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• 11.11.11- Coalition of the Flemish North-South Movement
  11.11.11 combines the efforts of 90 organizations and 375 committees of volunteers who work together to achieve one common goal:a fairer world without poverty. 11.11.11 was born on 11th November 1966 in which thousands of volunteers came out on the streets ...
• 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum
  “2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum” was formed in 31 January 2007, as a civil platform organized by Japanese NGOs’ broad coalition for 2008 G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido. As of 31 July 2007, 101 NGOs are affiliated with the forum. These NGOs are working on th ...
• Academic Council on the United Nations System
  The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), is an international institution with a distinguished membership of nearly a thousand scholars, teachers, practitioners and others active in the work and study of the United Nations System and other ...
• Action Canada for Population and Development
  ACPD is a human rights advocacy organization that seeks to enhance the quality of life of women, men and children by promoting progressive policies in the field of international development with a primary focus on reproductive and sexual rights and health ...
• Action for UN Renewal
  Although the United Nations has achieved much since its creation in 1945, changes are necessary to meet the needs of a changed world. Action for UN Renewal exists to promote an effective United Nations, with the authority and resources required to realise ...
• ActionAid International
  ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide. Formed in 1972, for over 30 years they have been growing and expanding to where they are today - helping over 13 million of the world's poorest and most disadvantage ...
• Advocacy for Women in Africa
  Advocacy for Women in Africa (AWA) was founded and incorporated in 1996 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, as a network for advocacy on women’s issues on the African continent. Ambassador Gertrude Mongella is one of the founder members and its President. The a ...
• African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies
  The Africa Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies was created due to the excesses of some African governments in the violation of Human Rights. Its main objective is is to give meaning to Article 25 of the African Charter, which requires States Part ...
• African Women's Development and Communication Network
  The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) was set up in 1988 to share information, experiences, ideas and strategies among African women's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through communications, networking, training and advoc ...
• AFRODAD
  AFRODAD is a civil society organisation born of a desire to secure lasting solutions to Africa's mounting debt problem which has impacted negatively on the continent's development process. AFRODAD aspires for an equitable and sustainable development proce ...
• AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa
  The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is a regional alliance of fourteen non-governmental organisations working together to promote and build capacity around a human rights based response to HIV/AIDS in the Southern African Development C ...
• Allende, Isabel
  Isabel Allende is born in 1942 in Lima (Perú) where her father Tomás Allende is a diplomatic official of Chile, cousin of Salvador Allende. Isabel Allende is a famous writter, commited herself with Chile's people for witch Salvador Allende died for.
• Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World
  The Alliance is an informal network made of people, institutions and movements that are conscious of the complexity of contemporary problems and seek to find the necessary mutations so that we can together act on the future. This network thereby creates a ...
• Alternative Information and Development Centre
  AIDC aims to contribute to the development of national, regional and international challenges to the currently dominant global economic system through research, information production and dissemination, popular education, campaigning and coalition building ...
• Amin, Samir
  Samir Amin is an Egyptian political author who was born in Cairo in 1931. He is one of the most important neo-marxist intellectual. He developed his political, economical and statistics studies in Paris. In 1957 he presented his thesis, supervised by Franç ...
• Amnesty International
  Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights an ...
• An-Na'im, Abdullahi
  Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (from Sudan) is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory Law School. An internationally recognized scholar of Islam and human rights, and human rights in cross-cultural perspectives.
• Annan, Kofi
  Kofi Annan of Ghana is the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The first Secretary-General to be elected from the ranks of United Nations staff, he began his first term on 1 January 1997. On 29 June 2001, acting on a recommendation by the Secu ...
• Arab Organisation of Human Rights
  The AOHR calls for respect of human rights and freedoms of all residents and citizens of the Arab world and seeks to defend any individual whose human rights are subjected to violations which are contrary to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the I ...
• Arias Sánchez, Óscar
  Óscar Arias Sánchez was born in Heredia Costa Rica in 1941.He is the current President of Costa Rica and the first Nobel Laureate to be elected as a Latin American nation's president after winning the award. In 1987 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for hi ...
• Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
  FORUM-ASIA is a regional human rights organization in Asia and presently, it has 40 member organizations in 15 countries in Asia. It seeks to facilitate dialogue, capacity-building and networking among human rights defenders, civil society actors and organ ...
• Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
  ARENA aims to contribute to the mobilisation of civil society and popular participation in public life, the empowerment of peoples and the enhancement of people’s capabilities to transform their lives and conditions, the transformation of values and consci ...
• Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo
  Actually, Grupo Montevideo is a Virtual University with a supportive distribution of high qualified academic staff, academic material resources, installations, equipment, teams, laboratories, and libraries; it is a common broaded academic space where barri ...
• Asociación Española de Fundaciones
  Among the goals of the Spanish Association of Foundations are the promotion of the communication among spanish non lucrative entities, representing a permanent channel of negotiation with the Government for the solving of any matter which may be raised reg ...
• Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias América Latina y el Caribe
  La Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC) es el referente organizacional, político y comunicacional de un movimiento internacional constituido en torno a las radios comunitarias, ciudadanas y populares. AMARC está reconocida como organismo no gu ...
• Asociación Naciones Unidas España/América Latina
  ANUE was born in 1962 and its main objectives are the defence, promotion and spreading of human rights and basic freedom. It also wants to disclose principles and objectives of UN. It has been recognised by UN as the unique main link between UN and civil s ...
• Association for Progressive Communications
  The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network of civil society organisations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, th ...
• Association for the Prevention of Torture
  The Association for the Prevention of Torture is an independent NGO based in Geneva, operating globally to prevent torture and other ill-treatment. It was founded by a Swiss banker and lawyer, Jean-Jacques Gautier, in 1977. Its primary objective is to prev ...
• Association Internationale des Universités
  IAU, founded in 1950, is the UNESCO-based worldwide association of universities. It brings together institutions and organisations from some 150 countries for reflection and action on common concerns and collaborates with various international, regional an ...
• ATTAC
  The International ATTAC Movement was created at an international meeting in Paris, on December 11-12, 1998. The December 1998 meeting permitted the definition of three major objectives: 1. Launching of the international ATTAC movement - “ international mov ...
• Aung San Suu Kyi
  Aung San Suu Kyi is a Myanmar's pro-democracy leader. She has won several human rights awards.
• Austrian EU-Platform of Non-Governmental Development Organisations
  The Austrian EU-platform of non-governmental development is a democratic and pluralistic association of organisations active in development cooperation, humanitarian aid as well as development education and awareness raising. The Austrian Platform represen ...
• Bank Information Center
  BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that advocates for the protection of rights, participation, transparency, and public accountability in the governance and operations of the World Bank, regional development banks, and IMF.The ...
• Beck, Ulrich
  Ulrich Beck is professor for Sociology at the University of Munich, and the British Journal of Sociology professor at the London School of Economics and Sciences. His interests focus on 'risk society', 'individualization' and 'reflexive modernization'
• Ben Ami, Shlomo
  Former Israel Foreign Affairs minister.
• Better World Campaign
  Since 1999, BWC has worked to strengthen the relationship between the United States and the United Nations through outreach, communications, and advocacy. We encourage U.S. leadership to enhance the UN’s ability to carry out its invaluable international wo ...
• Boff, Leonardo
  Boff is the author of more than sixty books in the areas of theology, spirituality, philosophy, anthropology and mysticism. Most of his works have been translated into the main modern languages.
