Multilateral Organizations

http://www.oecd.org

webmaster@oecd.org

• A 24-member international organization for coordinating the economic and social policies of its industrialized members. Founded in 1961 to replace the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, which was set up under the Marshall Plan.

http://www.greenpeace.org

supporter.services@ams.greenpeace.org

• Greenpeace is a public interest group founded in 1971 to contribute to a world where people live peacefully in ways that allow the natural environment to sustain itself. It seeks to end nuclear testing, halt and reserve the destruction of the biosphere, and international trade in toxic wastes, promote arms control and disarmanent, promote use of alternative and renewabl energy sources, and promote the protection marine animals and habitat.

http://www.unesco.org

webmaster@unesco.org

• The organization was founded in 1946. It is a UN specialized agency with 166 member nations that promotes international collaboration in the spreading of knowledge, as well as cultural, educational, and scientific exchanges with the goal of encouraging peace and common welfare.

http://europa.eu.int/

envinfo@cec.eu.int

• The European Union is more formally known as the European Community. The 15 current EU member nations have extended their cooperation into areas of agriculture, fisheries, science and technology, energy, industry, transportation, education, culture, broadcasting, social policy, consumer protection, the envireonment, finance, and foreign policy.

http://www.opec.org

webmaster@opec.org

• The Organization has 11 members and was established in 1960 to coordinate and unify members' petrolium policies, and to safeguard their interests individually and collectively.

http://www.opecfund.org

webmaster@opecfund.org

• It is a multilateral development finance institution. It was established in January 1976, by the member countries of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC) following a decision taken in March 1975 by the Sovereigns and Heads of State of OPEC, meeting in Algiers. The Organization aims to promote cooperation between OPEC member countries and other developing countries as an expression of South-South solidarity and to help particularly the poorer, low-income countries in pursuit of their social and economic advancement.

http://www.ebrd.com

projectenquiries@ebrd.com

• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established in 1991. It exists to foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative in the countries of central and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) committed to and applying the principles of multiparty democracy, pluralism and market economics.

http://www.ifc.org

webmaster@ifc.org

• The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, shares the primary objective of all Bank Group institutions: to improve the quality of the lives of people in its developing member countries.

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• There are 7 Southern African countries involved in the SAREIN project.  Each country has their own national Renewable Energy Information Network (REIN), lead by a SAREIN Network Partner. Information can be accessed by either clicking on the map or on the REIN logos, below.  Information available includes:

http://www.swisscontact.org

sc@swisscontact.ch

• Swisscontact is a private foundation for development cooperation. It was established in 1959 by leading Swiss businessman as a non-profit organization. The overgoal of Swisscontact is to contribute directly and indirectly to the improvement of social and economic conditions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and East European countries.

opadfdmn@emirates.net.ae 

• The main objective of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) is to provide assistance to Arab, African and Asian countries for the development of their economies by promoting development projects through loans, equity participation or guarantees. The operations of the Abu Dhabi Fund began in 1974.

http://www.badea.org

badea@badea.org

• The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) was established pursuant to the decision of the VIth Arab Summit Conference at Algiers. The Bank began operations in March 1975. Its headquarters are established in Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of the Sudan. The Bank was created for the purpose of strengthening economic, financial and technical cooperation between Arab and African countries, to make Arab-African solidarity a concrete reality and to base this co-operative venture on foundations of friendship and equality. To this end, the Bank was given a mandate to assist in financing economic development in non-Arab African countries, to stimulate the contribution of Arab capital to African development, to help provide the technical assistance required for the development of Africa.

http://www.maghrebarabe.org

sg.uma@maghrebarabe.org

• The main objectives of the AMU are to strengthen all forms of ties among Member States, as well as to introduce gradually free circulation of goods, services, and factors of production, among them.

http://www.arab-api.org

api@api.org.kw

• The Arab Planning Institute is a non-profit regional organization whose primary mission is to advance the cause of economic and social development in Arab countries through training, research, consultancy, expert-group meetings, and publication. The API's main objectives are to provide the necessary knowledge-based and experiential skills that will empower Arab countries to keep pace with the cutting edge of Development, Economic Management and Planning, to facilitate the process of research and data retrieval for Arab decision- makers and researchers, to increase the quality of studies and research skills of those specializing in Development, Economic Management and Planning, in the Arab Countries, to create an Arab cadre of multi-level specialists in the areas of Economic and Social Development, and to establish a venue for experts to meet and exchange ideas about important economic and social development issues for the Arab countries.

