13. Socio-economic Development

13.1 ABANTU for Development

ABANTU for Development
1 Winchester House, 11 Cranmer Road
London SW9 6EJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 207 820 0066
Fax: +44 208 87820
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.abantu.org/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages English
Subject areas: Development, Gender issues; Women
Publications: GAP Matters (quarterly)

ABANTU for Development is a UK registered charity established in 1991. Its aim is to increase the participation of women in decision making and policy influencing on mainstream issues affecting development in Africa. It seeks to strengthen particularly women's NGOs, and NGOs that work for women, to be more effective actors in the development of their countries in a long-term and sustainable way. It plans to achieve this aim through research about women's participation in policy making, training and advice for both policy analysis and organisation strengthening, and information on mobilisation of resources. It has a network of offices in the UK, Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) and Western Africa (Accra, Ghana and Kaduna, Nigeria).

Publications: ABANTU produces high-quality, easily accessible information with African and gender perspectives on all aspects of development, as well as support materials for our programmes. These include GAP Matters (gender and policies), a quarterly magazine, and others dealing with the development of African women's organisations in a civil society through the use of information and communications technology; effective communication and public relations strategies; and African women and governance.

Directorate (Kenya)/Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa (Roesa):
Mbaazi Avenue, PO Box 56241, 00200 City Square, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 2 570343, Fax: +254 2 570668, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Regional Office For West Africa (Rowa):
PO Box 1-A, 4 Independence Avenue, Accra-North, Accra, Ghana
Tel: +233 21 246495, Fax: +233 21 246496, E-mail: [email protected]

13.2 African Women Global Network (AWOGNet)

African Women Global Network
Center for African Studies, Ohio State University,
314 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1219
USA
Contact: Dr Egondu Onyejekwe
Tel: +1 614 292 8169
Fax: +1 614 292 7081
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/org/awognet/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Education/training; Gender issues; Women

AWOGNet is a global organisation that networks all men and women, organisations, institutions and indigenous national organisations within Africa, whose activities are targeted towards the improvement of the living conditions of women and children in Africa. Institutions around the world, especially those that sponsor programmes dedicated to the development of educational infrastructure and support systems, can become members. Organisations worldwide whose services and projects improve the conditions of African women and children can also become members.

AWOGNet is action-oriented, and will support other organisations that have programmes for the improvement of life within Africa, especially those designed for women and children.

AWOGNet will design and implement technical and other support services targeted to improve the lot of women and children of Africa. Services range from rural agricultural development to distance education delivered to reach teachers and students in the rural areas of the continent. AWOGNet pays particular attention to educational services, especially those that provide quality education to women and children, including projects that advance Internet connectivity for African countries.

13.3 African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (AWLAE)

African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment
Winrock International AWLAE Program
Mucai Drive, Off Ngong Road
PO Box 60745
Nairobi 00200
KENYA
Contact: Julia Gitobu, Regional Program Director
Tel: +254 2 2712966 or 2711590
Fax: +254 2 2712839
E-mail: [email protected]
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Agriculture; Environment; Gender issues; Women

Established in 1990, AWLAE was developed to promote women's leadership in the agricultural and environmental fields in an effort to address the severe problems of hunger and poverty facing the continent.

The AWLAE programme aims to create a network of African women scientists and leaders committed to building the skills and capacity of development professionals and institutions. The ultimate targets are women farmers, who produce more than 80 per cent of the food consumed but are often overlooked by researchers, agricultural universities, extension programmes and policy makers.

The AWLAE programme operates in both East and West Africa. It is a leadership programme and prepares women professionals in agriculture and the environment for leadership positions, thus enabling them to contribute to the formulation of policies that take women's concerns into account. These policies are expected to have a positive impact on the efforts of rural women, who are the natural resource managers and food producers.

The AWLAE programme takes various forms:

awards fellowships at master's and doctoral levels;
creates enabling environments within institutions;
enhances capacities for programme sustainability.

AWLAE is also involved in mentoring activities for undergraduate, secondary and primary school girl students.

AWLAE activities have included establishing gender resource centres within existing institutions; providing career guidance and mentoring programmes for girls and young women; male focus groups; and establishing a database of African professional women in agriculture and environment.

13.4 Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD)

Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development
Dean Bradley House
52 Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2AF
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: David Waller, Executive Director
Tel: +44 20 7227 8631
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.acord.org.uk/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English; French; Portuguese
Subject areas: Community development; Poverty
Publications: ACORD E- Newsletter

ACORD was established in 1976 as a consortium of international agencies headquartered in the North to provide its members with operational capacity to address poverty issues resulting from the drought in sub-Saharan Africa. By 2001, ACORD was implementing 45 long-term, community-based development programmes in 17 countries in Africa, focusing primarily on poverty alleviation.

ACORD has now refocused its vision, profile and strategic orientation. Based on a joint analysis with its partners of the issues and challenges that are currently facing Africa, and backed by its reputation and experience for cutting-edge research and development practice, it is building its future as a genuinely international Africa-led alliance of groups and individuals addressing aspects of rights and social justice that underlie the poverty of those on the fringes of African societies. ACORD now seeks to go beyond addressing the consequences of poverty to understanding, challenging and changing the conditions that cause poverty and exclusion through a global programme that unites practical work with advocacy. ACORD believes that people have a right to a just and equal society, and is committed to making that right a reality.

To enable ACORD to achieve its many new objectives, it is currently restructuring its 45 separate interventions in Africa into 10 - 12 larger area programmes and five cross-cutting thematic programmes. It is also in the process of moving its strategic leadership, identity and management from the UK to Africa.

Publications include: E-Newsletter; ACORD Policies; reports; documents by theme (e.g. HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, gender, conflict, capacity building); documents by area. These are available on the website, many of which can be downloaded in pdf format. Links are provided to other useful websites.

Africa office:
ACORD (Nairobi), PO Box 61216 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 2 272 11 72 or 85 or 86, Fax:+254 2 272 11 66, E-mail: [email protected]

13.5 AiFA/PALOP

AiFA/PALOP
CP 922
Bissau
GUINEA BISSAU
Contact: Jancuba N'Djai, Executive Secretary
Tel: +245 25 37 56 or +245 201815
Fax: +245 25 37 56 or +245 201815
E-mail: Aifa@RocketMail
Web: http://www.acep.pt/parceiro/gb_aifa_palop.htm
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Development; Education/training; Environment

A pan-African NGO, Aifa/PALOP is an association for investigation and training which aims to encourage populations to participate in improving their own quality of life. Anyone may participate, irrespective of their ethnic origin, politics, religion or race.

The objectives of AiFA/PALOP are to:

carry out research activities in the fields of population, the environment and development;
promote participatory training activities to the benefit of populations;
provide technical assistance to associations, NGOs and other development agencies for the benefit of populations;
promote facilitation and intermediary activities for all players involved in development.

In order to achieve its objectives, AiFA/PALOP is involved in the following activities:

studies based on participation;
training and enabling, using participation methodologies;
organising technical assistance.

AiFA/PALOP is an NGO that can help other associations or organisations which do not have the financial means to support their partners.

13.6 ASIST Africa

ASIST Africa
ILO/ASIST
PO Box 210
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Tel: +263 4 369 824/8
Fax: +263 4 369 829
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.ilo.org/asist/
Geographic coverage: Sub-Saharan Africa
Languages: English,
Subject areas: Capacity building; Labour and employment; Policy and planning; Transport
Publications: ASIST Bulletin

ASIST is an International Labour Organisation (ILO) programme seeking to contribute towards the alleviation of poverty through the use of local-level planning methodologies and employment-intensive strategies in the provision of rural and urban infrastructure.

ASIST's overall objectives are to contribute towards the:

creation of decent work with fair working conditions for men and women;
building of local capacity and skills in government, the private sector and communities to provide appropriate and sustainable rural and urban public infrastructure;
creation and maintenance of appropriate and sustainable rural and urban public infrastructure in a cost-effective and efficient manner using local resource-based methods.

ASIST was first established in East and Southern Africa in 1991, and now has offices in Harare, Zimbabwe and Nairobi, Kenya.

ASIST-Africa is a Regional Programme executed by the ILO. This programme now offers services to projects and programmes in several subSaharan countries in complementary areas such as local-level planning tools, road construction and maintenance, rural and urban infrastructure, irrigation, soil and water management, drainage, sanitation and waste management.

