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Organizations & Networks
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Title - Name
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Afrib Breeders
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Highlights
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An informal animal breeders e-mail network
created by participants in the ILRI-SLU courses in Africa.
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Contact
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maiser@idpi1.agric.za, write nothing on the
subject, and in the message simply write " subscribe afrib''. The
network is administrated by B. Nengovhela (South Africa) assisted by V.
Yapi-Gnaore (Côte d'Ivoire).
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URL address
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Title - Name
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African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
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Highlights
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The African Academy of Sciences was
conceived on the 6th day of July 1985 when 22 prominent scientists met
in Trieste, Italy, at the inauguration of the Third World Academy of
Sciences TWAS) and devised the concept of the African Academy of
Sciences (AAS).
The Academy set out its mandate to cover
four principal areas: 1) Mobilization and strengthening of the African
scientific community in Africa; 2) Publication and dissemination of
scientific materials; 3) Research; development and public policy, and
4) Capacity- building in Science and Technology.
AAS publishes a quarterly, peer- reviewed
multi- disciplinary research and policy journal, "Discovery and
Innovation", which started in 1989, and reaches thousands of scientists
in hundreds of institutions the world over, as authors, reviewers,
subscribers and readers.
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Contact
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Address: P.O. Box 14798, Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: (2542) 884401 / 5 Fax: (2542) 884406
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URL address
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http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/
Hornet/alex1.htm
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Title - Name
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African Agricultural Technology Foundation
(AATF)
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Highlights
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The AATF is a new, innovative and unique
public-private partnership designed to resolve many of the barriers
that have prevented smallholder farmers in Africa from gaining access
to existing agricultural technologies that could help relieve food
insecurity and alleviate poverty. The AATF is currently based in
Africa, at the International Livestock Research Institutes (ILRI)'s
Nairobi campus in Kenya, but founding offices in Washington, DC, USA.
It is led, managed and directed by Africans. "To improve food security
and reduce poverty of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by
facilitating public private partnerships that provide access to
agricultural technologies, materials and know how and that facilitate
existing institutions along the value chain to ensure delivery of
products to African farmers and create sustainable markets."
The AATF has been designed to identify and
facilitate the royalty-free transfer of proprietary technologies that
meet the needs of resource poor African farmers, in ways that address
and resolve the concerns of technology providers. AATF will
play primarily collaborative and facilitating roles. It will act as the
neutral intermediary, a "responsible party" between owners of
proprietary technologies and those that need them, by creating
partnerships between parties, and by assuming certain stewardship
responsibilities, AATF becomes the bridge that allows African
scientists and development experts to access the new tools they need,
and through them, to get final products into the hands of poor farmers.
Specifically, AATF will: 1) Enter into
license agreements to access proprietary technologies royalty free and
with freedom to operate thereby reducing transactions costs; 2)
Sub-license partner institutions in Africa for further research as
needed to adapt the technologies to smallholder farming conditions; 3)
Issue sub-licenses to test the adapted technologies for regulatory
consent; 4) Issue commercial licenses for production and distribution;
5) Monitor compliance with the requirements of licensees and
sub-licenses to protect the interests of technology providers; 6)
Create partnerships within African countries and with external
stakeholders that will foster the development of necessary capacities
over time, among others.
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Contact
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Dr. Eugene Terry, AATF, Implementing
Director, E-Mail: info@aftechfound.org
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URL address
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http://www.aatf.africa.org
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Title - Name
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African Development Bank (ADB)
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Highlights
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The African Development Bank is a regional
multilateral development bank, engaged in promoting the economic
development and social progress of its Regional Member Countries (RMCs)
in Africa. The Bank, established in 1964, started functioning in 1966
with its Headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d' lvoire. Its shareholders are
the 53 countries in Africa as well as 24 countries in the Americas,
Europe, and Asia.
The Bank's principal functions are: (i) to
make loans and equity investments for the economic and social
advancement of the RMCs; (ii) to provide technical assistance for the
preparation and execution of development projects and programs; (iii)
to promote investment of public and private capital for development
purposes; and (iv) to respond to requests for assistance in
coordinating development policies and plans of RMCs. In its operations,
the Bank is also required to give special attention to national and
multinational projects and programs, which promote regional
integration.
