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Centre for Rural Development Systems A/CONF.199/PC/20 Annex I 1. ACTION for Conflict Transformation Box 16754, Lyttleton, 0140, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa Tel: 27 82 3915964 Fax: 27 11 4826983 / 27 12 6648380 E-mail: [email protected] Website: none Established: 1999 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non- governmental Organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Works for positive multi-level engagement in conflict situations to build sustainable peace and justice at the grassroots level. Builds capacity to transform conflict, takes action to empower communities and facilitates linkages between practitioners and policy makers involved in conflict situations. Activities focus on lobbying, advocacy, information dissemination, and research on civil society. 2. Action pour une Gestion Rationnelle de l Environnement En Mauritanie (AGREEM) B.P. 311 RP Tevragh Zeina 42 Nouakchott, Mauritania Tel: 00 222 529 08 66 or 00 222 641 88 05 Fax: none E-mail: [email protected] Website: in construction Established: 1998 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non-Governmental Organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Aims to contribute to efforts for combating desertification and implementation of the UN Convention on Combating Desertification. Supports and contributes to conservation of biodiversity. Activities focus on education the public about causes of desertification and loss of biodiversity, mobilize public support to counter these problems, fight against poverty, conservation projects and literacy campaigns. 3. Adbusters Media Foundation 1243 West 7th Ave. Vancouver, BC V6H 1B7, Canada Tel: 604.736.9401 Fax: 604.737.6021 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.adbusters.org Established: 1989 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non-governmental organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Endeavors to transform commercial media culture and direct it towards ecological and social awareness, and to encourage individuals and corporations to think critically in making choices that support sustainable consumption. Activities include international awareness campaigns such as World Car Free Day and International Buy Nothing Day, as well as other information campaigns to reduce consumption, social injustice and increase environmental activism. Provides education materials, networking platforms, and an on-line activist database and publishes the magazine Adbusters. 4. Africa Foundation PO Box 784826 Sandton 2146 South Africa Tel: +27 11 809 4429 Fax: +27 11 809 4345 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.africafoundation.org Established: 2001 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Foundation 1 A/CONF.199/PC/20 Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Acts as both a fundraiser and grant-maker. Facilitates international financial support for responsible, consultative community projects in the conservation areas of rural Africa. Projects seek to maintain biodiversity and ensure the viability of eco-tourism by improving the quality of life for local communities through fair and equitable sharing of benefits, building of capacity, skills development, health care and education. 5. AFRICABIO 15 Stopford Road, Irene, Centurion 0062, South Africa Tel: 27 12 667 2689 Fax: 27 12 667 1920 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.africabio.com Established: 2000 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non- governmental organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Serves as a reference point and forum for informed debate on biotechnology issues and builds capacity in all aspects of biotechnology in Africa. Promotes safe, responsible and ethical use of biotechnology and its products by providing accurate and objective information on biotechnology to consumers, the media and decision-makers. Disseminates information through its website and monthly newsletter Biolines. Contributed to the development of a Biotechnology Strategy by the National Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and to the development of Labeling Regulations by the National Department of Health. 6. African Blackwood Conservation Project P.O. Box 26, Red Rock, TX 78662, United States of America Tel: +255 744 361610 (Tanzania), +1 830 839 4535 (US) Fax: +255 055 51113 (Tanzania), +1 830 839 4535 (US) E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.blackwoodconservation.org, www.kilimanjarotrust.org/ Established: 1996 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non- governmental Organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Works for the sustainable management and conservation of the natural resources in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. Areas of focus include sustainable development, poverty eradication, agriculture and food security, fresh water and sanitation, human development. Helps preserve biodiversity by reforesting areas that have been burned or cleared. Maintains nurseries of native tree species for replanting. Focuses on the conservation of the African Blackwood (or ‘Mpingo’) and other trees, which provide the local population with food, fuel, fodder and building materials. 7. African Business Round Table P.O. Box 78 149, Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 884 6682 or 884 6745 Fax: +27 11 884 66 85 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.abrnet,org Established: 1994 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Business and industry www.abrnet.org Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Aims to create an enabling environment for private sector development in Africa. Promotes foreign direct investments, free markets and democratic governance in relation to the region’s business interests. Provides a forum of dialogue between business and governmental policy- makers, and information to members on business opportunities. Sponsors conferences and advocacy programs. 8. African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) P.O. Box 27691 - 00506, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Kenya Tel: +254 2 605220 / 605331 / 605334 Fax: +254 2 609518 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.amref.org 2 A/CONF.199/PC/20 Established: 1961 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Scientific and Technological Communities Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Aims to empower disadvantaged people in Africa to enjoy better health by developing, testing and promoting models for improving health, and developing an enabling environment for sustainable health improvement. Approach emphasizes developing, implementing and evaluating effective methodologies and improving the knowledge and skills of health managers and workers. Works closely with ministries of health, UN agencies and NGOs to achieve its objective. 9. African Scientific Railway Association (ASRA) Marghab University, Al-Khoms, Libya Arab Jamahiriya Tel: +031621570/71 Fax: +03162572 E-mail: [email protected] Website: none Established: 1995 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non-governmental Organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Promotes education, capacity building, and research in all areas of railway transportation, with a special reference to African countries. Encourages the sustainable use and management of sustainable railway transportation. Disseminates information and generates incentives and contacts between local and national authorities. 10. Afriques sans Frontiere BP 21 94401 Vitry sur seine Cedex France Tel: 33 1 46 82 34 31 Fax: 33 1 46 81 02 29 E-mail: [email protected] Website: none Established: 1994 Primary Major Group Affiliation: Non-Governmental Organization Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Aims for human development trough health and education, combating poverty, and empowerment of women. Has run HIV-AIDS awareness campaign in Benin, medical and educational expedition in Cameroon, established a health center in Congo-Brazzaville, provided medical assistance in Cote d’Ivoire, and distributed educational supplies in Gabon and in Niger. 11. Agir en Faveur de l Environnement (AFE) B.P. 1732 SOCOGIM Nouakchott, Mauritania Tel: 00222 630 34 50 or 00222 645 55 47 Fax: 00 222 525 59 25 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://cyberforum.mr/ong/afe Established: 1999 Primary Major Group Affiliation: NGO Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Aims to alleviate poverty, protect the environment and aid the ill and handicapped in Mauritania through projects addressing rural development through micro-enterprise and sustainable agriculture; reforestation, urban greening and nursery activities; assistance of nomadic populations through construction of wells and walking trails; general and health education for all, including vaccinations and medicine distribution; and pastoral activities. 12. Airborne Trust (The) Suite E1 Private Bag X65 Halfway House 1695, South Africa Tel: 082 332 5162; 012 460 7795 (MCL) / 082 498 7875; 011 803 9323 (MC) Fax: 011 803 9323 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: none Established: 1995 Primary Major Group Affiliation: NGO 3 A/CONF.199/PC/20 Summary of Organizational Focus and Activities: Reintegrates demobilized and non-statutory members of the military forces through skills training, practical experience, and career counseling. These activities seek to help about 27,000 individuals aged between 15 and 35. Responsible for developing an agri-industrial village for displaced unemployed demobilized individuals and their families. 13. All China Youth Federation (ACFY) 10 Qianmen Dongdajie, Beijing, Peoples’ Republic of China Tel: 8610-8521-2064 Fax: 8610-6701-8131 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
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