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1 Commission on Science and Technology forSustainable Development in the South (COMSATS)3rd Compilation(June 2007)DirectoryofInternational Donorand DevelopmentOrganizationsDirectoryofInter national DonorandDevelopmentOrganizationsCommissi on on Science and Technology forSustainable Development in the South (COMSATS)(June2007)3rd CompilationTABLE OF CONTENTSPREFACEi01. ActionAid0102. African Capacity-Building Foundation (ACBF)0303. African Development Foundation (ADF)0504. Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)0705. Agence Francaise De Developpment (AFD)0906. Asian Development Bank (ADB)1107. Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)1308. British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC)1509. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)1710.
2 Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries (KFPE)1911. Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the21 South (COMSATS)12. The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (CDASED)2313. Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship25with the United Nations (CONGO)14. Council for Environmental Education (CEE)2715. Department for International Development (DFID)2916. Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)3117. Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)3318. Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)3719. Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO)3920. Ford Foundation4121.
3 Foundation for International Training (FIT)4322. Global Environmental Facility (GEF)4523. Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpment (IRD)4724. Inter-Academy Council (IAC)4925. Inter-Academy Panel on International Issues (IAP)5126. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)5327. International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)5528. International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS)5729. International Council for Science (ICSU)5930. International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)6131. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)6332. International Development Research Centre (IDRC)6533. International Foundation for Science (IFS)6734.
4 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)6935. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)7136. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)73 CONTENTSPage #37. International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)7538. Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS)7739. Islamic Development Bank (IDB)7940. Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization (ISESCO)8141. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)8342. MacArthur Foundation8543. Natural Resources Institute (NRI)8744. Netherlands organization for International Cooperation in Higher89 Education (NUFFIC)45. Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)9146. OIC Standing Committee for Scientific and Technological93 Cooperation (COMSTECH)47.
5 OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC FUND)9748. organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)9949. RAND Corporation (RAND)10150. Rockefeller Foundation10351. South Centre10552. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)10753. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)10954.(SKAT)11155. The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)11356. Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)11557. Third World organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)11758. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)11959. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)12160. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization (UNESCO)12361.
6 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)12562. United Nations Industrial Development organization (UNIDO)12763. United Nations University (UNU)12964. Agency for International Development (USAID)13165. The World Bank (WB)13366. World Health organization (WHO)135 ACRONYMS137 Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for DevelopmentPREFACED evelopment aid and expertise have assumed special significance for the countries ofthe South vis-a-vis their resource constraints and lack of capacity to plan, develop andimplement projects and programmes. The role ofdevelopment agenciesthus becomes pivotal as they help the developing and the under-developed worldovercome their obstacles to socio-economic progress.
7 The recent past indicates thatsuch International agencies not only provided financial support but also a wide rangeof technical and administrative facilities with regard to the afore-mentionedlimitations of the developing in view the scope of work and the role of these organizations, Commission onScience and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), tookan initiative in the year 2002 and compiled a list of some major Donor and developmentorganizations. These organizations remained quite active in pursuit of their objectivesin the relatively poor countries. This effort by COMSATS remained very successful asthe Commission received encouraging feedback from those who made use of second updated compilation of this Directory was published in the year 2004,whereas this third edition has been completed in June 2007 in view of its demand andutilization by various stakeholders, including governmental bodies, non-governmentalorganizations (NGOs), academic institutions, scientific and technical organizations,as well as International Donor and Development is presently working on the possibility of adding further Donor anddevelopment organizations in the Directory .
8 The same is expected to be done in thenext acknowledgments are due to Mr. Imran Chaudhry, Ms. Sadia N. Swati, Safdar and Mr. Irfan HayeeExecutive Directordonor andThe organizations included in this Directory have their focus on diverse areas, such aspoverty alleviation; science and technology; health; population; and industrial andagricultural Development . The organizations have been listed & presented inalphabetical order in the Directory . The profiles of the organizations have beenarranged in terms of their work /operation, the long term organizational objectives,and the programs and projects currently being undertaken by compiling and editing this third edition of theDirectory.
9 (Dr. Hameed Ahmed Khan,) , of International Donor and Development OrganizationsPrefaceiACTIONAIDA ctionAidChief ExecutiveMr. Ramesh SinghIntroductionActionAid is an International anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty in 1972, for over 35 years it has been growing and expanding, helping over 13 million of theworld's poorest and most disadvantaged people in 42 countries all of its country programmes ActionAid works with local partners to make the most of theirknowledge and December 2003, a new head office was established in Johannesburg, South Africa, and beganthe process of making all the country programmes equal partners with an equal say on how works with local partners to fight poverty and injustice worldwide, helping to fight forand gain the rights to food, shelter.
10 Work, education, healthcare and a voice in the decisions thataffectpoor s partners range from small community support groups to national alliances andinternational networks seeking education for all, trade justice and action against HIV/AIDS. Itworks with these national and International campaign networks highlights, the issues that affectpoor people and influences the way governments and International institutions does not impose solutions, but works with communities over many years to strengthen their ownefforts to throw off poverty. It constantly seeks new solutions and tries to make the greatest impactwith its resources. It makes the most of its skills and abilities by working at many levels - local,national, regional and of theDirectory of International Donor and Development OrganizationsAddressTel:Fax:Email:Websit e:ActionAidPostNet suite #248, Private bag X31 Saxonwold 2132, JohannesburgSouth Africa.