12. Development - General

New August 2004
African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)

African Agricultural Technology Foundation
c/o ILRI
P.O. Box 30709
Nairobi 00100
KENYA

Tel: +254 020 630743
Fax: +254 020 631499
E-mail: [email protected].
Web: http://www.aftechfound.org/

Geographical coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural technologies; Food security; Poverty reduction
Publications: The Messenger

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) is a new African public-private partnership, led by Africans and designed to respond to the needs of resource-poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Its mission is food security and poverty reduction, and its structure and operations will draw upon the best practices and resources of both the public and private sectors.

In pursuing its mission, the AATF will link:

· the needs of resource-poor farmers with potential technological solutions;

· acquire technologies from technology providers through royalty free licenses or agreements along with associated materials and know how for use on behalf of Africa's resource-poor farmers;

· establish partnerships with existing institutions to adapt agricultural technology to African circumstances;

· ensure compliance with all laws associated with the use of these technologies;

· will promote the wide distribution of the technologies as appropriate.

The AATF will facilitate partnerships and networks that link food security, poverty reduction, market development and economic growth in ways that will change the conventional approaches employed by African producers engaged in agri-business, to make these activities sustainable over time.

The AATF is a unique institution in several ways:

· The model for the AATF has been developed through consultation with North American, African and European stakeholders on what they can contribute to food security and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa.

· The AATF will provide a "one-stop-shop" for structuring and accessing agricultural technologies, materials and know how. As the AATF gains experience in these areas, it will reduce transaction costs to both the providers of the technologies and the recipients.

· The AATF will convene existing institutions to address all the elements of the product value chain, from product creation, distribution, and creation of markets for the product. Thus, the AATF will serve as a catalyst for reforms and the creation of agricultural markets. The AATF, in its partnerships and sub-licensing functions will seek to assist existing institutions to self-organise, to efficiently and effectively absorb new technological concepts and adopt them for productive use.

AATF, it will contribute to capacity building in Africa by engaging African institutions whenever possible to build capacity through the execution of those tasks which are at the heart of the AATF mission.

African Agricultural Technology Foundation publishes a newsletter, The Messenger

12.1 African Development Forum 99 (ADF)

African Development Forum [Updated June 2004]
African Development Forum
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
PO Box 3001
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA

Contact: Robert Okello, Coordinator
Tel: +251 1 44 30 40 Fax: +251 1 51 44 16
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.uneca.org/adf/adfiv/index.htm
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development
Publications: The full range of publications can be accessed online

The African Development Forum (ADF) is an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to set up an Africa-driven development agenda. It is designed as a process of initiating dialogue, building consensus, and mobilising partnerships on emerging issues among Africa's stakeholders.
ADF presents a unique opportunity to connect African decision-makers with the best possible policy advice, informed by credible analytical work and the relevant experiences and views of 1,000 participants from Africa and the rest of the world. It aims to hold annual meetings on a chosen development issue, to include an online discussion forum and email discussion list. The itinerary also includes pre-forum and post-forum activities, most notably national and sub-regional consultations.

ADF I (1999) The Challenge to Africa of Globalization and the Information Age
ADF II (2000) HIV/AIDS: the Greatest Leadership Challenge
ADF III (2002) Defining Priorities for Regional Integration
ADF IV (due October 2004) Governance for a Progressing Africa

New August 2004
African Development Institute Inc.

African Development Institute Inc.
PO Box 1644
New York, NY 10185
USA

Contact:                Kwame Akonor, Executive Director
E-mail:   [email protected]
Web:       http://www.africainstitute.com
Geographical coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: African development
Publications: Sankofa: Africa visions

Founded in 1995, the African Development Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research organisation incorporated in New York. The African Development Institute is dedicated to fostering and promoting the human and material development of Africa. To achieve this goal, the Institute pursues three separate but related strategies: problem-oriented research; empowering education; and advocacy of self reliant and endogenous development policies.

The African Development Institute exists primarily to confront the prevailing development paradigm and promote alternative development strategies that are compatible with the value system of the African society. The purposes for which this Corporation has been organised are to:

· promote unity, cooperation and understanding among Africans;

· affirm and define the legacy of African Civilisations;

· advocate policies aimed at promoting economic self-reliance and increasing the quality of life of Africans;

· encourage and promote institutions that respect human dignity and the ideals of a civil society;

· rescue and reconstruct the African value system;

· identify the needs of Africans and the resources available to fulfil those needs.

Its most pressing challenge is to introduce a basic new thinking and action that will succeed in improving the quality of life of Africans and reverse Africa's perennial condition of domination and dependency. It advocates pan-Africanist development blueprints that address issues eg Africa's fragmented state system, Africa's historical/cultural heritage and contemporary social processes, and disengagement from the neo-colonial economic order.

Its Board of Directors, composed of diverse and visionary Africanists, handles the regular business of the Institute and reviews the Institute's policies, programmes, and operations. It also serves as the policy initiating body and oversees the implementation of policies.

Membership to the Institute is open to persons who demonstrate an expressed commitment and capability to the empowerment of Africa, and who pledge to adhere to the goals, principles and policies of the Institute. There are active, associate, life and honorary membership categories. Active membership is available to peoples of African descent who acknowledge their ancestry

It publishes Sankofa: Africa visions – a quarterly survey of issues pertinent to Africa's development.

12.2 Asian Non-Governmental Organisations Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC)

Asian Non-Governmental Organisations Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development [Updated June 2004]
5-B Marilag St, UP Village
Diliman Quezin City 1103
PHILIPPINES
Contact: Nathaniel Don E. Marquez, Executive Director
Tel: +63 2 4337653/54
Fax: +63 2 9207434
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.angoc.ngo.ph/
Geographic coverage: Asia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Food security; Poverty; Sustainable agriculture; Voluntary sector

The Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) is a regional NGO association of 21 national and regional NGO networks from 11 Asian countries actively engaged in food security, agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture and rural development activities under the overarching framework of poverty eradication. Its member-networks have an effective reach of some 3,000 NGOs throughout the region.

Since its inception in 1979 the ANGOC network has organised over 100 regional and national conferences, workshops and training courses and provided a continuing forum of exchange of experiences, ideas, knowledge and information. It has produced some 82 issues of various serials, 100 publications, and over 200 published studies. These have been circulated to about 3,000 individuals, institutions and organisations worldwide.

12.3 Asociación Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Promoción (ALOP) [Latin American Association of Promotion Organisations]

Asociación Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Promoción
Apartado postal 265 - 1350
San José
COSTA RICA
Contact: Manuel Chiriboga, Executive Secretary
Tel: +506 283 2122
Fax: +506 283 5898
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.alop.or.cr/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean, Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Development

ALOP is an association of 47 non-governmental development organisations from 20 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, working since 1979. Its objectives are the interchange of experiences, the working out of proposals at sectoral, regional and national level, and the promotion of projects. Among the aims of ALOP are to:

facilitate meetings and exchange of experiences between member organisations to allow the formation of global and sectoral proposals based on combined experience; and in the process
establish an active relationship with actors of development;
increase the efficiency of the NGOs promoting their managerial modernisation and their sustainability;
develop a capacity for coordinated action by the organisations in the region and in international forums of regional integration.

ALOP has established several working groups with its partners.

12.4 Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa (AS-PTA) [Consultants and Services for Alternative Agricultural Projects]

Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa
Rua da Candelária, 9/6 andar - Centro
CEP: 20091-020
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
BRAZIL
Contact: Sílvio Gomes de Almeida and Jean Marc von der Weid, Coordinators
Tel: +55 21 22538317
Fax: +55 21 22338363
E-mail: [email protected]
Geographic coverage: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Agro-ecology; Family farms; Sustainable development; Policy and planning
Publications: Alternativas: Cadernos de Agroecologia; Por um Brasil Livre de Transgênicos

AS-PTA is an NGO devoted to the promotion of sustainable rural development for family farms through agro-ecology and participatory approaches. Alternative adequate technologies and productive processes are tested, adapted and promoted for the ecosystems where they work. AS-PTA tries to influence public policies for promoting rural development, and uses participatory methodologies as democratic tools for building citizenship.

AS-PTA is well integrated with organisations' networks and with different cooperation programmes for rural development. It works all over Brazil, and its activities are focused on small producers, extension agents and policy makers.

AS-PTA also publishes the magazine Alternativas: Cadernos de Agroecologia and a newsletter: Por um Brasil Livre de Transgênicos against the use of genetically modified organisms in Brazil.

12.5 Association d'Appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement (AAILD) [Local Development Initiatives Support Association]

Association d'Appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement
01 BP 3368
Ouagadougou 01
BURKINA FASO
Contact: Jean-Marie Bougma, Coordinator
Tel: +226 37 04 29
Fax: +226 31 25 94
Geographic coverage: Burkina Faso
Languages: French
Subject areas: Community development; Women; Youth development

AAILD is a non-profit making association with more than 300 members. It works to encourage and support local development initiatives. Its main objectives are to:

make people aware of the problems of development through the distribution of information and training workshops;
support local projects while taking social, economic and cultural matters into account;
distribute publications in Burkina Faso through partnership with various publishers;
promote womens' and youth issues in development.

AAILD works closely with village groups, development organisations, village committees and various NGOs in Burkina Faso.

It is a member of the International Network for Arid Lands, the Inter-Network and the Agricultural Products Transformation network.

12.6 Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA)

Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific
c/o Asian and Development Centre
Pesiaran Duta
PO Box 12224
50770 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
Tel: +603 2548088
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.panasia.org.sg/idin/adipa.htm
Geographic coverage: Asia and Pacific
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development; Education/training; Research; Social sciences
Publications: A full list of its publications is found on the website

ADIPA was formed in 1973 to provide a forum for interaction among social scientists in the Asia - Pacific region engaged in development research and training activities. It fosters the conduct of collaborative research on development issues of common interest; promotes the coordination of institutional research and training activities; and facilitates the wider dissemination and exchange of development information in Asia and the Pacific.

The Association is mandated by its Charter to:

promote the exchange of information relating to research and training activities, especially information on staff, research projects on hand and under consideration, and training programmes;
promote the translation into English of important publications and documents available only in national languages;
promote the collaboration of research and training activities;
assist in the development of particular research and training programmes in institutes of the region and in securing the necessary assistance both from within and outside the region;
undertake the organisation of work groups, seminars and conferences.

The ADIPA Network - which now covers over 100 member institutes in 17 countries, represents one of the larger networks, if not the largest, of social science institutions in the Asia - Pacific region. It plays a major role in providing opportunities for better interaction and communication, acting as a catalyst in the promotion of collaborative research and helping member institutes build up their own institutional capabilities.

Membership is open to all autonomous research and training institutes in the Asia - Pacific region, to university faculties, and to regional and international organisations which are engaged in research and/or training activities related to economic and social development in the region. Institutes and individuals outside the region, and non-autonomous organisations such as research departments of banks, governments or private corporations, can join as associate members.

ADIPA fosters the conduct of collaborative research on development issues of common interest, promotes the coordination of institutional research and training activities, and facilitates the wider dissemination and exchange of development information in Asia and the Pacific.

12.7 BAIF Development Research Foundation

BAIF Development Research Foundation
BAIF Bhavan
Dr Manibhai Desai Nagar
Warje, Pune 411029
INDIA
Contact: Dr Narayan G. Hegde, President
Tel: +91 20 5466788
Fax: +91 20 5465494 or 5469955
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.baif.com/
Geographic coverage: India
Languages: English
Subject areas: Appropriate technology; Natural resource management; Sustainable livelihood; Women

BAIF's mission within India is to create opportunities of gainful self-employment for rural families, especially disadvantaged sections, ensuring sustainable livelihood, enriched environment, improved quality of life and good human values. This is being achieved through development research, effective use of local resources, extension of appropriate technologies and upgrading of skills and capabilities in community participation.

