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The Edinburgh office of the '''International Institute for Environment and Development''' (IIED) (http://www.iied.org/index.html) is another exception in Scotland’s think-tank landscape. Founded in the USA in 1971 as the [[Sourcewatch:International Institute for Environmental Affairs|International Institute for Environmental Affairs]], its main office today is in London.  
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The Edinburgh office of the '''International Institute for Environment and Development''' [http://www.iied.org/ IIED]  is an exception in Scotland's think-tank landscape. Founded in the USA in 1971 as the [[Sourcewatch:International Institute for Environmental Affairs|International Institute for Environmental Affairs]], its main office today is in London.
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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. In 2006/07 the IIED received about £8.8 million from aid and development departments, intergovernmental agencies, foundations, and corporate and individual donors from across Europe and North America [http://www.iied.org/general/about-iied/funding]. The IIED discloses all its sources of funding and lists it sponsors and partners on its website.
  
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.
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==Board of Trustees==
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Maureen O'Neil, Chair, Canada | [[Alan Jenkins]], Vice Chair, United Kingdom | Julio Berdeguè, Mexico | [[Margaret Catley-Carlson]], Canada | Teresa Fogelberg, The Netherlands | [[Timothy Hornsby]], United Kingdom | Laila Iskandar, Egypt | Lailai Li, China | [[Carol Madison Graham]] FRSA, USA/UK | Anna Maembe, Tanzania | Pancho Ndebele, South Africa | Sheela Patel, India | [[Peter Ratzer]], UK | [[Henrik Secher Marcussen]], Denmark
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==Funding==
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IIED receives funding from aid and development ministries, intergovernmental agencies, foundations, and corporate and individual donors. Annual receivable income is about UK£8.8 million (2006/07), covering approximately 250 projects involving over 1000 partners:
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'''Government and Government Agencies'''
  
==Board of Trustees==
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GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND
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DEVELOPMENT, Germany
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CIDA, Canada
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Denmark
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DEFRA, UK
  
[[Mary Robinson]], Chair, Ireland
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DFID, UK
  
Derek F Osborn, Vice Chair, United Kingdom
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FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, UK
  
Lael Bethlehem, South Africa
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Netherlands
  
Margaret Catley-Carlson, Canada
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MINISTRY OF ECOLOGY, France
  
Sir Partha Dasgupta, United Kingdom/India
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IRISH AID, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Ireland
  
Ana Hardoy, Argentina
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, Netherlands
  
Arif Hasan, Pakistan
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NORAD, Norway
  
Timothy Hornsby, United Kingdom
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NORWEGIAN MFA, Norway
  
Alan Jenkins, United Kingdom
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SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY (Sida), Sweden
  
Idris Kikula, Tanzania
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Sweden
  
Lailai Li, China
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SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT & CO-OPERATION (SDC), Switzerland
  
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, France
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'''International & Multilateral Agencies'''
  
Yves Renard, St. Lucia
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
  
Niels Roling, The Netherlands
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UN
  
Madhu Sarin, India
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UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
Henrik Secher Marcussen, Denmark
 
  
Youba Sokona, Mali
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UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
  
Jonathan F Taylor, United Kingdom
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UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION
  
==Funding==
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UN HABITAT
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
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UNOPS
  
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada
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WORLD BANK GROUP
  
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK
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'''Foundations and other funders'''
  
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), Canada
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THE ALLACHY TRUST, UK
  
Department for International Development (DFID)
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ALTERRA, Netherlands
  
Environment Canada
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CARE, Denmark
  
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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COMIC RELIEF, UK
  
Irish Embassy, Mozambique
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CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL, UK
  
Natural Resources Canada
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CORDAID, Netherlands
  
Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
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BIG LOTTERY FUND, UK
  
Norwegian Ministry Development Cooperation (NORAD)
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ECOLOGIC GMBH, Germany
  
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, UK
  
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA)
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ESMÉE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION, UK
  
Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA)
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ETC, Netherlands
  
Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC)
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FORD FOUNDATION INDIA, India
International & Multilateral Agencies
 
  
European Commission (EC)
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FOUNDATION INT.ENV.LAW & DEVELOPMENT, UK
  
Evangelische Zentralstelle Für Entwicklungshilfe (EZE)
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W&F HEWLETT FOUNDATION, USA
  
United Nations Secretariat for the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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GOTEBORG UNIVERSITY, Sweden
  
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
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ICCO, Netherlands
  
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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ILEIA, Netherlands
  
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO)
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER, Canada
  
United Nations Office for Projects and Services (UNOPS)
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INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INST, USA
  
World Bank
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE
'''Foundations and other funders'''
 
  
ALTERRA, Netherlands
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DEVELOPMENT, Canada
  
Conservation Law Foundation
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INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, UK
  
European Partners for the Environment Secretariat
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JOSEPH ROWNTREE, UK
  
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
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MISEREOR, Germany
  
Institute for Development Studies (IDS)
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ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, USA
  
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, UK
  
Justus-Liebig University - Giessen
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RUFFORD MAURICE LAING, UK
  
