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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1966, ADB is now owned by 63 members mostly from the region. The adoption of poverty reduction as a strategy gave primacy to ADB's fight against poverty. ADB continues to carry out activities to promote economic growth, develop human resources, improve the status of women and protect the environment, but these strategic development objectives now serve its poverty reduction agenda. Its other key development objectives, such as law and policy reform, regional cooperation, private sector development and social development, also contribute significantly to this main goal.
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
CIDA supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world. Development is a complex, long-term process that involves all of the world's people, governments and organizations at all levels. Working with partners in the private and public sectors in Canada and in developing countries, and with international organizations and agencies, it supports foreign aid projects in more than 100 of the poorest countries of the world. The objective: to work with developing countries and countries in transition to develop the tools to eventually meet their own needs.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
CSIRO is Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. As one of the world's largest and most diverse scientific global research organizations its work touches every aspect of Australian life: from the molecules that build life to the molecules in space. Working from sites across the nation and around the globe, 6 500 staff are focused on providing new ways to improve quality of life, as well as the economic and social performance of a number of industry sectors through research and development. These sectors are: agribusiness; energy and transport; environment and natural resources; health; information, communication and services; manufacturing; and mineral resources.
Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
Reducing poverty in developing countries is central to Danish development cooperation priorities. A number of crosscutting themes are built into DANIDA’s development assistance: women’s participation in development, the environment, promotion of democracy and observation of human rights. These crosscutting themes are integrated into DANIDA’s development activities more generally. DANIDA’s programme and project support to 21 programme countries constitutes about 47 per cent of bilateral assistance. Country Strategies, which define their development cooperation for a five-year period, provide the overall framework for DANIDA’s bilateral assistance to their focus countries. The remainder of DANIDA assistance is allocated via Danish and local NGOs, as transitional and regional assistance, by means of mixed credits or through Sector Programme Support (SPS).
Department for International Development - UK (DFID)
DFID is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. DFID has two headquarters (in London and East Kilbride, near Glasgow) and 25 offices overseas. DFID's values define the way in which it intends to live up to its strategic aim of halving world poverty by the year 2015. DFID attaches great importance to its role within this system. In addition to its work as a bilateral donor to individual countries, 43 percent of total DFID development assistance funding goes through multilateral agencies. Effective engagement of all these parts of the international system is needed if the Millennium Development Goals are to be met. Strengthening the international system means ensuring that the policies and programmes of all parts of the system work coherently in helping to bring about poverty reduction. This involves international institutions such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization and developed country groupings such as the European Union (EU).
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Established in 1991,
GEF
helps developing countries fund projects and programs
that protect the global environment. GEF grants support projects
related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters,
land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.
GEF's implementing agencies – the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Bank – play
key roles in managing GEF projects on the ground. Through them, the GEF
has quickly amassed a diverse project portfolio serving the developing
world, Eastern Europe, and the Russian Federation – more than 140 countries
altogether. Moreover, GEF teamwork by these partners reinforces their
individual efforts to mainstream or incorporate global environment concerns
into all of their policies and programs.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
IFAD was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference to set up an International Fund for Agricultural Development to finance agricultural development projects primarily for food production in the developing countries. The Fund has a very specific mandate: to combat hunger and rural poverty in developing countries. Under the terms of the Strategic Framework for IFAD 2002-2006, the Fund will work towards enabling the rural poor to overcome poverty by developing and strengthening the organizations of the poor to confront the issues they define as critical; increasing access to knowledge so that poor people can grasp opportunities and overcome obstacles; expanding the influence that the poor exert over public policy and institutions; and enhancing their bargaining power in the marketplace.
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
JIRCAS was established on 1 October 1993, through the reorganization of the former Tropical Agriculture Research Center founded on 1 June 1970. Since April 2001, it has become an independent administrative institution. JIRCAS is making many active contributions internationally to address the agricultural, forestry, fisheries, food and environmental problems of the world, with a focus on developing regions.
Japan Overseas Development Cooperation (JODC)
JODC is a non-profit organization established in 1970 with contributions from the private business community and strong support from the Japanese government. The major activity of JODC is sending out Japanese experts to developing countries to provide guidance and services needed for their industrial development. Programmes offered by JODC cover business improvement and industrial restructuring. JODC also offers such services as management rationalization and human resources development of technology and equipment. JODC also aims at promoting small businesses.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
SAARC was established when its Charter was formally adopted on 8 December 1985 by the heads of state or government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. SAARC provides a platform for the peoples of South Asia to work together in a spirit of friendship, trust and understanding. It aims to accelerate the process of economic and social development in member states.