The Bank's operations cover the major
sectors, with particular emphasis on agriculture, public utilities,
transport, industry, the social sectors of health and education, and
concerns cutting across sectors, such as poverty reduction,
environmental management, gender mainstreaming, and population
activities. Most Bank financing is designed to support specific
projects. However, the Bank also provides program, sector, and
policy-based loans to enhance national economic management. The Bank
also finances nonpublicly guaranteed private sector operations. The
Bank actively pursues co-financing activities with bilateral and
multilateral institutions.
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Contact
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Rue Joseph Anoma
01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01
Côte d'Ivoire
Tel: (225) 20 20 44 44
Fax: (225) 20 20 45 59
E-mail: afdb@afdb.org
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URL address
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http://www.afdb.org/
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Title - Name
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African Union
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Highlights
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The advent of the African Union (AU),
formerly known as the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which
started on 9.9.1999, through a declaration (the Sirte Declaration) by
the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity
for its formation, with a view, inter alia, to accelerating the process
of integration in the continent to enable it play its rightful role in
the global economy while addressing multifaceted social, economic and
political problems compounded as they are by certain negative aspects
of globalisation. AU runs and finances the Inter-African Bureau for
Animal Resources (IBAR), which also publishes a scientific journal-
Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa. One of AU's recent
and important initiatives is the New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD) is a programme of the African Union created by
Africans, for Africans and implemented by Africans. NEPAD is a
comprehensive integrated development plan, with a vision and programme
of action that addresses key social, economic and political priorities
in a coherent and balanced manner. It is a commitment that
African leaders are making to African people and to the international
community, to place Africa on a path of sustainable growth. NEPAD's
goals are: 1) to promote accelerated growth and sustainable
development; 2) to eradicate widespread and severe poverty and 3) to
halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalization process, among
others.
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Contact
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African Union Headquarters
PO Box 3243, Roosvelt Street, (Old Airport Area)
W21K19, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel.: (251) 1-517700 Fax: (251) 1-517844
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URL address
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http://www.africa-union.org
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Title - Name
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APHCA - Animal Production & Health
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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Highlights
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APHCA highlights farming crisis in the Asian
region. Its main functions include promotion of joint action,
cooperation, coordination and information exchange among the members
for better animal production; To assist in control, diagnosis and
surveillance of livestock diseases; and To assist in appropriate
agricultural education and research, that relates to the Asian
situation; To seek cooperation and assistance of UN bodies, other
international and government organizations to help implement APHCA
programmes; and To carry out the above functions so as to raise the
enterprise and income of small-farmers' by developing profitable
livestock agriculture within integrated farming systems acceptable to
the farmers
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Contact
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Dr Hans Gerhard Wagner
Senior Animal Production and Health Officer FAO/RAP
39 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: +61 (0)2 697 4000; Fax: +61 (0)2 697 4445
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URL address
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http://www.aphca.org/about/index_about.html
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Title - Name
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Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural
Research Institutions (APAARI)
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Highlights
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Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural
Research Institutions is a regional organization acting as a
facilitator in co-ordinating Asia Pacific NARS. APAARI focuses on: a)
promotion of the exchange of scientific and technical know-how and
information in agriculture; b) encouraging the establishment of
appropriate co-operative research and training programmes in accordance
with identified regional, bilateral or national needs and priorities;
c) assisting in strengthening of research organizational and
management capabilities of member institutions; and d) strengthening
cross-linkages between national, regional and international research
centres and organizations, including universities, through involvement
in jointly planned research and training programmes.
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Contact
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Address: Bangkok office-FAO Regional Office
for Asia & the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road,
Bangkok 10200, THAILAND
Delhi office-c/o FAO of the United Nations 55 max Mueller Marg New
Delhi 110003 India
Phone: (+66 2) 281-7844, Ext. 371/372 Fax: (+66 2) 280-0445
Contact: Technical Officer, FAO-RAP & Liaison
E-mail: apaaribkk@apaari.org
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URL address
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http://www.apaari.org/
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Title - Name
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Highlights
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ADB was established in 1966, ADB is a
multilateral development finance institution owned by 59 members,
mostly from Asia and the Pacific. ADB's principal goal is to reduce
poverty. Its related objectives are to foster economic growth, support
human development, improve the status of women, and protect the
environment. ADB provides loans and technical assistance to governments
for specific projects and programs. ADB's lending volume in 1999 was
US$5 billion. Technical assistance grants, amounting to US$173 million
in 1999, are provided for preparing and executing projects and
supporting advisory activities.