BAIF's operational areas are spread over 10 000 villages in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Uttaranchal states.

BAIF focuses on poor rural families to provide sustainable livelihood, health, literacy, clean environment, strong grassroots organisations and better quality of life, using degraded natural resources such as land, water, livestock and vegetation. Work in the following programme areas is implemented through various associate organisations:

Livestock Development;
Water Resources Development and Tree-Based Farming;
Tribal Rehabilitation;
Community Health;
Empowerment of Women;
Renewable Energy and Environment.

12.8 BDPA

BDPA
27 rue Louis Vicat
75738 Paris CEDEX 15
FRANCE
Contact: Jean-Charles Torrion, Project Manager
Tel: +33 1 46 48 58 49
Fax: +33 1 46 44 75 44
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.bdpa.fr/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: French
Subject areas: Development; Environment; Information management
Publications: A list of publications is available online

BDPA is an international consultancy firm specialising in economic and social development. It is structured in three geographical units:

Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Asia;
Africa and Latin America;
France and EU Member States.

It has two specialist departments:

information, documentation and communication (Documentation and Information Centre - CDI);
training and human resources.

Operational for more than 30 years, CDI has developed an efficient production, administrative and information distribution system. With a team of 10 specialists: information technology experts, librarians and agronomists, the Centre collects and disseminates data as required by those involved in the environment and rural development. In this it is assisted by five other personnel responsible for logistics.

To assist in its role of information provider, CDI has at its disposal state-of-the-art technology including an internal system of Internetwatch which guarantees that the information it provides is pertinent and up-to-date. The Centre itself holds over 25 000 documents and 500 thematic records, and analyses an average of 1500 documents a year. It is also coproducer of the IBISCUS database (with 100 000 references).

As a publisher it produces a wide range of material including information letters, periodical bulletins, technical magazines and brochures, guides, etc. A question, answer and distribution service is also provided and this results in 6000 documents and several million articles being despatched to more than 60 countries worldwide annually.

Both at home and abroad, the experts of CDI are also instrumental in carrying out analysis and diagnostic missions to establish documentation structures (e.g. setting up an integrated documentation and scientific information system at the Institute for Rural Economics, Mali), the training of information personnel, and creation of databases and other information products.

12.9 Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development (CNIRD)

Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development
40 Eastern Main Road
St Augustine
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Contact: Dr. Lloyd Rankine, Director or Reginald Burke
Tel: +1 868 662 6473
Fax: +1 868 662 2612
E-mail: [email protected]
Geographic coverage: Caribbean
Languages: English
Subject areas: Rural development
Publications: Rural Link-Up (newsletter)

Initiated in 1985 and formally established in 1988, CNIRD was a response to an identified need for increased networking among rural development programmers. CNIRD seeks to support, promote and transform the process of rural development in the Caribbean.

Its main objective is to heighten awareness of rural development needs and responses nationally and regionally, to promote information networking among rural development agents, to conduct research on aspects of rural activity, and to promote exchanges of personnel at national and regional levels.

Over its period of existence CNIRD has held several regional assemblies engaged in research on the following areas:

alternative markets for Caribbean producers;
land and land-use tenure in the Caribbean;
diversification of the Caribbean banana industry;
food security.

Its research data are widely shared in the region and are available through the library.

Information activities: information networking is central to the concept of CNIRD. Information is channelled nationally and regionally to those who request or need it. CNIRD maintains a library and an in-house database, and has published a Directory of Rural Development Resources in the Caribbean (1993). It also publishes a newsletter, Rural Link-Up.

CNIRD is funded by international NGOs and collaborates with a wide cross-section of national, regional and international agencies.

12.10 CEMAGREF (Centre national du Mechanisme agricole, du Génierural, des Eaux et des Fôrets)

CEMAGREF
Directorate-General
Park of Tourvoie, LP 44
F 92163 Antony Cedex
FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 40 96 61 21
Fax: +33 1 46 66 37 44
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cemagref.fr/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: French
Subject areas: Agricultural engineering; Conservation; Food technology; Hydrosystems; Sustainable development; Waste treatment; Water management

CEMAGREF is a public agricultural and environmental research institute whose work focuses on sustainable development in non-urban areas. It contributes to the conservation and acceptable management of land and water systems, the growth of economic activity on a sustainable basis, and the prevention of associated risks. Its research usually addresses complex systems and their interaction with human society. An interdisciplinary approach is usually appropriate.

In addition to advancing fundamental knowledge, CEMAGREF makes available its diagnostics and control methods, designs negotiation and management tools, develops innovative technologies, and supports public and private enterprise with its skills and experience.

Its four leading areas of interest are:

hydrosystem functioning;
water and waste disposal engineering and management;
management of predominantly rural areas;
agricultural and food engineering.

Freshwater hydrosystems and their relationship with agriculture, and natural risk management, are the two main areas of CEMAGREF scientific research in the coming years. A rigorously scientific approach is a vital factor for success in engineering research. Full weight is given to computer modelling, geographical information systems and computational analysis.

12.11 Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Centre for Development and Environment
Institute of Geography
Steigerhubelstrasse 3
CH-3008 Berne
SWITZERLAND
Contact: Dr Thomas Kohler
Fax: +41 31 631 85 44
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cde.unibe.ch/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development; Environment; Natural resource management
Publications: D&E News

CDE is concerned with development and environment in the South and the North, with a special emphasis on sustainable management of natural resources. It concentrates on problems and issues with local and global dimensions, and is active in regional, national and international programmes and the following fields: research collaboration and networks; education and capacity building; development of concepts and tools; information and documentation; training, awareness creation/sensitisation; development support services/consulting.

CDE maintains programmes and mandates with partners in East Africa (Kenya, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Eritrea); West Africa (Mali); Asia (Mekong Basin, Nepal, India, Pakistan); CIS/Central Asia; and South America (Bolivia). Within the framework of its global initiatives, CDE maintains networks with institutions and individuals in over 50 countries in the North and the South.

The Development and Environment (D&E) Info Service, in addition to targeting development professionals, is also designed to serve the needs of a broader public concerned with development and environmental issues. The main subject areas covered are:

sustainable management of natural resources (soils, water, biodiversity);
resources and environmental economics;
environmental policy;
methodology relevant to planning and environmental research;
gender and environment;
environmental education.

Services are designed to meet the needs of users, and include:

provision of relevant information;
dissemination of information in response to individual requests (alert services);
publication of Infopack, a regular compilation of annotated bibliographies with a conceptual introduction on topics of contemporary significance.

The D&E Info Service collection contains studies, reports and articles on topics of current interest, as well as in-depth literature. It is constantly updated to reflect new environmental developments. The collection consists of:

2600 documents (grey literature) - the database is searchable online;
600 books, part of the library of the Institute of Geography, University of Berne - to perform a search on its holdings, link to the library;
150 journals;
a database of institutions with information on other organisations concerned with development cooperation and environmental issues, which provides a basis for further contacts;
a subscription to a commercial database that enables a search of the most recent articles.

http://www.NRE.ch (Natural Resource and Environment) is the gateway to information and documentation on natural resources and environment in the field of development cooperation.

A wide range of publications are available, including D&E News. They can be ordered by E-mail or fax, and some of the publications can be downloaded as pdf files.

12.12 Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks (CIRAN/Nuffic)

Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks
PO Box 29777
2502 LT The Hague
NETHERLANDS
Contact: Director
Tel: +31 70 4260320/321
Fax: +31 70 4260329
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.nuffic.nl/ciran/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Development; Indigenous knowledge
Publications: Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide

CIRAN is a department of Nuffic, the Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education and Research. The Centre's main objectives are to:

promote international cooperation in the field of research in various disciplines, with a focus on social, economic and technological development in Africa, Asia and Latin America - this includes fostering international cooperation among people working on the same problems;
create facilities to assist developing countries in those continents to build up their knowledge infrastructure and strengthen their research capacity.

CIRAN achieves its objectives by:

creating facilities to improve developing countries' access to research data and information in the Netherlands and to promote the international exchange of information on development-related research among various stakeholders;
stimulating the formation of national (Netherlands) and international networks of researchers.

Through active networking, CIRAN has the capacity to offer and mobilise expertise in:

presenting overviews of expertise and capacity in the Netherlands in the fields of scientific, technological and policy-orientated research;
managing collaborative programmes in the field of research;
managing research databases;
disseminating research data using modern information technology;
counselling for research policy, including the programming and organisation of research.

An international network of persons active in the field of indigenous knowledge and sustainable development is supported by CIRAN. This involves running the international secretariat, electronic communications facilities, the establishment and maintenance of a worldwide database of indigenous knowledge expertise, and the publication 10 times a year of an international journal, Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide. The journal is distributed free to readers in the South, and is also accessible via http://www.nufficcs.nl/ciran/ikdm/

CIRAN is keen to exchange its publications with organisations throughout the world which are interested in, or involved in, research.

12.13 Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
Chameli House
17 Topkhana Road
GPO Box 2883, Dhaka-1000
BANGLADESH
Contact: Dr Mya Maung, Director General
Tel: +880 2 9563384
Fax: +880 2 9562035
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.cirdap.org.sg/main.htm
Geographic coverage: Asia and Pacific
Languages: English
Subject areas: Information transfer; Education/training; Poverty; Rural development

CIRDAP is a regional, intergovernmental and autonomous institution established in July 1979 by the countries of Asia and the Pacific region on the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The member countries of CIRDAP are Afghanistan, Bangladesh (host state), India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Since its inception, CIRDAP has been playing an important role in supporting the rural development and poverty reduction efforts of its member countries. Consistent with its mandate, CIRDAP has been assisting national action and promoting regional cooperation; acting as a servicing organisation; encouraging joint collaborative activities; and promoting and speeding up poverty alleviation measures through people's participation in the development process. While these broad roles guide the overall activities of the Centre, those roles are translated into pragmatic operational programmes or activities involving research/action research, pilot projects, training, and information and communication activities.

As a regional rural development organisation, CIRDAP's strategy is to assume a stronger role in helping address the issues of the rural - urban disparity that persist in all its member countries. In this regard, CIRDAP is a key player in the following areas:

providing effective policy advice for rural development and poverty reduction;
demonstrating best practices for rural development and poverty eradication;
assisting in human resource development activities;
facilitating information networking and resource-sharing on development and issues that have an impact on rural development and poverty reduction efforts in CIRDAP Member Countries.

Of a total of 241 projects initiated by CIRDAP, 29 are in the field of information and communication.

CIRDAP works closely with development partners, international organisations and INGOs/NGOs in realising its objectives.

CIRDAP subregional centre:
Contact: Mr Agung Mulyana, Acting Head of SOCSEA, Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu, Km 19, Jakarta 12072, Indonesia
Tel/Fax: +62 217901955

12.14 Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos 'Bartolomé de las Casas' (CBC) [Andean Centre of Regional Studies 'Bartolomé de las Casas']

Centro Bartolomé De Las Casas
Tullumayo 465 - Apartado 477
Cusco
PERÚ
Contact: Jean Jacques Decoster, Coordinator
Tel: +51 84 233472 or 222643
Fax: +51 84 241319
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cbc.org.pe/
Geographic coverage: Andean region
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Development; Education/training; Environment; Social sciences
Publications: Revista Andina

The CBC is a research centre created to study the Andean world with all its complexity and rich culture. It has a postgraduate programme called Colegio Andino where master's degrees in the social sciences and in environmental management and development are offered. It has a specialised publishing centre focused on issues related to Andean culture and development.