• Bordia, Anil
  Anil Bordia was Indian Education Secretary between 1987 and 1992. During his tenure a clear shift of priority was made to basic education. He was responsible for pioneering projects concerning the universalization of primary education. He has dedicated his ...
• Both ENDS
  Both ENDS supports the work of environmental organisations, primarily in the so-called South countries and the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. They support organisations through information, research, advocacy, campaigning, networking and cap ...
• Bretton Woods Project
  The Bretton Woods Project works as a networker, information-provider, media informant and watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Through briefings, reports and the bimonthly digest Bretton Woods Update, i ...
• Bridge
  Bridge was set up in 1992 as a specialised gender and development research service within the Institute of Development Studies. It supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practioners by bridging the gaps between theory, polic ...
• British Overseas Network for Development
  BOND is the network of more than 280 UK based voluntary organisations working in international development and development education. BOND provides a central point for advocacy on issues on which member organisations have a common view and would benefit fr ...
• Brutus, Dennis
  Dennis Brutus is a South African poet who was an activist against the apartheid government of South Africa in the 1960s. He was forbidden to teach, write and publish in South Africa. In 1983, Brutus won the right to stay in the United States as a political ...
• CADIS
  Founded in 1981, CADIS is a sociological research laboratory that combines research in a wide range of areas with an integrated intellectual approach to research. At its inception, the Center was structured around three major programmatic objectives—histor ...
• California State University
  California State University, Sacramento is dedicated to the life-altering potential of learning that balances a liberal arts education with depth of knowledge in a discipline. CSUS is committed to providing an excellent education to all eligible applicants ...
• CARE International
  CARE is a united force dedicated to helping the world's poorest communities solve their most threatening problems. CARE is the humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.
• Caritas Internationalis
  Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations working to build a better world, especially for the poor and oppressed, in over 200 countries and territories. Caritas works without regard to c ...
• Càtedra UNESCO en Tecnologia Desenvolupament Sostenible, Desequilibris i Canvi Global
  L’objectiu principal d’aquesta Càtedra UNESCO és convertir-se en un espai interdisciplinari, crític, reflexiu i obert que contribueixi a reorientar la tecnologia cap al desenvolupament sostenible, a reduir els desequilibris i a enfortir la diversitat.
• CAUX - Initiatives et Changement
  Initiatives of Change is an international movement, active in 60 countries and formally incorporated in 39 countries. The International Association of Initiatives of Change, was created in 2002, the Swiss foundation Caux – Initiatives of Change was one of ...
• Center for Environmental Economic Development
  The Center for Environmental Economic Development (CEED) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit California Corporation formed in 1993. For over ten years CEED has worked as a catalyst for environmentally sustainable community development locally, regionally, nationally ...
• Center for War/Peace Studies
  The Center for War/Peace Studies is a US "think tank" located in the UN backyard. Its central objective is to establish an international political and legal system that makes possible the abolition of war. They have developed the Binding Triad System for g ...
• Center of Concern
  Since 1971, the Center of Concern has offered moral vision and provided effective leadership in the struggle to end hunger, poverty, environmental decline, and injustice in the United States and around the world. For over thirty years, the Center of Concer ...
• Centre for Global Governance
  The Centre for the Study of Global Governance is a leading international institution dedicated to research, analysis and dissemination about global governance. Based at the London School of Economics, the Centre aims to increase understanding and knowledge ...
• Centre for Global Studies
  The mission of the Centre for Global Studies (CFGS) is to advance understanding and action on major global issues by civil society, the private sector, governments, and international institutions. The Centre focuses on issues in the three thematic areas of ...
• Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation - University of Warwick
  Inaugurated on 1 October 1997, the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR)--with initial baseline funding of £2.5 million for the first five years by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK--is the largest research centr ...
• Centre On Housing Rights and Evictions
  The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit human rights organisation established in 1994 in the Netherlands and now based in Geneva, Switzerland. They are one of the principal agencies focusing on ...
• Centre UNESCO de Catalunya
  The organizations of the United Nations system are based on the states and, therefore, they don't recognize subestatals organizations. However, in 1984 the Centre Unesco de Catalunya was constituted so as to assure an official presence of the catalan cult ...
• Chomsky, Noam
  Noam Chomsky was born on December 7, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His undergraduate and graduate years were spent at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his PhD in linguistics in 1955. Chomsky has written and lectured widely on linguist ...
• Christian Aid
  CA works where the need is greatest in nearly 50 countries, regardless of ethnicity, nationality or religion, to meet suffering and stop poverty – whether through providing emergency relief or long-term development.
• Ciencias Sociales de América Latina y el Caribe
  CLACSO is an international network, non governmental and with no lucrative goals committed to the promotion of investigation, discussion and academical diffusion on a variety of fields within social sciences. CLASCO was founded for Latin American social s ...
• CIVICUS
  CIVICUS is an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world. Our vision is of a worldwidecommunity of informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity. CI ...
• Climate Action Network
  The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a worldwide network of over 340 Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. Diverse environmental o ...
• Club of Athens
  The Global Governance Group (or “Triple-G”) is an international initiative which aims to address the challenges of globalisation through innovative approaches to global governance. Its “Triple-G” approach applies not only to its title, but also to its thre ...
• Club of Rome
  The Club of Rome is a global think tank and centre of innovation and initiative. As a non-profit, non governmental organisation (NGO), it brings together scientists, economists, businessmen, international high civil servants, heads of state and former head ...
• Coalition for the International Criminal Court
  The Coalition for the International Criminal Court is a network of well over 1,000 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) advocating for a fair, effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC is the first permanent international judi ...
• Coalition of women for peace
  The Coalition of Women for Peace has become one of the leading voices in Israel advocating for a just and viable peace between Israel and Palestine ever since its founding in November 2000, just six weeks after the current Intifada began. The Coalition bri ...
• Commission mondiale de l’éthique des connaissances scientifiques
  In 1998 UNESCO set up the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. COMEST is an advisory body and forum of reflection composed of 18 independent experts. The Commission is mandated to formulate ethical principles that could pr ...
• Commitee for the Abolition of Third World Debt
  The Committee for the Cancellation of the Third World Debt is an international network of individuals and local committees from across Europe and Latin America, Africa and Asia. It was founded in Belgium on 15th March 1990. The network acts in close liaiso ...
• Committee for a Democratic U.N.
  The Committee for a Democratic U.N. (KDUN) is a non-governmental organization registered in Germany. KDUN supports international democracy and the strengthening of the United Nations. The political mandate is laid down in a declaration of principle. KDUN's ...
• Commonwealth Foundation
  The Commonwealth Foundation is an independent, non-profit research and educational institute that develops and advances public policies based on the nation’s founding principles of limited constitutional government, economic freedom, and personal responsib ...
• Communità di Sant'Egidio
  The Community of Sant'Egidio began in Rome in 1968, in the period following the Second Vatican Council. Today it is a movement of lay people and has more than 50,000 members, dedicated to evangelisation and charity, in Rome, Italy and in more than 70 count ...
• Congress of South African Trade Unions
  COSATU was launched in December 1985 after four years of unity talks between unions opposed to apartheid and committed to a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa. Their main broad strategic objectives have always been to improve material condi ...
• Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité
  Inspired and guided by the Gospel Word and by the social teachings of the Church, CIDSE works to free societies of poverty and oppression and to enable their transformation into communities of solidarity through socially- and culturally-sensitive developme ...
• Coordinadora Catalana de Fundacions
  The Coordinadora Catalana de Fundacions [Catalan Coordinator of Foundations] was founded in 1978 by virtue of the drive and enthusiasm of civil society. And this selfsame spirit, albeit constantly renewed, has led it to work untiringly to strengthen and pr ...
• Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales
  Founded in 1982 in Managua, is a network of research centers, NGOs, professional associations and foundations. CRIES promotes social and economic research in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean based on the participation of civil society. Its ...
• Coordination SUD
  Founded in 1994, Coordination SUD - Solidarité Urgence Développement - brings together six groups of NGOs (CLONG-Volontariat, CNAJEP, Coordination d’Agen, CRID, FORIM, Groupe initiatives) and more than 130 NGOs French international solidarity. These NGOs a ...
• Corea, Gamani
  Chairperson of the South Centre Board -- 2002-2005. He was, in 1974, appointed Secretary-General of UNCTAD, a position he held until December 1984.
• Corpwatch
  On the ground and on the web, through education and activism, Oakland-based CorpWatch works to hold corporations accountable on issues of human rights, labor rights and environmental justice, locally and globally. CorpWatch.org website and its campaigns on ...
• Cousteau Society
  Cousteau Society's mission is to educate people to understand, to love and to protect the water systems of the planet, marin and fresh water, for the well-being of future generations.
• Cousteau Triplet, Francine
  Francine Triplet Cousteau is the current President of the non-profit organization Cousteau Society. Francine Cousteau is the widow of the famous oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who died in 1997.
• Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
  The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation was established in 1962 in memory of the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. It is based in Uppsala, Sweden. Its purpose is to organise seminars, conferences, work-shops and consultations on development issues an ...
• Delors, Jacques
  Known as the architect of the Single European Act, the first modification of the Treaty of Rome, and of the ambitious reform of funding for the European Community, the Hon. Jacques Delors is one of the most influential politicians in the formation of the E ...
• Democracy Coalition Project
  The Democracy Coalition Project is a nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy relating to democracy promotion policies at the national, regional and global levels. It relies on an international network of civil society organizations ...
• Development Alternatives With Women For a New Era
  DAWN is a network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy. DAWN works globally and region ...
• Development Assistance Research Associates
  DARA is an independent, international, non-profit organisation, which works to improve the quality and impact of development and humanitarian interventions. We do this through research, evaluations, promoting learning and knowledge sharing.
• Diaz-Hochleitner, Ricardo
  Ricardo Diaz-Hochleitner was born in Bogotá in 1953. He is the President Emeritus of the Club of Rome.
• Droits de l'Homme et Dialogue Interculturel
  The aim of the working group on Human Rights and Intercultural Dialogue (HRID / DHDI) is to create a forum for meeting, dialogue and research on issues related to Human Rights and Intercultural Dialogue. Its aim is also to broaden our perspective on Law vi ...
• Dupas, Gilberto
  Gilberto Dupas is the president of the Instituto de Estudios Económicos e Internacionales.
• Earth Charter
  The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustanaible, and peaceful global society. It seeks to inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsability for the well-being of the human famil ...
• Earth Council
  The Earth Council is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that was created in September 1992 to promote and advance the implementation of the Earth Summit agreements. It is led by a body of 18 Members, drawn from the world's political, busi ...
• EarthAction
  The interrelated global problems of environmental degradation, poverty, war and the abuse of human rights threaten the future of everyone on earth. Yet most governments and corporations continue with business as usual, as if they haven't noticed. We have t ...
• Economic Policy Institute/Global Policy Network
  EPI is a think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about the strategies to achieve a prosperous, fair and sustainable economy. It stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards for working people, and make its findings accessi ...
• Education International
  Education International is the federation of organisations representing over 30 milion teachers and other education workers. Thet try to unify all teachers and education workers. EI promotes the rights of every teachere wherever they are, and the rights of ...
• EHESS
  L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), est un grand établissement relevant du ministère chargé de l’Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. Elle a pour mission la formation à la recherche par la recherche.
• Elsaadawi, Leonel
  Nawal El Saadawi is a novelist, a psychiatrist and a writer who is well known both in the Arab countries and in many other parts of the world. Her novels and her books on the situation of women in Egyptian and Arab society have had a deep effect on success ...
• Emory University
  American university
• EURALAT
  Euralat is a strategic reflection, exchange and political action space promote by civil society organizations networks and research centers which seeks to strengthen and renew the association, cooperation and exchange relations between Europe and Latin Ame ...
• EURODAD
  EURODAD is a network of 48 development non-governmental organisations from 15 European countries working for national economic and international financing policies that achieve poverty eradication and the empowerment of the poor. By coordinating their know ...
• European Anti-Poverty Network
  EAPN is a representative network of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and groups involved in the fight against poverty and social exclusion in the Member States of the European Union.
• European Centre for Conflict Prevention
  The ECCP is a non-governmental organisation that promotes effective conflict prevention and peace-building strategies. It supports and connects people working for peace worldwide.
• European Foundation Centre
  As an independent international association, the European Foundation Centre (EFC) is the gathering point for independent funders active in and with Europe. Foundations and corporate citizens from all over Europe and the world are members and partners of th ...
• Falk, Richard A.
  Professor of International Law and Practise at Princeton University.
• Farhmau
  Fahamu has a vision of the world where people organise to emancipate themselves from all forms of oppression, recognise their social responsibilities, respect each other’s differences, and realise their full potential. They focuses primarily on Africa, alt ...
• Ferraté, Gabriel
  Gabriel Ferraté is the vice-chancellor of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, President of the Caixa de Catalunya and vicepresident of the board of directors of the Internartional Council for Open and Distance Education.
• Ferrer, Josep
  Josep Ferrer is the former vice-chancellor of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
• Focus on the Global South
  Focus on the Global South is a program of development policy research, analysis and action. Focus engages in research, analysis, advocacy and grassroots capacity building on critical issues. It was founded in 1995 and is currently attached to the Chulalong ...
• Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le progrès de l'Homme
  The Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH) was set up in 1982. Established under Swiss law, it is managed by a Council comprising between seven and eleven members and by a General Manager who coordinates a staff of about twent ...
• Ford Foundation
  Founded in 1936, the foundation operated as a local philanthropy in the state of Michigan until 1950, when it expanded to become a national and international foundation. Since its inception it has been an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organizati ...
• Foreign Policy in Focus
  Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF), established in 1996, seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. It is a "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. ...
• Foro Ciudadano de Participación por la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos
  FOCO was created in 1999 as an initiative of SAPRIN (Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network) . It was designed as a space for the convergence of many social organisations, with the purpose of promoting citizen participation in th ...
• Foro Latinoamericano de Ciencias Ambientales
  En 1988 la Fundación CEPA (Centro de Estudios y Proyectación el Ambiente) concibió la idea de desarrollar los lazos científicos y formativos que desde 1980 mantenía con otras ONGs del Cono Sur (TEA de Uruguay, UEA de Brasil, Altervida de Paraguay y Ser de ...
• Forum du Tiers Monde
  The Forum of the Third World (FTM), whose african office is in Dakar (Senegal), is an international association with no lucrative purpose that gathers one thousand intellectuals of Africa, Asia and Latin America. FTM aims to animate debates and product cri ...
• Foster, John
  John Foster works in The North-South Institute in the examination of the relations of NGOs and other civil society organizations with multilateral bodies, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization.
• France Libertés - Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
  Danielle Mitterrand's foundation takes action on the following issues: water access and recognition as a common good, education, social responsibility on economy and democratic practices.
• Franciscans International
  Franciscans International is a NGO with General Consultative status at the UN, uniting the voices of Franciscan brothers and sisters from around the world. We serve all Franciscans and the global community by bringing spiritual, ethical, and Franciscan val ...
