Research Centers
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Africa
- Africa Action
"Africa Action is a national organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa. Through the provision of accessible information and analysis combined with the mobilization of public pressure we work to change the policies and policy-making processes of U.S. and multinational institutions toward Africa. The work of Africa Action is grounded in the history and purpose of its predecessor organizations, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), The Africa Fund, and the Africa Policy Information Center (APIC), which have fought for freedom and justice in Africa since 1953. Continuing this tradition, Africa Action seeks to re-shape U.S. policy toward African countries."
- AfricAvenir
"AfricAvenir is committed to the goals of an African renaissance, that is to root African development on the reality and culture of African peoples and to re-invent and re-construct the African continent according to African priorities and values.
Our overall aim is to contribute to the recovery, rehabilitation and imaginative recreation of African civilisation, culture and history in order to devise new ways of thinking, behaving and organising both the African societies and the emerging ‘Global Village’."
- Afristat
"AFRISTAT is acting for the development of statistics in Member states. This covers different area: organisation and administration of statistical systems, national accounts and macro economics, prices and household expenditure surveys, informal sector, agricultural statistics, data processing and data dissemination.
AFRISTAT also regularly organises regional or sub-regional workshops on relevant topics. AFRISTAT provides expertise in the area of data collection, processing, analysis and on dissemination of socio-economic data."
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODES RIA)
"CODESRIA, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa is headquartered in Dakar Senegal. It was established in 1973 as an independent Pan-African research organisation with a primary focus on the social sciences, broadly defined. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent."
- Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
"The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) is a non-governmental and non-profit research network that was founded in 1980 in the town of Nazareth, Ethiopia, by a group of social scientists from Eastern Africa. Its constituency is based on membership drawn from social scientists and institutions engaged in teaching and/or research in the social sciences in Eastern and Southern Africa."
- Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit
"NEPRU is an autonomous Namibian research institute that undertakes applied socio-economic, policy-related research for and on behalf of the Government, domestic and international institutions, as well as the private sector."
- The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
"The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) is an independent, non-profit think tank. The mission of the Center is to promote economic development in Egypt by conducting and disseminating applied policy research. The aim is to develop viable policy options in light of international experience. The Center’s activities are carried out in the spirit of public interest."
- Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
"We are active in both the South African and Southern African economic policy arenas and co-ordinate a wide network of established researchers. Our aim is to remain responsive to the local policy environment, government and other clients' research and information needs; to deliver high-quality, policy-relevant
research; and to maintain an overt and strong interest in public policy in the areas associated with developing country economic policy."
- West African Borders and Integration
"West African regional integration should appear as a combining process of juridical harmonizing (through community treaties) and reinforced cooperation between public and private actors. Nowadays, States and integration organizations as WAEMU and ECOWAS recognize and share such an approach. It does not mean former efforts to be discussed rather it claims that regional integration can increase thanks to cross-border populations' imagination, multilateral or bilateral states projects and cross-border decentralized cooperation."
- Institute for African Studies
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is Columbia University's central forum and resource for African-centered academic research, program development, curriculum administration, student advisement, and local, national, and international dialogue and action on Africa. Founded in 1959, the IAS prepares generations of Africa practitioners for careers in development, diplomacy, business, governance, journalism, law, human rights, academic research, and teaching.
- The Nordic African Institute
The Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) is a center for research, documentation and information on modern Africa in the Nordic region. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the Institute is dedicated to providing timely, critical and alternative research and analysis of Africa in the Nordic countries and to strengthen the co-operation between African and Nordic researchers. As a hub and a meeting place in the Nordic region for a growing field of research and analysis the Institute strives to put knowledge of African issues within reach for scholars, policy makers, politicians, media, students and the general public. The Institute is financed jointly by the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
- African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS)
AEGIS (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) was set up in 1991 in order to build upon the resources and the research potential available within Africanist institutions of the European Union. As the dynamics of contemporary change in Africa and the continent's response to globalisation are intimately linked, understanding the continent's evolution is the major academic and policy challenge AEGIS seeks to address. AEGIS consequently aims to:
- Share intellectual resources for research and advisory purposes
- Conceptualise new research themes
- Improve and disseminate knowledge about Africa
- Provide academic guidance and foster institutional exchanges of students, senior researchers and academic staff
- Promote interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Africa
- Institute for African Integration (iAi)
The Institute for African Integration (iAi) is a non-profit independent policy think-tank established in October 2008 that focuses on Africas economic, social and political integration and that of the continent in an international setting. It was founded out of the realization that although regionalization and internationalization are affecting Africans people in a profound way politically, economically, socially and culturally.Africa is laggin behind other continents in defining operational policy and legal frameworks to shape it in a way that involve and concretely benefit its citizens. Through facilitating research, training and policy analysis, iAi aims at contributing to the bridging of the knowledge gap on Africans integration processes among ordinary people and how that interfaces with the overall development of the continent.