It publishes Revista Andina, and various series on different topics.

12.15 Centro de Estudios Uruguayo de Tecnologías Apropiadas (CEUTA) [Uruguayan Study Centre for Appropriate Technologies]

Centro de Estudios Uruguayo de Tecnologías Apropiadas
Santiago de Chile 1183
Montevideo
URUGUAY
Tel: +598 2 9028554
Fax: +598 2 9014004
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://fp.chasque.apc.org:8081/ceuta/
Geographic coverage: Uruguay
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agro-ecology; Appropriate technology; Climate change; Education/training; Energy; Environment; Medicinal plants

CEUTA is an independent, non-profit Foundation dedicated to the study and promotion of technologies for sustainable development. It works on training, technical consultancy and research through international cooperation projects and contracts with national institutions.

CEUTA was created in 1985. It has four working programmes:

Agro-ecology;
Energy and Climate Change;
Medicinal Plants;
'Enfoque 21' - environmental education and professional training.

12.16 Centro de Investigación Educación y Desarrollo (CIED) [Centre of Research, Education and Development]

Centro de Investigación Educación y Desarrollo
Av. Buen Retiro 231
Urbanización Monterrico Chico, Surco
Apartado postal 11-0485/11-0104
Lima
PERU
Contact: Juan Sánchez Barba, President
Tel: +51 14 342535
Fax: +51 14 378327
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ciedperu.org/
Geographic coverage: Peru
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agro-ecology; Development; Food security
Publications: Boletín Agroecológico; DATACIED (database)

This NGO promotes sustainable human development through experiences of rural development that improve the capabilities of local and company management, respecting the agreements of Agenda 21 organising activities at local and regional levels.

CIED has a documentation centre specialising in agro-ecology and development.

Since 1989, it edits the Boletín Agroecológico and hosts a database on food security and rural development (DATACIED). It belongs to CLADES.

12.17 Consorcio Latinoamericano sobre Agroecología y Desarrollo (CLADES) [Latin American Consortium on Agro-ecology and Development]

Consorcio Latinoamericano sobre Agroecología y Desarrollo
Casilla 97 Correo 9
Santiago
CHILE
Contact: Andrés Yurjevic Marshall (Executive Secretary)
Fax: +56 2 2338918
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.clades.org/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agro-ecology; Education/training
Publications: Revista Agroecología y Desarrollo

CLADES is a consortium of 11 development NGOs from Latin America devoted to sustainable rural development from an agro-ecological standpoint. Activities since 1989 include agro-ecological research, training and information.

The magazine Revista Agroecología y Desarrollo promotes discussions on the themes of the group. Courses are offered through a distance learning programme.

12.18 Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecorregión Andina (CONDESAN) [Consortium for Sustainable Development in the Andean Ecoregion]

CONDESAN
c/o International Potato Centre
Av. La Molina 1895.
Apartado 1558, Lima 12
PERU
Contact: Ana María Ponce, Editor or Angie Laura Sarria, Secretary
Tel: +51 1 349 5313 or 349 6017 x 3021
Fax: +51 1 317 5326
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.condesan.org/
Geographic coverage: Andean region
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Capacity building; Mountains; Sustainable development
Publications: InfoNotas (newsletter); Mountain Forum Readers Digest Bulletin

CONDESAN is a diverse and dynamic assembly of partners from the public and private sectors that - through a common approach and effort, abilities and resources - make and facilitate coordinated operations in investigation, qualification, development and initiatives of policies to further sustainable socio-economic development, with the purpose of contributing to the fairness and wellbeing of the population of the Andean ecoregion.

All CONDESAN's activities are linked to the following underlying themes: increasing productivity and commercial viability; improving economic and environmental policies; building local capacity; and enhancing communication and information-sharing.

InfoAndina, CONDESAN's information department, helps partners establish E-mail connections, produce electronic newsletters and launch web pages.

Electronic conferences, moderated by international experts, have reached hundreds of participants, allowing researchers in the Andes to interact with colleagues throughout the world on different topics. Since 1996 InfoAndina has been the regional operator of the Mountain Forum in Latin America, editing the Mountain Forum Readers Digest Bulletin. InfoAndina also facilitates dissemination of activities and research results among CONDESAN partners through electronic newsletters and through InfoNotas, a newsletter that provides information about special events of interest to members. It also offers web page design, an electronic library (where documents in pdf format can be found, containing unpublished benchmark site investigations, coordination reports and progress reports) and a virtual bookstore, as well as workshops on the use of the Internet for rural development.

New November 2003
DFID (Department for International Development)

DFID
1 Palace Street
London SW1E 5HE
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 20 7023 0000
Fax: +44 20 7023 0019
Public Enquiry Point: 0845 300 4100 (from outside the UK: +44 1355 84 3132)
Web: http://www.dfid.gov.uk
Email: [email protected]
Geographical coverage:   Developing countries
Languages:          English
Subject areas: Gender;Poverty reduction; Sustainable development
Publications:       A wide range of publications are accessible online

The UK Government department working to promote sustainable development by

· eradicating extreme poverty and hunger;

· achieving universal primary education;

· promoting gender equality and empower women ;

· reducing child mortality;

· improving maternal health;

· combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;

· ensuring environmental sustainability;

· developing a global partnership for development.

DFID’s assistance is concentrated in the poorest countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, but also contributes to poverty reduction and sustainable development in middle-income countries, including those in Latin America and Eastern Europe. DFID works in partnership with governments committed to the Millennium Development Goals, with civil society, the private sector and the research community. It also works with multilateral institutions, including the World Bank, United Nations agencies, and the European Commission.

DFID has headquarters in London and East Kilbride, offices in many developing countries, and staff based in British embassies and high commissions around the world.

All DFID's wide range of publications are free of charge and downloadable from its website.

New October 2003
EADI - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes

EADI - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
Kaiser Friedrich Strasse 11
53113 Bonn
GERMANY

Tel:         +49 228 261 81 01
Fax:        +49 228 261 81 03
E-mail:[email protected]/ [email protected]
Web:      http://www.eadi.org
Geographical coverage:    Global
Language(s):       English, French
Subject areas: Development; Education/ training; Information transfer
Publications:Directory of Organisations Working in Development (online); EADI Book Series; EADI Newsletter; European Journal of Development Research

EADI - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes is an independent and non-profit making international non-governmental organisation. The association was founded in 1975; its Secretariat has been based in Bonn Germany since February 2000. EADI is hosted by three institutions: the German Development Institute, International Capacity Building INWENT (former DSE), and ZEF Bonn - Centre for Development Research.

Membership presently includes approximately 150 institutions and 150 individuals in 29 European countries.

EADI's purpose is to promote development research and training activities in economic, social, cultural, technological, institutional and environmental areas. Its aims are to:

generate and stimulate exchange of information between European scientists and researchers concerned with development issues;
promote interdisciplinary studies on specific themes;
develop contacts with researchers from other regions of the world.

To meet these aims, members and non-members take part in thematic working groups (11 groups) which organise conferences, seminars, research projects, and publish their results in the EADI Book Series. Other publications include its academic journal, the European Journal of Development Research (EJDR), which is published twice a year (June and December) and its Newsletter and e-newsletter.

EADI maintains close relationships with various European and international organisations including UNU/WIDER, UNU/INTECH, UNDP, UNESCO, OECD/DC, the World Bank, GDN/GDNet, and a number of EU Directorate Generals. EADI is a member of ISSC and SID International and is a founding member of Inter-regional Coordinating Committee of Development Associations (ICCDA) and an active partner of CIC Bonn.

ICCDA - Inter-regional Coordinating Committee of Development Associations - is composed of regional entities: ADIPA: Asia and South Pacific; AICARDES: Arab region of North Africa and Middle-East; CLACSO: Latin America; CODESRIA: West Africa; OSSREA: East Africa; and EADI: Europe. CIC Bonn, Center for International Cooperation Bonn, is the nodal point of international and development co-operation in the German Federal Republic.

EADI works in close partnership with several electronic networks and forums, such as ELDIS (Electronic Development Information System), EUFORIC (Europe's Forum on International Cooperation), and Oneworld International.

EADI members and partners have been collaborating within EADI's working group on Information Management, to develop the project of a European virtual library specialising in development issues: ELAND - European Libraries Network for Development. EL@ND provides a single search to 9 catalogues of development information. It has multilingual support to retrieve articles in resources catalogued throughout Europe.

It also hosts an online Directory of Organisations Working in Development which provides contact details of development organisations in a wide range of countries worldwide.

12.19 EMATER-RS (Emprésa de Assisténcia Téchnica e Extensao Rural)

EMATER-RS
Rua Botafogo, 1051 - Bairro Menino Deus
CEP 90.150-053 - Porto Alegre (RS)
BRAZIL
Contact: Leandro Brixius, Press Representative
Tel: +55 51 32333144
Fax: +55 51 32339598
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.emater.tche.br/
Geographic coverage: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Agricultural extension; Agro-ecology; Family farms; Sustainable development
Publications: Revista Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável; Journal da Emater; Notícias da Casa

The EMATERs are government organisations in each state of Brazil responsible for the extension services and technical assistance for rural producers. EMATER-RS is the organisations for the state of Rio Grande do Sul. With 1400 employees and extensive activities organised in 450 local offices, EMATER-RS promotes sustainable rural development, focusing on family farms and their organisations and promoting agro-ecology. It has a web portal with information and services, and a virtual library.

It publishes Revista Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável, the Journal da Emater and Notícias da Casa.

12.20 Empowerment for African Sustainable Development (EASD)

Empowerment for African Sustainable Development
PO Box 165
Green Point
Cape Town 8051
SOUTH AFRICA
Contact: Dave MacDevette, Director
Tel: +27 83 306 0030 or +27 21 434 2847
Fax: +27 21 434 6134
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.easd.org.za/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Information and communication technology; Knowledge management; Sustainable development

EASD seeks to promote the empowerment of Africans in the area of sustainable development. It focuses on the development of people, the design and management of appropriate African sustainable development institutions, and the strategic use of information technology and knowledge management in sustainable development.

EASD provides access to a range of information resources in Africa related to environmental management, sustainable development and related human resource development. It does this by making available both its own material, and materials from a wide range of other sources, to people involved in environmental and development management - either through links on the web, or via downloading onto CD-ROM for those who do not have web access.

12.21 Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM)

Environment and Development Action in the Third World
Headquarters
4 et 5, rue Kléber
BP 3370, Dakar
SÉNÉGAL
Tel: +221 821.60.27 or 22 4229
Fax: +221 822 26 95
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.enda.sn/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: French
Subject areas: Community development; Environment

ENDA-TM is an international, non-profit organisation based in Dakar, Senegal. Founded in 1972, ENDA is an association of autonomous entities coordinated by an Executive Secretariat.

ENDA's worldwide representation includes:

24 teams at the Dakar headquarters, each working on development and environment themes;
21 outposts in Southern countries - 14 in Africa, five in South America and two in Asia.

It collaborates with grassroots groups in search of alternative development models on the basis of the experience, expectations and objectives of marginalised peoples. This mutual commitment translates as:

presence at all levels of decision making and action;
development of replicable models of progress, uniting action, research, training and communication;
involving intellectuals and professionals in defining and implementing development models for the majority and the least privileged;
fighting poverty - this is the primary principle behind ENDA's activities;
involvement in international debates to render third world positions visible and influential.

