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United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Disaster Management Planning - Hyogo Office

United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Disaster Management Planning - Hyogo Office, is a United Nations centre in Japan established after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake had claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people in 1995. The Hyogo Office focuses on various disaster...

Financial Services Volunteer Corp (FSVC)

Financial Services Volunteer Corp (FSVC) recruits unpaid volunteers from the financial, legal and regulatory professions to participate in programmes around the world to help develop central bank capabilities, strengthen commercial banking systems and build capital markets within developing...

Pan American Health Organisation Food and Nutrition in Disasters

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency. It looks to improve the health and standard of living of the countries in the Americas. It also serves as the Regional Office of the Americas for the World Health Organization (WHO), and is recognized as part of...

World Customs Organisation (WCO)

The World Customs Organization (WCO) is the only intergovernmental organisation exclusively focused on Customs matters. With its worldwide membership, the WCO is now recognised as the voice of the global Customs community. It is particularly noted for its work in areas covering the development of...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Guatemala

The 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 specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...

King Baudouin Foundation

The King Baudouin Foundation works to improve people's living conditions primarily in Belgium and S.E. Europe although it does consider funding for international projects. The New York branch of the Foundation assists with fundraising in the USA. Programmes focus on social justice, civil society,...

Guyana Revenue Authority

The Guyana Revenue Authority, which consists of the GRA Secretariat, Internal Revenue, and Customs & Trade Administration, is the government's tax and trade authority in Guyana. As the agency developed, so too were the programs that the agency focused on. These encompassed areas inclusive of...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Guyana

UNDP is one of United Nation organisations that has targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. In Guyana the UNDP supports the peoples of Guyana in pursuit of national goals and objectives as articulated by the...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Guyana

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 specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Russia

USAID is an independent agency that supports long-term economic and social development through policy dialogue, conflict prevention, technology transfer in sectors such as health, agriculture, education and housing, and promotion of trade and investment. The USAID program in Russia plays an...

International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

ICNL is a not for profit organisation which promotes a legal framework enabling the establishment of civil society and public participation in countries around the world. It has a wealth of legal articles, reports and laws governing both international and national NGO laws. The ICNL site includes a...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Kazakhstan

FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to improve the living conditions of rural populations. Today, FAO is the lead United Nations agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. As...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Haiti

UNDP is one of United Nation organisations that has targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. Much of the UNDP's work in Haiti focuses on restoration after the devastating earthquake that leveled the country in...

Eurasia Foundation (EF) - Kazakhstan

The Eurasia Foundation is a privately managed grant-making and operating organisation dedicated to funding programs that build democratic and free market institutions in the twelve New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. In Kazakhstan, the EF's programs focus on strengthening local...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Haiti

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 specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...

Carnegie Moscow Center

Carnegie Moscow Center is a US-based, private, non-profit organisation that accommodates foreign and Russian researchers collaborating with Washington staff on a variety of topical areas and policy-relevant projects. The Center has relationships with Russian specialists and scholars, educational...

Oxfam - Belgium

Oxfam is a development and relief agency that helps people worldwide in the struggle against poverty. Local shops, found on regional sites, receive goods to raise money for Oxfam. Oxfam's goal is to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice by working with the local people and...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - EU / Belgium (LOBR)

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 specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Almaty Office

The UNESCO Office in Almaty covers four countries; Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. UNESCO is working to create the conditions for genuine dialogue based upon respect for shared values and the dignity of each civilization and culture. UNESCO therefore promotes international...

Civil Society International

Civil Society International (CSI) assists independent organisations working for democracy and civil society in countries lacking in these principles. The CSI is a source of information about projects worldwide that are committed to limited government, popular elections and free association and...