The United Nations Volunteers is the UN organization that supports sustainable human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism, including the mobilization of volunteers. It is administered by the United Nations Development Programme. UN Vo

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The WorldVolunteerWeb.org supports the volunteer community by providing a global one-stop-shop for information, resources, and organizations linked to volunteerism. It aims to represent the diversity of volunteerism in all of its cultural forms, bringing g

The WCRE is the global voice for Renewable Energy. It operates independently and free of the vested interests of the present global energy system. As a nonprofit and non-governmental globally working organization it is focused on developing policies and st

The mission of the World Volunteer Web: 1. Make available to the global volunteer community an online reference point for information and resources related to all forms of volunteerism worldwide; 2. Provide the volunteer community with tools and resources

WOMNET, the women’s network unit on global structural policy from a gender perspective, is a project office of NRO-Frauenforum e.V.. It is our objective to strengthen the participation of women’s organizations in global governance processes and their manag

WSPA’s animal welfare programmes include a mix of direct fieldwork, campaigning, education and training, and member society development. With so many global issues and limited resources, WSPA has created a framework for the prioritisation of its work. WS

UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the centre of all

Development and Peace Foundation - The Development and Peace Foundation is a cross-party, non-profit-making organisation and is currently funded by four German donor states - North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony - SEF sees its role as hel

The Forest Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organization that offers forest certification on an international basis. FSC was founded in 1993 by representatives from environmental and conservation groups, the timber industry, the forestry