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
  The FES has representation in 70 countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. It also has 33 offices in Western Europe, Japan, USA, CIS countries and Central and South-East Europe. In developing countires they seek to promote peace, democr ...
• Friends of the Earth International
  Friends of the Earth International is a federation of autonomous environmental organizations from all over the world. Their members, in 70 countries, campaign on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our day, while simultaneously catalyzing a ...
• Fundação Mario Soares
  Constituted in 1991, the Fundação Mario Soares is an institution of private law and public use with no lucrative ends thanks to the ex-President of the Portuguese Republic, Mário Soares. Having as first the personality and the life of Dr. Mário Soares, th ...
• Fundación Arias para la Paz y el Progreso Humano
  The Arias Foundation is a private, non-profit organization registered in Costa Rica. Born in the transition toward peace in Central America, it is focused primarily on this region. It promotes dialogue as the best means of solving conflicts and differences ...
• Fundación Cultura de Paz
  The Culture of Peace is a set of values, attitudes and modes of behavior that reflect respect for life, human beings and human dignity. It gives top priority to human rights, rejection of any form of violence, and adherence to the principles of freedom, ju ...
• Fundación Global Democracia Desarrollo
  Global Foundation for Democracy and Development is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting collaboration between organizations in the United States and the Dominican Republic with an aim to study, research, enhance public understandi ...
• Fundación IPADE
  Somos una ONGD especializada en medio ambiente que, desde 1987, trabaja en proyectos de cooperación al desarrollo en América Latina, África y Asia apoyando a poblaciones vulnerables que viven en zonas desfavorecidas del medio rural para que su desarrollo s ...
• Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum
  The Fundación is the Rigoberta Menchú's institutional platform that guarantees the accomplishment and execution of the plans, programms and actions on behalf of Human Rights, native village's rights and the contributions to a politic solution of conflicts ...
• García Márquez, Gabriel
  Believed by many to be one of the world’s greatest writers, Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian-born author and journalist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and a pioneer of the Latin American “Boom.” He first won international fame with his ...
• George, Susan
  Susan George, the author of a dozen of books, was born in the United States, lives in/near Paris and acquired French citizenship in 1994. She is Associate Director of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, a decentralised fellowship of scholars living t ...
• Gerth, Donald
  Born on 4 December 1928, Dr. Donald Gerth's career in education spans 50 years. President of California State University, Sacramento, in his 14th year since taking office in July 1984, he came to Sacramento from California State University, Dominguez Hills ...
• Global March Against Child Labour
  Global March Against Child Labour is a movement borne out of hope and the need felt by thousands of people across the globe - the desire to set children free from servitude. Global March movement began with a worldwide march when thousands of people march ...
• Global Movement for Children
  The GMC is a movement of organisations and people who try to build a world fit for children. For them everyone has to play their part, from governments, to organisations and individuals. They are offered to all who stand for the rights of children, as mean ...
• Global Policy Forum
  Global Policy Forum monitors policy making at the United Nations, promotes accountability of global decisions, educates and mobilizes for global citizen participation, and advocates on vital issues of international peace and justice. GPF was founded in 199 ...
• Global Policy Network
  The Global Policy Network (GPN) consists of policy and research institutions connected to the world's trade union movements. GPN's work reflects a concern with the economic, social, and political conditions of working people in both developing and develope ...
• Global Witness
  Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and the international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses. Natural resources could be the key to endin ...
• Global youth ACTION Network
  TakingITGlobal.org is a global online community, providing youth with inspiration to make a difference, a source of information on issues, opportunities to take action, and a bridge to get involved locally, nationally and globally. TakingITGlobal (TIG) is ...
• Globenet
  Created in 1995, on the initiative of associative structures and actors wishing to integrate into their projects the use of new technologies, GlobeNet gradually developed as a structure of methodological and technical support on the projects of use of the ...
• Gorbachev, Mikhail
  Since 1992, the Honourable Mikhail Gorbachev is President, International Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Studies (The Gorbachev Foundation) and President, Green Cross International. He is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1990), the Order ...
• Grajew, Oded
  Oded Grajew is the Initiator and Secretariat Memeber of the World Social Forum. He is the founder and President of the Ethos Institute for Business and Social Responsability.
• Grameen Bank
  GB provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. At GB, credit is a cost effective weapon to fight poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the over all development of socio-economic conditions of the poor who have b ...
• Grassroots International
  Grassroots is a human rights and international development organization that supports community-led sustainable development projects. Since 1983 it have worked in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, concentrating their efforts in areas where U ...
• Green Cross International
  Green Cross International was founded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, building on the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21. Green Cross is a non-governmental, non-profit organization. Our mission is to help create a sustainable future by cultiva ...
• Greenpeace
  Greenpeace is a non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. As a global organisation, Greenpeace focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's biodiversity and environment. Gre ...
• Groupement d'études et de recherches "Notre Europe"
  Notre Europe organises seminars and conferences, directs studies, consultations, and publications, launches information campaigns, and carries out other types of work of European interest in collaboration with other institutions and with press organisation ...
• Grzybowski, Candido
  Candido Grzybowski is a sociologist, director of Instituto Brasileño de Análisis Social y Económico (IBASE) and member of the international secretariat of the World Social Forum.
• Hague Appeal for Peace, The
  The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network of individuals and organizations dedicated to sowing the seeds for the abolition of war through advocacy and training in peace education. HAP started in 1996 with the mission to organize the largest pe ...
• Halliday, Denis
  After a 34-year career with the UN (rising to the Assisstant Secretary-General level) he resigned in October 1998 to enable how to speak out publicly about the terrible impact of UN economic sanctions on the people of Iraq, gree from the constraints impose ...
• Health Global Access Project
  HGAP is an organization of U.S.-based AIDS and human rights activists, people living with HIV/AIDS, public health experts, fair trade advocates and concerned individuals who campaign against policies of neglect and avarice that deny treatment to millions a ...
• Heinrich Böll Stiftung
  The Heinrich Böll Foundation, affiliated with the Green Party and headquartered in the Hackesche Höfe in the heart of Berlin, is a legally independent political foundation working in the spirit of intellectual openness. It was founded in 1997 by uniting th ...
• Henderson, Hazel
  Hazel Henderson was born in 1933 in Bristol, England. She is a futurist and evolutionary economist. She has been in good part concerned with finding the unexplored areas in standard economics and the "blind spots" of conventional economists. Most of her wo ...
• Human Rights First
  Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security, and human rights ...
• Human Rights Watch
  Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It challenges gove ...
• Independent Sector
  Independent Sector is committed to strengthening, empowering, and partnering with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in their work on behalf of the public good. Its membership of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy progr ...
• Institut I. Jacques Maritain
  The International Jacques Maritian Institute is a non-profit making cultural association and is a recognised legal entity. As an intellectual, international and interdisciplinary laboratory, it promotes research into, and the study of, the subjects of man, ...
• Institut Interculturel de Montréal
  The Intercultural Institute of Montreal act as : • An interreligious, intercultural and interracial centre of reconciliation, encounter and solidarity among peoples of different cultures, religions, ages and socio-economic backgrounds. • A centre of analys ...
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy. In the mid-1980s, family farmers across America were in ...
• Institute for Global Communications
  Beginning in 1987, the Institute for Global Communications (IGC) played a formative role in bringing advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations worldwide working for peace, human rights, environmental sustainability, women's rights, c ...