ADB's headquarters is in Manila. It has now,
or will soon have, resident missions in 13 Asian countries, a regional
mission for the Pacific, and three representative offices in Frankfurt,
Tokyo, and Washington, DC. ADB has subunits in Vietnam, Nepal,
Bangladesh, India and China.
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Contact
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Post Address:P.O. Box 789
0980 Manila, PhilippinesVisitor's Address:
6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City
0401 Metro Manila, Philippines
Phone: + (63-2) 632-4444
Fax: + (63-2) 636-2444 E-mail: information@adb.org
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URL address
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http://www.adb.org
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Title - Name
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Asian-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)
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Highlights
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The Internet was born and grown up by the
massive efforts of researchers, with the fiscal support of government
agencies. Commercial Internet providers now enjoy the business success,
but it is well known that new technologies are required to meet
tomorrow's demands of the customers.
The necessity for high-end Internet for
researchers in Asia Pacific region was recognized at APEC Symposium in
Tsukuba, Japan in March 1996, and then Asia Pacific Advanced (APAN) was
proposed at APII Test-bed Forum in Seoul, Korea in June 1996. Some of
the APAN links have been installed, and the Network is being expanded
gradually. The research on the next generation Internet technologies
has begun in collaboration with advanced institutions in other regions.
Application researchers have held workshops and symposiums, and the
collaborations are being
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Contact
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Address: Yoshinori Kitatsuji / KDD, Japan
Eunjin Seo / KAIST, Korea
Phone: +81 492-78-7362~3, +82 42-869-3514 / 3554
Fax: +81 492-78-7510, +82 42-869-5554
E-mail: apan-sec@apan.net
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URL address
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http://www.apan.net/
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Title - Name
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Association for Strengthening Agricultural
Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
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Highlights
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The Association for Strengthening
Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) is a
regional organisation established in October 1994 by the National
Agricultural Research Institutes (NARIs) of ten countries in Eastern
and Central Africa: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
The main objectives of ASARECA are: to
provide a forum for consultation and information exchange on the
constraints to agricultural production in the region and for laying out
strategies for over-coming the constraints through regional
collaborative research; to help NARS and their partners to identify,
prioritise, formulate and coordinate the implementation of regional
research programmes, projects and networks; to establish a regional
strategy for the development and management of human resources; to
identify and promote the adoption of the best practices in technology
development and transfer, including the exchange of germplasm among its
members and stakeholders; and to articulate the interests of the
Eastern and Central Africa NARS in African and international fora.
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Contact
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Post Address: ASARECA Secretariat, Plot 5
Mpigi Road,
P.O. Box 765 Entebbe, Uganda.
Phone: +256 41320556 / 320212
Fax: +256 41 321126.
E-mail: asareca@imul.com
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URL address
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http://www.asareca.org/
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Title - Name
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Association of African Universities (AAU)
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Highlights
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The Association of African Universities is
an international non-governmental organisation set up by the
universities in Africa to promote cooperation among themselves and
between them and the international Academic community. The
AAU, whose headquarters is in Accra, Ghana, was formed in November 1967
at a founding conference in Rabat, Morocco, attended by representatives
of 34 universities who adopted the constitution of the
Association. The AAU is the apex organisation and principal
forum for consultation, exchange of information and cooperation among
the universities in Africa. The objectives of the AAU are: 1)
To promote interchange, contact and cooperation among university
institutions in Africa; 2) To collect, classify and disseminate
information on higher education and research, particularly in Africa;
3) To promote cooperation among African Institutions in
curriculum development, and in the determination of equivalence of
degrees; 4) To encourage increased contracts between its members and
the international academic world; 5) To study and make known the
educational and related needs of African university institutions and,
as far as practicable, to coordinate the means whereby those
needs may be met; 6) To encourage the development and wider
use of African languages and 7) To organise, encourage and support
seminars and conferences between African university teachers,
administrators and others dealing with problems of higher education in
Africa.
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Contact
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Association of African Universities, P. O.
