Organization directory

Founded at the height of the Cold War by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke, CSIS was dedicated to finding ways to sustain American prominence and prosperity as a force for good in the world.

IBS is a research institute within the Graduate School of the University of Colorado, Boulder and has provided a setting for interdisciplinary, collaborative research on problems of societal concern.

Oxfam International is a confederation of 15 organizations working together in over 90 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world.

Conceived as a practical tool for translating the principles of Agenda 21 into reality, the Convention, signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, recognizes that biological diversity is about more than plants, animals and micr

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) operates programs aimed at cost-effective reduction of earthquake losses, with emphasis in the following areas: Understanding and mitigating the potential for collapse in older building con

The Commission ensures the high visibility of sustainable development issues within the UN system and helps to improve the UN's coordination of environment and development activities.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the channel through which the Dutch Government communicates with foreign governments and international organisations. It coordinates and carries out Dutch foreign policy.

UNIS Vienna is part of a network of United Nations Information Centres spanning the globe, from Accra to Yaoundé, which are part of the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Constituted as a Science Council by an Act of Parliament, the CSIR operates as a marketoriented contract and consortium research partner to its clients and stakeholders.