Document database: ASISTDOC, a bibliographic database on labour-based technology, contains details of over 9000 labour-based technology documents and provides for quick and easy access to bibliographic details of publications available from ASIST's Document Centre. It is available for online searching on the web and is also distributed on computer diskettes or CD-ROM. A read-only version of the database for quick and easy access to bibliographic details of publications can be ordered from ASIST's Document Centre.

Publications: ASIST publishes a range of different publications including a bulletin, sourcebooks, technical briefs, guides, papers and proceedings, many of which can be downloaded from the website.

ILO/ASIST Kenya:
PO Box 60598, Nairobi, KENYA

ILO/ASIST Asia - Pacific:
An ASIST office covering Asia and the Pacific was opened in 1998.
PO Box 2-349, Bangkok 10200, THAILAND
Tel: +66 2 288 23 03, Fax: +66 2 288 10 62, E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

13.7 Asociacion De Mujeres Indigenas De Chimborazo 'La Minga' [Association of Indigenous Women of Chimborazo]

Asociacion De Mujeres Indigenas De Chimborazo 'La Minga'
Calle Olmedo 19 - 55 y 5 junio
Casilla Postal 06-01-301
Riobamba
ECUADOR
Contact: Maria Petrona Gusñay
Tel: +593 09 9271228
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://interconnection.org/minga/index.html
Geographic coverage: Ecuador
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Gender issues; Sustainable development; Women

This autonomous, private, not-for-profit organisation started in 1988 as the result of collaboration between several institutions. The association focuses on supporting the indigenous and rural population of the province of Chimborazo through health, education and productive projects, reaching out to some 10 000 beneficiaries. The association contributes primarily to the training of both urban and rural marginalised women, promoting sustainable self-development in order for the indigenous population to reach competitive standards with a perspective of gender equity. It executes programmes in the areas of infrastructure, production and administration.

13.8 BRIDGE

BRIDGE
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Hazel Reeves, Manager
Tel: + 44 1273 606261
Fax: + 44 1273 621202
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English; French; Spanish
Subject areas: Development; Gender issues
Publications: Development and Gender In Brief (bulletin); publications list available online

BRIDGE was set up in 1992 as a specialised gender and development information service. It is now an established non-profit-making unit specialising in gender and development.

BRIDGE seeks to transform development practice by supporting global gender mainstreaming efforts down to the operational level, by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice through appropriate knowledge creation, sharing and management, in long-term collaboration involving mutual capacity building with Southern and Northern partners.

BRIDGE reports - synthesise the key gender and development debates, policies and practice in a selected area, e.g. global trade expansion and liberalisation. These reports have been commissioned by a wide range of bi- and multi-lateral organisations, and are now available online for free access, or alternatively paper versions can be obtained from ITDG Publications ([email protected]).

BRIDGE bibliographies - provide brief overviews of a particular area, with the key resources identified and then summarised, available online.

Cutting Edge Packs - new series on topical gender issues such as Participation, Cultural change, HIV/AIDS and Gender budgets. These contain an Overview Report, a Supporting Resources Collection and an issue of BRIDGE's bulletin.

Development and gender in brief - this popular bulletin with international contributors is targeted at busy policy makers and practitioners; 75 per cent of its readers are based in the South.

Glossaries: BRIDGE has recently produced a Glossary of Macroeconomics from a Gender Perspective, and gender and development concepts and definitions for a bilateral agency website.

BRIDGE has created gender and development Internet and intranet materials for clients, including Frequently asked questions and Facts and figures.

13.9 Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA)

Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action
PO Bag 442, Tunapuna Post Office
Tunapuna
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Contact: Nelcia Robinson, Coordinator
Tel: + 1 868 663 8670
Fax: +1 868 663 6482
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cafrao.org/
Geographic coverage: Caribbean
Languages: English; Spanish
Subject areas: Gender issues; Women;
Publications: CAFRA Newsletters (English); Novedades CAFRA (Spanish)

CAFRA was launched in April 1985, at a meeting in Barbados, to support and facilitate feminist research and action in the Caribbean region.

CAFRA's main objectives are to foster gender-sensitive approaches to policy formulation; to strengthen institutional capacity for gender approaches; and to lead to increased political power for women and regional integration among women's groups.

CAFRA has implemented programmes dealing with gender issues related to women in agriculture, and has implemented empowerment aspects of the findings of this programme.

CAFRA publishes the quarterly CAFRA Newsletter (English) and Novedades CAFRA (Spanish).

Its mission is to celebrate and channel the collective power of women for individual and societal transformation, thus creating a climate in which social justice is realised.

Its objectives are to:

promote and support the continued growth and development of the feminist movement in the entire region;
research, analyse and document the situation of women in the region from the perspectives of ethnicity, class, culture and gender relations;
network with women's organisations and other organisations that support CAFRA's mission;
influence policy at national, regional and international levels in government and non-governmental organisations and institutions, in keeping with our mission;
support, through our programmes and work, efforts aimed at economic self-sufficiency for women;
generate a critical examination of the nature of 'politics' and 'power' and of women's relationship to it as a basis for a policy on women, politics and power in the region;
provide information on actions and struggles taking place in different parts of the region and encourage and support international solidarity when necessary;
develop action and research priorities based on the needs of women in the region;
foster dialogue and debate towards the development of non-patriarchal procedures, perceptions and structures;
develop an institution which promotes personal growth, the most efficient use of human resources, sustainable development of our environment and economic self-sufficiency.

Activities include:

communication and networking;
education and consciousness-raising;
institutional development;
research/action projects on issues of relevance to the regional women's movement;
solidarity/action on national, regional and international campaigns.

13.10 Centre d'appui et d'auto-Promotion des Initiatives Locales De Développement (CAPILD)

CAPILD
BP 18
Tonga
CAMEROON
Tel: +237 484884 or 5
Fax: +237 442704
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.geocities.com/bandounga/capild.htm
Geographic coverage: Cameroon
Languages: French
Subject areas: Rural development
Publications: Publications list is available on request

CAPILD aims to:

eliminate poverty, famine and social destitution in rural areas;
reverse the process of advancing degradation of the region;
help to build a future in which mankind will live in harmony with nature.

For this purpose it publishes: reports, educational material, evaluation reports, information leaflets, project briefs and videos.

13.11 Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales (CEPES) [Peruvian Centre for Social Studies]

Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales
Av. Salaverry no. 818 - Jesús María
Lima 11
PERÚ
Contact: Fernando Eguren, Director
Tel: +51 1 4336610
Fax: +51 1 4336610
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cepes.org.pe/
Geographic coverage: Peru
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Rural development
Publications: Revista Debate Agrario; La Revista Agraria

CEPES, founded in 1976, arose as an institution specialising in rural development, interested in improving the living conditions of peasants in the countryside in Peru, with the aim of contributing to forging a more democratic and fair society.

CEPES intends to include small farmers and peasants in the processes of modernisation and democratisation of the country. To achieve these aims, it carries out a variety of projects.

CEPES publishes the magazine Revista Debate Agrario and also La Revista Agraria. It has a documentation centre offering Internet resources divided by themes, bibliographic databases, texts of electronic publications, etc.

13.12 Centre d'Études Économiques et Sociales de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CESAO) [West African Centre for Economic and Social Studies]

Centre d'Etudes Economiques et Sociales de l'Afrique de l'Ouest [updated July 2004]
01 BP 305
Bobo Diolasso
BURKINA FASO
Contact: Rosalie Ouoba, Director General
Tel: +226 97 10 17
Fax: +226 97 08 02
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.inter-reseaux.org/infodev/repertoire/CESAO.htm
Geographic coverage: West Africa; Sahel
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Rural sociology; Sustainable development

The West African Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESAO) is an international association based in Burkina Faso with a mandate to promote participatory and sustainable development in the Sudano-Sahelian zone.

Its priority targets are the peasant or smallholder organisations through whom it wishes to communicate with those people normally considered `voiceless' such as women, young people, small farmers, livestock owners and village craft people.

The Centre aims to sustain interest and provoke thought in the main development problems affecting rural communities through its own publications which include newsletters, notes and occasional papers.

13.13 Cooperativas Agrarias Federadas (CAF) [Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives]

CAF
Río Negro 1495 Ap. 201
Montevideo
URUGUAY
Contact: Gastón Rico, Manager
Tel: +598 2 900 00 12 or 901 33 39
Fax: +598 2 902 49 29
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.caf.org.uy/
Geographic coverage: Uruguay
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agricultural extension; Development

CAF is a second-grade cooperative whose members are the agricultural cooperatives of Uruguay. Its main focus is on the representation of these cooperatives and their members; the elaboration of investment projects and extension services for institution building; the strengthening of organisational democracy; and economic and social development of the cooperatives and their members.

