United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and its predecessors have helped countries around the world meet their economic, social and environmental challenges for more than 50 years.UNDESA’s mission - to promote development for all - reflects a fundamental concern for...
World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations specialised agency for health, aims to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely...
The Micah Challenge
The Micah Challenge is a global movement developed by the Micah Network, a British church-based organisation. The Challenge encourages Christians to commit to the poor and hold governments accountable for their pledge within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Micah Challenge promotes the...
National Civil Society Consortium (CONGAD)
CONGAD is a consortium of 178 national NGOs, both foreign and international. The consortium headquartered in Senegal aims to develop dialogue and exchanges between NGOs, to promote international solidarity between NGOs and grassroots organisations, defend the interests of NGOs and mobilize around...
The Global Poverty Project
The Global Poverty Project is an Australian initiative that aims to inspire everyday people to join the global movement to end extreme poverty. The Project has developed 1.4 Billion Reasons - a presentation which is travelling the world, aiming to inspire and empowere audiences. The Project...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Yemen
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to build a better life. UNDP in Yemen has notable and recognized contributions in many development sectors such as,...
Uwezekano Initiatives
Uwezekano Initiatives is a Kenyan NGO working with grassroots communities to promote socio-economic empowerment and development of the less priveledged. The organisation endeavours to develop knowledge and capacity of vulnerable groups through training,support and information sharing in order to...
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - Ecuador
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was established with the mission to provide a global framework to support the development and implementation of national and regional policies, programmes and measures to prevent, control and reverse desertification / land...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Azerbaijan
UNDP is one of United Nation organisations that has targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners to raise awareness, track progress and advocate for change...
Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development
Aims to strenghten mutual understanding between young Australians and people of the Asia-Pacific region through the placement of skilled Australians on short term assigments in developing countries. The Program achieves these aims by placing skilled young Australians (18-30) on short-term...
United Nations Volunteers
The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) is the volunteer arm of the United Nations. It reports to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and works through UNDP's country offices around the world. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development...
VIDA
VIDA recruits, prepares and supports Australians who volunteer to work with people of other countries towards the sustainable development of their communities Australian Volunteers work with local people to reduce poverty by sharing knowledge, developing sustainable skills and building the...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Fiji Multi-Country Office
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Fiji Multi-Country Office supports Pacific people to achieve their national priorities through advocacy, knowledge sharing and capacity development in economic growth, poverty reduction, democratic governance, environment sustainability, and crisis...
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Tunisia
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations' global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to build a better life. UNDP ha a presence in supporting national development efforts in more than 160 countries....
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
The World Trade Organization — the WTO — is the international organization whose primary purpose is to open trade for the benefit of all. The WTO agreements are lengthy and complex because they are legal texts covering a wide range of activities. But a number of simple, fundamental principles run...
International Telecommunication Union ( ITU)
ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs. The organisation allocates global radio spectrum and satellite orbits, develops the technical standards that ensure networks and technologies seamlessly...
United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC)
United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) aims to increase support for development assistance, trade opportunities, debt relief, technology transfer and other support needed to achieve the MDGs and, in the process, encourage the emergence of broad, self-sustaining and pragmatic coalitions of...
UNAIDS
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative partnership that aims to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. UNAIDS's mission is related to Goal 6 of the MDGs which aims by 2015 to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV;...
United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
The UN Development Group (UNDG) unites the 32 UN funds, programmes, agencies, departments, and offices that play a role in development. The group’s common objective is to deliver more coherent, effective and efficient support to countries seeking to attain internationally agreed development goals,...
United Nations Industrial Development Organisations (UNIDO)
UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. UNIDO recognizes the MDGs as the overarching framework for collective action and believes that a competitive and...