- Africa intstitute for Polciy Analysis and Economic Integration (AIPA)
AIPA is an independent, non-profit making economic research entity incorporated in
October 1992 under South African Company’s Act Section 21. The Institute’s objective is to undertake high-level, non-partisan and interdisciplinary research on economic policy analysis and structural adjustment and to offer thoroughly examined options to policy-makers and other stakeholders dealing with economic and social issues in African countries. While in the medium to long-term AIPA will increasingly play a regional role, the immediate imperative is to address the pressing issues surrounding South Africa’s economic transition, in particular urgent socio-economic issues relating to policy reform, growth with equity, the labour market, skills development, infrastructure, privatisation and promotion of productivity and efficiency in a competitive environment of increasing globalisation of markets.
- Human Science Research Council
The core business of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is to conduct large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies. We do this in partnership with researchers globally, but specifically in Africa. Our commitment to cutting-edge research which supports development nationally, in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in Africa is evident, but it is our commitment to the dissemination of that research that demonstrates the remarkable and measurable impact of our work.
- SAHARA: Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance
SAHARA is an alliance of partners established to conduct, support and use social sciences research to prevent the further spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of its devastation in sub-Saharan Africa. We believe that well-researched and proven African intervention models are needed to halt the spread of the HIV pandemic.
- Africa Governance Institute
The initiative for the creation of the Africa Governance Institute (AGI) emerged in 2003 from discussions between the Chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU) and the Regional Director for Africa of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The main idea was to create an AU-recognized center of excellence, responsible for conducting cutting-edge research on all forms of governance, and contributing to the advancement of developmental governance in Africa.
- Fondation Paul Ango Ela (FPAE)
he ‘Fondation Paul Ango Ela’ of geopolitics in Central Africa is a center for research, reflection, documentation, exchanges and meetings in a spirit of tolerance, discipline, the logic of the adversarial and the user friendliness. It is intended for academics, policy makers, researchers, students and also to all those concerned with the evolution of Central Africa and its geopolitics.
- Association of Concerned African Scholars (ACAS)
ACAS is an organization of scholars and students engaged in critical research and analysis of Africa and U.S. government policy; developing communication and action networks; and mobilizing concerned communities on critical, current issues related to Africa. ACAS is committed to interrogating the methods and theoretical approaches that shape the study of Africa.
ACAS was founded in 1977 by a group of scholars committed to developing an engaged community producing critical analysis of apartheid in South Africa. ACAS members now work on a range of issues, including U.S. military interventions, the politics of trade and development, the HIV crisis, and alternative means of generating knowledge about Africa.
- Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC)
The Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC), established in 2003, is part of a Ford Foundation five-year grant-making initiative, "Global Dialogue of Sexual Health and Well Being" aimed at giving visibility, depth and legitimacy to the field of sexuality. The goal of the ARSRC is to promote more informed and affirming public dialogue on human sexuality and to contribute to positive changes in the emerging field of sexuality in Africa, by creating mechanisms for learning at the regional level.
The initiative has two major components:
- Convening of an International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy that will work to stimulate global policy debate related to sexuality, sexual health and sexual rights and to promote interfacing between key actors and social movements, and
- Establishment of regional Sexuality Resource Centres located in Latin America, Africa, Asia and North America, to work on sexuality research and advocacy aimed at strengthening national and regional efforts.
- Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
The ISS contributes to policy formulation and implementation across an identified spectrum of human security issues to achieve its mission, and to meet its obligations to Africa and the international community.
The ISS currently has thirteen major programmes and two supporting initiatives that contribute to human security in Africa. These arose from a combination of making operational the institute’s mission, meeting stakeholder demand, and responding to new conditions over time. The comparative advantage of the ISS lies in its long-time experience in the field of human security in Africa and the ability to deliver high quality products and services. About eighty percent of the institute’s programmes relate to a regional context or at pan-African level.
