BOL's References on NGOs
and International Cooperation
Resources sites
Studies on
NGOs, reference documents
Research,
Consulting and training Centres
NGOs networks
Thematic networks
and NGOs
National Networks
and NGOs
Official Aid
Agencies on NGOs
Training for NGOs
Switzerland
Divers ONG
- Plain text are extracts of descriptions by the
institutions themselves. Italic texts are critical
comments from BOL.
- OneWorld
- OneWorld is dedicated to promoting human rights and
sustainable development by harnessing the democratic
potential of the Internet. Instead of creating one large
space into which all manner of documents were dropped
from many partners, OneWorld created separate, autonomous
Web sites for each of its development partners. VSO, for
example, had their own site created for them, over which
they have both editorial control - and editorial
responsibility. Libel and copyright issues relating to
their information are their business, and there is a
formal contract that says so. Has a search tool that
looks for information in all the pages of the 350
organisations affiliated to the network. THE SITE OF THE
NGOs
- Euforic
- Euforic is a focal point for communities involved in
Europe's international cooperation. Euforic aims to be an
information resource and forum for discussion between, on
the one side, organisations in Europe and, on the other,
those in developing countries. As a search and index.
Good place to start.
- ODI
Briefing papers, UK
- Excellent short presentations of studies on critical
Development issues
- OCDE,
catalogue d'evaluations, Français / English
- Brief description of evaluations
- IDS,
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
- Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, one of Europe's
leading centres for research, teaching and information on
international development. Gateway to different
sites.
- Eldis,
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
- Eldis is a gateway to online information on development
or the environment, focusing on countries of the South.
Eldis makes a qualitative selection of materials and
structures it for easy access
- Bibliothèque
virtuelle sur le développement international, Canada
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- Deborah
Kluge, independant consultant, references
- International Development
- Beryl
Levinger's Website for NGO Managers and International
Development Professionals
- This website is designed for Third World development
practitioners (especially those engaged in human capacity
development); managers of nongovernmental, not-for-profit
organisations (NGOs); and, graduate students at the
Monterey Institute of International Studies preparing to
enter these fields. Not complete. Anglosaxon
oriented. Might find some resources on the issue.
- Union of
International Associations
- Clearing house for information on over 40,000
international organisations and constituencies Covers
all kind of associations (not only NGOD).
- InternationalWorld
Wide Web Virtual Library: International Development
Co-operation
- Human made reference site ( by Boris Kester
(bkester@alcazar.com) . " The purpose of this site
is to provide for a meta-index to resources of
international organizations. These may be related to aid,
trade, economy, humanity, research, international
relations, health, women's development, nutrition,
education, ecology, demography,human rights, development
policy, etc. Any organization concerned with the
development of
underprivilegedregions/peoples/countries/continents in
the world theoretically qualifies to be mentioned
here." BOL: Not maintained anymore. Classification a
bit confusing for me. Good references.
- NGO Web Sites
Index page
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- International
Organization - NGO Web Sites Index page
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- Development
and Aid Organisations, New Zeeland Cooperation
- Comprehensive "primary" resources site. Focus
on Asia. Have a look.
- Some basic information to start with
- Riddel:
Hidden assets? Measuring the performance of NGO
- Most recent study on NGO impact
- Role
of NGO's and Civil Society
- Links to articles on the issue
- Charte
des ONGD, Union Européenne
- Charte des ONGD Principes de base des ONG de
développement et d'aide humanitaire de l'Union
européenne Le Comité de liaison des ONG de
développement auprès de l'Union européenne, mars 1997
- The
impact of NGO development projects, ODI
- Summary: It examines the evidence of their impact,
discusses methods of assessing that impact and reviews
the ways that donors and NGOs approach the issue of
impact assessment. Over the past two decades official
donors have increased their funding of NGO development
projects (see ODI Briefing Paper 1995(4), NGOs and
Official Donors). Donors tend to fund NGO development
activities on a project-by-project basis; all the
evaluations have therefore focused on the impact of these
discrete projects. Excellent synthesis on this issue.
- Reality
of Aid, Tony German and Judith Randel
- Reference book on non official sights on Aid
Industry.
