Partners and Links

Hivos

The Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation works with local organisations in developing countries for a world in which all citizens – both men and women – have equal access to resources and opportunities for development.

Hivos is the funding partner on the project Small Producer Agency in the Globalised Market.

Living Earth

The Living Earth Foundation (UK) (LEF) and Living Earth Nigeria Foundation  (LENF)are working with IIED on the project Sustainable Utilisation of Nigeria's Gas and Renewable Energy Resources (SUNGAS).

Living Earth works with all sectors of society to build and nurture an environment that enables people to develop effective solutions to environmental concerns. Rather than imposing solutions, Living Earth helps to develop people's knowledge, skills and abilities in response to their needs.

Living Earth Nigeria Foundation (LENF) is one of Living Earth's international partners. This NGO was established in February 1998 and is involved in community development and environmental education, employing Living Earth's approach of enabling communities to identify and address their own environmental problems while learning to manage their own resources.

Social Action (Nigeria)

Social Action is a project of the Social Development Integrated Centre.  Social Action is a project for education, mobilisation and solidarity for communities and activists working for environmental justice, democracy and social change in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. The organisation works to promote increased citizens’ participation in addressing policy and practices in energy and mining, trade and investments that affects human rights, democracy and livelihoods. Social Action works primarily in Nigeria while collaborating with other citizens groups in the ECOWAS zone and the Gulf of Guinea.

Social Action is a partner on the SUNGAS project.

Niger Delta Wetlands Centre (Nigeria)

The Niger Delta Wetlands Centre (NDWC) is dedicated to the study, conservation and management of the natural resources of the Niger Delta and to the improvement of the quality of life of its people. NDWC uses participatory approaches to involve local people in evaluating their resources, and in planning for their use and management in ways that focus on sustainability.

Social Action is a partner on the SUNGAS project.

WWF Cambodia
WWF is the lead partner in Cambodia for IIED's work on community-managed tourism. They are responsible for developing and maintaining working relationships with all government and community stakeholders, organising and delivering training and capacity building activities, ensuring project objectives are well understood by all stakeholders and communicated widely in Cambodia and the region, as well as day-to-day management of work plans and budgets.

Other partners on this project include:

• Forestry Administration Cambodia
• Ministry of Environment
• Wildlife Ecotourism Management Board (WEMB)

SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation)
SNV supports organisations in the South that are committed to fighting poverty and improving local governance. These organizations – many of which operate at provincial or district level – are looking to build their capacity to heighten their performance and influence. SNV provides them with the technical and organisational expertise, and supports them in their change proceeses. SNV is the lead partner of the carbon finance project in Vietnam.

Other partners on this project include:

• Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam
• The Department of Forestry, Vietnam

CLACC (Capacity Strengthening of Least Developed Countires for Adaptation to Climate Change)
The CLACC are a group of fellows and international experts working on adaptation to climate change for least developed countries. Their aim is to strengthen the capacity of organizations in poor countries and support their initiatives in sustainable development through the network of fellows. The CLACC are involved in the work on the economics of climate change in LDCs.

SouthSouthNorth
SouthSouthNorth (SSN) is a network of organizations, research institutions and consultants grouped into one developmental organisation with considerable expertise to help public and private stakeholders and beneficiaries build capacity to reduce poverty in the context of global climate change. SSN operates in Brazil, South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Bangladesh and Indonesia. SouthSouthNorth are working on the CDCF toolkit project.

REDEH
REDEH's mission is to strengthen concepts and practices that encourage gender equity, race and ethnicity in public policies in health, education, culture and environment. REDEH are working on the CDCF toolkit project.

The Sustainable Food Laboratory
The mission of the Sustainable Food Lab is to accelerate improvement in mainstream food and agriculture systems so we can sustain a high quality life on earth.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. Its mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.

Rimisp – Latin American Center for Rural Development
Rimisp is a regional non-profit organisation set up in 1986 to contribute knowledge to support processes of institutional change, production innovation and the strengthening of social actors, so revitalising and transforming Latin American rural societies, as well as making them more just and equitable.

The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
Based in Amsterdam KIT, is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation, operating at the interface between theory and practice and between policy and implementation. The Institute contributes to sustainable development, poverty alleviation and cultural preservation and exchange.

Engineers Against Poverty (EAP)  
Engineers Against Poverty works with industry, government and civil society to fight poverty and promote sustainable development. We influence corporate and public policy and help develop practical solutions aimed at creating jobs, promoting enterprise development and improving education and training.