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The International Labour Organisation is a special UN agency that seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally-recognised human and labour rights. The ILO formulates sets minimum standards of basic labour rights, for example freedom of association, the right to organise, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, and equality of opportunity and treatment. The international migration branch (MIGRANT) looks at issues surrounding the loss of highly skilled workers from developing countries.
One of the 16 'Future Harvest' centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), ILRI helps people in poor countries build and protect their livestock-based assets. Among other activities, ILRI offers
training and hosts
three libraries in Ethiopia, Kenya and the Phillipines. Its website also provides a number of
online training materials.
CIMMYT is one of the 16 'Future Harvest' research centres, and is funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. CIMMYT's research includes improving wheat and maize varieties, distributing seeds worldwide, and maintaining banks of genetic resources.
The IMF is an international organisation of 184 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
The INCTR is dedicated to helping build capacity for cancer treatment and research in countries in which such capacity is limited. The network, which has support from the US National Cancer Institute, aims to build capacity for cancer treatment and research in countries with limited resources through long-term collaborative projects coupled to training and educational programmes. It also seeks to promote international collaboration on cancer control between developed and developing countries. The INCTR is located at the Institut Pasteur in Brussels but also has branches in the US, France, Brazil, Egypt and Nepal and offices in the UK, India and Tanzania. The website contains details of the network's activities in various countries.
INASP, which was established in 1992 by the International Council for Science, seeks to promote the electronic dissemination of science publications. It offers advice on publication and dissemination, assists development and funding agencies with information-related programmes, and hosts its own programmes which include
INASP Health Links and the
library support programmes. INASP also runs regular country-based
workshops.
The IOM was established in 1951 as an intergovernmental organisation to resettle European displaced persons, refugees and migrants. It has now grown to encompass a variety of migration management activities throughout the world, that includes research that enables organisations and governments to better respond to emerging migration challenges. IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
IPGRI is an international research institute for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources, and is a centre of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It operates within the framework of three programmes and 20 multidisciplinary projects, which support regional networks, assist capacity-building efforts, develop methods for measuring genetic diversity and more.
Click here for information on training support and online training materials.
Mandated by 75 countries worldwide, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) aims to promote the transition to and sustainable use of renewable energy. Its website provides information — in English, French, German and Spanish — on the potential, best practices, technology available and funding for renewable energies.
It includes a presentation making the case for IRENA, a discussion paper on its role in the context of other organisations and initiatives, an overview of its founding, preparatory conferences and a roadmap.
International Rice Functional Genomics Consortium was formed in 2003 following publication of draft sequences of two rice subtypes by the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project. The Consortium will facilitate research in the post-sequencing "functional genomics" era. Objectives include establishing an integrated online network of rice functional genomics databases. The Consortium includes member institutes in China and India, as well as the International Rice Research Institute and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture.
The International Risk Governance Council recognises that nanotechnology can potentially lead to improvements in medical diagnostics and water treatment but argues that the use of this technology comes with significant human and environmental risks that are more complex and far-reaching than many other innovations.
In response to these risks, the council's nanotechnology project has developed a generic approach to risk governance that is summarised, together with key recommendations for action, in a White Paper and policy brief.
ISAAA is an non-governmental organisation that aims to transfer and deliver appropriate biotechnology applications to developing countriesm and to build partnerships between institutions in the South and the private sector in the North, as well as strengthen South-South collaboration. ISAAA hosts an online
'knowledge center' and produces regular publications, most notably an annual global review of commercialised transgenic crops. Organised as an international network, it has centres in the Philippines, Kenya and the United States.
The INTA mailing list exists for the discussion of worldwide trademark and intellectual property law and business issues, trademark practice automation, and meetings, committees, and services of the International Trademark Association. This moderated list is free and open to all.
UPOV is an intergovernmental organisation with 52 member states, with headquarters in Geneva. Established in 1961, UPOV aims to provide and promote an effective system of plant variety protection, with the aim of encouraging the development of new varieties of plants, for the benefit of society.
2006 is the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, as designated by the 58th session of the UN General Assembly. World Environment Day on 5 June 2006 and will focus exclusively on this topic. This is the International Year's official website. It contains a brief introduction to deserts and desertification, but it is mainly a source of information on all upcoming events around the world. These include conferences, exhibitions, and new books.
ISESCO aims to promote the separate and distinct educational, scientific and cultural heritage that combines the 57 OIC member countries. The primary purpose of the organisation is to coordinate the activities of specialist agencies responsible for similar functions within each of the OIC member countries.
ISESCO has helped develop a number of action plans and strategies on an OIC-wide basis in areas such as water resources, university education and Islamic culture. ISESCO has also started awarding prizes in education and literacy, sciences and university research, and culture and communication to individuals within the OIC member countries.
The SRC is Jamaica's primary agency for fostering Jamaican research and promoting its applications. It runs seven research units, from microbiology to wastewater management, and offers services ranging from training to tissue culture and laboratory analyses. The SRC website hosts
four databases: the skills bank, plant gene bank, plant information, and library collection.
UNAIDS is the main advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS, bringing together the expertise, resources and influence of its joint organisations (UNICEF, UNDCP UNFPA, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank). Together with the WHO, UNAIDS produces the most comprehensive and widely consulted source of statistics on the HIV/AIDS epidemic, at both the global and regional level. UNAIDS also produces fact sheets and reports on various issues including mother to child transmission, gender, access to drugs, vaccines and young people.
MSI strives to create and nurture world-class science and scientific talent in the developing world by fostering innovative research and applications of specific value to the host country or region; educating and training future generations of scientists and engineers; developing linkages with educational and research institutions, the private sector, and the global scientific community. MSI projects have been set up in Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Africa and Vietnam.
NEPAD is an economic development programme of the African Union. It aims to eradicate poverty, promote sustainable growth and development, integrate Africa in the world economy and accelerate the empowerment of women. Developing science and technology is a high priority and NEPAD provides policy guidance at continental, regional and national levels.
The NEPAD website, available in English or French, provides news and information on all of NEPAD's activities and hosts a discussion forum that anyone can contribute to.
