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General Resources

Albania

Japan

Russia

Action Without Borders Database and website links for civil society organizations around the world.

Association of Voluntary Service Organizations

C.A.R.E.

CharityNet
An international resource center on voluntary action.

CIVICUS
The World Alliance for Citizen Participation.

Communitybuilders.nsw
For people who want to make their communities more dynamic, healthy and successful.

Community Development Society
A professional association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.

Doctors without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres)

European Funders Online

InterAction

International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Assisting the creation and improvement of laws and regulatory systems that permit, encourage, and regulate the not-for-profit sector in countries around the world.

International Fund Raising Group
Dedicated to enabling people in the voluntary sector throughout the world to mobilise resources for their causes by sharing and developing their skills, knowledge and experience.

Eactivism
An effort to unify and strengthen the online nonprofit community and encourage online activism.

European Foundation Ctr. Membership-led association which promotes foundations and corporate citizenship in the development of the New Europe.

Global Business Responsibility Resource Center
Comprenhensive worldwide information resource on corporate social responsibility.

The Hunger Site

International Center for Research on Women
Promotes social and economic development with women's full participation.

International Donors Dialogue

OneWorld
A global site that monitors current events for their impact on nonprofit institutions, their services, and stakeholders.

PACT
(Private Agencies Collaborating Together), which works to strengthen community-focused nonprofit sectors worldwide.

Partnerships for Poverty Reduction
Joint initiative of the Economic Development Institute/World Bank, UNDP, and the Inter-American Foundation that seeks to promote cooperation between the public, private, and NGO sectors in poverty reduction activities.

Public Conversations Project
Seeks to foster ways of talking across difference that decrease polarization and increase mutual understanding and possibilities for collaborative action.

Salzburg Seminar, Third Sector Program
Contains a handbook outlining legal, economic, and institutional policy recommendations, designed to help decision-makers understand the importance of the third sector.

SIGMA
Supports public administration reform efforts in Central and Eastern European countries.

Social Watch
An NGO watchdog system that monitors the performance of governments in meeting targets of social progress to which they themselves have made pledges at relevant United Nations Conferences.

The Universal Forum of Cultures
This forum is a call to all cultures worldwide to make their voices heard in a great celebration that will be held in Barcelona in 2004. For the first time at any universal event, the virtual area is as much a protagonist as the physical one.

Union of International Associations
Publishes their "Yearbook of International Organizations" on-line.

VOICE International
assist in the strengthening of civil society by supporting the formation, independence, and diversity of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.

Community/Free-Nets

The following sites offer the two best directories of free-nets on the web.

Victoria Directory

Northern Lights' Directory

The Albanian Civil Society Foundation

Armenia

Non-Governmental Organization "Support Group"

Australia

Australian Association of Philanthropy

Civic Chamber

Givewell
Research service for informed charity giving for companies and individuals.

Peel Volunteer Resource Centre
assist volunteers of the Peel region of Western Australia in finding rewarding positions which fulfil their needs.

Philanthropy Australia

Volunteer Centre of Western Australia
provides free information and other services to volunteers and community groups involved with volunteers.

Austria

The World of NGOs - Austria

Belarus

NGO Development Center

Belgium

The Orpheus Programme

Botswana

The Botswana Council of NGOs

Bulgaria

Open Society Foundation - Sofia

Union of Bulgarian Foundations and Asscociations

Canada

Canadian Centre for Philanthropy

Canadian Non-Profit Resource Network

Charity Village

Croatia

Centre for Development of Non-Profit Organizations

Estonia

Estonian NGO and Foundation Infoserver

Finland

Finnish Council of Foundations

France

Fondation de France

Georgia

Horizonti - The Foundation for the Third Sector

Germany

German Charities Institute (Deutsches Spendeninstitut)
free database on 5000 German non-profit organisations, volunteer ads and the "who-is-who" of German philanthropy.

Hanover Community Foundation (BÜrgerstiftung Hannover)
seeks to encourage the people and firms of the Hanover region to take over greater joint responsibility for the character of their community.

Hungary

Nonprofit Information and Training Center Foundation

Soros Foundation - Hungary

India

India Development Information Network
Provides contact information for more than 1,000 development organizations that operate in India. The site also offers news, descriptions of projects, and summaries of books and reports on development work in India.

Indonesia

LSM - Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat of Indonesia

Ireland

Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action

Italy

The Centre of Documentation on Foundations

Japanese NPO Center

Hokkaido NPO Support Centre

Sendai Miyagi NPO Center

Coalition for Legislation to Support Citizen’s Organizations

NPO Training & Resource Center

Shimin Forum 21 NPO Centre