ENDA relies essentially on the initiative and methods of popular action for its impetus:

individual and collective initiative (particularly inner-city inhabitants who mobilise in response to particular challenges and issues);
grassroots groups and social movements (rural and urban associations involving youth, women, communities, professionals and consumers, and local or national federations);
the construction of basic common infrastructures (socio-economic activities, sanitary and social services, etc.) with the involvement of grassroots communities.

In brief, ENDA works to enhance the visibility and value, in practice as well as theory, of the knowledge and tools that exist in local development efforts. This consists of identifying and supporting community development initiatives - especially in terms of local organisations.

ENDA is in constant evolution, as is reflected in the integration of new priorities and in regular restructuring, resulting in a constant dynamism between the different areas and levels of ENDA's activities.

ENDA's activities are complemented by Enda-éditions (E-mail:[email protected]), the central item in its publishing programme. A list of publications is available on ENDA website.

12.22 Environmental and Development Agency Trust (EDAT)

Environmental and Development Agency Trust
EDA Central Office
5th Floor, Hallmark Towers
54 Siemert Road
New Doornfontein
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27 11 402 5161
Fax: +27 11 402 0298
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.eda.org.za/
Geographic coverage: Southern Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Capacity building; Environmental policy; Land reform; Poverty; Sustainable development
Publications: Land and Rural Digest (bimonthly)

The EDA Trust, which was set up in 1977, is committed to redressing the imbalances of poverty and equality in society, and to working to improve the quality of life in rural areas. To this end the Trust works with rural communities and other stakeholders to foster sustainable and integrated development processes. These focus on the building of capacity in resource-poor rural communities to manage their own development for present and future generations. EDAT prioritises work in South Africa, but also works in Southern Africa.

EDAT has joined forces with the Rural Development Services Network and the National Land Committee (together these organisations represent the bulk of NGOs working with agriculture, land reform, water and environmental issues in South Africa's rural areas) to publish the Land and Rural Digest. This bimonthly magazine explores the relationship between the environment, development, politics and economics in order to promote the concept of sustainable rural development in South and Southern Africa.

EDAT also produces a range of policy papers aimed at government, which are accessible online.

12.23 Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries

Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries
Dipartimento Interateneo Territorio
c/o Biblioteca Territorio Ambiente
Facoltà di Architettura - Politecnico di Torino
Viale Mattioli 39
10125 Torino
ITALY
Tel: +39 11 5647469
Fax: +39 11 5647499
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.forumhabitat.polito.it/welcome.htm
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: Italian; Spanish
Subject areas: Architecture; Housing and settlements; Building technology
Publications: Focus (online newsletter - bimonthly); TEAching ON-LINE; BIB.TER

Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries is an Internet resource aimed at providing information to researchers and professionals working for the improvement of the built environment in developing countries, and at facilitating communications among them. The Forum is a research project of the Dipartimento Interateneo Territorio and the Biblioteca Territorio Ambiente (specialising in planning in developing countries) of the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, in partnership with the School of Specialization, Technology, Architecture and Town in Developing Countries.

The main concern of Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries is to use the Internet to ease and improve communication among researchers and practitioners from all over the world (especially architects and planners) engaged in innovative approaches to research, planning, development and capacity-building projects in developing countries.

The Forum has a rich virtual library on habitat issues in developing countries - a collection of about 700 links. It is divided into five sections:

know-how (architecture, housing, planning, building technology, environment, emergencies and refugees, credit, special interest groups, participation, etc.);
organisations;
sources of information on development;
regional references;
research and training institutions.

The Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries runs the 'dev-habitat' discussion list. Instructions on how to join this, as well as the list's archives, are available online.

Focus is an online newsletter which provides information about conferences and events all around the world, links to new Internet resources and short announcements. It is distributed free of charge every two months to the subscribers by E-mail.

TEAching ON-LINE provides new online access to some educational working papers on micro-urban planning for developing countries, mainly based on interactive procedures and simulations for the classroom.

BIB.TER: Selected papers from periodicals on developing countries provides new online access to the most significant papers in the currently subscribed periodicals of the library.

12.24 Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific International (FSPI)

Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific International
PO Box 18006
Suva
FIJI ISLANDS
Contact: Loreen Ngwele, Regional Programmes Coordinator
Tel: +679 331 2250
Fax: +679 331 2298
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.counterpart.org/
Geographic coverage: Pacific Islands, East Timor
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agriculture, Education/training, Fisheries, Forestry, Rural development

The Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific (FSP), a non-profit, international human development organisation, was founded in 1965 to help island nations and territories rebuild after the devastation of the Pacific War. In 1992, FSP changed its name to Counterpart International to reflect its increasingly global activities, but retained its original name for ongoing programmes in the Pacific. As national programmes in the Pacific Island nations slowly coalesced into national NGOs in their own right, FSP International (FSPI) was formed as consortium of development trusts which works closely with governments of member states of the Pacific Islands Forum and regional intergovernmental agencies in the Pacific. FSPI is now located in Fiji.

FSPI national affiliates in the region include the Foundation for People and Community Development (Papua New Guinea), FSP Kiribati, FSP Vanuatu, Partners in Community Development Fiji, O Le Siosiomaga Society (Samoa), Solomon Islands Development Trust, Timor Aid (East Timor), Tonga Trust and Tuvalu Association of NGOs.

Major projects carried out in the region in 2001/02 are:

Voices and Choices: Gardening Good Governance in the Pacific;
South Pacific Distance Education Programme;
Reproductive Health and Family Planning;
Youth Reproductive Health;
Promoting Pacific Development.

FSPI will develop a website which should be available in 2003. The consulting arm of FSPI, Island Consulting, remains in Vanuatu. See also Counterpart Caribbean.

12.25 Grupo Chorlaví [Chorlaví Group]

Grupo Chorlaví
c/o RIMISP
Casilla 228 - Correo 22
Santiago
CHILE
Tel: +56 2 2364557
Fax: +56 2 2364558
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.grupochorlavi.org/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean; Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development
Publications: InterCambios (monthly E-newsletter)

This group of 66 NGOs from all over Latin America and the Caribbean aims at stimulating and facilitating the systematisation, exchange, comparative analysis and documentation of strategies, methods and tools that arise from the concrete practices of NGOs and Rural Organisations (ROs) in Latin America that have proven to be successful and innovative in the promotion of sustainable agriculture and rural development.

The objectives of the 'Mink'a de Chorlavi' Fund is to facilitate organisational learning, in order to improve public and private interventions aimed at reducing poverty, modifying social exclusion systems, promoting sustainable rural development, and improving natural resource management. The Fund operates through bids for development-oriented research and action-research projects. In addition, the Fund sponsors comparative analysis and strategic communication activities based on the results of the projects cofinanced by the Fund. The Fund is a joint initiative between the Chorlaví Group and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

The Group organises two electronic conferences per year on matters of priority interest to NGOs and ROs. The electronic newsletter InterCambios is published monthly. Each edition contains a selection of documents referring to an emerging issue considered to be of high importance for the NGOs and ROs in Latin America.

Through its website, the Chorlaví Group provides and disseminates information on sustainable rural and agricultural development in Latin America, from the perspective of the civil society rural organisations. The Chorlaví Group maintains the electronic mail list Chorlaví ([email protected]) that can be used by participants to disseminate any information of interest to NGOs and ROs.

One of the members of the Group is Red Internacional de Metodología de Investigación de Sistemas de Producción (RIMISP).

12.26 Innovations et Réseaux pour le Développement, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (IRED-ESA)

IRED-ESA (Development Innovations and Networks)
PO Box CY 3
Causeway
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Contact: John Mwaniki, Director
Tel: +263 4 741463 or 741289
Fax: +263 4 741459
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iredafrica.org/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Sustainable development
Publications: Networking in East and Southern Africa (quarterly newsletter); IRED Forum (journal)

IRED-ESA is an international association set up in 1980. It is an association of people who believe in global development initiatives, uphold the same values, and are committed personally and collectively towards bringing sustainable development. It is a global network and a movement of partners who are seeking to achieve social and economic justice through economic and social initiatives, participation in governance and policy processes. These organisations range from local community-based organisations, peasants' associations, youth and women's associations to national and regional networks.

IRED is a forum through which organisations can act together at the regional and global levels to exchange ideas and lessons, create solidarity, form common analyses and develop proposals for alternatives.

IRED's Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office works with 120 members, all grassroots organisations, and a further 30 collaborating agencies such as councils of NGOs and umbrella bodies that work closely with, and target the needs of, disadvantaged people. IRED-ESA is committed to supporting its members and responding promptly to their needs.

IRED aims to:

document and disseminate initiatives that can contribute to building alternatives;
provide information to demystify global processes and policies;
facilitate intra- and inter-regional synergies;
facilitate economic links between organisations;
provide technical support in economic activities, e.g. commercialisation, links to markets;
promote partnerships for local development;
strengthen the capacities of people's organisations to influence policy.

IRED-ESA's Development Resource Centre acquires and disseminates grey literature and published material on NGO management, financial management, economic development, human rights, policy research and evaluation, people's movements and grassroots organisations, directories and databanks.

IRED-ESA publications include:

Networking in East and Southern Africa, a quarterly newsletter for the regional network;
IRED Forum, a global journal;
Directory of Resources for Women in Zimbabwe;
SADC Community Service Organisations: Guide to the Southern Africa Development Community;
Directory of the Commonwealth Liaison Units and Training Institutions in East and Southern Africa.

A full publications list is available, and orders can be submitted online.

IRED-ESA is involved in an ongoing exercise to construct a database of NGOs and organisations involved in development-oriented activities throughout Africa. This database can be viewed by organisation or by country profile, and again is on the website.

Alternative contacts:
IRED-South Africa, c/o P O Box 62137, Bishopsgate 400, Durban, South Africa
Tel: +27 31 702 8519, Fax: +27 31 701 9721, E-mail: [email protected]
IRED also has regional offices in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe which facilitate exchange of experiences and communication.

New November 2003
Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Institute of Development Studies
At the University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
UNITED KINGDOM

Contact: Clare Gorman, Communications Officer
Tel: +44 1273 606261
Fax: +44 1273621202
E-mail:   [email protected]
Web:      http:// www.ids.ac.uk
Geographical coverage: Global
Languages: English, Spanish
Subject areas: Environment; Governance; Health; Participation; Poverty
Publications: IDS Bulletin; Yellow Monday

IDS is one of the world's leading centres for the latest thinking on development. Its reputation rests on the quality of its academic research, its respected teaching programme and its responsive and interactive channels of communication. In all sectors of its work, IDS aims to stimulate debate and influence the way people think about international development.

The Information Department manages a world class development library, an ambitious communications programme and a growing family of externally funded information initiatives. The work spans and connects research, policy and practice with one foot in the research camp, but with a global audience in many other sectors and fields.