13.14 Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa/ Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique (CODESRIA)

CODESRIA [updated April 2004]
Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop
BP 3304
Dakar 18524
SENEGAL

Contact: Adebayo Olukoshi, Executive Secretary or Abou Moussa Ndongo, Chief Librarian
Tel: +221 259822 or 23
Fax: +221 241289
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.codersria.org/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: Arabic; English; French
Subject areas: Development; Social sciences
Publications: Africa Development/Afrique et Developpement (quarterly); CODESRIA Bulletin/Bulletin du CODESRIA (quarterly)

CODESRIA was established in 1973 as an independent pan-African research organisation with a primary focus on the social sciences, broadly defined. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation, but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent. Its objectives are to:

promote and facilitate research and knowledge production in Africa using a holistic, multidisciplinary approach - in this connection the Council is committed to the goal of combating the fragmentation of knowledge production and the African community of scholars along various disciplinary and linguistic/geographical lines;
encourage and support the development of African comparative research with a continental perspective and sensitivity to the specificity of the development process in Africa;
promote the publication and dissemination of the results of research undertaken by African scholars;
strengthen the institutional basis of knowledge production in Africa by proactively engaging and supporting other research institutions and their networks of scholars within its programmes of activities - as part of this goal the Council also actively encourages cooperation and collaboration among African universities, research organisations and other training institutions;
encourage intergenerational and gender-sensitive dialogues in the African academic community as a further investment of effort in the promotion of awareness of and capacity in the use of different prospectives for knowledge production;
promote contacts and dialogue between African researchers and researchers on Africa elsewhere in the world, as well as interactions between the Council and similar international organisations.

Publications include:

Africa Development/Afrique et Développement (Journal - Quarterly)
African Sociological Review/Revue africaine de sociologie (Biannually)
Afrika Zamani: An Annual Journal of History
CODESRIA Bulletin/Bulletin du CODESRIA (Newsletter - Quarterly)
Identity, Culture and Politics: an Afro-Asian Dialogue / Identité, culture et politique: un dialogue Afro-asiatique (Biannually)
Journal of Higher Education in Africa/ Revue de l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique (copublished with Boston College - Triennial)
Several monograph series

(A full list of publications is available on request or can be accessed on the Codesria website)

13.15 Departamento de Estudos Socioeconômicos Rurais, Brazil (DESER) [Department of Socio-Economic Rural Studies, Brazil]

DESER
CP 80.060-190
Rua Ubaldino do Amaral, 374
Curitiba (PR)
BRAZIL
Contact: Valter Bianchini, Coordinator
Tel: +55 41 2621842
Fax: +55 41 3623679
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.deser.org.br/
Geographic coverage: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Family farms; Rural development
Publications: DESER Newsletter

DESER is an NGO established since 1988. Founded by a number of organisations, including unions of rural workers, rural movements, producers' associations and church groups in the three southern states of Brazil, its objectives are to contribute to the development of peasant and small family farming by both systemising and distributing information and elaborating and publishing analyses, studies and research directed at policy proposals for improving the livelihood of its subjects.

Initially interested in technological aspects of agriculture, DESER has progressively directed its attention to the preparation of policy proposals, the training of rural leaders, and mediating between rural entities and the authorities.

DESER establishes an organic political relationship with rural social organisations dedicated to:

construction of a political ideological identity of small-scale farming;
organisation and representation of small-scale farmers;
construction of a project of sustainable, jointly responsible development;
practical daily implementation of policies that promote and strengthen the values of small-scale farming.

The DESER Newsletter can be viewed at http://www.deser.org.br/boletim.asp and its publications are listed at http://www.deser.org.br/publicacoes.asp

13.16 Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA)

Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations
PO Box 11224
Kampala
UGANDA
Contact: Professor J. B. Kwesiga, Executive Secretary
Tel: +256 41 530575 or 531150
Fax: +256 41 531236
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.deniva.or.ug/
Geographic coverage: Uganda
Languages: English
Subject areas: Capacity building; Development; Information management; Indigenous knowledge; Voluntary sector

Founded in February 1988, DENIVA is a registered, indigenous, non-profit-making network of Ugandan NGOs and community-based organisations (CBOs).

DENIVA's goal is to have a vibrant society in which all citizens democratically participate and contribute to national development. The programme's purpose is to empower DENIVA's members and other civic organisations for democratic growth and sustainable development through networking, advocacy and capacity building.

DENIVA's mission is to contribute to the strengthening of the NGO sector capable of participating in and influencing socio-economic and political transformation for sustainable national development. Its objectives are to:

enhance the understanding and capacity of Member Organisations to address development issues;
enhance collective action by NGOs and other social actors for good governance and poverty elimination;
provide a forum where members and other stakeholders exchange ideas and information on national and sustainable development and plan for collective action;
achieve improved performance of members through networking and advocacy;
enable members to develop effective management capacity through skills development, sharing information and experiences;
encourage dialogue and collaboration with Government and other development agencies in nation building;
consolidate the network's Resource Centre, making it capable of acting as the focal point for information generation, collection, repackaging and dissemination.

Networking and information sharing: in its new strategic plan, DENIVA will place the emphasis on networking as a strategy. Areas of concern for effective networking will include information management, gender mainstreaming, promotion of cross-cutting issues e.g. HIV/AIDS, environment and human rights, decentralised information exchange, documentation and publications, repackaging and strengthening district NGO networks for effective information sharing. Others include strengthening and establishing resource centres, a website, a database, research and studies, dialogue with existing networks, information and communication technologies, and relations with the media.

13.17 Dimitra Project

Dimitra Project
rue Brederode 21
B-1000 Brussels
BELGIUM
Contact: Eliane Najros, Project Coordinator
Tel: +32 2 5490310
Fax: +32 2 5490314
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fao.org/dimitra/query/start1.idc
Geographic coverage: Africa; Europe; Near East
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Gender issues; Food security; Sustainable development; Women
Publications: Dimitra Guidebooks; Dimitra Newsletter (biannual)

Since 1998, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been implementing the Dimitra Project with financial support from the Belgian Directorate General for International Cooperation and the King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium).

The aims of this information and communication project are to:

increase the availability of information on projects concerning rural women, food security and sustainable development;
increase the visibility of the contributions of rural women to development via traditional means of communication and new information technologies;
contribute to increased gender awareness among development actors;
promote information exchange and dissemination of information.

Some specific objectives are to:

present detailed information on project experiences of organisations and some indications of the methods they use;
contribute to the promotion of dialogue and information exchange between all development actors, including NGOs, research institutes and national or international development agencies;
increase knowledge on regional expertise;
establish partnerships with eight organisations based in Africa and the Near East which collect and disseminate information on the work of NGOs and civil society organisations in their subregion in the field of rural women/gender and development.

The second edition of the Dimitra Guidebook on European Organisations (NGOs, information centres and research institutes working with/for rural women in the South) was published in March 2000, and a Guidebook on African and Near Eastern Organisations (two volumes) was published in 2001. The Project also publishes a biannual newsletter (in English and French) which is disseminated worldwide.

The information contained in the Dimitra Guidebooks is based on the Project's database, which is freely accessible on the website (in English and French). It contains profiles of organisations based in Europe, Africa and the Near East which have projects or programmes involving or concerning rural women and development. The database does not claim to be exhaustive, but rather aims at presenting the trends encountered in the different countries. The descriptions have been drawn from information provided by the organisations concerned. The database currently contains details of 850 African organisations, provides over 1900 project descriptions, and lists 830 publications.

13.18 Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)

Economic and Social Research Foundation
51 Uporoto Street
Ursino Estates
PO Box 31226
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Contact: Margareth Nzuki, Head, Information Centre
Tel: +255 22 2760260
Fax: +255 741 324508 or +255 22 2 760062
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.esrf.or.tz/
Geographic coverage: Tanzania
Languages: English
Subject areas: Capacity building; Development; Policy analysis
Publications: ESRF Newsletter; Economic Review (quarterly journal)

ESRF was established in 1993 as an independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental research institute for capacity building in economic and social policy analysis.