- ID21, UK
- Transnational Institut,
Amsterdam
- Founded in 1974, TNI is an international network of
activist-scholars concerned to analyse and find viable
solutions to such global problems as: militarism and
conflict, poverty and marginalisation, social injustice,
environmental degradation (Susan George).
- ISS, Institute of Social
Studies, The Netherlands
- The Institute of Social Studies (ISS) is an international
post-graduate school of policy-oriented, social science
teaching and research whose diverse activities include
teaching, interdisciplinary research and advisory work in
the field of development studies. Founded by the
universities of the Netherlands in 1952, the Institute is
one of the world's leading centres of higher education
and research in this field.
- IDS,
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
- Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, one of Europe's
leading centres for research, teaching and information on
international development.
- IUED, Institut
universitaire d'études du développement, Genève
- Fondé en 1961, sous le nom d'Institut Africain de
Genève, l'Institut universitaire d'études du
développement (IUED) de Genève, a comme objectif
essentiel celui de promouvoir l'enseignement et la
recherche relatifs aux problèmes de développement et de
favoriser l'accueil d'étudiants du Sud. Son approche
vise à appréhender ces questions dans leur globalité
et leur diversité (sociale, économique,
environnementale) et à renforcer les liens entre la
théorie et la pratique, la réflexion et l'action.
L'IUED, bien que lié à l'Université de Genève par
Convention, est une institution de droit privé.
- MDF Management
for Development Foundation, The Netherlands
- MDF is a training and consulting agency for organisations
and individuals responsible for planning, management and
project implementation.
- MandE
ressource list
- Monitoring and evaluation resources for NGO
- EDI;
Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, cases
studies
- The case studies listed in this collection have been
developed by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of
the World Bank, or selected for use in its various
training activities. The cases deal mainly with
development matters that are relevant to EDI programs and
are listed here in the following categories. Ordering
information for is provided within each section. EDI will
make periodic updates to this listing as new cases and
case materials are added to the collection.
- Euforic,
Aid evaluation
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- INTRAC, UK
- INTRAC, the International NGO Training and Research
Centre, was set up in 1991 to provide specially designed
training, consultancy and research services to
organisations involved in international development and
relief. Our goal is to improve NGO performance by
exploring NGO policy issues and by strengthening NGO
management and organisational effectiveness.
- Instituto
Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación de la
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- El Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación
de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (IUDC-UCM) es una
institución pública de enseñanza superior que realiza
actividades de asesoría y capacitación teniendo como
base la investigación científica de carácter
independiente.
- ODI, Overseas
Development Institute, UK
- The Overseas Development Institute is Britain's leading
independent think-tank on international development and
humanitarian issues. Don't miss the briefing papers.
Among the best syntetical stuff available on development
issues.
- CDE, Centre
for Development and Environment, University of Berne
- The work of the Centre for Development and Environment
(CDE) is concerned with aspects of development and
environment in international cooperation. Its main focus
is on sustainable use of natural resources.
- Fundación redes y
desarrollo, Rep.Dominicana, Francia y Venezuela
- FUNREDES es un Organismo No Gubernamental Internacional,
dedicado a la diseminación de las Nuevas Tecnologías de
la Información y de la Comunicación (NTIC) en los
países en desarrollo.
- IDPM, Institute
for Development Policy and Management, UK
- IDPM is a multi-disciplinary unit within the University
of Manchester specialising in management and development
in developing and transitional economies.
- DSE, German
Foundation for International Development, Germany
- The German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
provides a forum for development policy dialogue and
offers initial and advanced training of specialists and
executive personnel from developing and transitional
countries. In addition, it supports experts of German
technical and cultural cooperation, and their families,
in their preparation for assignments in developing
countries, and maintains the largest documentation and
information centre on development cooperation issues in
Germany.
- IISD Sustainable
Development, Canada
- The mission of the International Institute for
Sustainable Development (IISD) is to promote sustainable
development in decision-making internationally and within
Canada. We contribute new knowledge and concepts, analyse
policies, identify and disseminate information about best
practices, demonstrate how to measure progress, and build
partnerships to amplify these messages.