• Institute for Human Rights
  The Institute for Human Rights was founded in 1987. It forms part of the Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Leuven. The Institute is in charge of the courses on international human rights law (in Englisch and Dutch) within ...
• Instituto Brasileño de Análisis Sociales y Económicos
  The Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analyses (IBASE) was founded in 1981. It has the status of a federal nonprofit charitable organization, with no links to any religious institution or political party. Its mission is to build democracy by fight ...
• Integrated Social Development Centre
  ISODEC describes its mission as promoting social justice and fundamental human rights, especially of the poor and those without organized voice and influence. ISODEC currently provides basic needs services(health, education and micro-finance) and is also a ...
• Inter Press Service
  Inter Press Service, the world's leading provider of information on global issues, is backed by a network of journalists in more than 100 countries, with satellite communication links to 1,200 outlets. IPS focuses its news coverage on the events and globa ...
• InterAction
  InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. With more than 160 members operating in every developing country, we work to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing ...
• Intercultural Resources
  Intercultural Resources is an Indian forum for research and political intervention on issues related to the impacts and alternatives to destructive development. Their efforts draw upon the social, cultural, material and intellectual resources that have bee ...
• INTERIGHTS
  INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law. We do so by providing legal expertise to lawyers, judges, human rights defenders and other partners concerning i ...
• Intermón - Oxfam
  Oxfam International is an international group of independent non-governmental organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. The Oxfams work together internationally to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts ...
• International Action Network on Small Arms
  IANSA is the global movement against gun violence - a network of 700 civil society organisations working in 100 countries to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW). IANSA seeks to make people safer from gun violence by sec ...
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines
  Both the causes and the effects of the landmine crisis need to be addressed. The ICBL is committed to an international ban on the use, production, stockpiling, and sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines. ICBL calls for increased resources for ...
• International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
  Rights & Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) is a non-partisan organization with an international mandate. It was created by Canada's Parliament in 1988 to encourage and support the universal values of human rights ...
• International Civil Society Forum on Democracy
  The ICSFD is a global network of civil society representatives, which promotes effective democratic governance reforms by strengthening civil society collaboration nationally, regionally and internationally.
• International Commission of Jurists
  The International Commission of Jurists is dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights. What distinguishes the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is its impartial, objective an ...
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), was set up in 1949 and has 233 affiliated organisations in 154 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 145 million, 40% of who are women. The main ICFTU prioritie ...
• International Council of Voluntary Agencies
  The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), founded in 1962, is a global network of human rights, humanitarian, and development NGOs, which focuses its information exchange and advocacy efforts primarily on humanitarian affairs and refugee issu ...
• International Crisis Group
  The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with over 100 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
• International Debt Observatory
  The International Debt Observatory is born under the impulse of the Committee for the abolition of the Third World Debt (CADTM) and of the Left-wing Economists (EDI, Argentina) on January 28th, 2005 at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The In ...
• International Federation of ACAT
  FIACAT campaigns on behalf of people who are tortured, detained in inhuman conditions, sentenced to death or "disappeared", whatever their origins, political opinions or religious beliefs. FIACAT seeks to increase awareness in the Churches and amongst Chri ...
• International Federation of the Red Cross
  The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. Founded in 1919, the ...
• International Food Policy Research Institute
  The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an alliance of 64 governments ...
• International Forum on Globalization
  The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. IFG was fo ...
• International Fund for Animal Welfare
  The founders of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, or IFAW, rejected the notion that the interests of humans and animals were separate. Instead they embraced the understanding that the fate and future of harp seals-and all other animals on Earth-ar ...
• International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
  The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America and Central Asia. A primary specific goal is to monitor com ...
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
  Created in 1995, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to nurture and support sustainable democracy world-wide. Global in membership and independent of specific national in ...
• International Institute for Environment and Development
  IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. We work to address global issues, for example; mining, the paper ind ...
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
  Established in 1990, IISD is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization with a diverse team of more than 150 people located in more than 30 countries. Through our dynamic portfolio of projects, we partner with more than 200 organizations throughout the w ...
• International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
  ESCR-Net seeks to strengthen economic, social and cultural rights by working with organizations and activists worldwide to facilitate mutual learning and strategy sharing, develop new tools and resources, engage in advocacy, and provide information-sharing ...
• International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
  INFID is an open and pluralistic network of NGOs from Indonesia and various memeber countries of the Consultative Group for Indonesia as well as of international organizations and individuals with an interest in and commitment to Indonesia. INFID endeavors ...
• International Peace Bureau
  The International Peace Bureau is the world´s oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors: not only pacifists but also women´s, youth, labour, religious and professional ...
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
  IPPNW is a non-partisan, global federation of national medical organizations in 58 countries dedicated to research, education, and advocacy relevant to the prevention of nuclear war. To this end, IPPNW seeks to prevent all wars, to promote non-violent conf ...
• International Save the Children Alliance
  All children are equal, and have human rights such as the right to food, shelter, health care, education and freedom from violence, neglect and exploitation. In all its work, both long-term development and emergency relief, Save the Children helps children ...
• International Service for Human Rights
  The International Service for Human Rights is an international NGO serving human rights defenders. Its vision is the development, strengthening, effective use and implementation of international and regional standards and mechanisms for the protection and ...
• International Women's Tribune Centre
  The International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) is an international non-governmental organization established in l976 following the United Nations International Women's Year World Conference in Mexico City. With a commitment to empowering people and buildi ...
• Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
  CAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Occupied Territories. As our activists gained direct knowledge of the brutalities of the Occupation, we expanded our resi ...
• Jahangir, Asma
  Asma Jahangir is a Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist. She has been the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the Commission on Human Rights since 2004. She is also law partner and co-founder with her sister Hina Jil ...
• Japan Center for International Exchange
  Founded in 1970, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization dedicated to strengthening Japan's role in international networks of dialogue and cooperation. JCIE aims to promote policy dialog ...
• Jauregui, Gurutz
  Gurutz Jauregui is professor of constitutional law in the Universidad del País Vasco.
• Jubilee South
  Jubilee South is a network of jubilee and debt campaigns, social movements, people's organizations, communities, NGOs and political formations. The Jubilee South network aims to and is in the process of emerging and developing as an international South mov ...
• Justiça Global
  Global Justice is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights in Brazil through rigorous factfinding, documentation and reporting, as well as the use of international mechanisms for the protection of human rights. Global Justice (J ...
• Justice and Peace-Europe
  The European Justice and Peace Commissions form an international network. Their objective is to exchange information and to maintain contacts with Church organizations in Europe and at the global level as well as with public institutions. They have working ...
• Khor, Martin
  Martin Khor is a journalist, economist and Director of the Third World Network.
• Küng, Hans
  Professor of Ecumenical Theology, University of Tübingen, President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Welethos).
• LATINDAD
  LATINDAD is a civil society organisation born of a desire to secure lasting solutions to latin american countries mounting debt problem which has impacted negatively on their development process.
• Linguapax Institute
  The Linguapax Institute is a non-governmental organisation located in Barcelona that was created to give continuity to a series of meetings organized by UNESCO within the framework of the Linguapax project sprung from the Kiev experts meeting in 1987. Prom ...
• Mandat International
  Mandat International and its welcome centre provide information, documentation, support and accommodation for international conferences and meetings in Geneva. It also works on issues such as NGO - UN cooperation, development, human rights, peace, humanita ...
• Mandela, Nelson
  Former South African president, and the first one to be choosen by democatical means. He was one of the most important activists against the apartheid, and because of this he was sent to prision during 27 years.