Box 5744, Accra, North, Ghana, Tel: +233-21-774495/761588
Fax:+233-21-774821
Email: %20info@aau.org
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URL address
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http://www.aau.org/
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Title - Name
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CARE International (CARE)
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Highlights
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CARE International is a confederation of 10
agencies that delivers relief assistance to people in need and
long-term solutions to global poverty. Because of CARE's international
structure, agencies such as the United Nations contribute to CARE's
project funding. Consequently, CARE International is able to provide
millions of dollars in aid to 63 countries each year. CARE's goal of
overcoming poverty means working to ensure that every person enjoys at
least the minimum standards of living with dignity. This includes
having enough food to eat and clean water to drink, having access to
health care, basic education and economic opportunity, and having the
ability to participate in decisions affecting one's family and
community.
CARE has sub-units/country offices in:
Bangladesh; Bolivia; Ethiopia; Kenya, India; Cambodia, Nepal; Vietnam;
Peru; Sri Lanka and Philippines.
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Contact
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Address: Boulevard du Regent, 58/10, B-1000
Brussels, Belgium Phone: + 32-2-502-43-33;
Fax: + 32-2-502-82-02
E-mail: info@care-international.org
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URL address
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http://www.care-international.org/
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Title - Name
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CORAF/WECARD - West and Central African
Council for Agricultural Research and Development
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Highlights
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CORAF works to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of agricultural research in West and Central Africa by
contributing to the construction and the consolidation of the
capacities of the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS),
through co-operation between its members, development partners,
regional and international organisations, private sector ,
non-governmental organisations, users of research results on one hand,
and to consolidate the position of the West and Central African
sub-region within the context of the international agricultural
research and development, on the other hand.
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Contact
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E-mail: coraf.wecard@coraf.org
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URL address
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http://www.coraf.org/
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Title - Name
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EAAP - European Association for Animal
Production
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Highlights
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EAAP is an international federation of
national member organisations from 37 countries in Europe and the
Mediterranean area. The main aims of EAAP are to promote, by means of
active co-operation between its members and other relevant
international and national organisations, the advancement of scientific
research, sustainable development and systems of production;
experimentation, application and extension; to improve the technical
and economic conditions of the livestock sector; to promote the welfare
of farm animals and the conservation of the rural environment; to
control and optimise the use of natural resources in general and animal
genetic resources in particular; to encourage the involvement of young
scientists and technicians.
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Contact
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EAAP, Via G. Tomassetti 3, 1/A, 00161 Roma,
Italy. Fax: +39-06-86329263
E-mail: eaap@eaap.org
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URL address
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http://www.eaap.org/
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Title - Name
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Economic Commission For Africa (ECA)
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Highlights
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ECA is the regional arm of the United
Nations, mandated to support the economic and social development of its
53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote
international cooperation for Africa's development. Established in 1958
and based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ECA is one of five regional
economic commissions under the administrative direction of the UN
Headquarters. It reports directly to the UN Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) through the Conference of African Ministers Responsible for
Economic and Social Development and Planning, and convenes a number of
intergovernmental organs and committees.
ECA' s enhances the UN's role in Africa. As
the regional arm of the UN in Africa, ECA plays an important role in
fostering Africa's development within the United Nations system. The
Commission maintains and facilitates the coordination of overall
regional and sub-regional perspectives within which activities of other
UN organizations take place at the country level, in support of the
continent's development. A revitalized portfolio of publications,
regional and international conferences on specific themes, policy
seminars and workshops, enhanced relations with the media and targeted
dissemination strategies, are all manifestations of the priority ECA
devotes to outreach. To ensure that the widest possible audience is
reached, particularly within Africa but also in the rest of the world,
modalities for dissemination include media articles, CD-ROM, World Wide
Web, Internet publishing and other multimedia forms.
