Organisations

Primary Diagnostics Ltd

UK

Expand view

Unit 1 &2, Fletcher Industrial Estate
Clovelly Road, Biddiford
Devon EX39 3EU

Designs and develops new, more appropriate diagnostic instruments aimed at providing accurate, safe and inexpensive diagnostic capability for mobile medical/veterinary surveillance, and for medical teams working in disaster and refugee situations. Their aim is to arrange for the assembly or manufacture of these new tools in user countries, to ensure low cost and ready availibility, and contribute to the local economy

Skillshare International

UK

Expand view

126 New Walk
Leicester LE1 7JA

Skillshare International world for sustainable development in partnership with the people & communities of Africa and Asia. It does this by sharing and developing skills, facilitating organisational effectiveness and supporting organisational growth. The Skillshare resource centre is open to the public

Pesticides Aciton Network UK

UK

Expand view

The Brighthelm Centre
North Road
Brighton
BN1 1YD

PAN Uk promotes healthy food, agriculture and an environment which will provide food and meet public health needs without harm to food producers and agricultural workers. PAN UK is an independent, non-profit organisation working nationally and internationally with like-minded groups and individuals concerned with health, environment and development. It aims to eliminate the hazards of pesticides; reduce dependence on pesticides and prevent unnecessary expansion of their use; and increase the sustainable and ecological alternatives to chemical pest control. It runs a resource centre that is open to the public

International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)

Netherlands

Expand view

Visiting address
Bezuidenhoutseweg 2
2594 AV The Hague
The Netherlands

Postal address
P.O. Box 82327
2508 EH The Hague
The Netherlands

IRC facilitates the creation, sharing and use of knowledge so that water and sanitation sector staff and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and sustain. This is achieved by offering publications, training courses, advisory and education services, research and advocacy activities. IRC's library contains over 16,000 items, much of it is grey literature. The resources can be searched using the on-line database, which can be searched by subject, author, title, publisher, date and type of publication. It provides links to 1100 documents and Web pages on the Internet. Publications can be ordered online and some can be downloaded from the website.

Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty (STEP) Programme

Switzerland

Expand view

4 route des Morillons
CH 1211 Geneva 22

STEP is an operational tool to promote the extension of social protection for men and women workers in the informal economy. This is achieved by bolstering the confidence of the excluded so that they realise that not only do they have the right to seek basic human security and universal and equitable access to social protection services, but that they also have the ability. Making efforts to make women more visible in their social and economic roles. This contributes to the overall preparations for the follow up to the 4th World Conference on Women in Bejing (1995) through the "Bejing plus 5" in 2000. Through a participatory approach, STEP works in the field of microinsurance as a means for the excluded to claim their basic human security, such as equitable access to health care and other social protection services. The STEP strategies include the implementation of development projects, action research, advocacy and policy dialogue. STEP works in partnership with governments, workers' and employers' organisations, international development organisations, research centres, group-based organisations (social economy) and selected NGOs

Intermediate Technology Consultants Ltd (ITC)

UK

Expand view

The Schumacher Centre
Bourton Hall, Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Rugby CV23 9QZ

ITC provides high quality, independent and professional advice to governments, NGOs, aid agencies and the private sector. ITC's parent organisation, ITDG, is an international development NGO with teams of professionals in 8 countries, working directly with small-scale producers and entrepreneurs and the institutions that provide them with access to services, finance and markets. ITC provides advice, assistance and training and undertakes research in three main sector areas: Natural resources, Energy & Environment, and Manufacturing and Enterprise Development
The UK resource centre holds a collection of appropriate technology and development literature. It has over 40,000 publications, journals, videos and photographs, providing information on a range of development issues. The centre is open by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm. Visits should be booked at least 3 days in advance where possible

Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT)|Royal Tropical Institute

Netherlands

Expand view

PO Box 1092 HA Amsterdam

The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation. The aims of KIT are to contribute to sustainable development, poverty alleviation, and cultural preservation and exchange. Within the Netherlands, it seeks to promote interest in and support for these issues. KIT's goals are to maximise access to good quality health care in low and middle income countries; promote awareness through theatre, print publications, information dissemination and workshops; and to provide training in the Netherlands and abroad. KIT’s wide range of health-related activities are carried out by staff in the departments of Development Policy and Practice, Biomedical Research, Information and Library Services, KIT Publishers, Tropenmuseum and Tropentheater.
KIT is a core member of Share-Net, the Netherlands Network on Sexual & Reproductive Health and AIDS. Share-Net seeks to contribute to improving the international sexual and reproductive health and rights situation as well as the HIV/AIDS situation, guided by principles of human rights, equity and equality and empowerment. For further information see http://www.share-net.nl/

Tools For Self Reliance (TSFR)

UK

Expand view

Netley Marsh
Southampton S04 7GY

Aims to empower artisans working in developing countries so that they can better participate in the development of themselves and their communities. To achieve this they work with partner organisations to provide hand tools and skills training, and raise the awareness in the UK of the causes of poverty

Mildmay International

UK

Expand view

1 Nelson Mews
Southend-on-Sea
Essex SS1 1AL

Its mission is to improve the quality of life of adults and children living with or affected by HIV, primarily in resource-limited countries and communities. It empowers health care providers, through education, training and consultancy, to develop appropriate HIV/AIDS care and rehabilitation services. As a Christian organisation it is committed to excellence in its innovative, culturally sensitive training programmes, holistic models of care and evidence based best practice. Its resource centre is not open to the public

Development Innovations and Networks (IRED)

Switzerland

Expand view

3 rue de Varembé
1211 Geneva 20

IRED are an international network which facilitates exchanges of experiences and communication and organises with faster technical support and institutional capacity strengthening of civil society by working with grass roots groups. The IRED resource centre is open to the public

Misereor

Germany

Expand view

PO Box 101545
52015 Aachen

Supports developmental projects in compliance with the principle of "help towards self help", regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or nationality. Also promotes the rights of the poor in the Third World through action in Germany and Europe. Its resource centre is open to the public

Pages