- International Research and Training Center (IRTC)
The University of California system seeks to create an International Research and Training Center (IRTC) in Central Africa that will facilitate interdisciplinary environmental, health, and social science research. Its goals are to establish a resource center with emphasis on community participation that coordinates research projects throughout the region, forges lasting partnerships with African universities, African and American governmental agencies, the private sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and develop a training program for U.S. and African students that promotes sustainable development in the region. The IRTC will house a wide range of research projects conducted by scholars from campuses of the University of California and California State University systems and other American investigators in partnership with African scholars and students.
Americas
- Andean Development Corporation
"Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is a multilateral financial institution that mobilizes resources from international markets to Latin America, in order to provide multiple banking services to both public and private clients of its shareholder countries. The Institution is committed to sustainable development and regional integration."
- Center for Global Development (CGDEV)
"The Center for Global Development is an independent, nonprofit policy research organization that is dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality and to making globalization work for the poor. Through a combination of research and strategic outreach, the Center actively engages policymakers and the public to influence the policies of the United States, other rich countries, and such institutions as the World Bank, the IMF, and the World Trade Organization to improve the economic and social development prospects in poor countries. CGD was recently ranked among the world’s top think tanks (number 15 out of several thousand such research organizations) in an independent survey-based ranking published in Foreign Policy magazine."
- COORDINADORA REGIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ECONÓMICAS Y SOCIALES (CRIES)
"fundada en Managua en 1982, es una red de centros de investigación, ONGs, asociaciones profesionales y fundaciones. CRIES promueve la investigación social y económica en los países de América Latina y el Caribe en base a la participación de la sociedad civil. Su trabajo se basa en el principio de que la consolidación institucional y democrática requiere monitoreo y compromiso activos."
- Instituto de Integración Latinoamericana
"El Instituto de Integración Latinoamericana fue fundado y aprobado por la Universidad Nacional de La Plata en el año 1970, en el ámbito de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales. Constituye una institución pionera en el país y América Latina en los estudios de la integración, ya que en su seno se creó la primera carrera de postgrado titulada “Licenciatura Especializada en Derecho de la Integración Económica”.
- Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL)
"INTAL is a unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (www.iadb.org) created over four decades ago. The Institute was founded in the framework of an agreement signed between the IDB and the Government of Argentina, who had offered to be host country. Since its beginnings INTAL has supported the Bank’s regional integration strategy. Its general objective is to promote and consolidate Latin American and Caribbean integration at the sub-regional, regional, inter-regional, hemispheric and international levels."
- Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos
"The French Institute for Andean Studies (IFEA) established in Lima on 14th May 1948 with the name of the French Centre for Andean Studies, is today an Integrated Unit of the French Institutes Abroad and its activities are under the direction of the National Institute for Scientific Research and the French Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs (UMIFRE 17 CNR-MAEE). Pluridisciplinary institution, the IFEA’s objective is the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge about the Andean world, including its past and present societies, as well as its environment. The Institute receive French, European and Andean researchers and its cooperation activities are carried out in four Andean countries: Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador."
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)
"The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association was founded in July 1992, to encourage greater professional interaction and foster increased dialogue among researchers and practitioners whose work focuses on the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. Since its inception LACEA has grown to an organization with an annual average of 800 active members. Starting from 1996, the association has held annual meetings in Mexico City, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Madrid, Puebla, San José Costa Rica and Paris.
To help promote the interaction of young and seasoned economists, as well as social scientists and development practitioners, LACEA also sponsors four research networks: the Network on Inequality and Poverty (NIP); the Political Economy Group (PEG); the Regional Integration Network (RIN); and the Workshop on International Economics and Finance. Finally, since 2000, LACEA has been publishing its own journal Economia that has recently released its thirteenth issue."
- Centre d'études interaméricaines
"Le Centre d'études interaméricaines a pour vocation d'étudier l'évolution de la coopération interaméricaine dans la foulée des initiatives prises lors des Sommets des Amériques, dans des domaines tels l'intégration économique et le libre-échange, la démocratie et les droits humains, la santé et l'éducation, la sécurité hémisphérique ainsi que le développement durable. Le Centre s'est donné trois missions principales."
- Mercosur Economic Research Network
Mercosur Economic Research Network (MercoNet) is a12 years old academic network comprising 12 research institutions (universities and research centers) from Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay). Since 2009 MercoNet research has been developed in collaboration with academic partners from Chile, Perú and México reinforcing a Latin American perspective of its research projects. The main aspect of MercoNet is that researchers participate in multi-country projects and promote a broader regional vision of development issues, debates and policy responses.