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Contact
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P.O. Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251-1-51 72 00 Fax: +251-1-51 03 65 or +251-1-51 22 33
Email: ecainfo@uneca.org
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URL address
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http://www.uneca.org/
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Title - Name
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Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS)
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Highlights
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ECOWAS is a regional group of fifteen West
African countries, which was founded in 1975, with a mission to
"Promote economic integration in all fields of economic activities,
especially industry, transport, telecommunication, Agriculture, natural
resources, commerce, monetary and financial matters, social and
cultural issues.ECOWAS has a bank-The Ecowas Regional Investment Bank
(ERIB) and Ecowas Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through which
ECOWAS's development activities are facilitated, and implemented. EDRF
assists in the development, and implementation of projects and
guarantees foreign investment made by the member states
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Contact
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ECOWAS Executive Secretariat
60, Yakubu Gowon Crescent,
Tel: (234) (9) 31 47 647-9,
Fax: (234) (9) 31 43 005, 31 47 646
E-mail: info@ecowasmail.net
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URL address
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http://www.ecowas.int/
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Title - Name
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FARA
(Forum for Agricultural Research)
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Highlights
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FARA
is an apex body for Africa's agricultural research. It is a knowledge
hub where NARS, extension, NGOs, farmers' organizations, private
sector, ARIs and IARCs share and exchange experiences; the voice for
Africa's agricultural research for development and an umbrella
organization, forming a coalition of stakeholders in agricultural
research in Africa. FARA's main mission is to enhance and add value to
the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural research systems in
Africa that will contribute to agricultural development, economic
growth and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Contact
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Abdoulaye
Papa Seck
Email FARA Office in Accra: info@fara-africa.org
Institut Senegalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA)
B.P. 3120, Dakar, Senegal
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URL address
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http://www.fara-africa.org/
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Title - Name
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FARM-Africa (Food and Agricultural Research
Management)
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Highlights
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FARM-Africa is an international non-
governmental organisation that aims to reduce poverty through
developing innovative approaches to natural resource management in
Africa. The work is performed in partnership with marginal small-scale
farmers and herders
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Contact
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FARM-Africa, 9-10 Southampton Place, London
WC1A 2EA, UK
E-mail: farmafrica@farmafrica.org.uk
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URL address
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http://www.farmafrica.org.uk
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Title - Name
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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Highlights
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FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to
raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve
agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural
populations. Today, FAO is one of the largest specialized agencies in
the United Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture,
forestry, fisheries and rural development. FAO has 183 member countries
plus one member organization, the European Community. A specific
priority of the Organization is encouraging sustainable agriculture and
rural development, a long-term strategy for increasing food production
and food security while conserving and managing natural resources.
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Contact
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FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100
Rome, Italy.
Tel: +39 06 57051;Fax: +39 06 5705 3152; Telex: 625852/610181 FAO I
Email: FAO-HQ@fao.org
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URL address
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http://www.fao.org
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Title - Name
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IAGRA
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Highlights
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Indonesian Animal Genetic Resources
& Breeder Association – an informal animal breeders e-mail
network created by participants in the ILRI-SLU courses in South-East
Asia.
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Contact
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The network is administered by Asep Anang
[a_anang@yahoo.com]
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URL address
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Title - Name
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INASP - International Network for the
Availability of Scientific Publications
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Highlights
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INASP's vision is to enable all people to
access and contribute information, ideas and knowledge necessary to
drive sustainable and equitable development. Particular emphasis is on
enabling worldwide access to information and knowledge on the needs of
developing and transitional countries. It works with partners and
networks around the world to encourage the creation and production of
information, promote sustainable and equitable access to information,
foster collaboration and networking, and strengthen local capacities to
manage and use information and knowledge
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Contact
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58 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1ST, UK
Tel: +44 1865 249909 Fax: +44 1865 251060
E-mail: inasp@inasp.info
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URL address
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http://www.inasp.info/
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Title - Name
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International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI)
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Highlights
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The mission of IFPRI is to identify and
analyze policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the
developing world. Research at IFPRI concentrates on economic growth and
poverty alleviation in low-income countries, improvement of the
well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource
base that supports agriculture. The institute belongs to the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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Contact
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IFPRI, 2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
20006-1002, USA; Phone +1 202-862-5600; Fax +1 202-467-4439
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URL address
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http://www.ifpri.org
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Title - Name
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International Livestock Research Institute
(ILRI)
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Highlights
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ILRI has a global mandate to enhance the
well-being of present and future generations in developing countries
through research that improves sustainable livestock production. ILRI's
mission is to improve the productivity of smallholder livestock and
mixed crop-and-livestock systems while protecting the natural resources
that support these systems. ILRI is the first institute to take on the
full complex of inter-related researchable problems in smallholder
animal-based agriculture throughout the developing world. The institute
belongs to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR).
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Contact
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ILRI-Kenya, Old Naivasha Road, P.O. Box
30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Tel: 254-20 630 743, Fax:254-20 631 499,
Email: ILRI-Kenya@cgiar.org
ILRI-Ethiopia, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Phone: (251-1) 463215, Fax: (251-11) 646 1252 / 646 4645,Email:
ILRI-Ethiopia@cgiar.org
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URL address
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http://www.ilri.org
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Title - Name
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INTERBULL
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Highlights
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The International Bull Evaluation Service
(INTERBULL) is a non-profit organisation, responsible for promoting the
development and standardisation of international genetic evaluations
for cattle. It achieves this through co-ordinating international
communication and research efforts, and providing a number of services
to participating countries through the activities of the INTERBULL
Centre in Uppsala, Sweden.