IDS hosts a range of web services that include:

· BLDS: online catalogue of Europe's largest library on international development http://www.ids.ac.uk/blds/index.html

· BRIDGE: information and analysis service on development and gender http://www.id21.org/http://www.id21.org/

· Eldis Gateway to Development Information

· ID21: research reporting service, summarising latest development research

· http://www.gdnet.org/

· The Global Development Network's online community linking local development research and policy http://www.livelihoods.org/

· Livelihoods Connect: DFID's learning platform supporting the implementation of sustainable livelihoods approaches http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/cgap/index.htmhttp://nt1.ids.ac.uk/cgap/index.htm

· The Microfinance Gateway: The one stop information forum on microfinance - a collaboration between CGAP and ELDIS Web site of the Globalisation and Poverty research programme http://www.microfinancegateway.org/

· Participation Resource Centre: Database and information service for participation and developmenthttp://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/information/index.html

and a variety of publications:

· Yellow Monday - The weekly newsletter for and about IDS keeps people in touch with events, news, new work in print, internal and external meeting and vacancies in international development. To subscribe email: [email protected]

· The IDS Bulletin - this quarterly journal is the flagship publication for the Institute. Each 100-page-plus issue collates essays on a topical development research theme.

Publications are available by visiting the online bookshop at www.ids.ac.uk/ids/bookshop

New August 2004
International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA)

International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture Lawickse Allee 11
PO Box 88
6700 AB Wageningen
NETHERLANDS

Tel: +31(0) 317 422 938
Fax: +31(0) 317 427 046
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.icra-edu.org/page.cfm?pageid=icrahome
Geographical coverage: Global
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Agricultural research;Capacity building; Rural development
Publications: ICRA Bulletin; Farming System Analysis Papers; Working Documents

ICRA was founded in 1981 on the initiative of European members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ICRA is currently supported by France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture is a capacity building organisation. Its mission is to facilitate hands-on learning of professional skills needed to address complex problems in sustainable rural development. In the process of designing a training programme, ICRA has developed an ARD (agriculture, research & development) procedure. The ARD procedure integrates the contributions of different disciplines, organisations and stakeholders into the analysis of complex rural development problems and into the design of action plans to address these problems.

Clients of ICRA's training services are rural development and research organisations and universities in developing countries. Its current strategy is to use its experience increasingly to strengthen the capacity of partner institutions in developing countries to provide this kind of training. A CD-ROM has been developed to facilitate the delivery of this training by partners. Its learning materials are constantly updated on the Learning Materials pages of this website (soon available).

ICRA's role in this will be to train the trainers, assist them during the design and delivery of tailor-made training packages, and promote exchange of experience and the development of training materials, such as the CD-ROM.

Achieving impact is important to ICRA. Therefore ICRA focuses on collaboration with partner research and development organisations in the South that are in a process of reform towards more stakeholder involvement, interdisciplinarity and the use of broad systems Southern partner-ICRA-Northern partner. Currently ICRA works in such a set-up with ICAR and DFID (India) and INRA-B and GTZ (Benin). ICRA has a bilateral co-operation with the following organisations in the South: EARO (Ethiopia), ARC and NWDACE (South Africa), AARD (Indonesia), INRA (Morocco), AGRISUD (Congo Brazzaville), FOFIFA (Madagascar) and IFDC (Togo). In the past ICRA has also worked in a tripartite set-up with CIRAD and IDESSA (Ivory Coast), KIT and DRT (Tanzania), KIT and KARI (Kenya), NARO, Danida and DFID (Uganda), GTZ and SARI (Ghana), GTZ and CIAD (China), GTZ and INRA (Morocco), IRAG and World Bank (Guinea) and PARC and World Bank (Pakistan).

In the context of its training programmes in Wageningen and Montpellier, ICRA has conducted 130 studies and published the results jointly with client organisations in 34 developing countries. Subjects included field of crop and livestock production systems, marketing systems, chain development, natural resources management, nature and biodiversity conservation, food security, rural diversification, knowledge systems etc.

Details of its research and publications can be accessed online.

ICRA Bulletin, Farming System Analysis Papers and Working Documents can be ordered free of charge to a maximum of four. Single copies of the ICRA textbook are available free of charge to nationals of developing countries.

12.27 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
4/80 Jawalakhel, Kathmandu
PO Box 3226
NEPAL
Contact: Dr Gabriel Campbell, Director
Tel: +977 1 525 313
Fax: +977 1 524 509 or 524 317
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.icimod.org.sg/
Geographic coverage: Asia
Languages: English
Subject areas: Mountains
Publications: Issues in Mountain Development (policy briefs); ICIMOD Newsletter

(ICIMOD is a diverse, knowledge-based institution that spans the Hindu Kush - Himalayan range east to west and north to south, and brings together mountain scientists and farmers in a common cause from diverse nationalities in a region that is difficult politically, physically and economically. ICIMOD develops, tests and shares knowledge that helps poor mountain people have better and more sustainable lives. ICIMOD works with mountain people to find solutions that they need.

The Centre's activities in the information field currently concentrate on:

development of a comprehensive library and documentation centre with a computerised and networking database;
publication of the ICIMOD Newsletter, a series of policy briefs entitled Issues in Mountain Development, and over 30 technical monographs mainly dealing with various aspects of sustainable mountain development.

ICIMOD maintains an active presence on the Internet, with its home page containing its complete catalogue of publications. This is regularly updated.

ICIMOD also serves as the Secretariat for the Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) and the Mountain Forum, of which it is Convenor. The Mountain Forum is a global network created by mountain men and women, and individuals and organisations interested in mountains, for mutual support, information sharing and advocacy, and to develop sound policies to use the world's mountain environmental heritage in a sustainable manner.

12.28 International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

International Development Research Centre [Updated June 2004]
250 Albert Street
PO Box 8500
Ottawa
Ontario K1G 3H9
CANADA
Contact: Francine Bouchard, Information Officer
Tel: +1 613 236 6163
Fax: +1 613 563 2476
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.idrc.ca/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Research; Sustainable development

The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

The Centre strives to optimise the creation, adaptation, and ownership of the knowledge that people of developing countries judge to be of the greatest relevance to their own prosperity, security, and equity.
IDRC retains the principles of sustainable and equitable development as a foundation for all its programming.
IDRC's goals are to:

strengthen and help to mobilise the indigenous research capacity of developing countries. Especially directed at achieving greater social and economic equity, better management of the environment and natural resources, and more equitable access to information.
foster and support the production, dissemination, and application of research results leading to policies and technologies that enhance the lives of people in developing countries.
build selectively on past investments and explore new opportunities within its program framework.

The International Development Research Centre Library acts as the gateway to the corporate memory and research information services of IDRC. This can be accessed through the Library databases: BIBLIO, the Library Catalogue; IDRIS, a database of project information, and IMAGES, the IDRC photo library. An increasing number of titles in the collection are available in electronic format. The primary clients of the Library's research information services are the Centre's staff and IDRC-funded researchers but other members of the international development research community are invited to use its website.

IDRC disseminates research results in various ways, but notably through IDRC Reports, an online magazine that reports on IDRC-supported projects and through IDRC Books, which publishes, both online and in print, the results of IDRC-supported research on global and regional issues related to sustainable and equitable development. As a specialist in development literature, IDRC Books contributes to the body of knowledge on these issues to further the cause of global understanding and equity. IDRC publications are sold through its head office in Ottawa, Canada, as well as by IDRC's agents and distributors around the world.

A catalogue of publications is available that lists all titles in print, ordered under the following subject categories: economics, environment & biodiversity, food and agriculture, health, information and communication, natural resources, science and technology, social and political sciences, and development (general). For more information on IDRC books, visit the booktique at http://www.idrc.ca/booktique.

12.29 International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD)

International Forum for Rural Transport and Development
2 Spitfire Studios
63 - 71 Collier Street
London N1 9BE
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Priyanthi Fernando, Executive Secretary
Tel: +44 20 7713 6699
Fax: +44 20 7713 8290
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English; French; Spanish.
Subject areas: Transport; Rural development
Publications: IFRTD Newsletter

IFRTD is a global network of individuals and representatives from government, academia, multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, consultancies and technical institutions, national and international NGOs and groups of community organisations in 83 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. It has over 1500 network members, the majority being from developing countries. Membership of the IFRTD is free.

The Forum's long-term vision is of a world in which rural communities, particularly those which are poor or disadvantaged, have improved accessibility and mobility resulting from the development of rural transport systems that respond to their needs and potential. Large-scale investment in transport infrastructure has had little impact on the transport needs of poor rural women and men. The Forum's mission is to address this problem and to facilitate and promote the successful application of policies and practices that will satisfy the accessibility and mobility needs of women, men and children in rural areas, in such a way as to reduce poverty and vulnerability. The Forum publishes a quarterly newsletter on rural transport issues in English, French and Spanish.

The IFRTD has affiliated national networks in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, India, Kenya, Nepal, the Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, and others are planned. It also works in partnership with the Animal Traction Network of Eastern and Southern Africa (ATNESA) and the Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN).

12.30 International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)

International Institute for Communication and Development
Juffrouw Idastraat 11
PO Box 11586
2502 AN The Hague
NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 70 311 73 11
Fax:+31 70 311 73 22
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iicd.org/
Geographical coverage:Developing countries
Language(s):English, French, Spanish
Subject areas: Agriculture; Capacity building; Environment; Information and communication technology; Livelihoods
Publications: iConnect Offline (Electronic newsletter)

The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) assists developing countries to realise locally owned sustainable development by harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

IICD realises its mission through two strategic approaches:

Country Programmes bring local organisations together and help them to formulate and execute ICT-supported development policies and projects. The approach aims to strengthen local institutional capacities to develop and manage Country Programmes, which are currently being implemented in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Thematic Networks link local and international partners working in similar areas, connecting local knowledge with global knowledge and promoting South-South and South-North exchanges. Thematic Networks focus on sectors and themes like education, health, governance, the environment, livelihood opportunities - especially agriculture - and training.

These efforts are supported by various information and communication activities provided by IICD or its partners. IICD is an independent non-profit foundation, established by the Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation in 1997. Its core funders include the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGIS), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

IICD publishes several reports and booklets which are available in either word or PDF on the IICD website including iConnect Offline.

12.31 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

International Institute for Environment and Development
3 Endsleigh Street
London WC1H 0DD
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Sue Mylde, Information Officer, Communications and Information Programme
Tel: +44 20 7388 2177
Fax: +44 20 7388 2826
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iied.org/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English; French; Spanish
Subject areas: Environment; Sustainable development

IIED is an independent, non-profit research institute working in the field of sustainable development. IIED aims to provide expertise and leadership in researching and achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional and global levels. In alliance with others, we seek to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources.

Established in 1971, the Institute advises policy makers and supports and collaborates with Southern specialists and institutions working in similar areas. IIED's work is undertaken with, or on behalf of, governments and international agencies, the academic community, foundations and NGOs, community organisations and the people they represent.

Focusing on the links between economic development, the environment and human needs, IIED has research programmes in a number of areas critical to sustainable development, including human settlements, sustainable agriculture, environmental planning and management, forestry, drylands, environmental economics and climate change.

IIED publishes an extensive range of journals, books, working papers and reports from each of these key areas, with more than 900 in print. About 80 books and working papers are produced each year. There is more information about IIED's work and publications, including how to order publications online and download pdfs, on its website at http://www.iied.org/ Orders can be made through its distributor, http://www.Earthprint.com/

Networks that IIED is affiliated to:

Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action (RCPLA Network);
Regional and International Networking Group (RING)

12.32 International Mountain Society (IMS)

International Mountain Society
c/o Centre for Development and Environment
Institute of Geography
University of Berne, Steigerhubelstr 3
CH 3008 Berne
SWITZERLAND
Contact: Dr Thomas Kohler, Managing Director
Tel: +41 31 631 88 22
Fax: +41 31 631 85 44
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.MRD-journal.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Mountains
Publications: Mountain Research and Development (journal)

The IMS is an association registered in Berne, Switzerland for the purpose of advancing knowledge and disseminating information about mountain research and mountain development throughout the world. The IMS aims to promote sustainable mountain development through improved communication among institutions and individuals, with a particular focus on mountain ecoregions in the developing world. In pursuing this purpose, it collaborates with like-minded institutions.