• The objectives of the Orgaznization are to affect coordination, integration, and interconnection between member states in all fields in order to achieve unity between them.

http://www.medea.be

medea@medea.be

• The MEDEA Institute is a non profit association under Belgian law which was created in July 1995. It started its activities in April 1996. Its objectives are to facilitate exchanges of information and ideas between politicians, academics, journalists and concerned NGO’s, to promote independent and objective analysis, and to communicate research findings to opinion and political decision makers, in particular members of the European Parliament, in order to make a substantial contribution to co-operation, development and stability in the Mediterranean region and in Euro-Arab relations in general.

http://www.ecosecretariat.org

eco.org@neda.net

• Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), is an intergovernmental regional organization established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey for the purpose of promoting economic, technical and cultural cooperation among the Member States. ECO is the successor organization of Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) which remained in existence since 1964 up to 1979. In 1992, the Organization was expanded to include seven new members. The date of the Organization’s expansion to its present strength, 28th November, is being observed as the ECO Day.

http://www.iaigc.org

iai@ncc.moc.kx

• The Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation is a Pan-Arab regional organization with membership of all Arab countries (except Comoros Islands). It was established with the aim of promoting inter-Arab investments and trade. The Organization's objectives are to provide insurance coverage for inter-Arab investments and export credits against non-commercial risks for the former and non-commercial and commercial risks for the latter, and to foster inter-Arab investment flows through the awareness of potential investors of investment opportunities, provision of institutional support, and development of human capital.

http://www.kuwait-fund.org

info@kuwait-fund.org

• The Organization was established in 1961, the year of Kuwait's independence, to asist Arab and other developing countries in developing their economies by particularly by providing loans and grants required to facilitate the implementation of development programs.

http://www.leagueofarabstates.org

info@leagueofarabstates.org

• The League is a national and regional organization that seeks to promote closer ties among member-states and co-ordinate their policies and their economic, cultural, and security plans with a view to developing collective co-operation, protecting national security and maintaining the independence and sovereignty of member-states; thereby enhancing the potential for joint Arab action in all fields.

http://www.oapecorg.org

oapec@quailitynet.net

• The Organization was established by an agreement amongst Arab countries which rely on the export of petroleum, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) is a regional inter-governmental organization concerned with the development of the petroleum industry by fostering cooperation among its members. OAPEC contributes to the effective use of the resources of member countries through sponsoring joint ventures. The Organization is guided by the belief in the importance of building an integrated petroleum industry as a cornerstone for future economic integration amongst Arab countries.

http://www.sfd.gov.sa

info@sfd.gov.sa

• The basic objective of the Fund is to “participate in the financing of development projects in developing countries through the granting of loans to said countries”. The emphasis is on development projects that promote the social and economic well-being of the people in low income countries.

http://www.afdb.org

afdb-webmaster@afdb.org

• The African Development Bank is the premier financial development institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty and improving the lives of people of the continent and engaged in the task of mobilising resources towards the economic and social progress of its Regional Member Countries.

http://www.bceao.int

webmaster@bceao.int

• The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO - Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest) is the common central bank of the eight (8) member states which form the West African Monetary Union (WAMU). The BCEAO is a public international institution whose headquaters is located in Dakar, Senegal. Besides the sole right of monetary signs issue which it enjoys throughout the member states of the Union.

http://www.comesa.int

comesa@comesa.int

• COMESA exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 20 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block.

• The Council of the Entente was established in 1959, as a political and economic association of self-governing states, formerly a part of French West Africa. Its pupose is the promotion of political, social, and economic coordination among the member states.

http://www.afdb.org

afdb@afdb.org

• The African Development Bank is the premier financial development institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty and improving the lives of people of the continent and engaged in the task of mobilising resources towards the economic and social progress of its Regional Member Countries.

http://www.ecowas.int

info@ecowasmail.net

• The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of sixteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters.

