Sister Sites
Land Reform Act Part 2 Guidance
External links to sustainable social development and the participation of civil society
Amazing top level sources of links
- The Monitoring and Evaluation (mande) consortium: http://www.mande.co.uk You can have updates emailed.
- The Danida supported Eldis clearing house from IDS: http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis
- The DFID supported site at IDS - ID21: http://www.id21.org
- The DFID supported Development Information Update www.devinit.org
- UNDP's Human Development Report: www.undp.org/undp/hdro
- Washington based PACT disseminates quality resources to development practitioners http://www.pactworld.org/home.html
- The Thirdworld Network site in Penang, Malaysia - a great jumping off site for Asia - http://www.twnside.org.sg
- India's National Institute of Rural Development www.nird.org
- African Journals Online www.oneworld.org/inasp/ajol
- Danida, UN Habitat and Gov. of Uganda's site with Methods to Strengthen Communities by Raising Capacity in Low Income Neighbourhoods www.scn.org/cmp
- INASP International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications www.oneworld.org/inasp/
- International Aid and Disaster Relief - Links at Look Smart http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317836/eus552286/eus62071/eus62075/r?l&
- Links to Resources For Social and Economic Development - University of Pennsylvania http://www.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
- UK's Overseas Development Institute Publications 2001 - http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/intro.html
And of course Oneworld: http://www.oneworld.org
Social and Cooperative Economy
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| International Fair Trade Association (IFAT) |
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| International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP-FIPA) |
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| International Health Cooperatives Organisation (IHCO) |
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| New Sector - the magazine of community and co-operative enterprise in the UK and elsewhere | www.newsector.co.uk |
| Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives | www.copacgva.org/ |
| International Association of Investors in the Social Economy (Really good links page) | www.inaise.org |
| UK Development Trusts Association | www.dta.org.uk |
| Communicate Mutuality | www.mutuo.co.uk |
| International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation | www.icmif.org |
| International Co-operative Alliance | www.coop.org |
| CWS UK has a good links page | www.co-op.co.uk |
| Fairtrade Labelling Organisation | www.fairtrade.net |
| World Council of Credit Unions, Inc | www.woccu.org |
| Commonwealth Association on Local Economic Development | www.cbs-network.org.uk/COMMACTUK.htm |
| European Network for Economic Self Help and Local Economic Development | www.european-network.de |
| Community Business Scotland | www.cbs-network.org.uk |
| Community Enterprise Ltd - support for the social economy (UK) | www.communityenterprise.co.uk |
Cooperative and Social Economy Research Centres
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| Wales Institute for Research into Cooperatives | http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ubs/research/wirc/ |
| Centre for Cooperative Studies – University College Cork, Ireland | http://www.ucc.ie/acad/foodecon/centre |
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Cooperative Research Unit – Open University, UK |
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International Center of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy – University of Liege, Belgium |
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Italian Institute for Cooperative Studies |
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Mondragon Cooperative Centre, Spain |
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Netherlands Institute for Cooperative Entrepreneurship |
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New Economics Foundation - UK |
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Social Enterprise Institute, Heriot Watt University Edinburgh, Scotland |
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The Society for Cooperative Studies - UK |
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United States & Canada |
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Arthur Capper Cooperative Centre - Kansas State University |
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Cornell University Cooperative Enterprise Program - USA |
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Quentin N Burdock Centre for Cooperatives – North Dakota State University, USA |
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University of California-Davis Centre for Cooperatives, USA |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Centre for Cooperatives, Canada |
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British Columbia Institute for Cooperative Studies – University of Victoria, Canada |
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Centre for Cooperative Studies – University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Coady International Institute – St Francis Xavier University, Canada |
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University of Alberta Cooperative Program in Agricultural Management & Business, Canada |
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Australia & Pacific |
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Australian Centre for Cooperative Research and Development |
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Japan Institute for Cooperative Research |
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UK University - Development Study Department Link Pages
| http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AERDD/AERDD/Links.html | Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department - Reading |
| http://www.wlv.ac.uk/crdt/indexm.htm | Centre for Rural Development and Training - Wolverhampton |
| http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/CSGR/others.html | Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation - Warwick |
| http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/devres/devlnks/rights.htm | Centre of Development Studies - Swansea |
| http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/devtlinx.htm#Jobs | Institute for Development Policy and Management - Manchester |
| http://www.lse.ac.uk/list.htm | LSE Web Guide - London |
| http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/liblinks.html | SOAS Library Catalogue - London |
| www.ukonline.org.uk | Info about all UK government ministries, departments and agencies - and all local authorities |
Participation
| NABUUR.COM (Helpful Global
Neighbours) NABUUR.COM’s mission is to give communities in developing countries access to their global Neighbours via the Internet. And through these Neighbours to the huge reservoir of resources (knowledge, solutions, energy and money) that is available elsewhere. NABUUR.COM brings communities in developing countries into direct contact with committed individuals worldwide who want to assist them. These virtual Neighbours can help by finding the resources needed by the community. http://www.nabuur.com/ |
| community development and communication - digging deeper.