Its main objective is to build and strengthen human and institutional capabilities in economic and social policy analysis and decision-making, and to enhance the understanding of policy options within the government, public sector and donor community, and in the growing national non-governmental sector, mainly - but not only - in Tanzania

Specific objectives are to:

initiate and undertake research and studies in economic and social policies;
undertake contracted studies in the field of economic and social policies;
promote an informed policy dialogue involving the relevant actors in the design and/or implementation of economic and social policies;
provide an institutional base in the form of sabbatical leave for policy analysts, government officials engaged in economic management, non-governmental policy actors and academic policy researchers;
collaborate with existing training institutions in organising special training modules in economic and social policy analysis;
cooperate with other institutions in policy research, training and exchange of staff.

To assist in achieving these objectives, the ESRF Information Centre was set up and now holds a comprehensive social sciences collection. Using modern technology, the Centre aims to provide researchers with a wide range of services including current awareness services, selective dissemination of information, enquiry services, online document delivery, and access to E-mail and the Internet.

The Information Centre also houses the Tanzania Online Gateway, which is a gateway to information on development issues in Tanzania. It is a joint initiative by the Government of Tanzania, UN/UNDP and ESRF to address problems faced by government officials, policy makers, donor community, civil society, researchers, academicians and the public in general in accessing information on development issues in Tanzania. The Tanzania Online Gateway can be accessed through the following address: http://www.tzonline.org/

13.19 Family Alliance for Development and Cooperation (FADECO)

Family Alliance for Development and Cooperation
PO Box 223, Kayanga Town
Karagwe - Kagera Region
TANZANIA
Contact: Sekiku Joseph, Director
Tel: +255 28 2221904 or 2223024
Fax: +255 28 2223024
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fadeco.org
Geographic coverage: Tanzania
Languages: English; Kiswahili
Subject areas: Food security; Poverty; Sustainable development

FADECO is a local NGO with charity (not-for profit) status. It is a non-denominational, non-sectarian, non-political, strictly humanitarian and ecumenical development organisation. Man and development are the key points. Its main target group is the grassroots community, in particular the family.

Working for sustainable development of the grassroots communities in Kagera Region, north-west Tanzania, FADECO aims to:

alleviate poverty;
enhance household food and nutrition security;
improve livelihood standards;
enhance household incomes;
encourage sustainable use of natural resources.

It is involved in a range of programmes which include agriculture, environment, solar drying, low-cost housing and Rift Valley foods. Details of these may be found on its website, with links to other useful sites.

FADECO has established a well stocked information resource centre, which in the near future is expected, when linked directly to satellite, to act as a telecentre.

13.20 Farmers' World network (FWn)

Farmers' World network
Arthur Rank Centre
National Agricultural Centre
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: Adrian Friggens
Tel: +44 24 7669 6969 ext. 420/421
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fwn.org.uk/
Geographic coverage: Developing countries
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Agriculture; Farming systems; Food production; Policy and planning
Publications: LANDMARK/Agri-Repere (bimonthly newsletter)

FWn, a network of UK farmers interested in 'third world' development issues, was set up in 1985 to promote development education among UK farmers in the aftermath of the1984 Ethiopian famine. FWn continues to promote the economic and social wellbeing of vulnerable rural communities throughout the world by:

promoting awareness, in UK rural communities, of the problems of developing countries, and of the relationships between agriculture in Europe and the South;
establishing a group of farmers, and other members of the land-based industries, with a good understanding of the issues behind world food production, distribution and trade;
providing information and resources to enable rural community members to engage in policy debate at national and international levels, and contribute to the design and implementation of policies geared more towards more sustainable methods of food production, distribution and trade.

Publications include:

Newsletter - LANDMARK and its French language translation, Agri-Repere. Published bimonthly, it aims to provide independent topical comment on agricultural issues, and associated questions of poverty and hunger, in a brief and accessible format. LANDMARK has published articles from all over the world and from all ranges of opinion - working farmers in the UK and in developing countries, leading research scientists, environment and development NGOs, a range of UK government ministries including DFID, development professionals, the international aid agencies and the general public.

Briefing papers - supplied in Adobe Acrobat format, are country, issue, food security or commodity focused.

Conference reports - on FWn convened seminars and meetings.

13.21 FARMESA (Farm-level Applied Research Methods Programme for East and Southern Africa)

FARMESA
PO Box 3730
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Tel: +263 4 758051 or 4
Fax: +263 4 758055
Web: http://www.farmesa.co.zw/
Geographic coverage: Eastern and Southern Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Farming systems; Natural resource management; Sustainable development
Publications: FARMESA News

FARMESA is a regional collaborative initiative of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in collaboration with Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.

The FARMESA Programme contributes towards sustained improvement in productivity, and real incomes and welfare of the smallholder farming communities in Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing on poverty eradication, sustainable natural resource management, human and institutional development, and regional collaboration through systems-oriented, participatory, gender-sensitive approaches with special emphasis on ownership and empowerment.

The long-term development objective of FARMESA is to contribute to the sustained rise in the standard of living of smallholder families in Eastern and Southern Africa through improved food security, rising real family incomes and appropriate management of natural resources.

FARMESA makes available a range of different publications, including technical reports, working papers, progress reports and FARMESA News for workers in participatory agricultural development.

Those in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe wishing to acquire these publications should contact the nearest FARMESA office:

Kenya: Mr E. Wandera
Tel: +254 2 718870/9, Fax: +254 2 725774, E-mail: [email protected]

Uganda: Mr W. Odogola
Tel: +256 41 566161, Fax: +256 41 566161, E-mail: [email protected]

Tanzania: Mr A. Nalitolela
Tel: +255 51 865323, Fax: +255 51 112501, E-mail: [email protected]

Zambia: Mr J. Musanya
Tel: +260 1 278390, Fax: +260 1 278001, E-mail: [email protected]

Zimbabwe: Dr J. Makadho
Tel: +263 4 707311, Fax: +263 4 730525, E-mail: [email protected]

13.22 FEMNET (African Women's Development and Communications Network)

African Women's Development and Communications Network
PO Box 54562
Nairobi
KENYA
Contact: Executive Director
Tel: +254 2 741301 or 20
Fax: +254 2 742927
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet/
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English;
Subject areas: Development; Gender issues; Women
Publications: FEMNET News; GENNews; Our Rights

FEMNET's objectives are to:

strengthen the role and contribution of African NGOs concerned with women's development;
create a channel through which these NGOs can reach each other and share ideas, knowledge and experiences geared towards improving the condition of African women;
maintain close working relationships and foster partnership directly or indirectly with governments, UN agencies, the Organization of African Unity and other bodies with objectives similar to those of the Network;
publicize the Network's activities and services through publications, awards, exhibitions and the mass media.

Communication is a key strategy to achieving FEMNET's objective for women's empowerment.

FEMNET publishes a news bulletin, FEMNET News, to inform the public about the activities of the organisation; Our Rights, a bulletin that deals with thematic issues of concern to women; and GENNews, a specialised publication dealing with gender issues.

It is FEMNET's intention to continue to publish books written by Africans to promote concepts on gender equality and women's empowerment. Among those already published are: Strategies for Effective Lobbying; Delusions - Essays on Social Construction of Gender; Girls Speak Out; The Road to Empowerment; and The FEMNET Model for Gender Training.

The organisation maintains a documentation centre which serves both as a repository for documents on its specialised area for use by various researchers, and as a clearing house for information exchange among network members and the general public.

13.23 Flora Tristán - Centro de la Mujer Peruana [Centre for the Peruvian Woman]

Centro de la Mujer Peruana
Flora Tristán
Parque Hernán Velarde Nro 42
Lima 1
PERÚ
Contact: Rosa Villanueva
Tel: +51 1 433 1457 or 433 2765
Fax: +51 1 433 9060 or 433 9500
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.flora.org.pe/
Geographic coverage: Andean region
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Gender issues; Women
Publications: Chacarera

This NGO forms part of the feminist movement of Peru, and was created in 1979 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of women, focusing on health, reproductive rights, civil rights, research and communication.

The National Network of Rural Women forms part of the Centre and contributes to the formation of rural extensionists capable of offering alternatives to rural women. The network supports representative organisations in the application of gender policies as part of the development strategy. It coordinates the project for Andean mountain rural women that focuses on food technology in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.

The Network publishes the magazine Chacarera and a supplement on Andean women and food technology. The library of Flora Tristán is Peru's largest on development of women, contains a subunit on rural women, and publishes a newsletter.

The internal publishing house edits and distributes the Institute's publications and work by women that contributes to knowledge on women's themes. It encourages creativity in women by publishing their contributions, and through a yearly competition of short stories invited from the whole of Latin America (http://www.flora.org.pe/pnuevas.htm). Flora Tristán participates in several national and international networks (http://www.flora.org.pe/perfil.htm).

