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The list of donors’ organizations, international agencies and groups presented in CIS countries and Mongolia

Donor Programme Target Countries Target Areas

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization

http://www.fao.org

Central Asia, Caucasus and Mongolia

to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products; a UN specialized agency

UNDP - United Nations Development Program http://www.undp.org http://www.undp.org/unsystem/index.html

CIS countries and Mongolia

to provide technical assistance to stimulate economic and social development

UNEP - United Nations Environment Program http://www.unep.org

CIS countries and Mongolia

to promote international cooperation on all environmental matters

UNESCAP - UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific http://www.unescap.org/about/legislative.asp http://www.unescap.org/stat/role-rc.htm

The new subsidiary structure of the Commission consists of three thematic committees: Poverty reduction, Managing globalization, and Addressing emerging social issues

ADB - Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/EastCentralAsia/default.asp http://www.adb.org/CAREC/default.asp

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation – CAREC

Azerbaijan, Central Asia and Mongolia

Environment, Poverty Reduction, Microfinance, Trade facilitation, Transport, Energy/Water, to promote regional economic cooperation

WB - World Bank http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/eca/eca.nsf http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/thematic.htm

Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development sector of Europe and Central Asia (ECSSD)

CIS and Mongolia Support of rural, environmental, and social development, biodiversity to provide economic development loans; a UN specialized agency

GEF - Global Environment Facility http://www.gefweb.org/

Global Environment Program with WB

CIS and Mongolia 13 OPs including new Land Degradation,

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http://www.gefweb.org/What_is_the_GEF/what_is_the_gef.html SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrading/resources/organizations/sdc.html http://www.sdc.admin.ch/index.php?userhash=3322293&nav=397,399,399,399&l=e http://www.sdc.admin.ch/regiondoc.php?userhash=3322293&l=e&nav=4,87,87,87

An integral part of all projects and support measures is organizational and institutional development on all levels of the state and civil society.

Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia and Mongolia

Rural development, communication, health, census, statistics

CGIAR – Consultative Group on Agriculture Research http://www.cgiar.org/research/res_areas.html http://www.cgiar.org/research/res_global.html

Collaborative research program for sustainable agricultural development

Central Asia and Caucasus

research focuses on crop productivity, forestry and agroforestry, water management, aquaculture, and livestock, sustainable agriculture, climate change, desertification

IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development

http://www.ifad.org

Caucasus, Central Asia (exc. Turkmenistan), Moldova and Mongolia

to promote agricultural development; a UN specialized agency

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development http://www.ebrd.org/about/index.htm http://www.ebrd.org/enviro/index.htm http://www.ebrd.org/apply/index.htm

CIS and Mongolia to facilitate the transition of centrally planned economies from Central Europe to Central Asia

DFID - Department for International Development http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ http://trinity.wcmc.org.uk/dfidprojects/dfid.htm

Europe and Central Asia Department.

Central Asia, Giorgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Russia

Poverty reduction, Trade Sustainable development

ICARDA – International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area http://www.icarda.org

Central Asia and Caucasus Regional Program

Central Asia and Caucasus

Sustainable agriculture and development

JICA - Japan International Cooperation Agency Central Asia and Policies, Training, Technology

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http://www.jica.go.jp/english/index.html

Caucasus transfer, Trade and Infrastructure

GTZ - German Technical Cooperation http://www.gtz.de/themen/english/ http://www.gtz.de/laender/listeland.asp?spr=2&Thema=12 http://www.gtz.de/themen/environment-infrastructure/english/ http://www.gtz.de/themen/rural-development/english/

CIS (excluding Belarus) and Mongolia

protection and conservation of natural resources, including control of desertification and forest fires, organized self-help in rural areas, including establishment of rural cooperatives and support of private veterinary services

IFC - International Finance Cooperation http://ifcln1.ifc.org/ifcext/europe.nsf/ http://ifcln1.ifc.org/ifcext/europe.nsf/Content/Home http://ifcln1.ifc.org/ifcext/europe.nsf/Content/ProjectInformation http://ifcln1.ifc.org/ifcext/pep.nsf

Technical assistance programmes

CIS countries and Mongolia

Agribusinesses, private enterprise development

to support private enterprise in international economic development; a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate

IMF – International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/tech.htm

CIS countries and Mongolia

to improve the quality of policy-making, and gives advice on how to design and implement effective macroeconomic and structural policies

USAID – US Agency for International Development http://qesdb.cdie.org/gbk/overview.html

CIS countries and Mongolia

Poverty reduction, SME, sustainable development

TACIS - Technical Assistance to CIS countries http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/tacis/intro/

On country level, on regional level and small projects

CIS countries and Mongolia

Launched by the EC in 1991, the Tacis Programme provides grant-financed technical assistance to 13 countries, and mainly aims at enhancing the transition process in these countries: SME, agriculture, environment and etc.