INTERBULL became a permanent sub-committee
of the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) in 1988,
supported by its parent organisations EAAP and IDF, and also the FAO.
It is managed by an ICAR appointed Steering Group, consisting of
members from many different countries.
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Contact
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Freddy Fikse, Jan Philipsson
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URL address
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http://www.interbull.org
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Title - Name
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International Committee for Animal Recording
(ICAR)
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Highlights
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The object of ICAR, an international or
non-profit body, shall be to promote the development and amelioration
of performance recording for farm animals and their evaluation, such
object to be achieved through the establishing of definitions and
standards for measuring characteristics having economic importance. The
association has also as its aim the drafting of articles, publication
and distribution of journals and books, the organisation of seminars
and workshops, and granting scholarships to selected researchers or
students.
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URL address
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http://www.icar.org/
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Title - Name
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National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources,
Karnal
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Highlights
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The organisation has the mandate to
identify, evaluate, characterize, conserve and utilize livestock and
poultry genetic resources with the objective of conducting systematic
surveys to characterise, evaluate and catalogue farm livestock and
poultry genetic resources and to establish their National Data Base. It
designs methodologies for ex situ conservation and in situ management
and optimal utilization of farm animal genetic resources and undertake
studies on genetic characterisation using modern biological techniques
such as molecular cytogenetics, Immunology, DNA Fingerprinting, RFLP
analysis etc in addition to conducting training programmes as related
to evaluation, characterisation and utilisation of animal genetic
resources
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Contact
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Phone: 0184-2267918 Fax : 0184-2267654
P.O Box No. 149, Makrampur Campus, G.T.Road , Baldi By-pass, Karnal
(Haryana)-132001
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URL address
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http://www.icar.org.in/nbagr/nbagr.html
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Title - Name
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NEPAD
(The New Partnership for Africa's Development)
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Highlights
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The
New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is a vision and
strategic framework for Africa's renewal. 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
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Contact
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Prof.
Firmino Mucavele
Executive Head: NEPAD Secretariat
+27 11 313 3716 (tel), +27 11 313 3684 (fax)
E-mail: firminom@nepad.org
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URL address
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http://www.nepad.org
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Title - Name
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NetVet - Small Ruminants
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Highlights
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The organisation has information resources
and databases on small ruminant species around the world. There are
direct links to other organizations, universities and breeder societies
for the various small ruminants and non ruminant resources
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Contact
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URL address
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http://netvet.wustl.edu/smrum.htm
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Title - Name
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Network for Environment and Sustainable
Development in Africa (NESDA)
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Highlights
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NESDA aims to bring together environmental
experts, policy makers, technical specialists and activists from across
the region to promote sustainable development actions and policies.
Assists African countries with developing and implementing effective
environmental management strategies, policies and plans through
capacity building. The Capacity Building Program includes several
components: technical advisory services and support; environmental
information management; communications, publications and outreach; and
advocacy and networking. Organizes annual training activities in Africa
to build capacity and raise awareness. Has been active in the national
WSSD preparations by coordinating NGO and CSO input into the National
Assessment processes of 5 African countries for Johannesburg 2002.
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Contact
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Address: 24 BP Abidjan 24
Guichet Annexe ADB
Côte d'Ivoire Phone: +225-20-20-54-19 / 225-20-20-54-18 Fax:
+225-20-20-59-22
E-mail: nesda@nesda.org
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URL address
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http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/
library/nesda97a.htm
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Title - Name
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Network of experts on sustainable
development of central Asia
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Highlights
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The network brings available expertise of
the sub-region together in the field of sustainable development. Has
participated in the preparation of the national assessment of
Kazakhstan for WSSD; developed a regional report on progress for the
sub-regional Prepcom, participated in the preparation of the regional
progress report, participated in the preparation of the report on
testing sustainable development indicators in the Aral Sea Basin,
participated in the NGO consultations for the NIS.
