church
Catholics for a Changing Church is an association of Christians committed to change within the Catholic Church in accordance with the Second Vatican Council. It publishes a quarterly magazine and is involved in networking with other Catholics organisations worldwide.

Central America Women's Network (CAWN)
A UK-based network of women united by a commitment to women's human and labour rights worldwide and a desire to support, publicise and learn from the struggles of women in Central America in the defence of their rights.

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CEDEPAS

Centre for International Policy
Founded in 1975, the Center for International Policy is a nonprofit educational and research organisation promoting a US foreign policy based on international cooperation, demilitarisation and respect for basic human rights.

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is a South African non-governmental organisation dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to peaceful and fundamental transformation in South Africa and hence, in the Southern African region.

CharityJOB.co.uk
Dedicated website for jobs in the not for profit and charity sector.

Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE)
CONAIE is the representative body that guarantees Indigenous people the political voice that has too long been denied them, and that expresses their needs and goals within a rapidly changing world

Christian Aid
Christian Aid believes in strengthening people to find their own solutions to the problems they face. It strives for a new world transformed by an end to poverty and campaigns to change the rules that keep people poor.

Christian Socialist Movement
The Christian Socialist Movement share a belief in justice, peace and the wholeness of creation.

City and Shelter
City & Shelter is a non-profit organisation, whose initial projects concern the incorporation of gender issues into all aspects of decision making in the fields of town planning, transport, urban safety and habitat.

Comic Relief
Comic Relief was launched in 1985 in response to the famine in Ethiopia. It is now a major founder of development prejects.

Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor
Our objective is to provide information about the Commission and its work to interested observers and stakeholders, including the East Timorese community in and outside East Timor, governments, donors, media, academics, and the human rights community internationally.

Conference of Religious in England & Wales

Crisis States Development Research Centre
Founded in 2001 and based in the Development Studies Institute of the London School of Economics & Political Science. Crisis States' remit is to provide new understanding of the causes of crisis and breakdown in the developing world and the processes of avoiding or overcoming them.

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Department for International Development, DFID
DFID is a UK government department, working to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty.

Development Education Association, DEA
Development education aims to raise awareness and understanding of how global issues affect the everyday lives of individuals, communities and societies and how all of us can and do influence the global.

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East Timor

East Timor Government

East-West Center
The East-West Center is an education and research organisation established by the US Congress in 1960 to strengthen understanding and relations between the United States and the countries of the Asia Pacific region.

Ecuanex
Social development site for Ecuador

ECUARUNARI
Federation of peoples of the kichua nationality of Ecuador

ETAN
ETAN provides information about, and ways to help, East Timor.

The European Women's Lobby
The (EWL) is the largest co-ordinating body of national and European non-governmental women's organisations in the European Union, with over 3000 member associations in the 15 Member States.

European Union Server
Europa is the portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and information on European integration.

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Fahamu
Fahamu is committed to supporting progressive social change in the South through information and communication technologies.

Far Eastern Economic Review
This magazine reports on politics, business, economics, technology and social and cultural issues throughout Asia, with a particular emphasis on both Southeast Asia and China.

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Gender and Development Network
GADN provides a forum to discuss and share up-to-date information on gender and development issues, research and expertise. The GADN provides an informal support structure for gender professionals working in development.

German Council on Foreign Relations
The main goals of the German Society for Foreign Affairs (DGAP) are: to stimulate interest in international questions, to promote scholarly cooperation worldwide, and thus to increase understanding between nations.

Glasgow Caledonian University, Development studies information sources

Global Exchange
Global Exchange is a human rights organisation dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world.

Global Volunteer Network
New Zealand based sending agency which places volunteers in community projects throughout the world, giving them the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, environmental and community aid programs.

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ICCI
Institute for Science and Indigenous Cultures

ICD Dominican Republic

ICD Ecuador

IID
IID envisions a world where peace, justice, freedom and democracy reign.

Infodesarrollo.org
Development information in Ecuador

Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
IDPM is a multi-disciplinary unit within the University of Manchester specialising in management and development in developing and transitional economies.

Inside Indonesia
Inside Indonesia 'gets behind the soundbite and the official propaganda. Every three months, it keeps you informed about the real Indonesia'.

Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, is a leading centre for research and teaching on international development.