• Mayor Zaragoza, Federico
  Federico Mayor Zaragoza is a Spanish scholar and politician. He served as Director-General of UNESCO from 1987 to 1999. During his 12 years as head of UNESCO (1987–1999) Mayor gave new life to the organization's mission to "build a bastion of peace in the ...
• Medécins du Monde International
  Médecins du Monde is an international humanitarian association which relies on the voluntary commitment of its members (healthcare professionals) to bring relief to the most vulnerable populations, in France and throughout the world.The international netwo ...
• Medécins Sans Frontières International
  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 80 countries. In countries where health structures are insufficient or even non-existant, MSF ...
• Menchú Tum, Rigoberta
  Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the Quiché-Maya ethnic group. She was the recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and Prince of Asturias Award in 1998. Menchú is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. On Monday, February 12, 2007, Menchú announ ...
• Mendes, Candido
  Candido Mendes is the vice-chancellor of the Candido Mendes University.
• Miterrand, Danielle
  Danielle Miterrand is the widow of François Mitterrand and president of the foundation France Libertés Fondation Danielle Mitterrand.She founded her foundation in 1986 with the fusion of three smaller associations started in 1981. Her support for Fidel Cas ...
• MOCASE-Vía Campesina
  MOCASE (Movimiento Campesino de Santiago del Estero) is a social movement born 16 years ago to defence the ownership of the lands. Nowadays they fight against the removal from their lands, soyabean monoculture and the Agrarian Reform.
• Montreal International Forum
  The Montreal International Forum (FIM) was established in 1998 as an international NGO think tank with the goal of improving the influence of international civil society on the United Nations and the multilateral system. FIM believes that through strengthe ...
• Morin, Edgar
  Edgar Morin's research focuses on topics such as civilization, complexity, identity, method, politics and society.
• Naïr, Sami
  Sami Naïr is a french philosopher and sociologist, he is political science teacher in the Paris III University.
• Najam, Adil
  Professor Najam specializes in negotiation analysis to study global cooperation for sustainable development with a particular focus on developing countries and non-state institutions. His research and writing focuses on the links between environment and de ...
• NETAID
  Netaid seeks to educate young people to fight global poverty. They want to create a youth movement that understands the root causes of poverty and fights to end it.
• Networking Human Rights Defenders
  FIDH’ s mandate is to contribute to the respect of all the rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. FIDH aims at obtaining effective improvements in the protection of victims, the prevention of Human Rights violations and the sanction o ...
• New Economics Foundation
  The New Economics Foundation is the radical think tank. It is unique in bringing together the ideas, people, resources and influence to challenge business-as-usual. We create practical and enterprising solutions to the social, environmental and economic ch ...
• New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
  New Rules for Global Finance is a coalition of development, human rights, labour, environmental, and religious organizations and scholars dedicated to the reform of the global financial architecture in order to stabilize the world economy, reduce poverty a ...
• NGO Working Group for Women, Peace and Security
  The NGO Working Group's mission is to collaborate with the United Nations, its Member States and civil society towards full implementation of SCR 1325, including ensuring the equal and full participation of women in issues relating to peace and security. U ...
• Nieto Montesinos, Jorge
  Jorge Nieto is a governance expert, he was representing Peru in the UNESCO, and now he is president of the Center Internacional for the Democratic Culture. He participates in the World-wide Forum of the Civil Society, where it shares folder with the Spanis ...
• North-South Institute
  For more than 20 years, the North-South Institute (NSI) has built a reputation for sound research and analysis of Canadian foreign policy, offered an independent voice on the urgent importance of world development issues, and brought those issues before th ...
• North-South Institute
  The North-South Institute (NSI) is dedicated to eradicating global poverty and enhancing social justice through research which promotes international cooperation, democratic governance, and conflict prevention. It is Canada’s first independent, non-governm ...
• Norwegian Church Aid
  Norwegian Church Aid is a non-governmental and ecumenical organisation that works to ensure the individual's basic rights. Anchored in the Christian faith, NCA supports the poorest of the poor, regardless of gender, political conviction, religious affiliat ...
• Oikos
  Stichting Oikos is an ecumenical non-governmental organisation. Their main focus is on stimulating processes of change in the Netherlands, and their main target group is Dutch society. Oikos aim to achieve this by making changes in the Western world, which ...
• One World Trust
  The One World Trust is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. The Trust was founded in 1951 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for World Government. The One World Trust promotes education and re ...
• Our World Is Not For Sale
  The “Our World is not for Sale” network is a loose grouping of organizations, activists and social movements worldwide fighting the current model of corporate globalization embodied in global trading system. OWINFS is committed to a sustainable, socially j ...
• Overseas Development Institute
  ODI is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. ODI's mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sus ...
• Oxfam International
  Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice. With many of the causes of poverty global in nature, the 12 affili ...
• Pagès, Jaume
  Jaume Pagès was vice-chancellor of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Nowadays he is the managing director of Universia.
• Pakistan Institute of Environment Development Action Resource
  The idea of the Pakistan Institute for Environment Development Action Research (PIEDAR) emerged from Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy (PNCS) which identified the need for a policy institution having solid roots in community level participatory act ...
• Pambazuka News
  Pambazuka news is a tool for progressive social change in Africa. It offers a comprehensive weekly round-up of news on human rights, conflict, health, environment, social welfare, development, the internet, literature and arts in Africa. Pambazuka News is ...
• Pan-African Treatment Access Movement
  PATAM is a social movement comprised of individuals and organisations dedicated to mobilizing communities, political leaders, and all sectors of society to ensure access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, as a fundamental part of comprehensive care for all ...
• Partners In Health
  Partners In Health was formally founded in 1987. PIH co-founders had been working in the area for years. The Clinic Bon Sauveur was just the first project designed to address the health care needs of the residents of the poorest area in Haiti. Since the ...
• PAX Romana ICMICA/MIIC
  Pax Romana ICMICA/MIIC is an international Association of Catholic professionals and intellectuals composed of local federations, groups and individuals. It works like a forum for intellectual sharing and dialogue among different cultures, generations and ...
• Penal Reform International
  Penal Reform International is an international non-governmental organisation working on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide. It works with penal reform activists, NGOs and governments, as well as inter-governmental organisations such as the United ...
• People's Food Sovereignty
  Food and agriculture are fundamental to all peoples, in terms of both production and availability of sufficient quantities of safe and healthy food, and as foundations of healthy communities, cultures and environments. All of these are being undermined by ...
• Pérez Esquivel, Adolfo
  Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was born in Buenos Aires in 1931. After training as an architect and sculptor he was appointed Professor of Architecture. In 1974 he relinquished his teaching post in order to devote all his time and energy to the work of co-ordinatin ...
• Physicians for Human Rights
  Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes the right to health for all. Harnessing the specialized skills, rigor, and passion of doctors, nurses, public health specialists, and scientists ...
• Pugwash Conferences on World Affairs
  The purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to bring together, from around the world, influential scholars and public figures concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions for global problems. Meeting in private as in ...
• Ramentol, Santiago
  Santiago Ramentol is a journalist and PhD in Comunication Science.
• Ramonet, Ignacio
  Ignacio Ramonet was born in Tanger, the editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique. He is also at the origin of ATTAC.
• Ramos Horta, José
  The Nobel Peace Prize 1996. Born December 26th, 1949 in Dili, East Timor. Single with one son. Catholic. Living in Lisbon and Sydney.
• Ramphal, Shridath
  Shridath Ramphal, former Secretary-General of the British Commonwealth, is Co-Chair of the Commission on Global Governance, President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Chair of the International Steering Committee of the Rockefeller Foundation's L ...
