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3D→Trade, Human Rights, Equitable Economy (3D→THREE) Maison des Associations 3D promotes collaboration amongst trade, development and human rights professionals, to ensure that trade rules are developed and applied in ways that promote an equitable economy. American Bioindustry Alliance (ABIA) 3514 30th Street NW An alliance of companies representing the broad spectrum of the American biotechnology industry, ABIA members support the development and implementation of equitable, sustainable, mutually beneficial access and benefit sharing (ABS) policies relating to genetic resources. ActionAid Hamlyn House ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency whose aim is to fight poverty worldwide including by campaigning on food rights. Biological Innovation for Open Society (BiOS) c/o CAMBIA BiOS has evolved as a response to inequities in food security, nutrition, health and natural resource management. Its goal is to democratize problem solving to enable diverse solutions to problems through decentralized innovation. Bioversity International (formerly IPGRI) Via dei Tre Denari Bioversity is the world's largest international research organization dedicated solely to the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity. It is one of the CGIAR Centres. CAMBIA GPO Box 3200 CAMBIA is an international independent non-profit research institute that is intent on creating new tools to foster innovation and a spirit of collaboration in the life sciences. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 413, Saint Jacques Street, suite 800 The United Nations Convention on the Promotion, Protection and Preservation of Global Biological Diversity. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) MSN G6-601 The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural centres that mobilizes science to benefit the poor. The Center for Environmental Law (CIEL) 15 rue des Savoises CIEL is working to use international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) Km. 45, Carretera Mexico-Veracruz CIMMYT is a non-profit CGIAR research and training centre that is committed to improving livelihoods in developing countries by creating, sharing, and using knowledge and technology to increase food security, improve the productivity and profitability of farming systems, and sustain natural resources. International Potato Centre (CIP) Av. La Molina 1895 The International Potato Center seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas. Eldis Resource Guide Eldis Programme Eldis shares the best in development policy, practice and research with over 22,000 summarized documents from over 4500 development organizations for free download. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) 212 East 47th Street, #21F The Earth Negotiations Bulletin is a balanced, timely and independent reporting service that provides daily information in print and electronic formats from multilateral negotiations on environment and development. It is published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a non-profit organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The office of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin is based in New York City, two blocks from the United Nations. ETC Group (Erosion, Technology and Concentration Group) 431 Gilmour St, Second Floor The ETC Group is dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla This United Nations organization leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, the FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. Food Ethics Council (FEC) 39-41 Surrey Street The Food Ethics Council challenges government, business and society to make wise choices that lead to better food and farming. It champions decisions that are principled, informed and inclusive. Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) c/o FAO (SDR) The GFAR is a multi-stakeholder initiative that contributes to eradicating poverty, achieving food security, and conserving and managing natural resources. It enhances national capacities to generate, adapt and transfer knowledge. GRAIN (formerly Genetic Resources Action International) Girona 25, pral., E-08010 GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 2105 First Avenue South The IATP works with organizations around the world to analyse how global trade agreements impact domestic farm and food policies. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) International Environmental House 2 ICTSD was established to contribute to a better understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. It produces weekly and monthly newsletters and manages web-portals such as IPRsonline.org, providing resources that link IPRs, environment and agriculture. International Development Research Centre (IDRC) PO Box 8500 The International Development Research Centre is a Crown corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Their support is directed towards creating a local research community whose work will build healthier, more equitable and more prosperous societies. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Via del Serafico, 107 IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries, with a focus on country-specific solutions, which can involve increasing rural poor peoples' access to financial services, markets, technology, and land and other natural resources. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 2033 K Street, NW IFPRI's mission is to provide policy solutions that cut hunger and malnutrition. International Institute for Sustainable Development (USD) 161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor The IISD is in the business of promoting change towards sustainable development. As a policy research institute dedicated to effective communication of its findings, it engages decision makers in government, business, NGOs and other sectors in the development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and social wellbeing. International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) AGPP-FAO The IPPC is an international treaty to secure action to prevent the spread and introduction of pests of plants and plant products and to promote appropriate measures for their control. IP Watch PO Box 2100 Intellectual Property Watch, a non-profit independent news service, reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international IP policies. International Seed Federation (ISF) Hemin du Reposoir 7 The ISF represents the mainstream of the world seed trade and plant breeders community and serves as an international forum where issues of interest to the world seed industry are discussed. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Rue Mauverney 28 The Union's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) (formerly CPTech) 1621 Connecticut Ave., NW, #500 The KEI focuses on issues concerning the production of and access to knowledge, including medical inventions, information and cultural goods, and other knowledge goods. Médecin Sans Frontières (MSF) Rue de Lausanne 78 CP 116 - 1211 The MSF is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger. It also has a long-running access to medicines campaign. Oxfam International Suite 20, 266 Banbury Road Oxfam International seeks increased worldwide public understanding that economic reform and social justice are crucial to sustainable development. Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PUPA) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW PIIPA makes intellectual property advice available for developing countries and public interest organizations seeking to promote health, agriculture, biodiversity, science, culture and the environment. Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA) University of California PIPRA aims to make agricultural technologies more easily available for development and distribution of subsistence crops for humanitarian purposes in the developing world and specialty crops in the developed world. Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) 574 Somerset St. W. Suite 3 QIAP works to support the peace and justice concerns of Canadian Quakers in the international arena by using Quaker United Nations Office methodology. Quaker United National Office (QUNO) 13 Avenue du Mervelet QUNO, located in Geneva and New York, represents Quakers through the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, Quakers have shared that organization's aims and supported its efforts to abolish war and promote peaceful resolution of conflicts, human rights, economic justice and good governance. Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE) 29 Magiting Street SEARICE has been primarily working to strengthen farmers' seed systems and to advocate for farmers' rights to plant genetic resources as essential components of sustainable agricultural systems in Southeast Asia. The South Centre 17–19 Chemin du Champ d'Anier The Centre works to assist in developing points of view of the South on major policy issues and to generate ideas and action-oriented proposals for consideration by the collective of South governments, institutions of South-South cooperation, inter-governmental organizations of the South, and non-governmental organizations and the community at large. Third World Network (TWN) 131, Jalan Macalister The Third World Network is an independent nonprofit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the third world and North—South issues. The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) 34 Chemin des Colombettes The objective of the Convention is the protection of new varieties of plants by an intellectual property right. USC Canada 56 Sparks Street, Suite 705 USC Canada is a voluntary organization working to promote strong, healthy and just communities in developing countries. Along with its partners, it works to strengthen community livelihoods, promote food security, and support peoples' actions for social justice and equality. La Via Campesina Jl. Mampang Prapatan XIV La Via Campesina is an international movement which coordinates peasant organizations of small and medium-sized producers, agricultural workers, rural women and indigenous communities from Asia, America and Europe. It is an autonomous, pluralistic movement, independent from all political, economic or other type of affiliation. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 34 Chemin des Colombettes WIPO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international IP system which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development. World Trade Organization (WTO) Rue de Lausanne 154 The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.
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