13.24 INADES-FORMATION (Institut Africain pour le Développement Economique et Social - Centre Africain de Formation)

INADES-FORMATION
08 BP 8
Abidjan 08
COTE D'IVOIRE
Contact: Césaire Pooda, Responsable de la Communication
Tel: +225 44 31 28
Fax: +225 44 06 41
E-mail: ifsiè[email protected]
Web: http://www.sdnp.undp.org/sdncmr/subweb/cminade1.htm
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: French; English; vernacular
Subject areas: Agriculture; Education/training; Radio broadcasts; Rural development
Publications: A list of publications is available on request

INADES-FORMATION is non-profit international organisation based in Abidjan, with national offices in 10 countries: Burkino Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It also operates in Benin, Central Africa, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger and Senegal.

INADES-FORMATION believes that no lasting development can take place without the participation of populations in bringing about changes in their living conditions. The main aim of the Association is to work for self advancement of rural populations through training.

Adults - mainly rural adults - are offered information, techniques and methods that enable them to:

analyse together their situation and the changes they will have to face;
choose freely and implement appropriate solutions;
get organised as a community to voice concerns and put forward interests when in dialogue with policy makers and the organisations that carry out these policies.

INADES-FORMATION makes available educational materials which include more than 500 titles (booklets, technical leaflets, posters, slides, radio broadcasts, etc.) in French and English. Most of these materials have been translated into national languages, e.g. Kiswahili, Lingala, Kirundi).

13.25 Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development (IDPAD)

Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development [updated March 2004]
Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research
Laan van Nieuw Oost Indie 300
PO Box 93120, 2509 AC The Hague
NETHERLANDS

Contact: Mrs Annette Wells, Secretary, IDPAD-NL, NWO-WOTRO
Tel: +31 70 3440 763 Fax: +31 70 3819874
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.idpad.org
Geographic coverage: India
Languages: English
Subject areas: Development; Social sciences
Publications: IDPAD Newsletter; a list of publications is available online

IDPAD promotes social science research that is of relevance to development in India. With a view to increasing the relevance and utilisation of research, the programme stimulates interaction between researchers and users of research, including policy makers from government organisations and NGOs. IDPAD grew out of intensifying contacts and cooperation between Indian and Dutch social scientists, inspired by the need to explore 'alternatives in development'.

The programme was formally launched in 1980 and four phases of research have been implemented since. IDPAD favours collaboration between researchers, and most of IDPAD's activities are carried out by researchers in India and the Netherlands working together.

IDPAD's main activities are the promotion and funding of research projects, seminars and exchange visits. In addition, the programme provides funding for dissemination of research results, and publishes working papers and a newsletter. IDPAD is jointly implemented by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) in New Delhi, and The Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO) in The Hague.

IDPAD stimulates researchers to publish interim findings in scientific journals and other periodicals. The programme can link researchers to publishers, and several book publications have resulted from IDPAD research. IDPAD publishes working papers of selected ongoing research.

The exchange of literature programme has been exploring a number of elements:

offering (Indian) institutes basic bibliographical data on (Dutch) research results;
offering (Indian) institutes/libraries subsidised subscriptions to academic/scientific journals (in English);
translating specific Dutch scientific and policy-relevant publications into English as well as translating (e.g.) English academic or policy publications into (e.g.) Hindi;
sending IDPAD's publications free on request to individual scholars;
sending non-IDPAD publications to individual scholars.

Further details are to be found on both the IDPAD and WOTRO websites, including lists of IDPAD publications, the IDPAD Newsletter and a project database.

13.26 Innovations et Réseaux pour le Développement (IRED)

Innovations et Réseaux pour le Développement
Case 116, 3 rue de Varembé
1211 Geneva 20
SWITZERLAND
Contact: Fernand Vincent, Honorary Secretary General
Tel: +41 22 734 1716
Fax: +41 22 740 0011
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ired.org/anglais/
Geographic coverage: Global
Languages: English; French; Spanish
Subject areas: Development
Publications: IRED-Forum Online

Founded in 1981, IRED is a global network of 1000 partners who are seeking to achieve social and economic justice through economic and social initiatives, participation in governance, and in policy processes. Its members range from peasant and urban groups, associations of handicraftsmen, women and cooperatives, to national and international NGOs. Through its forum the organisations can act together at local, regional and global levels to exchange ideas and experiences in order to break out their state of isolation and constitute an organised force to bring about change. In January 2002, IRED.ORG (http://www.ired.ord/) was created as both an organisation and a communication platform which aims at fostering access to information for development through IRED Forum Online (quarterly); INFODOC Online (virtual databank on development); and Partners Exchange Online.

IRED's three main programmes of activity are:

South - South exchanges of experience (exchanges of persons and groups on local, national and international levels) in order to transfer technologies, to create an enterprise and increase employment, and to learn to organise and manage an association better;
institution building, including the development of available resources, systems of alternate financing (creation of development enterprises, savings/credit, negotiation of foreign aid) and institutional development, and evaluation through seminars, consultations and publications;
information/documentation/communication, including the identification of existing information from Southern development partners and Northern development centres, and dissemination of experience and available information adapted to the needs of the Southern partners and publications.

INFODOC Online, a documentation centre containing more than 2000 documents online (as pdf) that can be downloaded without charge).

IRED has undertaken a study in seven Sahelian countries to identify the needs of NGOs and popular organisations, and organised, in Niamey, a regional seminar on the distribution of development books published by Southern NGOs and popular organisations.

Regional offices:

West Africa the Sahel and Central Africa - Regional Service of Exchanges and Support to Management (SEAG), BP 12675, Niamey, Niger
Tel: +227 733 527, Fax: +227 723 204, E-mail: [email protected]

Eastern and Southern Africa - Regional Development Support Service of IRED, PO Box CY3, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 4 796 853, Fax: +263 4 722 421

South Africa - IRED South Africa, PO Box 32293, Braamfontein 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel/Fax: +27 11 339 1811

Nigeria - IRED West Africa, PO Box 326, Ikeja-Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: +234 1 493 80 14; Fax: +234 1 493 77 23

Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi - IRED Grands Lacs, BP 2375 Bukavu, Zaïre or c/o PREFED, BP 3446 Bujumbura, Burundi
Fax: +257 22 06 10

Latin America - IRED Latin America, Carrera 9 No. 5-81/Apartado aereo 2007, Popayan, Colombia
Tel: +57 282 42 416, Fax: +57 282 41 797

Asia - IRED Asia, Development Support Service, 562/3 Nawala Road, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 1 695 481, Fax: +94 1 688 368

China - IRED China, Institute of Nationality Studies, 27 Bai Shi Qiao Road, Beijing 100 081, China
Fax: +86 1 84 21 864

Europe - IRED Nord, Via Tacito 10, 00193 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 06 320 78 49, Fax: +39 06 320 81 55

13.27 LADDER (Livelihoods and Diversification Directions Explored by Research)

LADDER (Livelihoods and Diversification Directions Explored by Research)
Livelihoods Research Centre, Overseas Development Group
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Contact: John Mims, ODG Senior Research Associate
Tel: +44 1603 592335
Fax: +44 1603 464267
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.odg.uea.ac.uk/ladder/
Geographic coverage: East Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Livelihoods; Poverty
Publications: LADDER Working Paper series; Village Reports; LADDER Policy Briefs series

LADDER is a research project, funded by the Policy Research Programme of the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, that seeks to identify alternative routes by which the rural poor can climb out of poverty.

The purpose of this research is to identify and promote policies to reduce the vulnerability of poor rural people in low-income countries. This purpose is pursued through the theme of policy reform options to support livelihood diversification in rural areas.

The project is being undertaken in East Africa, in three field locations in each country of study: Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi. Each field location is linked to natural resource management issues. The project is also examining micro/macro-economic and institutional links affecting livelihood diversification in each country and in each location.

The Livelihoods Research Centre at the University of East Anglia acts as a resource centre for the LADDER project, and to provide other researchers with an interest in the livelihoods approach to rural poverty reduction with advice in relation to materials.

At present the research centre provides four main services:

document collection on livelihoods approaches, methods, and case studies, including materials specific to Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi;
electronic bibliography available on Prociteä, covering livelihoods and related rural development topics;
data organisation and analysis capability, oriented mainly to the qualitative and quantitative data emerging from LADDER's own research activities;
postal distribution of project publications as these become available during the course of the project.