• Raporteurs sans Frontiers
  Reporters Without Borders is an association officially recognised as serving the public interest. More than a third of the world's people live in countries where there is no press freedom. Reporters Without Borders works constantly to restore their right t ...
• Reaching Critical Will
  The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) created the Reaching Critical Will project in 1999, in order to increase the quality and quantity of civil society at international disarmament fora, such as those that take place at the United ...
• Reality of aid network
  The Reality of Aid project is the only major north/south international non-governmental initiative focusing exclusively on analysis and lobbying for poverty eradication policies and practices in the international aid regime.
• Red Latinoamericana de Estudios Ambientales Urbanos
  The Red Latinoamericana de Estudios Ambientales Urbanos is based in a cooperation between universities, local governments, institutions and NGO's all around Colombia, that seeks to develop research activities, teaching, management and evaluation related wi ...
• Requejo, Ferran
  Ferran Requejo is a Political Science Professor in the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). His main work camps are democracy teories, liberalism, social democracy and federalism.
• Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology
  RFSTE was founded in Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (INDIA) in 1982 by Dr. Vandana Shiva. It works on biodiversity conservation and protecting people's rights from threats to their livelihoods and environment by centralised systems of monoculture in forestry, ag ...
• Rotblat, Joseph
  The Nobel Peace Prize 1995. Born Warsaw, 4 November 1908 (British citizen since 1946). Educated at the Free University of Poland and the University of Warsaw, Poland.
• Salgado, Sebastião
  Born in 1944 in Aimorés, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the sixth child and only boy in a family of eight children, the son of a cattle rancher, Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado studied economics in Brazil (1964-1967) and earned his M.A. in economics in 1968 from the Univ ...
• Saramago, José
  Nobel Literature Prize 1998.
• Sassen, Saskia
  Saskia Sassen is an American sociologist and economist relevant for her analyses of globalization and international global migration. She currently is professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Economics.
• Savio, Roberto
  Roberto Savio is the co-founder and general secretary of Media Watch Global. He is memeber of Inter Press Service.
• School of Law. Emory University
  At Emory Law School, we develop lawyers who are leaders - those who are recognized by their peers for excellence in the practice of law and who perform prominent community and governmental service, from sitting on the boards of well-known charities to serv ...
• SEATINI
  SEATINI is an African initiative to strengthen Africa's capacity to take a more effective part in the emerging global trading system and to better manage the process of Globalization. It become an institute through the resolution of the Board of Trustees a ...
• Sen, Amartya
  The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1998.
• Servicio Paz y Cultura
  El Servicio de Paz y Justicia (Serpaj) es una organización social de inspiración cristiano - ecuménica que tiene como finalidad promover los valores de la Solidaridad y la No violencia e impulsar la construcción de una sociedad que se funde en el reconocim ...
• Shiva, Vandana
  Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecofeminist, environmental activist and author. She is one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization, and a figure of the global solidarity movement known as the anti-globalization movement.
• Small Arms Survey
  The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland established in 1999. The project comes at root of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons constitutes a thr ...
• Smith, Gordon
  Gordon Smith is Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria and a Senior Fellow in the Liu Centre at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Canada's International Development Rese ...
• Soares, Mario
  Mario Soares is a portuguese politician. He has been portuguese Prime Minister and portuguese President. He is currently the president of the Mario Soares Fundation.
• Social Alert
  Social Alert is an international coalition of social, human rights and workers organizations bornt in 1997. It was created to connect the programs of action of several international organizations and to struggle against social injustice worldwide. Its mai ...
• Social Watch
  Social Watch is an international network informed by national citizens' groups aiming at following up the fulfillment of the internationally agreed commitments on poverty eradication and equality.
• Society for International Development
  The Society for International Development (SID) is an international non-governmental network of individuals and organizations founded in 1957 to promote social justice and foster democratic participation. Through locally driven international programmes and ...
• Solagral
  Dans un contexte de mondialisation croissante des économies agricoles et alimentaires, SOLAGRAL se veut un lieu permettant aux acteurs de confronter leurs analyses et d'élaborer les réponses, qui du niveau local au niveau international, permettront de rele ...
• Solidar
  Solidar was formally set up in Germany in 1948 with the name International Workers Aid, it was renamed Solidar in 1995 and moved to Brussels. It is an European network of 53 NGOs active in over 90 countries working to advance social justice in Europe and w ...
• South African Council of Churches
  SACC is the facilitating body for a wide fellowship of churches committed to expressing together, through proclamation and programmes, the united witness of the church in South Africa, especially in matters of national debate and order. The Council is the ...
• South African NGO Coalition
  The South African National NGO Coalition, (SANGOCO), emerged in 1995 to coordinate NGO input into the Government policy and ensure that the rich traditions of civil society - forged in the resistance to apartheid - continue to serve the people of South Afr ...
• South Centre
  The South Centre came formally into being as an intergovernmental body of developing countries on 31 July 1995, when the Intergovernmental Agreement to establish the Centre came into force. Currently, 46 countries are members of the South Centre. The Centr ...
• Southern African Regional Poverty Network
  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). Rationale for est ...
• Stamp Out Poverty
  Stamp Out Poverty is a network of development agencies, charities, faith groups and trade unions campaigning for innovative sources of finance to generate additional revenue over and above what will currently be produced through traditional aid, to bridge ...
• State of the World Forum
  State of the World Forum was founded in 1995 with the purpose of working with partners worldwide to gather together the creative genius on the planet in a search for solutions to critical global challenges. What has emerged is a community of committed indi ...
• Stiglitz, Joseph
  Recognized around the world as a leading economic educator, he has written textbooks that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He founded one of the leading economics journals, The Journal of Economic Perspectives. His book Globalization ...
• Stockholm Initiative
  Public social protection is crucial to the well-being of individuals and families and to economy and society as a whole. Now, however, social security is alleged to be a major cause of the current unsatisfactory economic performance in many countries. The ...
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  SIPRI seeks to conduct research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stab ...
• Strategy Group
  Just as clear was the recognition that no longer could military power alone deliver peace. Urgently needed were radically new approaches to peacebuilding – approaches which relied first on the peacebuilding capacities of citizens in local communities. The ...
• Strauss, Andrew L.
  Andrew Strauss is a professor of international law at Widener University School of Law. He specializes in public international law, international economic law, international transactions and international organizations. He has been consultant to Human Righ ...
• Tavola della Pace
  La Tavola della Pace is an italian coordination experience to promote peace, human rights and solidarity. The Tavola is not only pretending to enforce politic actions but also stresses on peace movement trying to approach public opinion.
• Tax Justice Netherlands
  Tax Justice NL is a network of Dutch civil society organisations. The purpose of Tax Justice NL is to promote a just and fair tax system that is supportive to international development. The network hopes to influence Dutch politics, so that Dutch tax polic ...
• Third World Institute
  The Third World Institute performs information, communication and education activities on an international level, concerning development and environment-related activities. It is a civil society organization, working for civil society, which encourages cit ...
• Third World Network
  The Third World Network is an independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North- South issues. Its objectives are to conduct research on economic, social and ...
• Trade Justice Movement
  The Trade Justice Movement is a fast growing group of organisations including trade unions, aid agencies, environment and human rights campaigns, fairtrade organisations, faith and consumer groups. The movement is supported by more than 80 member organisat ...
• TRANSCEND
  To work for peace is to work against violence; by analyzing its forms and causes, predicting in order to prevent, and then act preventively and curatively since peace relates to violence like health relates to illness. Particularly important is genocide, o ...