By October 2010, MercoNet has published 19 books, 22 Working Papers, 20 Briefs, and more than 90 articles, available online for researchers, policy-makers, journalists and students (www.redmercosur.org).
- Institue of Latin American Studies at Columbia University (ILAS)
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) is the center for research, teaching and discussion on Latin America at Columbia University. Its main goal is to bring together and provide resources for Columbia faculty, students and visiting scholars, recognizing the diversity of their interests and approaches while strengthening their links with Latin America and with communities of Latin American origin in the United States.
- Centre of Latin American Studies
The Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) was founded in 1966 to promote research and teaching on Latin America in the University. In addition to offering a taught MPhil (Masters) course in Latin American Studies, the Centre provides supervision for PhD (doctoral) students, sponsors research projects, organizes conferences and invites scholars from Latin America and universities around the world to speak at weekly open seminars. It hosts the prestigious Simón Bolívar Chair of Latin American Studies, a visiting professorship for distinguished Latin American intellectuals. CLAS also maintains a library containing over 12,000 volumes, together with an important archive of more than 500 Latin American films.
Asia-Pacific
- ASEAN Focus Group
"Asean Focus Group has its primary focus on the business opportunities which lie in Australia, India and the ten member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations -- ASEAN -- namely: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam."
- Shanghai Insitute of International Studies
"Founded in 1960, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) is acomprehensive research organization for studies of international politics, economy,security strategy and China's external relations. The SIIS is dedicated to serving forChina's modernization drive, and for Shanghai's opening-up and economic development. It mainly studies the United States, Japan, Europe, Russia and the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on relations among major powers and China's peripheryenvironment."
- Comparative Regionalism Project (CREP)
"The initial goal of the Comparative Regionalism Project (CREP) is to identify similarities and differences among Regionalism in three different regions: Europe, the Americas, and East Asia.
For this purpose, we analyze regional arrangements in these regions using the common analytical framework from such perspectives of law, politics and economics. We focus not only on states (national governments) but also on non-state actors such as firms, citizens' groups, and local governments as actors that may enhance institutionalization of regionalism.
Our final goal is to present legal visions that can contribute to the institutionalization of the East Asian regionalism in the future.
The Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Category B) has been offered to our project CREP by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for the academic years of 2006 and 2007."
- East Asia Integration Studies
East Asia Integration Studies is a online portal initiated by the Hanns-Seidel Stiftung, Korea. The Hanns-Seidel Stiftung (HSS) is working in the field of political education as it is founded as a political foundation. The mission of the foundation varies among the countries which were chosen for continuous projects. So one aspect of the project in the Republic of Korea is to transfer knowledge about the recunification in Germany to Koreans - particularly to those near the demilitarized zone. Moreover, as the HSS has offices not only in the Republic of Korea, but also in China, Indonesia and on the Philippines, it shows particular interest in the development in East Asia and the economic integration in this region.
- Institute of Asia Pacific Studies
The Institute focuses on the rapidly changing and developing Asia-Pacific region, aiming to construct a research and education network as well as becoming the source of abundant research results and information in diverse fields. In particular, it is dedicated to pursuing world-class research.
- Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI)
The aim of GIARI is to produce outstanding graduates, specialists in their fields, equipped with comprehensive and sophisticated knowledge, able to contribute to the realization of regional interests, a newly emerging concept that goes beyond the traditional notion of national interests. GIARI is also intent on establishing itself as a world-leader in the promotion of Asian integration, while working to find solutions for many of the serious problems that the Asian region faces.
- Asia Research Centre
The Asia Research Centre has been specialized in the study of East and Southeast Asia, undertaking fundamental interdisciplinary and disciplinary research into a wide range of social, political and economic dynamics within the region.Thematic to Centre research is the analysis of conflicts over: political and economic regimes; environmental resources; ethnic, religious and national identities; cultural and media systems; and the security of states, communities and individuals. Analysis spans national, sub-national, regional and international levels. The Centre’s objectives are to: produce high quality academic research publications for international and domestic audiences; foster the development of high quality research graduates; and to constructively contribute to public policy debate and public understanding on issues concerning contemporary Asia.