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Sida is a government agency that reports to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. In May 2003 Sida had 764 employees of whom 156 were working abroad, usually at one of Sida's 39 offices in the partner countries. Sida is responsible for most of Sweden's contributions to international development cooperation. The goal of Sida's work is to improve the standard of living of poor people and, in the long term, to eradicate poverty. Sida is also responsible for cooperation with countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
SPC is the premier regional technical and development organization of the Pacific. An international organization, SPC works in partnership with its members, other organizations and donors to deliver priority work programmes to member countries and territories. Its work programmes aim to develop the technical, professional, scientific, research, planning and management capability of Pacific island people and directly provide information and advice to enable them to make informed decisions about their future development and well-being. SPC is the only bilingual (English/French) regional organization covering all 22 countries and territories of the Pacific.
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a knowledge-based global foundation with a commitment to enrich and sustain the lives and livelihoods of poor and excluded people throughout the world. In order to maximize its resources and leverage the Foundation's strengths, grantmaking is organized around four thematic lines of work: creativity & culture, food security, health equity and working communities. A cross-theme of Global Inclusion supports, promotes and supplements the work of these themes. In addition, the Foundation supports various regional and special programmes, among them the Africa Regional Program, Southeast Asia Regional Program, Communication for Social Change, Public/Private Partnerships and Global Philanthropy.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
At the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders put development at the heart of the global agenda by adopting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which set clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness and track progress, while it connects countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve these goals. Its substantive focus is on helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of: poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, energy and environment, HIV/AIDS and human development.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Cooperation between UNEP and FAO came to fruition in September 1998 with the formal adoption of the Rotterdam Convention, covering the growing trade in hazardous pesticides and chemicals. Now an importing country must give explicit informed consent before specific chemicals can cross its borders – particularly important to countries without the scientific expertise or equipment to deal with them safely. Indeed, the use of some of these chemicals has left a legacy of problems, including cancers and birth defects. The Rotterdam Convention, which replaces various voluntary systems, will initially cover 22 pesticides and five industrial chemicals, including chlordane and heptachlor, banned in Europe and North America but still used in developing countries; DDT, which continues to be released into the environment where it poisons wildlife; and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) – highly toxic to humans and found in blood and tissue thousands of kilometres from where the chemicals were released.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific (UNESCAP)
The regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asia and Pacific region is the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). The functions of UNESCAP have been defined by the Secretary-General as follows: promoting economic and social development through regional and subregional cooperation and integration; serving as the main economic and social development forum within the United Nations system for the UNESCAP region; formulating and promoting development assistance activities and projects commensurate with the needs and priorities of the region while acting as an executing agency for relevant operational projects; providing substantive and secretariat services and documentation for the Commission and its subsidiary bodies; carrying out studies, research and other activities within the terms of reference of the Commission; providing advisory services to governments at their request;
developing and executing programmes of technical cooperation; coordinating UNESCAP activities with those of the major departments/offices of the United Nations at headquarters and specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
UNIDO helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their fight against marginalization in today's globalized world. It mobilizes knowledge, skills, information and technology to promote productive employment, a competitive economy and a sound environment. UNIDO is a specialized United Nations agency that focuses its efforts on relieving poverty by fostering productivity growth. UNIDO generates and disseminates knowledge relating to industrial matters and provides a platform for the various actors in the public and private sectors, civil society organizations and the policy-making community in general to enhance cooperation, establish dialogue and develop partnerships in order to address the challenges ahead.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997, UNODC is mandated to assist member states in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism. In the Millennium Declaration, member states resolved to intensify efforts to fight transnational crime in all its dimensions, to redouble efforts to implement the commitment to counter the world drug problem and to take concerted action against international terrorism. Globalization has created an environment where illicit drugs, crime and terrorism can flow easily across borders. The welfare gains to be had from open trade and flow of public goods are, however, offset by the globalization of threats to human security. UNODC’s interventions are therefore designed to contribute to pursuing its objectives to integrate and mainstream the gender perspective, particularly in its projects for prevention and the provision of alternative livelihoods, as well as those against human trafficking.
US Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID has been the principal US agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. USAID supports long-term and equitable economic growth and provides assistance in four regions of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Eurasia. USAID works with all participants in agricultural development to support efforts to increase productivity – from farmers and their organizations (including cooperatives) to scientists working to develop new, more productive varieties; from agribusinesses seeking to develop new, profitable markets to governments providing the sound legal framework within which businesses can operate; from the schools and universities that train future farmers and businesspeople to the research labs where scientists develop new technologies; and from local communities working to manage their available natural resources for sustainable production to regional organizations seeking to lower barriers to trade between countries.
World Bank
The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world. It is a development bank which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty. The Bank promotes growth to create jobs and to empower poor people to take advantage of these opportunities. One of the world’s largest sources of development assistance, the World Bank supports the efforts of developing country governments to build schools and health centers, provide water and electricity, fight disease, and protect the environment.
World Food Programme (WFP)
Set up in 1963, the WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In 2003, WFP fed 104 million people in 81 countries, including most of the world's refugees and internally displaced people. WFP's vision is a world in which everyone has access at all times to the nourishment they need for a full life. It believes that the issue of hunger belongs at the top of the international agenda.
Donor representatives (mostly embassies)
Australia, Belgium, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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