Indian Volunteers for Community Service (IVCS) UK Expand view 12 Eastleigh Avenue South Harrow HA2 OUF Aims to relieve poverty in India by undertaking voluntary work and fundraising to assist village development schemes of a charitable nature, and to educate the public in the UK about Indian culture and traditions http://www.ivcs.org.uk
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 http://www.pan-uk.org
Study and Documentation Centre on Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries (ATOL) Belgium Expand view Leuvense Straat 5/1 B-3010 Leuven (Kessel-Lo) ATOL is an independent, non-profit service centre. It provides a number of services to individuals and organisations that are actively or professionally involved in development co-operation and international relations. Its services have both a technical and a methodological focus. They are provided in the form of documentation and information, applied research, training and consultancy. Resource centre open to the public http://www.atol.be
Exchange Group for Appropriate Technology (COTA) Belgium Expand view Rue de la Revolution 7 1000 Bruxelles Aims to improve development activities through the provision of documentation and information services and support for development organisations in developed and developing countries. Its resource centre is open to the public http://www.cota.be
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. http://www.ircwash.org/
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 http://www.ilo.org/step
The Wellcome Trust|Tropical Medicine Resource UK Expand view 210 Euston Road London NW1 2BE The Tropical Medicine Resource (TMR) is part of the Wellcome Trust, Europe's largest medical research charity. It produces interactive distance learning materials which support training and development within the international health community. The main output of the department to date has been the CD-Rom based series "Topics in International Health (TIH)". The CDs cover diseases of international importance, such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS - and complement scientific research funded by Wellcome Trust grants nd carried out in Wellcome Trust Centres overseas. Operates a Resource Centre that is open to the public http://www.wellcome.ac.uk
Health Action International (HAI) Europe Netherlands Expand view Jacob van Lennepkade 334-T 1053 NJ Amsterdam Aim: To promote the rational use of medical drugs along the lines of the WHO's Essential Drugs concept and to improve access to essential treatment http://www.haiweb.org
WASTE: Advisors on Urban Environment and Development Netherlands Expand view Nieuwehaven 201 2801 CN Gouda WATE is a non-profit organisation for development projects in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. WASTE worls for organisations that aim at a sustainable improvement of the livnig conditions of the urban low-income population and of the urban environment in general http://www.waste.nl
Institute of Cultural Affairs International Belgium Expand view rue Amedee Lynen 8 B-1210 Brussels The principal aim of the ICAI is to develop and test methods of individual, community and organisational development. Programmes are highly participatory in nature and are often conducted in collaboration with other organisations. Local ICAs collaborate at the local level and ICA, Egypt has several practical and training manuals in Arabic. Services available to member ICAs include programme coordination, conference orgaisation, information exchange, publishing and staff training.
Child-to-Child Trust UK Expand view Room 833 Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way London WC1H OAL The objectives of the Child-to-Child Trust are to protect and preserve the health of communities worldwide by encouraging and enabling children and young people to play an active and responsible role in the health and development of themselves, other children and their families The CTC library has a specialist collection of health education material. Most of the materials consist of Child-to-Child publications, but there is also a wide range of project reports, resource books, training guides and audio-visual material relating to the promotion and use of the Child-to-Child concept. The resource centre is open to postgraduate students and visitors working or considering working overseas on projects where the Child-to-Child approach is relevant. Call the Project Co-ordinator for an appointment. The library is open Monday to Friday, 9am - 4pm http://www.child-to-child.org
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/ http://www.kit.nl
Medical Research Council (MRC) UK Expand view 20 Park Crescent London W1N 4AL The MRC promoes and supports high-quality research and postgraduate training in the biomedical and other sciences with the aim of maintaining and improving human health. The MRC has laboratories in Uganda, The Gambia and Jamaica. The Resource Centre is not open to the public http://www.mrc.ac.uk
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