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Contact
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Address: Building 40 Orbita -1
Almaty 480043, Kazakhstan Phone: 7-3272-292-619
Fax: +7-3272-292-619
E-mail: bakhytyes@itte.kz
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URL address
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Title - Name
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Rockefeller Foundation (RF)
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Highlights
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The Rockefeller Foundation is a
philanthropic organization endowed by John D. Rockefeller and chartered
in 1913 for the well-being of people throughout the world. It is one of
America's oldest private foundations and one of the few with strong
international interests. From it's beginning, the Foundation has sought
to identify, and address at their source, the causes of human suffering
and need.
The Foundation's grant-making is now
organized around four themes and one cross-theme, as well as special
programs. Together these themes constitute the Foundation's commitment
to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded
people throughout the world.
It focuses on the following
programmes/themes: 1) Food Security, whose goal is to help
achieve food security for all through the generation of agricultural
policies, institutions and innovations that can provide sustainable
livelihoods for the rural poor in regions of developing countries
bypassed by the Green Revolution; 2) Health Equity, whose goal is to
advance global health equity by pursuing the reduction of avoidable and
unfair differences in the health status of populations; 3) Global
inclusion, with a goal of ensuring that globalization processes are
more democratic and equitable and benefit the most vulnerable,
disenfranchised populations, cultures and communities around the world
among others. Furthermore RF has special programs in communication and
social change, aimed at increasing the capacity of groups representing
the interests of the poor and excluded to practice effective
development communication in ways that unleash previously unheard
voices and are empowering, sustainable and measurable.
The Foundation is administered largely from
its New York City headquarters. But more program work will now
originate from its offices in Bangkok, Nairobi, Mexico City, Harare and
San Francisco. The work of these offices will be along the lines of the
four themes and cross-theme. An independent board of trustees, which
meets four times a year, sets program guidelines and financial policy,
and approves all appropriations.
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Contact
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Address: 420 Fifth Avenue, New York,
10018-2702
Phone: +1-212-869.85.00
E-mail: tevans@rockfound.org
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URL address
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http://www.rockfound.org/
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Title - Name
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The South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC)
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Highlights
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The South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation (SAARC) was established when its Charter was formally
adopted on December 8, 1985 by the Heads of State or Government of
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
SAARC provides a platform for the peoples of
South Asia to work together in a spirit of friendship, trust and
understanding. It aims to accelerate the process of economic and social
development in Member States. The Objectives focuses on: Integrated
Programme of Action (IPA), which includes: Agriculture; Communications;
Education, Culture and Sports; Environment and Meteorology; Health,
Population Activities and Child Welfare; Prevention of Drug Trafficking
and Drug Abuse; Rural Development; Science and Technology; Tourism;
Transport and Women in Development The specific objectives of the
Association are:
- to promote the welfare of the peoples of
South Asia and to improve their quality of life;
- to accelerate economic growth, social
progress and cultural development in the region and to provide all
individuals the opportunity to live in dignity and to realize their
full potential;
- to promote and strengthen collective
self-reliance among the countries of South Asia;
- to contribute to mutual trust,
understanding and appreciation of one another's problems;
- to promote active collaboration and
mutual assistance in the economic, social, cultural, technical and
scientific fields;
- to strengthen cooperation with other
developing countries;
- to strengthen cooperation among
themselves in international forums on matters of common interests; and
- to cooperate with international and
regional organisations with similar aims and
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Contact
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Post Address: SAARC Secretariat
Tridevi Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal
P.O. Box 4222, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Phone: + 977-1-221794/ 221785
Fax: + 977-1-227033/ 223991
E-mail: saarc@saarc-sec.org
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URL address
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http://www.saarc-sec.org/
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Title - Name
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The Southern African Development Community
(SADC)
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Highlights
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The Southern African Development Community
(SADC), formerly SADCC, was originally established in 1980. In 1992, it
became a formal treaty organisation with the signature of the SADC
Treaty and Declaration at Windhoek. South Africa acceded to the
organisation in 1994 and Mauritius joined in 1995. More recently, the
Democratic Republic of Congo and the Seychelles were admitted at the
meeting of Heads of States and Governments of SADC in Blantyre, Malawi,
in September 1997. SADC now comprises 14 countries: Angola,
Botswana, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia,
Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. At
its inception, the Community agreed that individual countries should be
given the responsibility for implementing regional programmes in
particular economic or social spheres.