- OneWorld
Think Tank, UK
- Research, debate, policy and practice: the Think Tank is
a window into governmental, professional and academic
material on OneWorld. It is also a forum for debate -
with colleagues from over 100 countries. If you agree,
disagree, or want to comment on the items posted in the
Think Tank, add your ideas via the Speakeasy.
- MandE
NEWS
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- NGDO-EU
Liaison Committee, EU
- The NGDO-EU Liaison Committee is the representative
structure of European external cooperation/international
solidarity NGOs (non goverment organisations) with
respect to the European Union. It is a democratic and
pluralist association of individual member NGOs grouped
in National Platforms in each Member State of the
European Union. Publishes a newsletter.
- Liaison
info, NGDO-EU Liaison Committee, EU
- Newsletter
- Eurostep,
Bruxelles
- EUROSTEP was established in 1990 to coordinate the
activities of like minded European NGDOs actively
involved in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Member
organisations are committed to pursuing equal
opportunities and justice between the North and the South
where development co-operation should be people oriented.
The members of EUROSTEP believe that all development
co-operation has political implications and consequences.
Advocacy is an integral part of effective solidarity
based on practical engagement. It is necessary to examine
the root causes of poverty including gender
discrimination and other injustices - aware that there is
always a connection between micro and macro issues - to
carry out effective project support and advocacy.
- GlobeNet
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- Gender
Studies in Agriculture Cooperation, Networking and
Exchange
- At present, Gender Studies at Wageningen is spearheading
an effort to build an International Consortium on Gender,
Agriculture and Rural Development, and is inviting
specific institutions and experts to participate. The
purpose of the Consortium would be to facilitate
collaboration among academics, researchers, practitioners
and policy makers working in the field through a series
of comparative and interdisciplinary projects and
programmes that would collectively promote the
stakeholders' endeavors internationally and facilitate
national capacity building in this field, especially in
the Third World and in countries in transition. It would
encourage networking, training and education, and
research and dissemination of knowledge and information
through conferences, symposia, publications and
interactions amongst academics, students and researchers,
and between these and the international development
community, especially those working in policy making. The
consortium would, above all, permit the development and
implementation of programmes and projects which would
only be possible by combining resources, and seeking
additional resources collectively. Vast resources
available, including Distance Education
- The
World Bank Participation Sourcebook
- Greenpeace
- Echos
Communication, Belgique
- est une ONG d'éducation au développement et de service.
C'est un point de rencontre entre des spécialistes de la
communication (journalistes, photographes, spécialistes
de la technologie internet etc.) et des responsables du
monde du développement.
- OneWorld
- OneWorld is dedicated to promoting human rights and
sustainable development by harnessing the democratic
potential of the Internet. Instead of creating one large
space into which all manner of documents were dropped
from many partners, OneWorld created separate, autonomous
Web sites for each of its development partners. VSO, for
example, had their own site created for them, over which
they have both editorial control - and editorial
responsibility. Libel and copyright issues relating to
their information are their business, and there is a
formal contract that says so.
- APC, Association for
Progressive Communications
- Comunidad Global de Internet para el Medio Ambiente, los
Derechos Humanos, el Desarrollo y la Paz The Association
for Progressive Communications (APC) is the world’s
most extensive network of Internet providers dedicated to
serving non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and citizen
activists. Since 1987, APC members have been providing
fast, reliable, easy to use communication tools. Today we
are a non-profit association of 25 member networks
working together to provide online organising and
collaboration tools and skills for civil society. APC
goes beyond the hardware and software to support the
people and organisations working together worldwide for
social, environmental and economic justice. Version
en Español disponible a la misma entrada.
- Amnesty
International
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- Education
Now: Break the Cycle of Poverty
- Kevin Watkins. Oxfam 1999
- Civicus
- Promoting a worldwide community of informed, inspired,
committed citizens who are actively engaged in
confronting the challenges facing humanity
- Transparency
International
- Transparency International is a non-governmental
organisation dedicated to increasing government
accountability and curbing both international and
national corruption.
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- Danida
NGO evaluation 1999
- Latin
American Alliance
- The Latin American Alliance reaches NGO’s by
providing free space and developing Web pages for them.