Publications: the LADDER project is producing three main publication series during the lifetime of the project. These are:

LADDER Working Paper series - intended as fairly substantive pieces of work arising from the various components of the research programme (draft Working Papers are available for downloading in pdf format as they are completed);
Village Reports - listings of the villages being studied in each country are given on the Village Reports web page;
LADDER Policy Briefs series - aim to be short, succinct pieces of writing summarising policy-relevant research findings, and designed to occupy just two sides of A4.

New August 2003
Last-First Networks (L-FN)

Last-First Networks Pty Ltd
PO Box 1104
Armidale, NSW 2350
AUSTRALIA

Contact: Roland Lubett
Tel: +61 2 6772 0333
Fax: +61 2 6771 4560
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.lastfirst.net
Geographic coverage: South-East Asia / Pacific
Languages: English
Subject areas: Community development; Grassroots development; Self reliance; Social change
Publications: Online publications database

Last-First Networks is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing effective grassroots development. It achieves this by raising awareness of proven practical approaches to working with the poorest and marginal groups of any society, and by resourcing practitioners and organisations who work with these groups. The vision of Last-First Networks is the widespread adoption and use of knowledge, skills, attitudes and practices that promote self-reliance and self-esteem among the poorest and marginal groups of the world.

Present activities include:

connecting people in need of information or advice, with others who can advise;
finding the best and latest in material - print, video, CD-ROM, World Wide Web, e-mail lists;
carrying out training and consultancy, both in Australia and Asian and Pacific countries;
layout and design services for community groups.

Last-First Networks is dedicated to finding and providing the best, most practical, relevant, affordable resources for practitioners and students of development and it promotes activities and methods that:

address the whole person in her or his society ;
empower people by increasing their choices and reducing their vulnerability;
validate local knowledge and solutions;
work towards sustainable improvements in lives and in the environment.

Having collected a wide range of books, leaflets, videos and CD-ROMs from all over the world, Last-First Networks provides a searchable Publications Database of almost 9,000 resourceson every aspect of community renewal, social change, peace, aid and development.

Its Events page keeps up with the happenings in social and community change in the region, whilst its Links page directs users to other useful and relevant sites.

New August 2004
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

New Partnership for Africa’s Development
SOUTH AFRICA

Contact:Ms. Thaninga Shope-Linney, General Manager, Communications & Marketing
Tel:         +27 11 313 3776
Fax:        +27 11 313 3778
E-mail:   [email protected]
Web:       http://www.nepad.org
Geographical coverage: Africa
Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Subject areas: Capacity building; Good governance; Poverty; Sustainable development
Publications: NEPAD Newsletter (online)

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is designed to address the current challenges facing the African continent. Issues such as the escalating poverty levels, underdevelopment and the continued marginalisation of Africa needed a new radical intervention, spearheaded by African leaders, to develop a new vision that would guarantee Africa’s renewal.

NEPAD aims to:

· eradicate poverty;

· place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development;

· halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and enhance its full and beneficial integration into the global economy;

· accelerate the empowerment of women.

NEPAD’s principles are:

· Good governance as a basic requirement for peace, security and sustainable political and socio-economic development;

· African ownership and leadership, as well as broad and deep participation by all sectors of society;

· Anchoring the development of Africa on its resources and resourcefulness of its people;

· Partnership between and amongst African peoples;

· Acceleration of regional and continental integration;

· Building the competitiveness of African countries and the continent;

· Forging a new international partnership that changes the unequal relationship between Africa and the developed world; and

· Ensuring that all Partnerships with NEPAD are linked to the Millenium Development Goals and other agreed development goals and targets.

The NEPAD Programme of Action is a holistic, comprehensive and integrated sustainable development initiative for the revival of Africa. Its priorities:

a. Establishing the Conditions for Sustainable Development by ensuring:

• Peace and security;• Democracy and good, political, economic and corporate governance; • Regional co-operation and integration;• Capacity building.

b. Policy reforms and increased investment in the following priority sectors:

• Agriculture; • Human development with a focus on health, education, science and technology and skills development; • Building and improving infrastructure, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Energy, Transport, Water and Sanitation; • Promoting diversification of production and exports, particularly with respect to agro-industries, manufacturing, mining, mineral beneficiation and tourism; • Accelerating intra-African trade and improving access to markets of developed countries; • The environment.

c. Mobilising Resources by:

• Increasing domestic savings and investments; • Improving management of public revenue and expenditure;

• Improving Africa’s share in global trade; • Attracting foreign direct investment; and • Increasing capital flows through further debt reduction and increase ODA flows.

The NEPAD website provides access to: Latest news, documents, subscription to NEPAD Newsletter online, Online NEPAD Forum, and a search facility in English French, Portuguese.

13.28 Pan-African Institute for Development (PAID)

Pan-African Institute for Development
PO Box 133
Buea
CAMEROON
Contact: Mrs Rosetta B. Thompson, Director
Tel: +237 42 10 61 or + 237 32 28 06
Fax: +237 42 43 35 or +237 32 28 06
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.paid-wa.org/about.htm
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English; French
Subject areas: Capacity building; Education/training; Policy and planning; Rural development; Women

Publications: PAID is a non-governmental, not-for-profit institution established in 1965. It aims to promote capacity building among development personnel in Africa through research, consultancy services and the training of rural development officers. It advocates integrated and participatory activities for both rural and urban populations using the bottoms-up approach. Emphasis is placed on local participation, women in development, and small- and medium-scale enterprises. It maintains four regional training institutes: Buea (Cameroon) and Kabwe (Zambia), Anglophone; Douala (Cameroon) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Francophone. Its administrative headquarters are also in Douala.

The Pan-African Institute for Development - West Africa (PAID-WA) has been a leading player in African development since 1969. Located in Buea, south-west Cameroon, it runs internationally recognised training courses which attract participants from across Anglophone Africa, particularly West Africa.

PAID-WA runs a wide range of residential training courses on its campus in Buea, and organises in-country courses across West Africa. It also offers a wide range of field research and consultancy services. The Institute's programmes address contemporary needs in Africa, from planning and management to social and economic development.

The PAID-WA library holds over 30 000 texts, with a variety of journals and over 300 field research reports including village and zone studies, thematic case studies, and research on community managed water supplies in developing countries.

Secrétariat Général/General Secretariat:
BP 4056, Douala, Cameroun

Afrique Centrale:
BP 4078, Douala, Cameroun

Afrique de l'Ouest et Sahel:
BP 1756, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

Eastern and Southern Africa:
PO Box 80448, Kabwe, Zambia

13.29 Red Latinoamericana de Juventudes Rurales (RELAJUR) [Latin American Network of Rural Youths]

Red Latinoamericana de Juventudes Rurales
Andes 1365 piso 8
CP 11100 Montevideo
URUGUAY
Contact: H. Daniel Espíndola, Secretaría Técnica
Tel: + 598 2 9020424
Fax: +598 2 9021318
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.iica.org.uy/redlat/index.html
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Development; Youth

The objectives of this Network are to:

generate a database of organisations and programmes of Latin American rural youth;
establish horizontal relations of cooperation between existing experiences;
announce activities and projects for organisations of rural youngsters;
announce alternatives for rural youngsters, training courses and projects for the rural young, international and national financial support for related activities;
strengthen relationships between institutions of technical cooperation and organisations of the rural young;
provide representatives, professionals and youth leaders with appropriate information.

The secretariat of RELAJUR has the support of the International Centre for Rural Development of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation for Agriculture, IICA-CIDER.

Membership of the network generally includes NGOs and private organisations that provide social, cultural and economic services, as well as institutions that promote the involvement of rural youth in civil society. The list of participating organisations is available at http://www.iica.org.uy/redlat/miembros.html

Information services include consultancies at a distance, exchange of training materials and online events. A virtual library with information for rural youth is being developed, as well as a site that allows chats, virtual fora, distance education, etc.; scholarships, project tenders and an events agenda will also be on offer.

13.30 Social Development Network (SODNET)

Social Development Network
PO Box 63125
Nairobi
KENYA
Tel: +254 2 713262
Fax: +254 2 713262
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.sodnet.or.ke/
Geographic coverage: Kenya
Languages: English
Subject areas: Civil society; Development; Voluntary sector

The Social Development Network is a voluntary forum founded in April 1994. Its main aim is to promote and facilitate effective strategic alliances among members and interested NGOs and community-based organisations (CBOs) that engage in social development activities.

As a network, its mandate is anchored on the need to restore the institutional integrity and civic sovereignty of the voluntary sector. Accordingly, it promotes civic concerns which are geared towards total empowerment of civil society and its critical institutions, as a basis for a comprehensive and democratic social development of all sections of Kenyan society.

