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Real Access Criteria

Real Access Criteria are used to frame the analysis of all issues surrounding ICT access and use, including the aspects that are often overlooked. They are designed to anticipate or detect the reasons that ICT development initiatives, government e-strategies, or grassroots projects fail to achieve...

Food Sustainability: a Guide to the Private Sector

A practical and illustrative guide for businesses that presents sets of inspirational examples of how companies can contribute to sustainable food production and supply. Examples cover various sectors and show actions of small companies as well as multinational corporations from around the world. ...

EnterpriseWorks/VITA (EWV)

EnterpriseWorks/VITA (EWV) is a private, nonprofit, international development organization based in Washington DC. EWV has worked for more than 40 years in over 100 countries to combat global poverty. We are currently working in more than 30 countries to address poverty issues through humanitarian...

Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships

Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships, a publication by the UN Global Compact Office, presents a case for partnering with the UN in addition to listing case studies of successful UN-business partnerships. The partnerships presented in the...

RANET

RANET is an international collaboration to make weather, climate, and related information more accessible to remote and resource poor populations. RANET undertakes this mission in order to aid day-to-day resource decisions and mitigate disaster losses. The program combines innovative technologies...

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) is an independent international foundation based in Thailand which aims to reduce the impact of disasters in the Asia/Pacific region and in thus to support sustainable development. ADPC's work essentially revolves around the primary activities of...

Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR)

Agency Coordinating Body For Afghan Relief (ACBAR), an umbrella organisation representing ninety-seven NGO members, was established to coordinate the activities of member NGOs to maximize efficiently and resource utilisation. It provides information resources and technology centres as well as...

Resource Alliance

Resource Alliance is an international network with programs to enhance the fundraising and resource-mobilisation capacity of the voluntary sector as well as non-governmental and community-based organisations. The unique competency of the Resource Alliance is the ability to provide global...

Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC)

Lanka Lutheran Church (LLC) works in unchurched areas around the tea plantations in the hill areas of Sri Lanka.

India 2001 Earthquake Case Study

India 2001 Earthquake Case Study, by the IBM Crisis Response Team, provides advice and lists some basic guidelines for those working in the disaster areas.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises operating in or from adhering countries. They provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct in a variety of areas including employment and industrial...

OneWorld - Southeast Europe

OneWorld Southeast Europe is a non-profit organization which began in 2003 as a portal initiative of text and audio news online linking the countries of the region. Today, it has grown into a recognized information service organization and partner for social change. It collaborates with around 200...

Great Lakes Electronic Recycling

Great Lakes Electronics (GLE) performs asset recovery by de-manufacturing, destroying and re marketing the materials they receive. Great Lakes Electronics operates five electronics de-manufacturing and recycling facilities. The rapidly growing company was founded by Nathan Zack in 2000 in the...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Colombia

FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations. Today, FAO is one of the largest specialised agencies in the United Nations system and the lead agency for...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Pacific Islands (Subregional Office) (SAPA)

Department for International Development (DFID) Brazil

The Department for International Development (DFID) is part of the UK Government with responsibility for managing Britain's aid to developing countries. In Brazil, DFID aims to promote pro-poor economic growth and sustainable development through projects and programmes which help people in the...

Twelve Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives

Twelve Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives are a set of best practice guidelines for project management, which aim to ensure the internal health of initiatives harnessing ICT for development. Like the Real Access criteria, the 12 Habits can be used proscriptively for...

Olive Technology Limited

Olive Technology Limited provides full-service solutions in technology development and process management. The company provides clients with alternatives to traditional information technology (IT) services to allow increased leverage of available resources.

Community Action for Relief and Development

Community Action for Relief and Development is working with the rural community in areas of health and sanitation, education, infrastructure and poverty reduction.

Equip Trust

Equip Trust is a UK humanitarian and educational agency working in Central Asia, with a primary focus on activities that will benefit the disadvantaged and young (notably through providing resources, developing training and encouraging partnerships). The organisation is currently running a number...