More than 50 NGO’s have been invited to provide
information on their organizations and projects, and also
to contribute and shate brief essays on local sustainable
development experiences within their communities. The
information and essays will be downloaded via the e-mail
for incorporation into the World Wide Website of the
Latin American Alliance’s Network
- Oxfam
-
- Bunian, MENA
- BUNIAN is a programme designed to enhance the capacity of
NGOs through managerial training, and by enhancing
cooperation and coordination between NGOS through
networking. BUNIAN covers Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon,
Palestine and Syria. BUNIAN is implemented by the
Friedrich Naumann Foundation, a German NGO which has been
working in the Middle East since 20 years, and the
International Training & Management Institute which
is specialised in training in Lebanon as well as in the
region. This programme is supported by the European
Commission.
- Alai
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- AlterNex, Brasil
- Ibase
- INTERMÓN,
Barcelona
- INTERMÓN creada en 1956, es una Fundación que trabaja
para erradicar la pobreza de las poblaciones del Sur y
proporcionarles los medios con los que puedan alcanzar su
propio desarrollo. Afiliado a Oxfam International.
- Internet
ressources for Latin America
- Molly Molloy and New Mexico State University Library
provide this guide for online use via our website. Please
contact the compiler for permission to make multiple
copies in any printed or published format.
- Central
Asian NGO Development Organizations
- Japan
NGO network
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- ACDI,
financement d'ONG, Canada
- ACDI
CIDA, Canada
- Bon moteur de recherche
- SIDA, Sweden
- DEZA,
Switzerland
- Nothing yet on NGOs
- Germany
- Japan
NGO support scheme
- Finland
Aid Agency on NGO
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- UCLA
International Development Studies Program
- List of NGOs
- British
Council training overseas
- The British Council provides a wide range of services
which help UK education and training exporters to
identify and pursue opportunities overseas. Site in
construction at 5.5.99
- El
cyclo del proyecto en la cooperación, Madrid y Cordoba
- Este curso está dirigido, fundamentalmente, a
profesionales, expertos y voluntarios de Organizaciones
No Gubernamentales y entidades afines, con
responsabilidades en la identificación, formulación y
gestión de proyectos de cooperación internacional para
el desarrollo.
- Le site de CINFO contient des liens aux principales ONG
suisses.
- Swiss Coalition
of Development Organization, Berne
- Swiss Coalition of Development Organization Swissaid
Catholic Lenten Fund Bread For All Helvetas Caritas
- CINFO, Bienne
- Centre d'information, de conseil et de formation
Professions de la coopération internationale et de
l'aide humanitaire La page links du Site renvoit aux
principales ONG suisses et autres institutions qui
emploient du personnel.
- FGC, Fédération
genevoise de coopération, Genève
- La Fédération genevoise de coopération, créée en
1966, regroupe une cinquantaine d'associations ayant un
siège dans le canton de Genève et qui se consacrent à
la coopération internationale au développement et/ou à
l'information du public sur le développement et les
rapports Nord-Sud.
- Chaîne du Bonheur,
Genève
- La Chaîne du Bonheur est le bras humanitaire de la SRG
SSR idée suisse. Elle récolte et attribue des fonds aux
principales oeuvres suisses d'entraide pour venir en aide
aux victimes de catastrophes causées par l'homme ou par
la nature.
- Geneva
International
- Le site "GVA International" contient une base
de données sur les organisations internationales et les
ONG présentes à Genève et dans l'arc lémanique.
- Gvom
- GVOM - le Groupe Volontaires Outre-Mer - est une
organisation non gouvernementale (ONG) à but non
lucratif, basée en Suisse romande et active dans le
domaine de la coopération au développement. Sa
spécialité ? L'envoi de volontaires suisses auprès des
populations marginalisées et déshéritées des pays du
Sud
- Idealist, Action
Without Borders
- Idealist, the global clearinghouse of nonprofit and
volunteering resources.
- Nodo50
- "Si no hacemos nada, Internet y el cable estarán
monopolizados dentro de diez o quince años por las
megacorporaciones empresariales.La gente no conoce que en
sus manos está la posibilidad de disponer de estos
instrumentos tecnológicos en vez de dejárselos a las
grandes compañías. Para ello, hace falta coordinación
entre los grupos que se oponen a