Its objectives are to:

provide a forum for members and interested organisations to exchange ideas, information and resources;
complement the public sector efforts geared towards the improvement of civic conditions of life in Kenya;
encourage member organisations to develop the highest standards of social development services for the people of Kenya;
enhance the institutional growth of indigenous social development initiatives that are aimed at capitalising and replicating civic competence among the marginalised sectors of Kenyan society;
promote networking among the member organisations, and support joint planning of programmes, implementation and sharing of resources of strategic significance to social capital;
promote and encourage research on voluntary sector issues and disseminate the results to NGOs, CBOs, grassroots and communities and other interested actors in the promotion of social development;
promote ethical renewal of Kenyan society and its social institutions;
provide resource centre facilities and electronic connectivity for purposes of information sharing and dissemination among members and interested NGOs, CBOs and other actors in the promotion of social development;
carry out consultancy assignments that are likely to promote democratic social policy development.

Member organisations benefit by:

receiving, exchanging and using information that they need but do not have;
increasing their capacity to have an impact on public policy through strategic efforts as respectable partners in policy issues and decision making;
increasing their skills and knowledge in order to improve their organisational and institutional performance of their organisations through workshops and seminars organised by SODNET;
enriching their information base in respect of social development concerns from SODNET's resource centre and electronic connectivity.

Membership is open to NGOs that share SODNET's social development concerns and CBOs that are organised around life-improvement interests.

New January 2004
Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN)

Southern African Regional Poverty Network
Human Sciences Research Council
Private Bag X41
Pretoria 0001,
SOUTH AFRICA

Tel:        +27 12 302 2873
Fax:       +27 12 3022284
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web:      http://www.sarpn.org.za
Geographical coverage: Southern Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Poverty

In February 2001, the Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (HSRC) was commissioned by the Department for International Development of the British Government (DFID) to establish the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN); its purpose being to provide a facility for raising the level and quality of public debate on poverty across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). SARPN is about connecting people, ideas and information to fight poverty.

SARPN aims to address the following demands:

· a better analysis and understanding of poverty and options for its reduction;

· information, research and opinion on the many dimensions of poverty to be made more readily accessible to a wider group of actors in the poverty debate;

· the frequency, quality and effectiveness of public debate to be raised and sustained, in particular, by increasing the level of interaction between key role players and stakeholders both within and across countries, government departments, the private sector, civil society, research institutions and disciplines.

SARPN is a demand-driven initiative to fill a key gap in public education and debate on poverty issues. It is positioned to facilitate and influence changes in poverty reduction policy and practice as well as being a catalyst for regional integration.

SARPN's website is dedicated to promoting the views of Southern African voices on poverty issues.

13.31 Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP)

Tanzania Gender Networking Programme
PO Box 8921
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Contact: Mary Rusimbi, Programme Coordinator
Tel: +255 22 244 3204 or 244 3450 or 244 3286
Fax: +255 22 244 3244
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.tgnp.co.tz/feedback1.htm
Geographic coverage: Tanzania
Languages: English; Kiswahili
Subject areas: Capacity building; Community development; Education/training; Gender issues; Women
Publications: Ulingwo wa Jinsia (quarterly newsletter)

TGNP has been operational since 1993 as a registered NGO. During this period the NGO has built itself into an effective pressure group which promotes gender-positive activism. TGNP is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalised sections of the community. The organisation strives to enhance the mainstreaming of gender at all levels of society, from grassroots communities to the highest levels of national policy making and legislation.

To achieve this, TGNP runs four mutually supportive programmes:

Information Generation and Dissemination (IGD) - IGD's specific objective is to generate, manage and disseminate gender-sensitive information that will contribute to an informed society on gender issues and development. TGNP operates an extensive reading library of gender-related information. As well as popularising gender and development materials, IGD maintains a database of organisations and individuals involved in gender activities in the region.

Training, Capacity Building and Outreach (TCBO) - the TCBO programme is designed to enhance the gender and social development capacities of key development actors at various levels, from policy makers to the grassroots, in order to facilitate social transformation in Tanzania. It has also been instrumental in building effective linkages with local level actors through its Intermediary Gender Networks programme. TCBO aims to create a cutting-edge gender training institution in the next 3 years.

Activism, Lobbying and Advocacy - as an organisation committed to the social transformation of society, TGNP's Activism Lobbying and Advocacy programmes are aimed, through coalition building with like-minded organisations, to influence retrogressive laws and policies in the country and beyond, to adopt gender sensitivity and more progressive approaches. The main strategies used include influencing parliamentarians, government policy makers and planners to transform the ongoing national policy-making and planning processes to adopt more gender-sensitive interpretations. It also includes developing strategies for soliciting the involvement and support of the civic society and the public in general on issues related to gender and development.

Programme Support and Management (PSM) - provides support, guidance, monitoring and evaluation to the whole programme, ensuring that TGNP's vision, mission and goals are achieved, and that the programme attains financial and human sustainability. Programme Support and Management works towards fulfilling TGNP's objectives of developing an efficient and sustainable gender resource centre.

13.32 Tanzanian Association of Women Leaders in Agriculture (TAWLAE)

Tanzanian Association of Women Leaders in Agriculture
Agricultural Research Institute
PO Box 76498
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Contact: Fatma Sobo, Executive Secretary
Tel: +255 51 700085
Fax: +255 51 700090
Geographic coverage: Tanzania
Languages: English; Kiswahili
Subject areas: Gender issues; Women

TAWLAE, a non-profit making and non-political body, is the Tanzanian chapter of African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (AWLAE), a programme of Winrock International which operates in Africa in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda. Its main objectives are to:

facilitate the development of leadership and managerial skills and create a forum for professional women in the Government Ministries of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Tourism, Department of Environment, and their parastatal organisations;
strengthen the link between professional women and rural farmers, and promote the recognition of the rural woman as a key factor in agricultural production and environmental conservation;
advocate the participation in development of gender-responsive policies and recommend and assist in the enactment of respective policies;
encourage and support research which promotes environmental conservation and environmentally sound agricultural practices in collaboration with relevant institutions;
disseminate relevant research findings and agricultural and environmental information to the rural farmer.

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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
SWITZERLAND

Tel: +41 22 917 3020
Fax: +41 22 917 0650
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.unrisd.org
Geographical coverage: Global
Languages: English, French
Subject areas: Social development
Publications: Publications list available online

The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) was created in 1963. It is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates on key issues of social development within and outside the United Nations system. Over the years, UNRISD research has been guided by two core values:

· that every human being has a right to a decent livelihood and

· that all people should be allowed to participate on equal terms in decisions that affect their lives.

UNRISD is an open space for research and dialogue. This provides both an opportunity and an obligation to question prevailing mindsets within the development community and to encourage new thinking. The Institute conducts rigorous comparative research in collaboration with scholars and activists, primarily in the developing world, whose ideas are not sufficiently reflected in current debates. Strong ties to the global research community combined with proximity to the UN system are the comparative advantages of the Institute and help it to carry out policy-relevant research on issues of social development.

UNRISD pursues an active and varied publications programme, which includes in-house and commercially published books, special reports, programme and occasional papers, as well as newsletters on specific events and the Institute's work in general. A catalogue of its publications, with free access to many of them, is available online.

13.33 Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Departamento de Economía y Planificacion [Department of Economics and Planning]

Departamento de Economía y Planificacion
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
Apartado 456 - La Molina
Lima
PERÚ
Contact: Gorki Llerena, Coordinator
Tel: +51 1 349 5669 ext. 209
Fax: +51 1 349 5670
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.lamolina.edu.pe/facultad/economia/economia/economia_dpto.htm
Geographic coverage: Peru
Languages: Spanish
Subject areas: Agribusiness; Agricultural economics; Education/training

The Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina is the main national university dealing with agricultural sciences and studies related to rural life in Perú. Postgraduate courses include agribusiness and agricultural economics, as well as specialised courses for professionals working with the agricultural sector and rural communities. It also hosts the Institute for Sustainable Small Scale Production and the Institute for Agroindustrial Development.