Information created as part of a research study on community development and communication within the Cairngorms area in Scotland. http://www.srds.co.uk/communities/ |
- The Eldis Collection http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/pra/pra.htm
- FAO: People and Participation http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/PPdirect/PPhomepg.htm
- Scottish Participatory Initiatives http://www.srds.co.uk/spi/
- Cornell Local Government Programme http://clgp.arme.cornell.edu/
- World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) www.civicus.org
- Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action www.rcpla.org
Sustainable development
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, Drylands Programme http://www.iied.org/drylands/index.html
- Sustainable Development Network an introduction to the issues, major participants, success stories and resources related to sustainable development. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.net/
- World Wildlife Fund - Earth Summit http://www.livingplanet.org/news/press/earthsum_index.htm
- UN Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csdup45/
- Italian based Forum: habitat in developing countries http://obelix.polito.it/forum/links/default.htm
- World Resources Institute (Washington Based) http://www.wri.org/wri/
- The Earth Council (Costa Rica based) http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/
- The Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India) http://sdnp.delhi.nic.in/us/us-frame.html
- UN Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/home.htm
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives http://www.iclei.org
- IUNC: World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org
- University of British Columbia - Sustainable Development Research Institute www.sdri.ubc.ca/
- Earthscan: www.earthscan.co.uk
- Philippine Agrarian Reform Foundation for National Development Inc www.parfund.ph
- Social land Ownership Case Studies: www.caledonia.org.uk/socialland
- The gateway for information and services to rural
communities in Scotland
http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/
Social Development
- About the World Summit for Social Development http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/wssd.htm
- UN Gateway to Social Policy and Development http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/
- UN Research Institute for Social Development http://www.unrisd.org/index.htm
- World Bank about Social Capital http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital/
- OECD Development Indicators http://www.oecd.org/dac/indicators/
- NGOs from 60 countries: www.socwatch.apc.org
- Rural Development Policy: http://www.rurpol.org/outputs/policy/index.html
- Philippines Rural Reconstruction Movement: http://www.csi.com.ph/~srddp
- International Development Research Centre (Canada) www.idrc.ca
- Social Analysis www.socialanalysis.org
Civil society
- Richard Holloway's Civil Society Toolbox http://www.pactworld.org/toolbox.html
- CIVITAS an independent, international NGO, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, dedicated to promoting informed and responsible citizenship in new and established democracies http://www.civnet.org/civitas/whatis.htm
- CIVNET is a Web site for civic education practitioners (teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum designers), as well as scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) promoting civil society all over the world.http://www.civnet.org/index.htm
- PACT's IMPACT HTTP://www.pactworld.org/impact.html
- Chris Bertram's lectures on Political Philosophy (UK) http://info.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/pp_lct.html
- Thomas Bridges' lectures of Philosophy and Civil Society (USA) http://www.civsoc.com/index.htm
- Center for Civic Society http://civic.net/ccn.html
- The Role of NGOs in the 21st Century: www.ngo99korea.org
- Hakikazi Catalyst - providing information, training and support to Civil Society Organisations in Tanzania - www.hakikazi.org
Thought provoking Papers
- Crosscutting links at the poverty/environment interface: http://www.oneworld.org/iied/crosscut.html
- Civil Society's Emerging Role in Global Governance http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/about/speech/kalaw/mkalaw.htm
- NGO - World Bank Cooperation
- Social Integration: Approaches and Issues http://www.unrisd.org/engindex/publ/list/bp/bp1/toc.htm
- What is PRA? by Robert Chambers http://www.ids.susx.ac.uk/ids/particip/intro/what.html#what
- Oneworld Guides - choose a topic when you get there: http://www.oneworld.org/guides/index.html
- Oxfam policy documents www.oxfam.org.uk/policy.html
- UNDP's Human Development Report Office www.undp.org/hdro/
- NGO's in a global future - Conference Report www.bham.ac.uk/IDD/ngosconf.htm
- Oxfam on Education - 'Break the Cycle of Poverty' www.oxfam.org/educationnow
- World Bank's Resources and Support to Alleviate Poverty www.worldbank.org/poverty/
Women in Development
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Sources of Books
Earthscan Publications www.earthscan.co.uk/
Books about women in development www.womenink.org