- Academy of East Asian Studies (AEAS)
The AEAS consists of 4 Subordinate institutes for research. Institute of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, Daedong Institute for Korean Studies, Institute of East Asian Regional Studies, Survey Research Centre(SRC). Institute of Confucian Philosophy and Culture is specialized in various academic issues related to Confucianism and couture in East Asia. It inherits tradition from the Old Sunkyunkwan and seeks to adapt the traditional East Asian way of thought to globalized world of today.
Founded in 1957, Daedong Institute for Korean Studies covers the classical culture of East Asia and critical issues of this area. Including a strong interest in Counfucianism it expands relations with other world-level institutes and receives a number of visiting scholars every year. The aim of the Institute of East Asian Regional Studies ti to study politics, economics and society of East Asian countries including Korea in order to enhance co-prosperity and help mutual understanding among those countries.
For the research activities, we promote exchange and accumulation of information and human resources. The SRC strongly believes that steady progress in social scientific knowledge is made possible by an accumulation of factual data sets that are faithful to rigorous empiricism. The SRC generates new data that adhere to strict guidelines in conducting the survey and disseminates new and existing survey data to an active network of scholars throughout the world
- Asia-Europe Institute
The AEI aims to be the place where intellectual discourses are held. Key issues on intensifying globalization and regionalization environment, international business, innovation and technologies and inter-regional relations between Asia and Europe are discussed. Further AEI promotes collaborative research with academic as well as government and private sector institutions. Our research pillars and range of international postgraduate courses indicate the breadth and quality of expertise that the AEI can bring to bear. As such, our postgraduate students are central to the realization of a collaborative and innovative education hub for the future.
Central Asia
- The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is Harvard University’s center for interdisciplinary research and study of Russia and the countries surrounding it. They have over 200 affiliates working in disciplines ranging from anthropology to sociology, and whose regional interests span virtually all of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The Outreach Program of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies serves K-12 public, private and charter schools in the greater New England area in providing resources for teaching about Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
- The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is Harvard University’s center for interdisciplinary research and study of Russia and the countries surrounding it. They have over 200 affiliates working in disciplines ranging from anthropology to sociology, and whose regional interests span virtually all of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The Outreach Program of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies serves K-12 public, private and charter schools in the greater New England area in providing resourc The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the Silk Road Studies Program constitute a joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center. The Center is independent and privately funded, and has offices in Washington, D.C., and Stockholm, Sweden. The Center is affiliated with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, and with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. It is the first Center of its kind in both Europe and North America, and is firmly established as a leading focus of research and policy worldwide, serving a large and diverse community of analysts, scholars, policy-watchers, business leaders, journalists, and students for teaching about Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
- Eurasian Development Bank
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is an international financial institution founded in order to foster economic growth and integration processes in the Eurasian region. According to the founding documents, any country or international organization can apply to become a member of the EDB, as long as the Bank’s specific criteria are met. Successful applicants become members following a decision of the Bank’s Council and after having paid in their required share capital.
- International Institute for Central Asian Studies
The International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) was established in August 1995 in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) as a direct outcome of the UNESCO Silk Roads Expeditions. The concept of the Institute was conceived during the Steppe Route Expedition in Central Asia organized within framework of UNESCO Project "Integral Study of the Silk Roads: Roads of Dialogue", a major project of the World Decade for Cultural Development (1987-1997). The main objectives of IICAS are to bring to the attention of the international community historical and cultural issues on Central Asia and to strengthen collaboration between local scholars and their colleagues abroad through a multidisciplinary study of the region
- Inner Asian &Uraric national Resource center
In 1962, Indiana University’s Bloomington campus became home to the Uralic and Altaic Language and Area Center, which in 1981 was renamed the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC). Over the last several decades, Indiana University has gathered leading specialists, impressive library collections, and other top-quality resources to create the nation’s premier program in Central Eurasian Studies. These resources support quality training and outreach programs that continue to serve the entire country. The IAUNRC is a United States Department of Education Title VI grant institution that coordinates these resources to increase understanding of all aspects of the diverse region and peoples of Azerbaijan, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Tibet, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang.
- Central Asia Regional Economci Cooperation (CAREC) Institute
The two main purposes of the CAREC Institute are to:
- enhance the capabilities of CAREC government officials to engage in regional cooperation processes, and improve their capacities to plan and implement regional cooperation projects; and
- apply new solutions and best practices based on empirical research to regional challenges and cooperative processes, and build up policy analysis capabilities in the region.