• It was created in 1964 by the Agreement of Niamey. The Niger Basin Authority is responsible for the harmonization and coordination of national development policies' the formulation of trhe general development policy of the Basin; the elaboration and implementation of of an integrated development plan of the Basin; the initiation and monitoring of an orderly and rational regional policy for the utilization of the waters of the Niger River.

• The Organization of African Unity was established on May 25, 1963, at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Charter of the Organization was signed on that occasion by Heads of State and Government of 32 independent African States. Its purposes are to promote the unity and solidarity of the African States; defend the sovereignty of members; eradicate all forms of colonialism; promote international cooperation having due regard for the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; coordinate and harmonize Member States economic, diplomatic, educational, health, welfare, scientific and defense policies.

http://www.un.org/depts/eca/idep

idep@sonatel.senet.net

• The United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP by its French acronym) was established by resolution 58 (IV), adopted at the fourth session of the Conference of Ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). It began its operations on 21 November 1963. The primary purpose of IDEP is to undertake a wide range of activities related to economic development and planning in Africa with the aim of promoting and defending the economic independence of African countries.

http://www.board.org

boadsiege@boad.org

• The African Western Bank of Development (BOAD) is the common institution of financing of the development of the States of the African Western Union Economic and Monetary (UEMOA). It is created by Traité signed on November 14, 1973. The Member States of the BOAD are: the Benign one, Burkina, the Côte.d'ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.

• The mission of this non-governmental organization is to accelerate the development of productive private enterprises sponsored and owned by African entrepreneurs as a means of stimulating sustainable economic growth and productive employmen in sub-Saharan Africa.

http://www.ifc.org/abn/essa/

jhessa@ncs.com.gh

• Was started in Ghana in March, 1996. Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), ESSA assists small and medium sized businesses in developing their potential for achieving success, both locally and internationally, by helping business men and women better manage their businesses.

http://eli.org/africa

bruch@eli.org

• Over the last two years, the Environmental Law Institute has developed its Africa Program to promote environmental law, policy, and management in Africa. Partnering with activist African NGOs, ELI drafts and advances pragmatic and effective environmental laws and policies, analyzes and identifies options to improve the implementation of existing environmental law, and builds the capacity of local institutions and citizens in Africa to carry out these tasks independently. In addition to strengthening environmental laws, ELI and its partners empower civil society to address environmental needs by undertaking projects in rule of law, transparency, public participation, and access to justice.

http://www.frao.org

warfedi@cyg.sn

• WARF helps rural communities find and follow a path to self-reliance. This transformation rests on two cornerstones: (1) a better appreciation by the community of the value of their local resources — human and natural; and, (2) an enhanced capacity of the community to act effectively to realize that value.

http://www.afreximbank.com

mail@afreximbank.com

• The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) was created under the auspices of the African Development Bank (AfDB) following a Resolution adopted by the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors held in Cairo, Egypt in July 1987. The purpose of the Bank is to facilitate, promote and expand intra-African and extra-African trade.

http://www.ecowas-fund.org

fund@ecowas-fund.org

• The Fund for Co-operation, Compensation and Development (ECOWAS FUND) was established on 28 May 1975 and became operational in 1979. ECOWAS FUND derives its resources from contributions from Member States, income from loans and placements, as well as lines of credit from financial partners. It operates a compensation fund which is used to provide assistance to Member States that incur losses as a result of the implementation of the trade liberalization scheme.

http://www.ifc.org

abn@ifc.org

http://www.cedpa.org

cmail@cedpa.org

• The Centre for Development and Pop ulation Activities (CEDPA) is a women-focused nonprofit international organization founded in 1975. CEDPA's mission is to empower women at all levels of society to be full partners in development.

http://www.aed.org

admindc@aed.org

• Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, social marketing, research, training, policy analysis and innovative program design and management. Major areas of focus include health, education, youth development, and the environment.

http://www.worldbank.org

canstey@worldbank.org

• Founded in 1944, the World Bank Group consists of five closely associated institutions. Our mission is to fight poverty for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity, and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

http://www.oas.org

pimultimedia@oas.org

• The Organization of American States is an association of 35 nations from north, South, and Central America and the Caribbean created to promote peace, security, and cooperation among the member nations.