Loughborough University
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THE SIGRID RAUSING TRUST, UK
  
[[MacArthur Foundation]]
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SOUTHSOUTHNORTH, South Africa
  
[[Misereor]]
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STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE, Sweden
  
[[National Lotteries Charity Board]] (NLCB)
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SWEDBIO, Sweden
  
[[National Resources Institute]]
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THE JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, UK
  
[[Rockefeller Foundation]]
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THE TRAVEL FOUNDATION, UK
  
The [[Ruben and Elizabeth Rausing Trust]]
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TVE, UK
  
University of Leeds
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UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, Denmark
  
University of Trieste
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UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTER, UK
  
University of Oxford
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UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, UK
  
*World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
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WORLDWIDE FUND FOR NATURE, UK/ Switzerland
  
 
'''Corporate'''
 
'''Corporate'''
NRI International Ltd
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Coillte Consultants Ltd
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GHK (HONG KONG) LTD, Hong Kong
COWI Denmark
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*[[Shell]] IPC
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HTS DEVELOPMENT LTD, UK
*[[Sourcewatch:World Business Council for Sustainable Development|World Business Council for Sustainable Development ]]
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MRAG LTD., UK
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NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASS., UK
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NORDIC TIMBER COUNCIL, Norway
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PROFOREST, UK
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RAMBOLL, HANNEMANN & HOJLUND A/S, Denmark
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SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK & CO, UK
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
International Institute for Environment and Development Website [http://www.iied.org/]
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[http://www.iied.org/ International Institute for Environment and Development Website]
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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[[Category:Think Tanks]][[Category:Scotland]]
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[[Category:Scottish Think Tanks]]

Latest revision as of 11:24, 12 November 2008

The Edinburgh office of the International Institute for Environment and Development IIED is an 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. In 2006/07 the IIED received about £8.8 million from aid and development departments, intergovernmental agencies, foundations, and corporate and individual donors from across Europe and North America [1]. The IIED discloses all its sources of funding and lists it sponsors and partners on its website.

Board of Trustees

Maureen O'Neil, Chair, Canada | Alan Jenkins, Vice Chair, United Kingdom | Julio Berdeguè, Mexico | Margaret Catley-Carlson, Canada | Teresa Fogelberg, The Netherlands | Timothy Hornsby, United Kingdom | Laila Iskandar, Egypt | Lailai Li, China | Carol Madison Graham FRSA, USA/UK | Anna Maembe, Tanzania | Pancho Ndebele, South Africa | Sheela Patel, India | Peter Ratzer, UK | Henrik Secher Marcussen, Denmark

Funding

IIED receives funding from aid and development ministries, intergovernmental agencies, foundations, and corporate and individual donors. Annual receivable income is about UK£8.8 million (2006/07), covering approximately 250 projects involving over 1000 partners:

Government and Government Agencies

GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Germany CIDA, Canada

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Denmark

DEFRA, UK

DFID, UK

FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, UK

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Netherlands

MINISTRY OF ECOLOGY, France

IRISH AID, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Ireland

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, Netherlands

NORAD, Norway

NORWEGIAN MFA, Norway

SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY (Sida), Sweden

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Sweden

SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT & CO-OPERATION (SDC), Switzerland

International & Multilateral Agencies

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

UN

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION

UN HABITAT

UNOPS

WORLD BANK GROUP

Foundations and other funders

THE ALLACHY TRUST, UK

ALTERRA, Netherlands

CARE, Denmark

COMIC RELIEF, UK

CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL, UK

CORDAID, Netherlands

BIG LOTTERY FUND, UK

ECOLOGIC GMBH, Germany

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, UK

ESMÉE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION, UK

ETC, Netherlands

FORD FOUNDATION INDIA, India

FOUNDATION INT.ENV.LAW & DEVELOPMENT, UK

W&F HEWLETT FOUNDATION, USA

GOTEBORG UNIVERSITY, Sweden

ICCO, Netherlands

ILEIA, Netherlands

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER, Canada

INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INST, USA

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT, Canada

INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, UK

JOSEPH ROWNTREE, UK

MISEREOR, Germany

ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, USA

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, UK

RUFFORD MAURICE LAING, UK

THE SIGRID RAUSING TRUST, UK

SOUTHSOUTHNORTH, South Africa

STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE, Sweden

SWEDBIO, Sweden

THE JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, UK

THE TRAVEL FOUNDATION, UK

TVE, UK

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, Denmark

UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTER, UK

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, UK

WORLDWIDE FUND FOR NATURE, UK/ Switzerland

Corporate

GHK (HONG KONG) LTD, Hong Kong

HTS DEVELOPMENT LTD, UK

MRAG LTD., UK

NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASS., UK

NORDIC TIMBER COUNCIL, Norway

PROFOREST, UK

RAMBOLL, HANNEMANN & HOJLUND A/S, Denmark

SCOTT WILSON KIRKPATRICK & CO, UK

External links

International Institute for Environment and Development Website

Notes