The IMS is a joint copyright holder and publisher of the journal Mountain Research and Development, the leading journal specifically devoted to the world's mountains. First published in 1981, it has established itself as a renowned international publication containing well researched, peer-reviewed scientific articles by authors from around the world.

In 2000 Mountain Research and Development enhanced its scope to further link mountain specialists and researchers: new sections (Development, MountainPlatform, MountainNotes, MountainMedia) provide guidelines and information on mountain initiatives, projects and experiences.

Subsidised subscription rates to the journal are available, on application, to institutions and libraries in the developing world.

12.33 International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
ISAAA SEAsia Center and Global Coordination Office
c/o IRRI
DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila
PHILIPPINES
Contact: Dr Randy A. Hautea, Center Director and ISAAA Global Coordinator
Tel: +63 2 845 0563 or 0569 or 0573
Fax: +63 49 536 7216 or +63 2 845 0606
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.isaaa.org/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English
Subject areas Appropriate technology; Biotechnology; Crop production
Publications: Publications can be accessed online

ISAAA is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers the benefits of new agricultural biotechnologies to the poor in developing countries. It aims to share these powerful technologies with those who stand to benefit from them, and at the same time establish an enabling environment for their safe use. It is a small, responsive, non-bureaucratic international network with centres in developing and industrialised countries. Its centres are based in the Philippines, Kenya and the USA. A Global Coordinator based in the Southeast Asia Center in the Philippines provides overall management. Its centres in developing countries analyse the needs of the region's resource-poor farmers, and those in industrialised countries identify biotechnology applications for transfer.

ISAAA's mission is to contribute to poverty alleviation by increasing crop productivity and income generation, particularly for resource-poor farmers, and to bring about a safer environment and more sustainable agricultural development.

ISAAA's objectives are the transfer and delivery of appropriate biotechnology applications to developing countries and the building of partnerships between institutions in the South and the private sector in the North, and by strengthening South - South collaboration.

Publications include:

ISAAA Briefs;
About ISAAA;
Biosafety;
Biodiversity;
Food Safety;
Intellectual Property/Technology Transfer.

Related publications: Crop Biotech Net is the home of the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, an information service that provides regular updates and information about the global status of crop biotechnology, products and issues, regular news, communication materials, and links to other information sources. The Crop Biotech Net Knowledge Center is a virtual network that is mainstreamed into the ISAAA system. The ISAAA SEAsia Center in the Philippines serves as the hub. Country nodes in the developing countries of Asia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam); South America (Argentina and Brazil); and Africa (Egypt, Kenya and South Africa) share and draw sustenance from the Knowledge Center: http://www.isaaa.org/kc/

12.34 ITDG Publishing

ITDG Publishing
Bourton Hall, Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby, Warks, CV23 9QZ
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Toby Milner, Managing Director
Tel +44(0)1926 634501
Fax: +44(0)1926 634502
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.itdgpublishing.org.uk
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Appropriate technology; Intermediate technology
Publications: Small Enterprise Development; Waterlines; list of publications available online

ITDG Publishing (formerly Intermediate Technology Publications) publishes and distributes books and journals designed for use by development professionals in the North and South, offering the material for sale at as low a cost as possible. In conjunction with a number of UK and European development agencies, ITDG Publishing operates several 'book voucher schemes' which allow the supply of selected books of professional interest to Southern partners free of charge. The books from which the recipients of book vouchers can choose are those books in ITDG's Books by Post catalogue (600+ titles selected and recommended by technical experts) and some other specialised catalogues. The recipients of book vouchers are determined by ITDG's development agency partners and not by ITDG Publishing itself.

12.35 Jamaica Sustainable Development Networking Programme (JSDNP)

Jamaica Sustainable Development Networking Programme
115 Hope Road
Kingston 6
JAMAICA
Tel: +876 978 8558
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.jsdnp.org.jm/index.html
Geographic coverage: Caribbean
Languages: English
Subject areas: Environment; Radio broadcasts; Sustainable development

The Sustainable Development Network Programme (SDNP) is a global catalytic initiative launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in response to Agenda 21, which articulated the need for improved information dissemination to support sustainable development. The programme is geared towards facilitating communication between users and suppliers of sustainable development information in developing countries.

Established in November 1997, the Jamaica Sustainable Development Networking Programme (JSDNP) provides a meeting place that services the sustainable development information needs of all sectors of society. Its objectives are to: introduce and connect public, private and non-government sector agencies to local and international sources of information on sustainable development, utilising the Internet and other communication tools; develop appropriate information services to support the implementation of local and national development plans.; provide information on Jamaica's environment and social and economic development via the Internet to the international community.

The JSDNP:

maintains a central website;

collects, collates and posts information relevant to sustainable development;

establishes community telecentres and information networks;

conducts training in information management and computer-mediated communication;

assists partners in establishing websites, and sourcing and posting information;

hosts websites for clients and partners.

The JSDNP primarily makes use of computer technology. However, the use of conventional communication tools such as radio, television and the print media will also be promoted to reach a greater number of stakeholders who do not have access to computers and the Internet. The JSDNP facilitates access to its resources by collaborating with other information providers to establish electronic community access points in several parishes around the island.

Focus is placed primarily on the needs of community-based organisations in rural areas as well as farmers, women's groups, small businesses and entrepreneurs. Biodiversity, community development, development projects, environment, environmental education, sustainable energy, sustainable agriculture and sustainable business are all covered.

Other primary beneficiaries include partners in development, such as government agencies, the private sector, NGOs, international donors, teachers and students, research institutions, and persons who wish to acquire information on markets and investment opportunities, environmental protection, pollution control and natural resources management, as well as sustainable development policy and programme information.

New August 2004
Network for International Development and Cooperation (NIDECO)

Network for International Development and Cooperation
Scheuchzerstrasse 7, SEC
CH-8092 Zurich
SWITZERLAND

Contact: Dr. Barbara Becker, Executive Manager

Tel: +41 44 632 79 35
Fax: +41 44 632 15 89
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.nideco.ethz.ch
Geographical coverage: Global
Languages: English, French
Subject areas: International development
Publications: NIDECO Portrait; Annual reports

The Network for International Development and Cooperation (NIDECO) is a centre of competence within the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), bringing together researchers and academics from a wide range of disciplines. It was launched in October 2002 with the purpose of facilitating the ETH's task of sharing its capacities in the field of technical and social science research with developing countries and countries in transition.

This is to be seen against the background of developments in recent years, whereby researchers and politicians in the developed world have come to recognise the importance of knowledge and research capacities in international development and cooperation. In particular, they acknowledged the need to share what is considered as "Global Public Goods" in order to resolve national and international problems.

NIDECO organises interdisciplinary seminars every summer term, giving doctoral students and researchers the possibility to present their projects in international development and cooperation with developing countries or countries in transition. In addition, NIDECO hosts occasional workshops open to other relevant groups.

NIDECO Portrait and Annual Report 2003 has just been released and can be downloaded in PDF format from its website or ordered free of charge.

12.36 Núcleo de Estudos Agrários e Desenvolvimento Rural (NEAD) [Centre of Agrarian Studies and Rural Development]

Núcleo de Estudos Agrários e Desenvolvimento Rural
SCN Quadra 1 Bloco C
Edifício Trade Center - Conjunto 512
CEP 70710-902 - Brasília DF
BRAZIL
Tel: +55 61 3288661
Fax: +55 61 3288661 x 216
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.nead.org.br/
Geographic coverage: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Family agriculture; Land reform; Sustainable development
Publications: Agrarian News (weekly bulletin)

NEAD is an agency of the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development, and is linked to the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável (CNDRS).

NEAD performs studies and research, holds events and develops projects with the intention of evaluating and perfecting public policies within its fields: land reform, family agriculture and sustainable rural development. Its activities are aimed at the agrarian community, including researchers, scientists, activists, government organisations and NGOs, international agencies, opinion formers and the general public, democratising information, experiences and projects.

NEAD has a web portal where anyone interested in these issues can contribute their knowledge and experience, obtain documents and foster information interchange. It issues weekly an Agrarian News bulletin, publishes documents and books, and offers a virtual library.

12.37 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Overseas Development Institute
111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 20 7922 0300
Fax: +44 20 7922 0399
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.odi.org.uk/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development; Sustainable livelihoods; Water management
Publications Development Policy Review; Disasters; Policy and Management; full publications list available online

ODI is an independent non-governmental centre for development research and a forum for discussion of the problems facing developing countries. The research programme is oriented towards improving policies and their implementation both within developing countries and at the British and international levels.

Research programmes include: four specialist agricultural networks (the Agricultural Research & Extension Network, AgREN; Water Resources; Pastoral Development; and the Rural Development Forestry Network, RDFN); the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN, formerly the Relief and Rehabilitation Network); aid policy; trade policy; structural adjustment; conditionality; NGOs; UK Parliament research support and advice to Parliamentary Select Committees, MPs and peers.

ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Its mission is 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. It does this by locking together high-quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. It works with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.

Publications: ODI has an online publications list. The majority of these publications are hard copies of books and papers, available for sale. These can be ordered by means of its secure online order form (or by fax/phone/E-mail). There are also a number of working papers and short papers available to read or download online. These include: Annual Reports; Working Papers; Briefing Papers; Poverty Briefings; ODI Opinion; Natural Resource Perspectives Network Papers; DFID/DGIS Key sheets for Sustainable Livelihoods; EU Tropical Forestry Papers.

ODI's two journals - Development Policy Review and Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management - are published by Blackwells.

12.38 Red de Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente (REDESMA) [Network of Sustainable Development and Environment]

Red de Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente
Av. Ecuador #2330 esq. Calle Rosendo Gutiérrez
Casilla Postal 9205
La Paz
BOLIVIA
Contact: Gabriela Ugarte, Broadcasting Manager
Tel: +591 2 2415324/2115708
Fax: +591 2 2414726
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.redesma.org/
Geographic coverage: Bolivia
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Capacity building; Environment; Sustainable development
Publications: Information Newsletter (fortnightly)

REDESMA is a project of the Bolivian Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies (CEBEM,http://www.cebem.com/) directed at improving local capacity with respect to formulating economic and social development projects and the societal dialogue on sustainable development in Bolivia and in the world. Constituting the green pages of Bolivia, in its website REDESMA offers information and knowledge on sustainable development and the environment in Bolivia. It also supports policy initiatives in these fields. Establishing mechanisms of communication and links between organisations and individuals interested in sustainable development, both locally and internationally, REDESMA democratises information at all levels of society: government and non-government, academic and private.

An information newsletter is sent every fortnight to more than 11 000 E-mail connections from http://www.redesma.org/boletin.htm

12.39 Red Internacional de Metodología de Investigación de Sistemas de Producción (RIMISP) [International Network on Research Methodologies on Agricultural Systems]

Red Internacional de Metodología de Investigación de Sistemas de Producción
c/o RIMISP
Casilla 228 22
Santiago
CHILE
Contact: Julio Berdegué, Director
Tel: +56 2 236 45 57
Fax: +56 2 236 45 58
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://www.rimisp.cl/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural extension; Rural development; Sustainable agriculture

RIMISP is an NGO that originated in 1986, in a series of meetings between researchers, extensionists and rural development workers, who were concerned with finding innovative solutions to common problems that were limiting the impact and efficiency of their projects and organisations.