http://www.trilateral.org

admin@trilateral.org

• The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of Japan, Europe (European Union countries), and North America (United States and Canada) to foster closer cooperation among these core democratic industrialized areas of the world with shared leadership responsibilities in the wider international system. Originally established for three years, our work has been renewed for successive triennia (three-year periods), most recently for a triennium to be completed in 2003.

http://www.iadb.org

webmaster@iadb.org

• The Inter-American Development Bank, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development institution, was established in December of 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

http://www.g77.org

g77off@unmail.org

• The Group of 77 (G-77) was established on 15 June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries issued at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. Beginning with the first Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in Algiers in 1967 which adopted the Charter of Algiers, a permanent institutional structure gradually developed which led to the creation of Chapters of the Group of 77 in Rome (FAO), Vienna (UNIDO), Paris (UNESCO), Nairobi (UNEP) and the Group of 24 in Washington, D.C. (IMF and World Bank). Although the membership of the G-77 has increased to 133 countries, the original name was retained because of its historic significance. As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international

http://www.usaid.gov

webmaster@info.usaid.gov

• USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. The agency works in six principal areas crucial to achieving both sustainable development and advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

• The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with more than 90 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system.

http://www.arpel.org

arpel@arpel.org.uy

• It is Organization's mission to generate and carry out activities that will lead to the creation of a more favorable environment for the development of the oil and natural gas industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.

http://www.caricom.org

webmaster@caricom.org

• The Organization's mssion is to provide dynamic leadership and service, in partnership with Community institutions and Groups, toward the attainment of a viable, internationally competitive and sustainable Community, with improved quality of life for all.

http://www.caribank.org

info@caribank.org

• The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) was established by the Agreement which was signed on October 18, 1969, at Kingston, Jamaica, and entered into force on January 26, 1970, for the purpose of contributing to the harmonious economic growth and development of the member countries in the Caribbean and promoting economic cooperation and integration among them, having special and urgent regard to the needs of the less developed members of the region (Article 1 of the Agreement establishing CDB).

http://www.bcie.org

webmaster@bcie.org

• The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), as a development bank and the financial arm of integration, has as its mission to promote progress and integration in the Isthmus, to foment economic growth with equity and to respect the environment, by means of supporting public and private projects and programs that create productive employment and contribute to improve productivity and competitiveness, as well as increase the human development indexes of the region.

http://www.olade.org.ec

olade@olade.org.ec

• It is an international public cooperation, coordination, and advisory energy organization basically aimed at ensuring the integration, protection, conversation, rational, development, marketing, and defense of the reigon's energy resources.

http://www.sieca.org.gt

info@sieca.org.gt

http://www.secier.org.uy

secier@secier.org.uy

• The main objective of this non-profit organization is tp promote and encourage the integration of the regional electric sectors through actions.

http://www.iadb.org/iic/

iicmail@iadb.org

• The purpose of the Corporation shall be to promote the economic development of its regional developing member countries by encouraging the establishment, expansion, and modernization of private enterprises, preferably those that are small and medium-scale, in such a way as to supplement the activities of the Inter-American Development Bank.

http://www.apo-tokyo.com

apo@apo-tokto.org

• The Asian Productivity Organization was created in 1961 to oversee productivity development throughout Asia and the Pacific. Today, the APO serves as the umbrella organization for 18 countries to coordinate and assist their individual productivity activities. These countries, through their respective National Productivity Organizations, work closely together for mutual cooperation, economic progress, and a better quality of life for their peoples.

http://www.jiia.or.jp

info@jiia.or.jp

• The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) is a private, non-profit, and independent research organization that was founded in 1959 through the initiative of former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida.Since its foundation, JIIA's activities have been based on the five basic goals stipulated in its charter. They are: To foster the scientific study of international politics, economics and law. To provide the means for examining and researching international affairs. To promote the exchange of information, knowledge, and views on international affairs. To encourage research of international affairs at universities in Japan. To promote exchanges with universities and research institutes in other countries.

http://www.apecsec.org.sg

info@mail.apecsec.org.sg

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies. Begun as an informal dialogue group, APEC has since become the primary regional vehicle for promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation. Its goal is to advance Asia-Pacific economic dynamism and sense of community.

http://www.adb.org

adb@adb.org

• ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1966, we are now owned by 59 members, mostly from the region.