The CAREC Institute is expected to enhance the quality of regional cooperation by generating world-class knowledge resources in the priority areas of transport, energy, trade facilitation, and trade policy, which will lead to higher capacities for regional cooperation and accelerated economic growth in Central Asia.
Europe
- Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation
"AITIC is an intergovernmental organisation (IGO), based in Geneva. Its goal is to assist less-advantaged countries (LACs) to have more effective trade-led growth through personalised assistance and capacity-building programmes. AITIC provides the LACs (i.e. resource-constrained developing countries and economies in transition, with a priority to the least-developed countries) with information and policy advice to help them integrate into the multilateral trading system and the work of the WTO and other international trade-related organisations in Geneva. This assistance contributes to a more effective trade policy and to the strengthening of LACs capacity to trade."
- Asia Centre
"Asia Centre conducts research and organises debates on International Relations issues and on the political and economic transformations of the Asia-Pacific, areas on which it also provides authoritative andd independent analyses. The Centre welcomes cooperations and institutional dialogues with partners in the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere."
- Center for Comparative Integration Studies (CCIS)
"The CCIS aims at initiating comprehensive, empirically based analyses of regional integration-projects, successful as well as failed ones, in order to gain insights in the integration-processes, more specifically preconditions, ‘starters’, and ‘blockers’. We deliberately try to cover all significant projects systematically from the beginning of the 20th century until today worldwide; those which worked; those which failed and those in the making."
- Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR)
"The research agenda of CSGR highlights issues of the definition, measurement, impacts, and policy implications of globalisation and regionalisation. More specifically, much of the Centre’s research concentrates on questions such as comparative regionalisms, the political economy of global and regional finance and trade, civil society in globalisation and regionalisation, and security issues in globalisation and regionalisation. CSGR research spans all regions of the world, as well as relations between them."
- Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC)
"The Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC) was created in 1995 to strengthen economics education and research capabilities in the CIS. Managed by a Moscow-based secretariat, EERC’s Research Network supports original policy-relevant studies, organizes training seminars and research workshops, links academics and policymakers, and invests in the virtual research infrastructure – access to scholarly literature, data and peers. Since 2000, EERC serves as the regional representative of the Global Development Network (GDN) in the CIS."
- Institute for European Studies
"The Institute for European Studies is an autonomous department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). It was created in 2001 through an initiative taken by the Flemish Government. It teaches advanced Master programmes, and focuses on interdisciplinary research in European Studies, more specifically on the role of the EU in an international setting. Within this scope, it provides academic services to scholars, policy makers and the general public."
- Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS)
"The IIIS was established in 2002. It is dedicated to the promotion of research and learning about the myriad dimensions of global and regional integration. In pursuit of this goal the IIIS brings together a network of researchers from inside, Internal Research Associates, and outside, External Research Associates, who are linked to its programmes of research.."
- Jean Monnet Programme
"Under the Jean Monnet Project, the European Commission supports university initiatives aimed at creating teaching activities in European integration. Launched in 1990 at the specific request of the academic world, the Jean Monnet Project aims to promote teaching in European integration, in particular in Law, Economics, Political Science and History - the disciplines where European Union developments are becoming an increasingly important part of the subject studied and where student demand is at its greatest. "
- Centre for European Policy Studies
"Founded in Brussels in 1983, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is among the most experienced and authoritative think tanks operating in the European Union today. CEPS serves as a leading forum for debate on EU affairs, but its most distinguishing feature lies in its strong in-house research capacity, complemented by an extensive network of partner institutes throughout the world.
CEPS’ funding is obtained from a variety of sources, including membership fees, project research, foundation grants, conferences fees, publication sales and an annual grant from the European Commission."
- The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
"Established in 1973 as an independent research institute, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) is a non-profit organization [..] The Institute has established a number of databases providing exhaustive statistical data on the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe. The data are readily available to the general public in a variety of forms (online, CD-ROM or hard copy).
- Trans European Policy Studies Association
"TEPSA, established in 1974 as an International Association under Belgian Law and the first transeuropean research network, comprises leading research institutes in the field of European affairs throughout Europe, with an office in Brussels.
With its decentralized approach, TEPSA combines the strengths of its members and enriches the results of their work. TEPSA exemplifies the ‘bottom-up’ approach to European governance, and contributes to the EU’s dialogue with citizens."
Western Asia
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