SIDA – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=166

the development cooperation programme

Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Economic growth, Social equity, sustainable use and protection of

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http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1780&a=15311 International Development Cooperation

Moldova, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia

natural resources, small and medium-size industries

DEFRA - Britain’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/index.asp

Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Ecology and sustainable development

Helvetas – Swiss Association for International Cooperation http://www.helvetas.ch/english/epj_main.html

Kyrgyzstan Agricultural sector

LIFE Contacts http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/contact/index.htm http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/funding/index.htm

Eastern Europe and Russia

A multitude of organisations and authorities in the Member States, the candidate are involved in the implementation of the LIFE financial instrument.

JBIC - Japan Bank for International Cooperation http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/oec/policy/index.php http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/oec/policy/pdf/e_jisshi_priorityregion.pdf http://www.jbic.go.jp/english/environ/support/overseas/index.php

Central Asia, Mongolia

economic infrastructure, knowledge assistant in partnership, environmental improvement and anti-pollution mesures

AusAID - Australian Government http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=37 http://www.ausaid.gov.au/

human resource development programs

Mongolia clean water and basic services to the urban poor

Aga Khan Foundation http://www.akdn.org/agency/akf.html

Mainly in Tajikistan, and regionally in Central Asia

Rural development, food security, education, health, , NGOs-enhancement, environment

SECO - State Secretariat for Economic Affairs http://www.seco-cooperation.ch/index.html?lang=en&PHPSESSID=aee32f0b947e7bee201fbdced356d7a2

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan,

Poverty reduction by the promotion of sustainable growth and the improvement of standards of living

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http://www.seco-cooperation.ch/entwicklungsarbeit/00455/index.html? lang=en&PHPSESSID=aee32f0b947e7bee201fbdced356d7a2 http://www.seco-cooperation.ch/laender/index.html?lang=en&PHPSESSID=aee32f0b947e7bee201fbdced356d7a2

Tajiistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine

The KfW Group (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) http://www.kfw.de/EN/Die%20Bank/Inhalt.jsp http://www.kfw-mittelstandsbank.de/mportal/English/English.jsp

SMEs

RoKS - Research on Knowledge Systems http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-45704-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html www.rockfound.org

initiative of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation is launching a competition to support research on the social equity and public policy challenges of transformative technologies faced by developing countries

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Russia to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC)

Caucasus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

to enhance regional stability through economic cooperation

Central European Initiative (CEI)

Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine

to form an economic and political cooperation group for the region between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas

Council of Europe (CE) Armenia, Azerbaijan,

to promote increased unity and quality of life in Europe

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Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)

Russia to promote cooperation among the Baltic Sea states in the areas of aid to new democratic institutions, economic development, humanitarian aid, energy and the environment, cultural programs and education, and transportation and communication

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

Central Asia

to promote regional cooperation in trade, transportation, communications, tourism, cultural affairs, and economic development

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)

CIS countries to discuss cooperation on mutual political and security issues

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Georgia, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine

to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels

International Development Association (IDA)

CIS countries (excl. Turkmenisatn and Belorus) and Mongolia

to provide economic loans for low-income countries; UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate

International Labor Organization (ILO)

CIS and Mongolia to deal with world labor issues; a UN specialized agency

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,

to promote Islamic economic aid and social development

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Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

CIS countries to foster the implementation of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, and the rule of law; to act as an instrument of early warning, conflict prevention, and crisis management; and to serve as a framework for conventional arms control and confidence building measures

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

CIS countries and Mongolia

to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

CIS countries and Mongolia

UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Russia is a Board memeber

to help the UN become more effective through training and research

Sources: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2033.html Field Listing - Environment - international agreements

http://www.usc.edu/schools/sppd/research/cippad/links.html and web-sites of donors’ organisation