• Transnational Foundation for Peace and Futur Research
  Founded in 1986 TFF is a networking organization who help people learn to handle conflicts with ever less violence against other human beings, other cultures and Nature. TFF constantly develops its intellectual resource base. Learning is the pillar of his ...
• Transnational Institute
  The Transnational Institute was founded in 1974 as a worldwide fellowship of committed scholar-activists. It was one of the first research institutes established to be transnational in name, composition, orientation and focus. In the spirit of public schol ...
• Transparency International
  Transparency International is the only international non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption, brings civil society, business, and governments together in a powerful global coalition. TI, through its International Secretariat and more ...
• Traoré Dramane, Aminata
  Aminata Traoré is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She is a prominent critic of Globalization and the economic policies of the most developed nations. Specifically, she has voiced opposition to the western countries subsidizing of their ...
• Treatment Action Campaign
  TAC campaigns for treatment for people with HIV and to reduce new HIV infections. Their efforts have resulted in many life-saving interventions, including the implementation of country-wide mother-to-child transmission prevention and antiretroviral treatme ...
• Trent, John
  John Trent is a professor of political science in the University of Ottawa
• Tünnermann Bernheim, Carlos
  Carlos Tünnermann is memeber of the Instituto Latinoamericano de Educación para el Desarrollo, and he is expert in latinoamerican education issues.
• UBUNTU World Forum of Civil Society Networks
  UBUNTU's main objective is to unite and federate efforts, to build bridges of dialogue and communication amongst national and international institutions which are focused on promoting peace, endogenous development, dignity and human rights. NGO's, together ...
• United Way International
  United Way is a global network of nonprofit organizations operating in 45 countries. UWI is run by people from your community; the important decisions are made at home by people who understand circumstances where they live and work. The Network brings tog ...
• Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  UPC wishes to train good professionals which contribute to society progress as committed citizens with the environment, with the sustainability, with the solidarity amongst villages and to build upon a peace culture.
• University for Peace
  Never has the peace and security role of the United Nations been so important - or so complex. Recent upheavals in the Balkans, Africa, Timor and elsewhere have made clear the indispensable role of the United Nations in resolving conflicts. They have also ...
• University of Cape Town
  UCT's mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society.
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
  The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is a democratic, international membership organization. Its members are indigenous peoples, occupied nations, minorities and independent states or territories who have joined together to protect the ...
• Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel
  Manuel Vázquez Montalbán is a world famous Spanish writer, thanks mainly to his series of Pepe Carvalho detective novels.
• Via Campesina
  Via Campesina is an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and medium sized producers, agricultural workers, rural women, and indigenous communities from Asia, America, and Europe. It is an autonomous, pluralistic movement, ...
• Vidal-Beneyto, José
  José Vidal-Beneyto is general secretary of the European Culture Agency and he is member of Amis du Monde Diplomatique.
• Women's Environment & Development Organization
  WEDO is an international organization that advocates for women’s equality in global policy. It seeks to empower women as decision makers to achieve economic, social and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet and human rights for all.
• World AIDS Campaign
  The goal of the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) is to energize and support an effective and sustained response to the HIV pandemic. By helping partners work together at national and international levels, they will broaden the partnership among those shaping the ...
• World Civil Society Conference
  The purpose of this conference is to enhance and broaden civil society participation in achieving the goals shared by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the UN system, notably social justice and the well-being of all people. The conference is envisa ...
• World Civil Society Forum
  The project of the World Civil Society Forum was conceived initially during the Millennium Forum on UN reforms (May 2000, New York), which recalled the desire of the United Nations to work closely with civil society in its activities, as well as the reques ...
• World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization
  The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization was established by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in February 2002. The Commission was an independent body. It was initiated to respond to the needs of people as they cope with the ...
• World Confederation of Labour
  The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) is an international trade union confederation uniting 144 autonomous and democratic trade unions from 116 countries (October 2001) all over the world. Its head office is located in Brussels, Belgium, and it has over ...
• World Conservation Union
  IUCN builds bridges between governments and NGOs, science and society, local action and global policy. It is truly a world force for environmental governance.IUCN'n mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve th ...
• World Development Movement
  Founded in 1970, WDM is a democratic movement of individual supporters, campaigners and local groups. Much of their work is in partnership with other organisations in the UK and around the world. The World Development Movement tackles the underlying causes ...
• World Economic Forum
  The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum provides a collaborative framework for the world's leaders to address global issues, engaging particularly its corporate members ...
• World Economy, Ecology & Development
  WEED is an independent non-governmental organisation and it was founded in 1990. Their purpose is more awareness of the causes of global poverty and environmental problems. WEED involved in national and international networks, and organizations and initiat ...
• World Faiths Development Dialogue
  The World Faiths Development Dialogue was set up in 1998 as an initiative of James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank and Lord Carey, then Archbishop of Canterbury. Its aim is to facilitate a dialogue on poverty and development among people from di ...
• World Federalist Movement
  The World Federalist Movement (WFM) is an international citizen's movement working for justice, peace, and sustainable prosperity. We call for an end to the rule of force, through a world governed by law, based on strengthened and democratized world inst ...
• World Federation of the United Nations Associations
  The mission of the World Federation of United Nations Associations is to inform, sustain and energize a global network of United Nations Associations to support the principles and programs of the United Nations and to help shape its agenda.
• World Federetion of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations
  The WFUCA provides general co-ordination services and encourages active co-operation among National Federations through interregional and subregional programes. It is very important in educating citizens and contributes to dialogue between cultures and gen ...
• World March of Women
  World March of Women was the initiative of the Fédération des femmes du Québec (Québec Federation of Women) and was quickly joined by some 6000 women's groups in 161 countries across the planet. The March representatives delivered 5,084,568 signatures coll ...
• World Organisation Against Torture
  The World Organisation Against Torture is a coalition of international non-governmental organisations (NGO) fighting against torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances and all other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
• World Peace Centre
  World Peace Centre of MAEER's MIT, Pune, India was established formally on 1st December, 1996 and is a non-governmental, voluntary and non-profit organization devoted to the cause of protection of Human Rights, promotion of Culture of Peace and Democratic ...
• World Political Forum
  The World Political Forum was the original idea of the Nobel Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, with a specific mission: to foster contacts between politicians, scientists, high level personalities in the cultural and religious life of different continents, ...
• World Social Forum
  The World Social Forum is an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centred on the human person, c ...
• World Wild Fund International
  WWF's ultimate goal is to stop and eventually reverse environmental degradation and to build a future where people live in harmony with nature. In just over four decades, WWF has become one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation ...
• Worldwatch Institute
  Founded by Lester Brown in 1974, the Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and ec ...
• WOSM-World Organisation of the Scout Movement
  The mission of Scouting is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society.
• Xercavins Valls, Josep
  Josep Xercavins is a permanent lecturer at the UPC, PhD in Science and coordinator of the Ad-hoc Secretariat of UBUNTU World Forum of Civil Society Networks. He was the first academic director of the Master’s degree in Sustainability at the UPC, and also c ...
• Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action
  YUVA is a development organisation that aims to work with and in the interest of the oppressed majority, empowering them, individually and collectively to defend, promote, restore, and create, civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights to which ...
• Yunus, Muhammad
  Dr. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He is famous for his successful application of the concept of microcredit, the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also the founder of ...
• Zepeda, José
  Jose Zepeda is director of the Latinoamerican Radio Netherlands Department.