The Netherlands
National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO)
http://www.ncdo.nl
NCDO involves people in the Netherlands in international cooperation and supports them with information, subsidies and advice. The millennium goals (MDGs) provide the point of reference for all these activities. In the year 2000, 189 countries agreed on these goals in order to reduce worldwide poverty before 2015.
Development Policy Review Network (DPRN)
http://www.dprn.nl
A network of development experts and policymakers in the Netherlands and Belgium who aim to reduce the gap between science, policy and development practice.
The Society for International Development (SID)
http://www.sidint.org and http://www.sid-nl.org
A global network of individuals and institutions concerned with development. In its pursuit for social justice and institutional change, SID plays an important mediating and facilitating role among progressive civil society groups, connecting activists, intellectuals, academics and policy-makers working at community, national and international level. The Netherlands Chapter of SID organises lecture cycles and establishes new partnerships.
Earth Charter Nederland
http://www.earthcharternederland.org
The Dutch representation of the Earth Charter Initiative
De Wereld van de VN
http://www.dewereldvandevn.nl
A website for youth and young professionals with information about the United Nations, Youth Representative Elections and The Night of the UN (a yearly event).
Euforic
http://www.euforic.org
A forum on International Cooperation.
Jacob Soetenberg Institute for Human Values
http://www.soetendorpinstitute.org
The website is structured around the Institute’s five focal areas: Fostering Social and Economic Justice, Peace and Reconciliation, Interfaith/Inter-spiritual Dialogue, Protecting the Environment and Realizing the Rights of Children, particularly to education.
Updaid
http://www.updaid.nl
Dutch website with news on development cooperation
Global
The Elders
http://theelders.org
The Elders aims to be a group who has the trust of the world and who can speak freely and respond fast in conflict situations. The Elders are: Nelson Mandela, Craca Machel, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, Gro Brundtland, Ela Bath, Fernando Cardoso, Jimmy Carter, Aung San Suu Kyi, Muhammad Yunus, Lakhdar Brahimi.
Earth Charter Initiative
http://www.earthcharter.org
The Earth Charter is a widely supported people’s declaration that sets forth fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century.
UN Millennium Project and Campaign
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/reports/goals_targets.htm
MDG Goals and targets.
UN Alliance of Civilizations
http://www.unaoc.org
The Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) aims to improve understanding and cooperative relations among nations and peoples across cultures and religions and, in the process, to help counter the forces that fuel polarization and extremism.
The World Future Council
http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org
The World Future Council is a voice for future generations in the global political arena. The council consists of 50 personalities from around the globe, who have already contributed to or achieved outstanding measures in the interest of future generations.
Global Call for Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
http://www.whiteband.org
This is an alliance of trade unions, community and faith groups, women and youth organisations, NGOs and other campaigners committed to fighting poverty.
Civicus, World Alliance for Citizen Participation
http://www.civicus.org/
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international alliance of members and partners which constitute an influential network of organisations at the local, national, regional and international levels, and span the spectrum of civil society.
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature
http://cms.iucn.org
IUCN helps to find pragmatic solutions to the most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN supports scientific research; manages field projects all over the world; and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.
Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era (DAWN)
http://www.dawnnet.org
A network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy. DAWN works globally and regionally on several themes in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific.
The Caribbean Association for Feminist Research & Action (CAFRA)
http://www.cafra.org
CAFRA is a regional network of feminists, individual researchers, activists and women’s organisations that define feminist politics as a matter of both consciousness and action.
IPS-Inter Press Service International Association (IPS)
http://www.ips.org/institutional
IPS is an international organization of journalists, professional communicators and individuals who - on the basis of a shared commitment to public and social goals - cooperate on a voluntary and unpaid basis with the international community in the fields of communication and development, international cooperation and an improved quality of information.
Search4dev
http://www.search4dev.nl/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=dprn;cc=dprn;lang=nl
Search4dev is a database filled with articles on development cooperation.