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) is a regional research centre concerned with modern Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment.

InterChurch Coalition on Africa
ICCAF is a coordinated response by Canadian Churches to: promote social and economic justice, protect human rights and promote human dignity throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

Intercom

International Broadcasting Trust, IBT
IBT is an independent television production company specialising in making programmes on development, environment and human rights issues.

International Service (UNAIS)
International Service aims to promote self reliance, justice and development in Third World communities through partnership with local organisations.

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Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection is a research, education and advocacy team that promotes study and action on issues linking Christian Faith and social justice in Zambia and Malawi.

The Judicial System Monitoring Programme
The Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) is a non-governmental organisation which was established in East Timor in April 2001.

Just Youth Development and Peace
They support projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America that focus on justice, human rights and participation in society: adult education, social movements, farmer and craft cooperatives, youth centres, small loans projects etc.

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Kubatana.net
An online community for Zimbabwean activists.

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Latinamerica Press/Noticias Aliadas
Latinamerica Press has been publishing independent news, analysis and information materials on Latin America since 1969. Based in Lima, Peru, we offer a local perspective on regional news for a global audience.

La'o Hamutuk
La'o Hamutuk (Tetum for Walking Together) is a joint East Timorese-international organization that seeks to monitor, to analyze, and to report on the activities of the principal international institutions present in Timor Loro Sa'e as they relate to the physical and social reconstruction of the country.

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Mande News
A news service focusing on monitoring and evaluation methods relevant to projects and programmes with social development objectives.

Media Institute of Southern Africa
MISA seeks ways in which to promote the free flow of information and cooperation between media workers, as a means of nurturing democracy and human rights in Africa.

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Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit
The Namibian Economic Policy Research unit (NEPRU), set up in 1990, is the leading independent institute for economic research in Namibia.

National Lottery Charities Board

NativeWeb
NativeWeb is an international, non-profit, educational organisation dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organisations around the world.

New Internationalist Publications
Exists to report on issues of world poverty and inequality; to focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless in both rich and poor nations; to debate and campaign for the radical changes necessary if the basic material and spiritual needs of all are to be met.

Newman Association
We are a national organisation who meet regularly in local "circles" to discuss and develop our understanding of the faith. Many of us are Catholic, but Christians of all traditions as well as other faiths (or none) are welcome.

nGoAbroad
nGoAbroad is a clearinghouse and referral service that custom-fits peoples' skills, interests and goals to international humanitarian needs.

Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign
The NSC is a political and human rights organisation which works in partnership with progressive organisations in Nicaragua and the UK that promote the values of the Sandinista Revolution: social and economic justice and popular participation.

Noticias Aliadas/ Latinamerica Press
Latinamerica Press has been publishing independent news, analysis and information materials about Latin America since 1969.

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oneworld.net
OneWorld is an international network of co-operative centres, held together by OneWorld International.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
The OECD, is an international organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy.

Oversees Development Institute
Independent British think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues.

Oxfam
Oxfam GB is a development, relief, and campaigning organisation dedicated to finding lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world.

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Panos
Panos is an international non-profit institute providing information on global issues with a developing country perspective.

Peace direct
Peace direct aims to reduce violent conflict and support those worst affected by it through the improvement of policy and practice in conflict, development and peace work carried out by UK NGOs, academic institutions, consultants and government departments.

Puntos de Encuentro

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Reading University, International and Rural Development Department

Resource Centre of the Americas
The Resource Center of the Americas, the Minneapolis-based non-profit publisher of AMERICAS.ORG, is devoted to the notion that every person in this world is entitled to the same fundamental human rights.

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SEACA
The South East Asian Committee for Advocacy is a programme focusing on advocacy capacity building of civil society organizations (CSOs) in South East Asia, and now is in the process of establishing a network of grassroots-based organisations in the region.

Sebastiao Aparicio da Silva Project for the Protection and Promotion of East Timorese Languages

Silveira House
Silveira House is an NGO development centre on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, which provides training to the poor.

Singapore Institute of International Affairs
The Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), founded in 1961, is Singapore's oldest think-tank.

Skillshare International
Skillshare International works for sustainable development in partnership with the people and communities of Africa and Asia.

