International Institute for Environment and Development

The Edinburgh office of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is another exception in Scotland’s think-tank landscape. Founded in the USA in 1971 as the International Institute for Environmental Affairs, its main office today is in London.

The IIED is a non-profit organization promoting sustainable world development. It describes itself as a globally operating agency contributing to ‘environmental policy and action’. The Scottish IIED office concentrates on promoting sustainable development for Africa’s drylands belt south of the Sahara. It is a ‘specialist think-tank’44, as it focuses on environmental issues and does not pursue an ‘all-round’-agenda like many other think-tanks. In 2000/01 the IIED received about £6 million from aid and development ministries, intergovernmental agencies, foundations, and corporate and individual donors from across Europe and North America45. The IIED discloses all its sources of funding and lists it sponsors and partners on its website.

Funding

IIED receives funding from aid and development ministries, intergovernmental agencies, foundations, and corporate and individual donors. Annual receivable income is about UK£6 million (2000/01), covering approximately 250 projects involving over 1000 partners.

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (BMZ), Germany

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Canada

Department for International Development (DFID)

Environment Canada

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Irish Embassy, Mozambique

Natural Resources Canada

Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs (DGIS)

Norwegian Ministry Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)

Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA)

Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC) International & Multilateral Agencies

European Commission (EC)

Evangelische Zentralstelle Für Entwicklungshilfe (EZE)

United Nations Secretariat for the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO)

United Nations Office for Projects and Services (UNOPS)

World Bank Foundations and other funders

ALTERRA, Netherlands

Conservation Law Foundation

European Partners for the Environment Secretariat

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Institute for Development Studies (IDS)

World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Justus-Liebig University - Giessen

Loughborough University

MacArthur Foundation

Misereor

National Lotteries Charity Board (NLCB)

National Resources Institute

Rockefeller Foundation

The Ruben and Elizabeth Rausing Trust

University of Leeds

University of Trieste

University of Oxford

• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Corporate NRI International Ltd Coillte Consultants Ltd COWI Denmark

• Shell IPC
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development

External links

International Institute for Environment and Development Website [1]