| UN Agencies | ||
| ALPHABETICALLY: U W | ||
| » UNEP � United Nations Environment Programme | ||
| UNEP�s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. | ||
| http://www.unep.org/ | ||
| » UN DSD - United Nations Division for Sustainable Development | ||
| The Division for Sustainable Development provides leadership and is an authoritative source of expertise within the United Nations system on sustainable development. It promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and through technical cooperation and capacity building at international, regional and national levels. The context for the Division�s work is the implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. | ||
| http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/ | ||
| » UNIDO � United Nations Industrial Development Organization | ||
| UNIDO's Vision is to improve the living conditions of people and promote global prosperity through offering tailor-made solutions for the sustainable industrial development of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. | ||
| http://www.unido.org/ | ||
| » WORLD BANK | ||
| The World Bank is one of the United Nations� specialized agencies, and is made up of 184 member countries. These countries are jointly responsible for how the institution is financed and how its money is spent. Along with the rest of the development community, the World Bank centers its efforts on reaching the Millennium Development Goals, agreed to by UN members in 2000 and aimed at sustainable poverty reduction. | ||
| http://www.worldbank.org/index.html | ||
| Development Agencies | ||
| ALPHABETICALLY: C G I N | ||
| » CITIES ALLIANCE | ||
| Cities Alliance is a global coalition of cities and their development partners committed to improve the living conditions of the urban poor through action in two key areas: City Development Strategies (CDS) which link the process by which local stakeholders define their vision for their city, analyse its economic prospects and establish clear priorities for actions and investments; and Citywide and Nationwide Slum Upgrading to improve the living conditions of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020 in accordance with the Cities Without Slums initiative (Millennium Development Goal, Target 11). | ||
| http://www.citiesalliance.org | ||
| » GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) | ||
| GTZ is a German government-owned corporation for technical cooperation whose work is international cooperation for sustainable development. It operates worldwide. GTZ provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalized world. It supports complex reforms and change processes. All its activities are geared to improving people�s living conditions and prospects on a sustainable basis. | ||
| http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm | ||
| » InWEnt - Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung | ||
| InWEnt (Capacity Building International, Germany) is synonymous with human resources and organisational development in international cooperation. InWEnt�s shareholders are the Federal Republic of Germany represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft representing the economy and the German Foundation for International Development representing the the German federal states. | ||
| http://www.inwent.org/index.en.shtml | ||
| » NORAD - The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | ||
| NORAD is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and its most important task is to contribute in the international cooperation to fight poverty. | ||
| http://norad.no/default.asp | ||
| Regional Organizations | ||
| ALPHABETICALLY: A E S | ||
| » AU - African Unity | ||
| The AU is Africa�s premier institution and principal organization for the promotion of accelerated socio-economic integration of the continent, which will lead to greater unity and solidarity between African countries and peoples. The AU is based on the common vision of a united and strong Africa and on the need to build a partnership between governments and all segments of civil society, in particular women, youth and the private sector, in order to strengthen solidarity and cohesion amongst the peoples of Africa. As a continental organization it focuses on the promotion of peace, security and stability on the continent as a prerequisite for the implementation of the development and integration agenda of the Union. | ||
| http://www.africa-union.org/ | ||
| » EAC � East African Community | ||
| The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. | ||
| http://www.eac.int/index.htm | ||
| » SADC � Southern African Development Community | ||
| The SADC vision is one of a common future, a future in a regional community that will ensure economic well-being, improvement of the standards of living and quality of life, freedom and social justice and peace and security for the peoples of Southern Africa. This shared vision is anchored on the common values and principles and the historical and cultural affinities that exist between the peoples of Southern Africa. | ||
| http://www.sadc.int/index.php | ||
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