Its mission is to strengthen the agricultural knowledge and information systems for the sustainable development of small-scale agriculture in Latin America.

The objectives of the network are to:

build and facilitate links between the technical teams of rural development organisations and those dedicated to agricultural research, with the purpose of strengthening knowledge and information systems for Latin American agricultural and rural development;
develop concepts, methods and tools to improve the research and development of Latin American small-scale farming systems, emphasising the promotion of a dialogue between the disciplines and institutional experiences represented in RIMISP;
respond to demand for services from the membership in the areas of competence of the network - RIMISP has long-standing experience on training researchers and staff of rural development projects.

Approximately 30 institutions participate in RIMISP, which offers the online information system for rural development (SILDER), a platform of three databases for Latin America and the Caribbean. It also offers a link to the Electronic Development and Environment Information Services (ELDIS) site on development information.

12.40 REDCAPA (Rede de Instituições Vinculadas a Capacitação em Economia e Políticas Agrícolas na América Latina e Caribe)

REDCAPA
Av. Presidente Vargas, 417/6
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
CEP 20071-003
BRAZIL
Contact: Wessel Eykman, Director Internacional
Tel: +55 21 2221 3436
Fax: +55 21 2221 3436
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.redcapa.org.br/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean; Latin America
Languages: Portuguese; Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural economics; Education/training; Sustainable development
Publications: CartaRED (newsletter); AgroBoletón (newsletter)

REDCAPA is a non-profit association of Latin American and overseas universities and research institutions concerned with teaching Agricultural Economics and Policies and Rural Sustainable Development. The Executive Secretariat is currently hosted by the CPDA (Postgraduate Course in Development, Agriculture and Society) of the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. REDCAPA aims to contribute to the improvement of teaching and research in Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, the Environment and Agricultural Information, to support institution building, and to improve national and international cooperation between its members, promoting South - South cooperation. REDCAPA supports the exchange of lecturers and the preparation and execution of international joint research projects.

The network offers a complete platform for distance education through the Internet and all the services needed to develop the courses. These services are used by its member institutions to offer courses throughout the region on a variety of themes.

REDCAPA produces a scientific magazine and two electronic information bulletins, runs a virtual library and databases, redistributes scientific publications between its members, and publishes teaching material.

12.41 Réseau PARCOURS

Réseau PARCOURS
CIHEAM (Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes)/IAM-M
3191 route de Mende
BP 5056
34033 Montpellier CEDEX 01
FRANCE
Contact: Professor Alain Bourbouze
Tel: +33 4 6704 6000
Fax: +33 4 6754 2527
Web: http://www2.cri.ensmp.fr/cnearc/MASNAT001.html
Geographic coverage: Mediterranean; northern Africa
Languages: French
Subject areas: Animal husbandry; Dryland ecosystems; Land use; Pastoralism

The Réseau PARCOURS is primarily an informal information network - a scientific and technical network centred on the multidisciplinary subject of pastoralism and, in particular, on the relations between land and society.

The objective of the network is to establish and reinforce contacts between those involved in the study and practice of pastoralism in the Mediterranean and dry tropical climatic regions of northern Africa. The network shares its information through meeting at international conferences. Membership of the network is free.

12.42 Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action Network (RCPLA Network)

Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action Network
Praxis, C-75
South Extension Part II
New Delhi, 110 049
INDIA

Contact: Tom Thomas, Director
Tel: +91 11 262 63588
Tel /Fax: +91 11 51642348/49/50
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.rcpla.org/ http://www.praxisindia.org/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development; Education/training
Publications: PLA Notes

The RCPLA Network, an initiative of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), is a global network of resource centres for participatory learning and action, which brings together 15 organisations from Africa, Asia, South America and Europe. The RCPLA Network is committed to information sharing and networking on participatory approaches.

Each member is itself at the centre of a regional or national network. Members share information about activities in their respective countries, such as training programmes, workshops and key events, as well as providing PLA information focused on the particular fields in which they operate.

As part of the devolution process, Tom Thomas of Praxis, India has been appointed as network coordinator by the RCPLA steering committee. More information, including regular updates on RCPLA activities, can be found in the 'In Touch' section of PLA Notes, by visiting http://www.rcpla.org/

12.43 SACRED AFRICA (Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research, Extension and Development in Africa)

SACRED Africa
PO Box 2275
Bungoma
KENYA
Contact: Dr Eusebius J. Mukhwana, Executive Director
Tel: +254 337 30788 or 30293
Fax: +254 337 20235
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.acts.or.ke/sacred/
Geographic coverage: East and Southern Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural extension; Agricultural research; Education/training; Environment; Natural resources; Sustainable development
Publications: SACRED Africa (newsletter)

SACRED Africa's main aim is the sustained improvement of food security, social welfare and income of rural agricultural communities while protecting and enhancing the environment.

It has adopted a participatory adaptive research approach whereby it researches with farmers on ways of improving agricultural productivity, nutrition, environmental quality and income. Current research projects include managing beneficial interactions for legume intercrops (MBILI); soil fertility improvement using natural/organic methods (including rock phosphate dust); development of biopesticides with farmers; and cassava mosaic disease control. Messages and technologies derived from this research are disseminated through farmer-to-farmer extension approaches. In carrying out its research work, the NGO collaborates with various local and international research institutions such as the University of Nairobi, Moi University, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and the University of Wales (UK) among others. Its research work is currently funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Tudor trust (UK), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

The Centre, the only one of its kind in East and Southern Africa, allows free meeting and exchange of ideas between researchers, community development workers and farmers. SACRED Africa hopes to initiate diploma and degree courses (in collaboration with several universities) in participatory community development, sustainable agriculture, agricultural biodiversity, organic agriculture, project management, and self-help group development and management. The Centre believes skills in these subjects are critical in facing the enormous food challenge of the African continent.

The NGO promotes exchange of information between farmers, extensionists, researchers and other development workers. Toward this end, the NGO has started a community library with over 3000 books, videos, CDs, workshop reports, newsletters and magazines.

It also publishes the SACRED Africa newsletter.

12.44 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Headquarters [Secrétariat Général de la Communauté du Pacifique]

Secretariat of the Pacific Community
BP D5
Noumea Cedex
NEW CALEDONIA
Contact: Mark Perkins, Librarian
Tel: +687 26 20 00
Fax: +687 26 38 18
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.spc.int/
Geographic coverage: Pacific Islands
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Education/training; Fisheries; Gender; Health; Information management; Research; Women; Youth
Publications: Full list of publications available on request

SPC was established in 1949 and is the intergovernmental technical assistance agency for Pacific Island countries and territories. It implements programmes that benefit 22 island countries and territories: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.

The Headquarters are in New Caledonia, as are the Fisheries and Marine Resources Programme, Women's Programme, Youth Programme and Health Programme.

Its website provides access to library databases, mailing lists, publication lists and full-text documents: http://www.spc.int/library/ or http://www.spc.int/dbtw-wpd/textbase/library/web.htm

See also Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Land Resources Division (Fiji).

12.45 Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenible (SIMAS) [Central American Information Service for Sustainable Agriculture]

Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenible
Apartado Postal A-136, Lugo Rent a Car 1.c. lago fte Parque El Carmen
Bolonia, Managua
NICARAGUA
Contact: Inti Orozco, Responsible for electronic communication
Tel: +505 2682438 or 2682302
Fax: +505 2682144
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.simas.org.ni/
Geographic coverage: Central America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Information management; Sustainable agriculture
Publications: El Güis

SIMAS is an NGO consisting of approximately 100 organisations in Nicaragua and 85 in other central America countries. Its objectives are to:

stimulate development processes in the region by recovering, systematising, producing and distributing information on agro-ecological and socio-cultural practices in the region;
promote exchange and coordination in search of alternatives and joint action among local, national and regional organisations.

SIMAS supports a joint Central American communications and information distribution strategy directed at strengthening rural sustainability.

Activities focus on information management, publications and documentation of experiences. SIMAS publishes the information newsletter El Güis, with regular supplements Alforja, with offers of exchange between peasants; and Guacal, on special themes. SIMAS also publishes documents on organic agriculture for beginners, alternative rural finance and agro-ecology.

12.46 SIBAT

SIBAT
PO Box 1519, 1155 CPO Quezon City
Unit 4 Bldg. 1 Philam Town Homes, Edsa
PHILLIPINES
Contact: Sansen Maglinte, Deputy Executive Director
Tel/fax: +632 9831947 or +632 9268971
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.sibat.org/
Geographic coverage: Philippines
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agricultural productivity; Development; Natural resource management; Science; Technology

The SIBAT Network envisions:

a just and sovereign society and an empowered citizenry where science and technology is responsive to the people's needs and development, and to the proper utilisation and management of the means of production, which reflects ecological stability, a progressive economy and a people-based scientific culture;
at the micro-level, self-reliant and self-sufficient communities that are able to produce for, and respond to, the communities' socio-economic needs (especially those of the more oppressed sectors, the women and indigenous peoples), and to generate surplus in support of nationalist industrialisation.

It adheres to the principles of people's empowerment, self-reliance and self-sufficiency, prescribes the development and application of people-based science and technology in these communities, and the enhancement of such capabilities and skills in support groups and NGOs.

The Network aims to:

contribute to the development, promotion and popularisation of a people-based science and technology for sustainable and appropriate production systems (aquatic, agricultural, and forest) and for rural industries to respond to the basic needs of the marginalised sectors;
support socio-economic development efforts geared towards nationalist industrialisation in the long term;
pursue the development and judicious utilisation of renewable resources, and application of appropriate infrastructures to support production systems and rural industries.

12.47 Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Southern African Development Community
SADC House, Government Enclave
Private Bag 0095
Gaborone
BOTSWANA
Contact: Maria Tali, Librarian
Tel: +267 351863
Fax: +267 372848
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.sadc.int/english/about/library.html
Geographic coverage: Southern Africa
Languages: English; Portuguese
Subject areas: Gender issues; Natural resource management; Sustainable development
Publications: SADC Today 2002 (newsletter)

The objectives of SADC are to:

achieve development and economic growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of life of the people of Southern Africa, and support the socially disadvantaged through regional integration;
evolve common political values, systems and institutions;
promote and defend peace and security;
promote self-sustaining development on the basis of collective self-reliance and the interdependence of Member States;
achieve complementarity between national and regional strategies and programmes;
promote and maximise productive employment and utilisation of resources of the region;
achieve sustainable utilisation of natural resources and effective protection of the environment;
strengthen and consolidate the long-standing historical, social and cultural affinities and links among the people of the region.

The SADC Secretariat Library, established in 1989, is part of the Information, Communication and Technology Department. It aims to provide accurate, current and precise information, literature and publications that support the research activities of the Secretariat, and also other consultancy activities to SADC Secretariat and SADC Institutions. In addition, the library acts as a source for university lecturers and students and other members of the public requiring information on SADC region. The library keeps published and unpublished materials related directly or indirectly to the development of the SADC region. The collection focuses primarily on Southern Africa and publications originating from the region.

Databases: all SADC library databases use CDS/ISIS software for the storage of bibliographic information. These are:

SADLIB - contains 4430 records entries, providing a catalogue of entries from books of relevance to SADC's mission, a useful reference source for research purposes;
SADCOL - houses the SADC Collection and contains 2300 records, enabling the SADC Secretariat to keep records of what the organisation has produced since 1980, and providing easy retrieval;
GENDER - developed to ensure the dissemination of information and networking on gender issues in SADC, includes publications, reports and other documents on gender in SADC and from outside the region.