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Contact
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Post Address: Information Section,100
Maseru, Lesotho, South Africa,
Private Bag A-284
Phone: (+27) 266 - 31019 Fax: (+27) 266 - 312158
E-mail: sadc@elms.ru.ac.za
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URL address
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http://www.ngb.se/sadc/sadcc.html
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Title - Name
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United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
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Highlights
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The regional arm of the United Nations
Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region is the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It is located in the
United Nations Building, Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand.
The functions of ESCAP have been defined by the Secretary- General as
follows:
(a) Promoting economic and social development through regional and
sub-regional cooperation and integration;
(b) Serving as the main economic and social development forum within
the United Nations system for the ESCAP region;
(c) Formulating and promoting development assistance activities and
projects commensurate with the needs and priorities of the region while
acting as an executing agency for relevant operational projects;
(d) Providing substantive and secretariat services and documentation
for the Commission and its subsidiary bodies;
(e) Carrying out studies, research and other activities within the
terms of reference of the Commission;
(f) Providing advisory services to governments at their request;
(g) Developing and executing programmes of technical cooperation;
(h) Coordinating ESCAP activities with those of the major
departments/offices of the United Nations at Headquarters and
specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations.
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Contact
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The United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Phone: (66-2) 288-1234 Fax: (66-2) 288-1000
E-mail: webmaster@unescap.org
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URL address
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http://www.unescap.org/
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Title - Name
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WAAP - World Association of Animal Production
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Highlights
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WAAP is a Federation of Societies and
Associations around the world. It aims to encourage closer
collaboration between the animal production organisations and to bring
together scientists, educators, technicians and administrators with the
objective of reviewing development concerns on the five continents.
WAAP organises every five years a World Conference on Animal
Production, together with the relevant Organising Committee.
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Contact
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WAAP, Via G. Tomassetti 3, 1/A, 00161 Roma,
Italy. Fax: +39-06-86329263 E-mail: waapwaap.it
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URL address
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http://www.waap.it/
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Title - Name
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WIS International (WIS)
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Highlights
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WIS International aims at providing
solutions to support global information exchange related to agriculture
development, natural resource management with a special focus on
Agricultural Research for Development (ARD). WIS supports partner
organisations in systematising web-based management support systems and
tries to increase interaction between scientific and local knowledge
systems. It also assists organisations in conceptualising web-based
information systems for management and innovation including local
knowledge. An important element of WIS is participating in capacity
building and training in partner organisation worldwide on
conceptualising information systems, managing information systems
including quality control and end-user enrolment. It focuses on
advancing the borders of IT applications for end-user satisfaction in
development cooperation including linkages to geo-referenced
information. Among its clients are international organisations,
regional consortia, national ministries, farmer organisations, thematic
networks and NGOs.
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Contact
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Post Address: Oude Houtensepad 18
3581CW Utrecht
Visitors address: The Netherlands Oude Houtensepad 18
3581CW Utrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: + 31 30 2510726 Fax: + 31 30 251072
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URL address
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http://www.wisint.org/
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Title - Name
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World Fish Center (ICLARM)
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Highlights
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The World Fish Center is a food and
environment research organization that joins forces with farmers,
scientists, and policy makers around the world to help the rural poor
increase their income, preserve their environment, and improve their
lives. The World Fish Center is an autonomous, nongovernmental,
non-profit, international scientific and technical center, which has
been organized to conduct, stimulate and accelerate research on all
aspects of fisheries and other living aquatic resources.
The Center was conceived by the Rockefeller
Foundation in 1973, and became a small program of the University of
Hawaii in 1975. ICLARM was incorporated in Manila in March 1977. It
became a member of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR) in May 1992.
ICLARM's Organizational Statement provides
the Center's goal and objectives, principles and values.The Center's
work focuses on tropical developing countries in both inland aquatic
(mainly ponds and rice floodwaters) and marine (coastal and coral reef)
systems - in which research is carried out on their dynamics, on
investigating alternative management schemes, and on improving the
productivity of key species. The work includes cooperative research
with institutions in developing countries, and supporting activities in
information and training. The programs of ICLARM are supported by a
number of private foundations and governments.
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Contact
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Address: Jalan Batu Maung, Batu Maung, 11960
Bayan Lepas,
Penang, Malaysia
Phone: + (604) 626 1606 Fax: + (604) 626 5530
E-mail: iclarm@cgiar.org
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URL address
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http://www.iclarm.org/
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