All Initiatives

Congo Now!

Congo Now! is a campaign to raise awareness of the continuing violence and civilian suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Congo Now! is backed by over 30 NGOs in the UK working on Congo, UK-based Congolese groups, and the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region …

Congo Rangers Blog

An exceptional team of rangers in Virunga National Park

This weblog is being updated very regularly to record the activities and achievements of a unit of exceptional Congolese rangers, the Advance Force. This elite force of park rangers, formed in December 2005, is capable of carrying out anti-poaching and law enforcement activities in these extremely hostile and dangerous environments …

Conservation Management of Eritrea's Coastal Marine and Island Biodiversity Project

The project aims at conserving Eritrea’s coastal, marine and island biodiversity by collecting data, promoting community awareness, developing policies, and establishing marine protected areas. It is part of the Environment and Energy Programme of UNDP on Eritrea. The Food Security Environment and Energy Unit collaborates with government to ensure …

Constitutional Design and Conflict Management (CDCM) in Africa

A Project of the Climate Change and African Political Stability Program, Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law

The CCAPS program spearheads an investigation by seven of the world’s leading scholars of Constitutional Design and Conflict Management (CDCM) in Africa. Each scholar examines a different African country to determine how past climate-related and other shocks have been mediated by constitutional design. Countries under study include Burundi, Ghana …

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

CGIAR is a strategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations, and private foundations supporting 15 international agricultural centers that work with national agricultural research systems and civil society organizations including the private sector. The CGIAR applies cutting-edge science to foster sustainable agricultural growth that benefits the poor. The new …

Daey Ouwens Fund

Subsidy for small-scale renewable energy projects in developing countries

The Daey Ouwens Fund aims to provide more people in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) with access to energy, by promoting small-scale projects in the area of renewable and job-creating forms of energy supply. The most important target group are the LDCs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Projects that are directed towards these …

Danube Cooperation Process

On the basis of an initiative developed by Austria, Romania, the European Commission and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the Danube Co-operation Process was formally launched at its First Ministerial Conference by the adoption of a Declaration by the European Commission, the Stability Pact and the 13 participating …

DDI - Diamond Development Initiative

The Diamond Development Initiative was created to gather all interested parties into a process that will address, in a comprehensive way, the political, social and economic challenges facing the artisanal diamond mining sector in order to optimize the beneficial development impact of artisanal diamond mining to miners and their communities …

DIASPEACE

Diasporas for Peace: Patterns, Trends and Potential of Long-distance Diaspora Involvement in Conflict Settings - Case Studies from the Horn of Africa

Exiled populations – who increasingly refer to themselves as diaspora communities – hold a strong stake in the fate of their countries of origin. In an increasingly interconnected world, they engage in ' long-distance politics ' towards their homelands, send financial remittances and support social development in their communities of origin. Transnational diaspora networks …

Eco-Insurance Initiative

Eco-Insurance is a risk-management and incentive mechanism which seeks to energize the transition to a sustainable future.