Knowledge Centre : Organisations : Inter-Governmental
Categories
Links
- OECD DAC Development Cooperation Report 2006
-
2006 has seen another year of growth in income per head for most poor countries at rates which are above those of OECD countries, in many cases significantly so. This growth has been robust for some years now, and is gradually changing the realities of development. Despite these encouraging results, three important questions remain: are such rates of growth sustainable? Can they - in some cases - even be increased? And are the benefits of growth reaching the poor? Aid has a role to play in achieving all these goals. This year's Report looks at the prospects for increased aid; the issue of aid dependence; the need for greater domestic accountability; and the Aid for Trade agenda. It also provides preliminary results from the baseline survey which monitors the Paris Declaration aid effectiveness indicators, as agreed by the High Level Forum in March 2005. The Report notes some real progress on key goals set by the UN Millennium Assembly, but also notes the heavy toll of continuing crises on the aid programmes of the donor community. (OECD, 2006)
http://caliban.sourceoecd.org/vl=4967794/cl=16/nw=1/rpsv/dac/
(Added: Thu Mar 08 2007 Hits: 217)
- Aid Effectiveness: 2006 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration
-
THE PARIS DECLARATION ON AID EFFECTIVENESS (March 2005) defined a number of commitments on the part of donors and partner countries, and a set of indicators to measure progress towards 2010. Within the Working Party on Aid Effectiveness, the Joint Venture on Monitoring the Paris Declaration is responsible for the monitoring and follow-up of the Paris Declaration. This document is the Baseline Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration covering 34 partner countries with data from 60 donors. (OECD 2007)
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/0/45/38597363.pdf
(Added: Mon May 28 2007 Hits: 203)
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)
-
Every two years, the 54 Commonwealth leaders meet in a different Commonwealth country to discuss matters of common interest and progress initiatives to benefit the Commonwealth's diverse membership. This summit is called a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting or CHOGM.
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/
(Added: Fri Jun 01 2001 Modified: Wed Dec 10 2003 Hits: 387)
- Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP)
-
Regional NGO that provides a forum for dialogue on security issues in the Asia Pacific region, has institutional membership.
(Added: Thu Jun 09 2005 Modified: Wed Jul 12 2006 Hits: 355)
- G77
-
The Group of 77 (G-77) was established on 15 June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries" issued at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the United Nations system, and promote economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (ECDC/TCDC). Although the membership of the G-77 has increased to 133 countries, the original name was retained because of its historic significance.
(Added: Fri Apr 12 2002 Hits: 374)
- Global tuberculosis control - surveillance, planning, financing
-
WHO's report on Global TB Control compiles data from over 200 countries and territories each year, monitoring the scale and direction of TB epidemics, implementation and impact of the Stop TB Strategy, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (WHO, 2008).
http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/2008/en/index.html
(Added: Wed Mar 19 2008 Hits: 41)
- iknow Politics
-
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) is an online workspace designed to serve the needs of elected officials, candidates, political party leaders and members, researchers, students and other practitioners interested in advancing women in politics. It is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA).
http://www.iknowpolitics.org/en/homepage
(Added: Wed Mar 14 2007 Hits: 157)
- OECD Development Co-operation Report 2007
-
The OECD Development Assistance Committee Report gives comprehensive statistics on development co-operation over the past year, and provides some analysis of what the data mean.
http://caliban.sourceoecd.org/vl=3960757/cl=28/nw=1/rpsv/dac/index.htm
(Added: Thu Feb 21 2008 Hits: 49)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
-
The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation. The OECD plays a prominent role in fostering good governance in the public service and in corporate activity. It helps governments to ensure the responsiveness of key economic areas with sectoral monitoring. By deciphering emerging issues and identifying policies that work, it helps policy-makers adopt strategic orientations. It is well known for its individual country surveys and reviews. The OECD produces internationally agreed instruments, decisions and recommendations to promote rules of the game in areas where multilateral agreement is necessary for individual countries to make progress in a globalised economy. Sharing the benefits of growth is also crucial as shown in activities such as emerging economies, sustainable development, territorial economy and aid. Dialogue, consensus, peer review and pressure are at the very heart of OECD. Its governing body, the Council, is made up of representatives of member countries. It provides guidance on the work of OECD committees and decides on the annual budget. It is headed by Donald J. Johnston, who has been Secretary-General since June 1, 1996.
(Added: Thu Oct 23 2003 Modified: Tue Aug 15 2006 Hits: 392)
- Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
-
Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This report provides information for policymakers, scientists and engineers in the field of climate change and reductions of CO2 emissions. It describes sources, capture, transport, and storage of CO2. It also discusses costs, economic potential, and societal issues of the technology, including public perception and regulatory aspects (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-IPCC, 2005).
http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/pages_media/SRCCS-final/SRCCS_WholeReport.pdf
(Added: Tue Oct 02 2007 Hits: 77)
- Summit to map out United States of Africa
-
The future of the African Union will come under scrutiny only five years after its creation at a summit this weekend where some heads of state will launch a push for a closer federation across the continent. (Guardian Online, 29 June 2007).
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=312644&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
(Added: Tue Jul 03 2007 Hits: 173)
- Supporting livestock-centred livelihoods : What can NGOs do?
-
As donors increasingly favour direct budget support to deliver aid programmes, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have an important role to play. (id21 Insights, February 2008)
http://www.id21.org/insights/insights72/art02.html
(Added: Mon Mar 10 2008 Hits: 124)
- The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
-
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) was created by the APEC Economic Leaders in November 1995 to provide advice on the implementation of the Osaka Action Agenda and on other specific business sector priorities, and to respond when the various APEC for a request information about business-related issues or to provide the business perspective on specific areas of cooperation. ABAC comprises of up to three members of the private sector from each economy. ABAC members are appointed by their respective Leaders, and represent a range of business sectors, including small and medium enterprises. The economy determines the term of membership of each appointee as well as its own administrative arrangements and staff support. The ABAC International Secretariat based in Manila, the Philippines serves all members and all economies and maintains a website. Funding is provided through a system of annual dues, which are structured to reflect the size of each economy, following the APEC formula. Back
(Added: Thu Jun 09 2005 Modified: Thu Sep 14 2006 Hits: 309)
- The South Centre
-
The South Centre has grown out of the work and experience of the South Commission and its follow-up office, and from recognition of the need for enhanced South-South co-operation. It is intended to meet the need for analysis of development problems and experience, as well as to provide intellectual and policy support required by developing countries for collective and individual action in the international arena. The South Centre has the following among its central objectives: * To promote South solidarity, South consciousness and mutual knowledge and understanding among the countries and peoples of the South; * To promote various types of South-South co-operation and action, South-South links, networking and information exchange; * To contribute to South-wide collaboration in promoting common interests and co-ordinated participation by developing countries in international forums dealing with South-South and North-South matters, as well as with other global concerns; * To foster convergent views and approaches among countries of the South with respect to global economic, political and strategic issues related to evolving concepts of development, sovereignty and security; * To contribute to better mutual understanding and co-operation between the South and the North on the basis of equity and justice for all and, to this end, to the democratization and strengthening of the United Nations and its family of organizations. Broadly, the Centre works to assist in developing points of view of the South on major policy issues, and to generate ideas and action-oriented proposals for consideration by the collectivity of South governments, institutions of South-South co-operation, inter-governmental organizations of the South, and non-governmental organizations and the community at large.
(Added: Thu Apr 29 2004 Hits: 347)