Online databases are shortly to be made available.

The SADC member states are: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

12.48 Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India) (SNDP-I)

Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India)
SDNP Secretariat
Room 1023, Paryavaran Bhawan
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi 11 00 03
INDIA
Contact: Harjit Singh, Senior Advisor and National Programme Director
Tel: +91 11 436 2140
Fax: +91 11 436 1147
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Web: http://sdnp.delhi.nic.in/
Geographic coverage: India
Languages: English
Subject areas: Education/training; Information management; Sustainable development
Publications: Developments Today (daily E-mail)

SDNP-I exists to facilitate the process of sustainable development by disseminating solutions, promoting good practices and strengthening democratic practices through a mechanism of information exchange between NGOs, government and research organisations, business establishments and civil society at large.

SDNP-I aims to emerge as a one-stop access point for information and resources on sustainable development and a platform for fostering debates and discussions, highlighting development issues and advocating concerned environmental actions at all levels.

It works in collaboration with government and non-government bodies, research and business establishments, development networks and resource persons on wide-ranging issues related to sustainable development, from agriculture to health to global warming and third world debt, providing information and research support, and facilitating advocacy efforts.

Gateway to Information on Sustainable Development (sdnp.delhi.nic.in) - SDNP-I has initiated a website on a gamut of issues relating to sustainable development. The website office is an information highway that provides updates on the latest sustainable development issues, insights on national and international debates on sustainable development, and access to online databases. The entire SDNP-I site is mirrored at: members.tripod.com/sdnp_india

Developments Today - an initiative of SDNP-I to keep track of contemporary issues concerning sustainable development through scanning dailies, national and international websites, journals, newsletters, etc. and sending them to users every day in the form of an E-mail digest. Over 30 sources of information are scanned every day to compile the Developments Today digest. To subscribe to Developments Today, send an E-mail to [email protected] with the subject line 'subscribe Developments Today'.

Query Desk Service - exists to serve individuals and development organisations worldwide in their efforts towards sustainable development and improving the quality of life of the people.

Dev-Online - a pioneering concept to allow organisations and individuals to put research papers, publications, conference proceedings, databases, etc. online on the SDNP website free of charge, where they can be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the world.

Web-Space to Developmental Organisations and Networks - in its endeavour to create an information highway on development issues, SDNP provides free web space on its servers to give a catalytic start to organisations and networks working in the area of sustainable development that want a wider presence in the development arena.

Event Reporting Service - the reporting service 'Development Watch' reports on events pertaining to the environment and sustainable development, such as conferences, workshops, symposia or regional meetings. SDNP-I highlights the outcomes of these important initiatives and makes them widely available through professional, objective and immediate coverage, as well as by dissemination of reports to both conference participants and target groups worldwide through electronic mails and via the SDNP-I portal website.

Training on Information and Communication Technologies - provides training to government, non-government, research and academic organisations on harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies to take forward issues concerning sustainable development at a macro-level. This includes training on setting up communication infrastructure and protocols, efficient sourcing and handling of information, and creating interactive processes to enrich information content.

12.49 Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific (SUSTRAN)

Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia and the Pacific
c/o Pelang Indonesia
Jl. Danau Tondano No. A-4
Jakarta 10210
INDONESIA
Tel: +62 21 573 5020 or 571 9360
Fax: +62 21 573 2503
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/index.html
Geographic coverage: Asia and Pacific
Languages: English
Subject areas: Transport
Publications: SUSTRAN-DISCUSS (discussion list); publications accessible online

The SUSTRAN Network was launched in 1995, and has established contact with several hundred individuals and organisations around the region and beyond. To date SUSTRAN has active participants in Malaysia, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It also has active partner organisations in North America, Europe, Latin America and Africa.

The main activity of the network is information sharing. The SUSTRAN Network has a (currently dormant) electronic newsletter, SUSTRAN News Flashes, and has established a successful E-mail-based discussion list, SUSTRAN-DISCUSS, which is devoted to discussions on people-centred, equitable and sustainable transport issues, primarily in developing countries.

A number of its publications are accessible on its website, and can be downloaded in pdf format, as can its Other Key Written Resources List and Useful Links for Better Transport.

12.50 Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)

Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
PO Box 4302
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Contact: Mr T. E. Mlaki, Director of Information and Documentation
Tel: +255 51 75311 or 2
Fax: +255 51 75313
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.costech.or.tz/
Geographic coverage: Tanzania
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development; Radio broadcasts; Research; Science; Technology
Publications: Tanzania S&T News; Global Environmental News

COSTECH is a parastatal organisation, operational since 1988, with the responsibility of coordinating and promoting research and technology development activities in the country. It is the chief adviser to the Government on all matters pertaining to science and technology and their application to the socio-economic development of the country.

The COSTECH library, which houses more than 10 000 volumes of books in science and technology, also has a section of special collections of publications that deal with research matters. The special collections include research reports and reprints of publications; reports by affiliate research and development institutions; multimedia publications; and a COSTECH publications depository. The library caters for scientists and any other organisations who might be interested in Tanzanian research activities.

With support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, databases have been created on ongoing projects, active scientists and technologists, and R&D institutions. Information available in these databases is very useful to the Government, researchers, development agencies and institutions that are interested in assisting Tanzania in its socio-economic development.

In order to fulfil its role of popularising science and technology in the country, COSTECH disseminates research information through the Internet, the media (radio, television, newspapers), and production of publications. The Commission has published or supported publishing of proceedings of scientific meetings, annual reports; newsletters such as the Tanzania S&T News and the Global Environmental News; books and brochures among others. Tanzanians worldwide have been kept up-to-date through COSTECH's Electronic News Bulletin which can be accessed through E-mail services.

The Commission, in collaboration with its parent Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, prepares weekly science and technology radio programmes using the services of Radio Tanzania Dar es Salaam (RTD), which reaches all over the country. The purpose of these programmes is to popularise science and technology to the general public. From time to time, COSTECH sends out research information to local newspapers and TV stations which publish/air the information so as to reach the general public.

12.51 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Development Information Services Division
PO Box 3001
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
Contact: Ms Karima Bounemra Ben-Soltane, Chief, Development Information Services Division
Tel: +251 1 51 14 08
Fax: +251 1 51 05 12
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.uneca.org/programmes_home.htm
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Information management; Sustainable development
Publications: Publications accessible online

UNECA's Development Information Services Division aims to be the premier, integrated information service and resource centre for Africa, making quality information on African development globally available, to assist ECA member states to use information and communication technologies and to build national capacities in development information management for accelerated and sustainable development.

The programme objectives are to:

publish, market and disseminate the work and activities of ECA to target audiences;
harmonise and coordinate the design and layout of ECA's publications;
widen the range and use of electronic media and other information and communications technologies to creatively package, market and disseminate information.

Publishing, marketing and disseminating the work and activities of ECA in attractive, user-friendly formats that take advantage of the creative possibilities presented by information and communication technologies is a major focus of ECA's communications strategy. Charged with the responsibility for information publishing, marketing and dissemination, team three of the Development Information Services Division will be responsible for putting this strategic focus in to practice.

See also African Development Forum (ADF).

12.52 Universidad Austral de Chile. Escuela de Graduados, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias [Universidad Austral de Chile Graduate School, Faculty of Agrarian Sciences]

Escuela de Graduados
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias
Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh)
Casilla 567 - Valdivia
CHILE
Contact: Juan Lerdón, Director
Tel: +56 63 221747 or 213213
Fax: +56 63 221233 or 221068
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.uach.cl/facultad/agrarias/postgrado/MagDes.htm
Geographic coverage: Chile
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Rural development; Education/training

The Escuela de Graduados of the Universidad Austral de Chile is a leading institution in Chile in the field of studies related to rural activities. The MA course in rural development is an interdisciplinary programme in which staff from the different faculties of the University participate. The course, like the University, is renowned for its academic research and teaching.

12.53 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Posgrado en Desarrollo Rural [Postgraduate Course on Rural Development]

Posgrado en Desarrollo Rural
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Unidad Xochimilco
Calzada del Hueso 1100
Col. Villa Quietud - Delegación Coyoacán
CP 04960 - México, DF
MÉXICO
Contact: Roberto Diego Quintana, Director
Tel: +52 5 4837066
Fax: +52 5 4837411
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://cueyatl.uam.mx/~mdrural/
Geographic coverage: Mexico
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Education/training; Rural development

The Posgrado en Desarrollo Rural, established in 1984, offers specialised, master's and PhD courses on rural development. Its research areas are organised under three main topics:

rural social projects and their context;
conditions and forms of the rural social processes and interaction of the actors involved;
different frameworks for development actions for the rural sector.

12.54 Universidad Javeriana de Colombia, Maestria en Desarrollo Rural de la Facultad de Estudios Ambientales y Rurales [Masters Course on Rural Development of the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies]

Maestría en Desarrollo Rural
Facultad De Estudios Ambientales Y Rurales
Universidad Javeriana De Colombia
Edificio José Rafael Arboleda SJ
Transversal 4 # 42 - 00 Piso 8
Bogotá, DE
COLOMBIA
Contact: Alba Esperanza Medina, Secretary
Tel: +57 1 3208320 ext. 4816
Fax: +57 1 3208320 ext. 4860.
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.javeriana.edu.co/Facultades/fear/mdr/
Geographic coverage: Colombia
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Community development; Development; Education/training; Environmental research
Publications: Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rura

This master's degree programme has an interdisciplinary approach and an emphasis on socio-economic research into rural problems. Its research areas are:

socio-economic analysis of rural development;
community social development;
environmental research.

It publishes the journals Cuadernos de Desarrollo Rural and Descentralización, Municipio y Desarrollo Rural, and books related to rural development.

12.55 Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA), Programa Regional de Maestría en Desarrollo Rural [Regional Master's Course on Rural Development]

Programa Regional de Maestría en Desarrollo Rural
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Heredia
COSTA RICA
Contact: Luis Ovares, Coordinator
Tel: +506 2773 437
Fax: +506 2773 361
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.una.ac.cr/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Education/training; Rural development
Publications: Perspectivas Rurales (biannual)

This master's course is the only one in Central America on rural development. UNA is one of the most important universities in Costa Rica. This postgraduate programme is a highly consolidated one in the country, and also attracts students of neighbouring countries.

It publishes Perspectivas Rurales twice a year, a journal consisting of volumes that each focus on a specific theme.

12.56 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Rural (PGDR/UFRGS) [Postgraduate Programme on Rural Development of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul]

PGDR/UFRGS
Av. João Pessoa 31
Porto Alegre, RS
CEP 90040-000
BRAZIL
Contact: Jalcione Almeida, Coordinator and Eliane Sanguiné, Operational Coordinator
Tel: +55 51 3316 3281 or 3884
Fax: +55 51 3316 3281
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ufrgs.br/pgdr/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Education/training; Extension and advisory work; Rural development
Publications: Estudos Rurais

PGDR is a Programme of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul for teaching, research and extension. Its research areas are: socio-environmental dynamics of rural areas; state, public policies and rural development; and cultural and political mediations, productive structures and social forms in the rural world. It has an interdisciplinary approach to rural development issues. Its master's course is focused on the understanding of the complex reality of the rural world, policy interventions for rural development and their local and regional consequences, and elaboration and management of rural development projects.

The publication Estudos Rurais, including summaries, can be found on the website (http://www.ufrgs.br/pgdr/), where a series of their master's dissertations can also be downloaded.