AsylumLaw.org (http://www.asylumlaw.org)
“Run by an international consortium of agencies that help asylum seekers
in Australia, Canada, the United States, and several countries in Europe. Over
95% of the content on this site is open to the public, including asylum seekers
from any country and the lawyers or advocates who represent them.”
Civnet (New York, NY) (http://civnet.org/)
Website of Civitas International. An online resource and service for civic education
practitioners (teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum designers), as well as
scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, and non-governmental organizations
promoting civic education....Presents excerpts from numerous documents, articles
and reports on civic education, civil society; in English and French.
Comité Permanent Inter Etats de Lutte Contre la Sécheresse dans
le Sahel (CILSS) (http://www.cilssnet.org/)
Works to combat desertification and drought. Member states are Burkino Faso,
Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.
Also of interest for Western Sahara.
Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) (http://www.cplp.org/paises/paises.html)
Member states are Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, Sao Tome
and Principe, and Mozambique.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search
by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
“The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of
assistance available for private sector development (micro, small an medium-sized
enterprises) and poverty reduction. A wide range of organizations is included
in the Directory: international organizations, government ministries, private
sector institutions, development agencies, universities, research and training
institutes, NGOs/PDOs, grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development
consulting firms.” Searchable by keyword.
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on
the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
La Francophonie (http://www.francophonie.org)
This site is an inter-governmental organization of French-speaking countries
created in Niamey in 1970 by Leopold S. Senghor, Habib Bourguiba, and Hamani
Diori with its headquarters in Paris and a summit held every two years. It currently
has a membership of 56 states and governments, including the following African
countries: Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, CAR, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire,
Djibouti, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali,
Mauritius, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Seychelles, Tchad, and
Togo. Text in French, English and Italian.
United States Committee for Refugees
(USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN’s initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR’s site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world.
Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private
sector information on each country. |