13.34 Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Curso de Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento, Agricultura e Sociedade (CPDA-UFRRJ) [Post-Graduate Programme on Development, Agriculture and Society - CPDA - of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ]

CPDA-UFRRJ
Av. Presidente Vargas 417/6
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
CEP 20071-003
BRAZIL
Contact: Luiz Flávio de Carvalho Costam, Coordinator
Tel: +55 21 2224 8577
Fax: +55 21 2224 8577
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.alternex.com.br/~cpda/
Geographic coverage: Latin America
Languages: Portuguese
Subject areas: Development; Education/training; Social sciences
Publications: Estudos: Sociedade e Agricultura (semi-annual)

The CPDA is an interdisciplinary teaching, research and exchange programme in the social sciences applied to rural issues, recognised as one of the leading Brazilian institutional training programmes at the master's, doctoral and post-doctoral levels. The programme is organised into three thematic areas: Development and Agriculture; Society and Agriculture; and Comparative International Studies. Graduate students at CPDA come from all over Brazil, Latin America and Southern Africa, having diverse academic backgrounds in economics, agronomy, social sciences, history and geography, among others.

Since the 1980s, the institution has been regularly engaged in national and international exchange activities.

CPDA publishes a semi-annual journal, Estudos: Sociedade e Agricultura (Studies in Society and Agriculture) dedicated to interdisciplinary studies of rural issues.

Since 1994, the CPDA hosts the Executive Secretariat of the Rede de Instituições Vinculadas à Capacitação em Economia e Políticas Agrícolas na América Latina e Caribe (REDCAPA) - an international network of institutions dedicated to training in economic and agricultural policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, which manages a distance learning training programme, using the Internet, that involves several Latin American universities. In collaboration with REDCAPA, the CPDA also offers a training programme for Brazilian professionals working in rural issues.

13.35 Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN)

Women Farmers Advancement Network
PO Box 22
Gyadi-Gyadi, Kano
NIGERIA
Contact: Hajia Salamatu Garba Jibril, National Coordinator
Tel: +234 64 665487 or 662199
Fax: +234 64 665487 or 662199
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Web: http://www.electroniccommunity.org/home2.htm or http://www.rnw.nl/development/html/wofan020123.html
Geographic coverage: Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Women; Gender issues; Poverty; Rural development
Publications: Newsletter (bimonthly)

WOFAN was set up in 1993. Its motto is 'Rural Literacy to Fight Hunger and Poverty'. Its goal is sustainable improvement in the quality of life of the rural populace; and its mission is to relieve hunger and poverty, to educate people about the causes and effects of poverty, and to help them find ways to help themselves. It believes that through group mobilisation, sensitisation, training, claiming rights to land, political and economic empowerment, growing more food or earning enough money to buy food, it is possible for the rural populace to live in a world without hunger and poverty.

WOFAN's objectives are to:

reach out to rural communities in particular, and to provide a forum for them to express themselves through publication, seminars, workshops and train-the-trainers activities;
encourage them to form commodity groups to ensure adequate access to agricultural facilities, including credit and insurance facilities;
introduce labour-saving technologies to better support agricultural production and encourage the use of solar energy in the preservation of farm produce (vegetables and fruits) by farmers, including women who are in purdah, and enlighten them on the importance of conserving the soil, water and agroforestry;
encourage networking within local groups and NGOs and liaise with governmental agencies in related fields to better support community development activities from a holistic point of view;
facilitate and encourage community members to take decisions affecting their wellbeing, assist them in preparing action plans, and participate in project intervention in their communities;
provide service to communities in the areas of health, literacy programmes, childcare development, social mobilization, advocacy and the promotion of unity within the society at large.

The organisation strives to meet its objectives through the following initiatives:

research, documentation and information dissemination;
training and trainers, conferences, seminars;
community development programmes using a participatory approach;
publications;
institution capacity building, social mobilisation and advocacy;
development through radio for community participation.

WOFAN publishes a bimonthly newsletter with extension messages to the rural and urban communities. Its target groups are:

community-based facilitators;
rural groups (male and female);
youth organisations.

In order to ensure smooth gender relations, whole households are involved and the intervention of both men and women at all levels of the project is encouraged.

13.36 Women'sNet

Women'sNet
PO Box 31
2000 Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICA
Contact: Seretha Rashod, Project Coordinator
Tel: +27 11 838 6943
Fax: +27 11 492 1058
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://womensnet.org.za/
Geographic coverage: South Africa
Languages: English
Subject areas: Gender issues; Information and communication technology; Women

Women'sNet is a vibrant and innovative networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social activism. Women'sNet aims to empower South African women to use information and communication technologies towards advancing women's equality. It provides a dynamic source of locally generated information and discussion on gender issues by:

making this technology accessible to women, particularly those who have been historically disadvantaged;
providing responsive gender-sensitive training and support;
linking projects, people, tools and resources;
creating a platform for women's voices and issues;
facilitating the dissemination of information in formats accessible to women who are not directly linked to the Internet.

In the pipeline are:

a comprehensive Internet training programme for women;
regional technical support centres in South Africa's nine provinces;
a programme of women's information resource development;
a www clearing house of relevant information and tools.

13.37 Zimbabwe Womens Resource Centre Network (ZWRCN)

Zimbabwe Womens Resource Centre Network
288 Herbert Chitepo Avenue
PO Box 2192 Harare
ZIMBABWE
Contact: Jean Mandewo, Acting Director
Tel: +263 4 737435 or 792450
Fax: +263 4 720331
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.zwrcn.org.zw/
Geographic coverage: Zimbabwe
Languages: English; Shona; Ndebele
Subject areas: Development; Gender issues; Women
Publications: WomanPlus (news bulletin, three issues per year)

ZWRCN was set up with the aim of enhancing the position of women in Zimbabwe through the collection and distribution of information on women, gender and development. Its ultimate goal is to facilitate the empowerment of women and men to enable them to make informed decisions about the social, economic and political aspects of their lives.

The Documentation Centre was formed in 1990 through the realisation that women had no place where they could readily access information on issues concerning them, as well as on gender and development issues. It acquires and disseminates grey (unpublished) and published materials on women's issues, gender and development, and feminist writings from Zimbabwe, Southern Africa and the rest of the world.

Its objectives are to:

acquire, process and organise published and unpublished material;
distribute the information acquired;
develop and strengthen networking links with relevant institutions;
market the Documentation Centre.

The Documentation Centre has over 5000 documents in its collection. The collection is composed of:

books on women and gender;
reference materials such as directories and files on women's organisations, NGOs and donor agencies, funding sources, dictionaries on gender terminology;
grey or unpublished materials such as papers presented at workshops, conference/seminar/workshop reports, theses and research;
periodicals, newsletters and magazines from Zimbabwe, Africa and the rest of the world, and newspaper clippings from the daily newspaper;
CD-ROMs on gender, population and development and other subjects;
information on training courses on gender and development;
special collections with information on the various United Nations world conferences;
ZWRCN discussion papers and workshop reports.

The Information to Rural Women Programme was started in 1995 with the aim of providing information to rural communities, especially women. It operates in 36 libraries that are based in Nyanga and Nkayi. This Programme is being implemented in collaboration with another NGO, the Rural Libraries and Resource Development Programme.

The objectives of the Information to Rural Women Programme are to:

empower women in rural areas by making relevant information available to them;
provide information to rural women that can enable them to find solutions to their own problems;
motivate women to take an active role in all issues concerning their lives;
strengthen women's capacity to fight against any form of discrimination;
provide a forum whereby women can meet and discuss issues of common interest;
provide information to communities so that they understand better the issues that affect women.

Strategies for information dissemination:

distribution of reading materials;
video shows;
workshops;
production of a biannual newsletter with contributions from the various libraries;
exchange visits.

Activities include:

identification of the information needs of women, in print, audio or visual form;
acquisition of relevant materials through the ZWRCN Documentation Centre, government ministries and other libraries;
commissioning researchers and consultants to write about previously neglected issues;
repackaging of information to make it more accessible to rural communities - some of the material is translated into Shona and Ndebele;
distribution of the information among the participating libraries;
organising workshops around the information so that it can be better understood;
facilitating networking among libraries in order to widen the scope of the collection;
linking communities to relevant departments, donors, organisations or financial institutions which support development activities in rural areas;
production of a biannual newsletter with contributions from the various beneficiaries;
facilitating exchange visits among the libraries.

Publications: the book Zimbabwe Women's Voices is one of the many publications of the ZWRCN Publications Unit. Such publications have different objectives: some seek to give voices to women who have traditionally been marginalised by the mainstream media, while others present in-depth analyses of issues affecting women. These publications are all available at ZWRCN, as well as in selected bookstores. With its own desktop publishing services, most of its promotional and other educative materials are produced in house. These include fact sheets and brochures. ZWRCN's News Bulletin WomanPlus is the main activity of the Publications Department. Produced three times a year, each issue of WomanPlus is based on topical and relevant themes such as land, environment, politics and health.