Smartwood
SmartWood's purpose is to improve the effectiveness of sustainable forestry in conserving bio-diversity and providing equity for local communities, fair treatment to workers, and creating incentives for businesses so that they can benefit economically from responsible forestry practices.

Sodepau

South African NGO Coalition
The South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) is a rapidly growing umbrella body of South African NGOs.

Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service
SAfAIDS is a Regional HIV/AIDS Resource established in 1994 and based in Zimbabwe.

Stamp Out Poverty
Formerly the Tobin Tax Network (UK), Stamp Out Poverty campaigns for additional sources of revenue to bridge the massive funding gap required to bring the world's poorest people out of poverty.

Stop Aids Campaign
The Stop AIDS Campaign is an unprecedented initiative of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, bringing together some of the UK's leading development and HIV/AIDS groups. Launched on World AIDS Day 2001, the campaign works to raise awareness in the UK about global HIV/AIDS epidemic and to campaign for urgently scaled up international action.

Students Partnership Worldwide
SPW recruits and trains over 600 volunteers aged 18-28 to work on Health Education and Community Resource Programs in rural parts of India, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Sustain
The alliance for better food and farming was launched at the UNED-UK hosted Healthy Planet Forum on 17 June 1999. It was formed by merging The National Food Alliance and the Sustainable Agriculture Food and Environment (SAFE) Alliance, both of which had been established for over 10 years.

Sustainable Development
This website reports on progress by the United Kingdom as a whole towards sustainable development.

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Tapol
TAPOL - which means political prisoner in Indonesian - is a leading English language authority on the human rights situation in Indonesia and East Timor.

Theatrecares
TheatreCares (formerly known as West End Cares) is the theatrical division of Crusaid - the national fundraiser for men, women and children living with the challenges of HIV and AIDS and is an ongoing, committed response from the British Theatre Community to an urgent worldwide crisis.

Trade Justice Movement
The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing group of organisations including aid agencies, environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations, faith and consumer groups, campaigning for trade justice - not free trade - with the rules weighted to benefit poor people and the environment.

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UK Food Group
The UK Food Group (UKFG) exists to promote action on global food security through the collective effort of civil society.

UK Consortium on AIDS & International Development
The UK Consortium on AIDS & International Development encourages and supports development NGOs to more effectively respond to HIV/AIDS.

UK Local Government Alliance for International Development 
A network of local authorities, local government bodies, NGOs and community organisations working to promote awareness of international development within local government.

UNAIDS
As the main advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic.

UNICEF
Created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 to help children after World War II in Europe, UNICEF was first known as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.

University of British Columbia, Institute of Asian Research
Undertakes interdisciplinary researches on development and human rights issues in Asia

UNTAET
UNTAET was established to administer the territory and exercise legislative and executive authorityduring the transition period. UNTAET consults and works in close cooperation with the East Timorese people.

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Vatican Radio 105 Live
Carries the words of the Holy Father in 47 different languages. Words of hope, encouragement, consolation and teaching.

Voluntary Service Overseas, VSO
VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. We enable people aged 17-70 to share their skills and experience with local communities in the developing world.

VolResource
VolResource aims to make it quick and easy to get to useful information on anything to do with running a voluntary organisation (whether a community group, charity or other non-profit body).

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War on Want
War On Want was founded by Victor Gollancz and Harold Wilson in 1951. Victor Gollancz wrote to the Guardian asking people to join an international struggle against poverty and Harold Wilson coined the name 'War On Want'. The result the birth of a movement which has been at the forefront of fighting injustice ever since.

WFDD
WFDD (World Faiths Development Dialogue) 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.

The White Ribbon Campaign
The WRC is the largest effort in the world of men working to end men's violence against women. It relies on volunteer support and financial contributions from individuals and organizations.

WOMANKIND Worldwide
WOMANKIND Worldwide is a UK-based charity dedicated to women's development and women's human rights globally.

Working With Men
Working With Men is a not-for-profit organisation that supports the development of work with men through projects, resources, publications, training and consultancy.

World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
WACC's aims include the promotion of democratic forms of communication which encourage dialogue and debate, enhance people's creativity and solidarity, and respond to people's needs.

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Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA)
ZPHCA is a mutual support and advocacy association for parents of children and young adults presenting all forms of disabilities.

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