Arzte fur die Dritte Welt. In 1983, Jesuit Father Bernhard Ehlen founded the Doctors for Developing Countries committee. The offices of the German organisation are based in Frankfurt am Main. The Doctors for Developing Countries committee has carried out over 3,800 missions in the so-called developing countries in the course of its existence with the help of doctors working on a voluntary basis, without remuneration. To date, approximately 2,100 doctors have travelled to these countries in order to treat patients, vaccinate children and operate clinics.

The committee has nine projects in the Philippines, in India, Bangladesh, Kenya and Nicaragua. The projects are supported on location by two to six doctors. On the island of Mindanao (Philippines) and in Nicaragua, a dentist is also a part of the team of doctors.

All doctors work without remuneration. In addition to this, they also pay a contribution, amounting to at least half of the airfare. An independent group of sponsors takes care of the administrative costs, which amount to less than 6% of the entire expenses. This means that the administrative costs are extremely low as the committee is very modestly equipped and the majority of the administrative work is performed by volunteers. As the administrative costs are taken care of by a separate group of sponsors, the committee is able to guarantee that all project donations are directed to the work in the Third World in their entirety. www.aerzte-dritte-welt.de/

APHD

Asia Partnership for Human Development. In Asia today, more and more people are deprived of their human rights and basic needs. Market-driven economic policies widen social inequality. They cause food insecurity and environmental degradation; migration of labor and job insecurity; displace communities and distort cultural values. Consumerism, materialism, and the commodification of human beings are the result. Widespread social conflict, fundamentalism and civil wars encourage regional instability and increase human misery. Over the years APHD has endeavored to understand and address these issues from the perspective of the Gospel and the social teaching of the Church. Through its pursuit of integral human development, APHD is committed to nurturing a spirituality that underpins the struggles and hopes of the peoples of Asia. In this new millennium, APHD is further challenged to pursue its ideals of human development in solidarity with the poor, to strengthen unity and build capacity within the Partnership. www.aphd.or.th/

ASG

Ateneo de Manila University formed the School of Government (ASG) to provide an institutional vehicle for the development of public servants and as a forum for dialogue and partnership among the government, the private, the non-government organization and people's organization sectors. 

As a professional school for public service, the ASG creates an environment that fosters the development of new ideas, concepts and methods. Focusing on results, it facilitates a learning process where theory and practice are joined, and where wisdom of the classroom interacts with the world of policy decision and action.

The School draws from the intellectual resources of the various academic units of the University as well as from its many years of social apostolate and interaction with the country's decision-makers and basic sectors of society. http://www.asg.ateneo.edu/

BCN

The Biodiversity Conservation Network (BCN), a component of the Biodiversity Support Program (BSP), is an innovative USAID-funded program working in the Asia/Pacific Region to provide grants for community-based enterprises that directly depend on biodiversity. BCN has two goals: 1) promoting community-based conservation and 2) testing the hypothesis that if local communities receive sufficient benefits from a biodiversity-linked enterprise, then they will act to conserve it.

BCN awarded two types of grants through a rigorous, competitive process: Planning Grants and Implementation Grants. The Planning Grants or feasibility study funds, were awarded up until April 1994 to offset the costs of project design. Three-year Implementation Grants were awarded to those groups whose projects met BCN's requirements for potential enterprise viability and the development of monitoring plans to assess the biological, social, and economic impacts of the enterprises.

The overall BCN program was carefully designed to provide the foundation for selecting and supporting multifaceted projects. BCN-funded projects integrate enterprise development with community organization and policy efforts needed to achieve conservation. Key to the program's ultimate success is the collection of social, economic and biological data to measure the effectiveness of these enterprise-oriented, community-based approaches to conservation. www.worldwildlife.org/bsp/bcn/

BSP

The Biodiversity Support Program (BSP) operated from 1989-2001 as a consortium of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and World Resources Institute (WRI) and was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

BSP's mission was to promote conservation of the world's biological diversity believing that a healthy and secure living resource base is essential to meet the needs and aspirations of future generations.

BSP carried out its mission by supporting projects that combined conservation with social and economic development. Specifically it undertook:

• Analysis of traditional and innovative approaches to biodiversity conservation to determine the most effective conservation practices.
• Neutral facilitation of processes involving multiple stakeholders, sometimes with competing interests, and catalyzing partnerships and activities.
• Capacity strengthening of individuals and organizations through enhancement of technical, organizational, and strategic skills.
• Technical assistance to partners, including USAID.

BSP worked with many partners, including nongovernmental organizations, governments, communities, donors, academics, and the private sector. www.worldwildlife.org/bsp/

CEIE

CEIE is an online communication for virtual exchange that highlights the diversity of cultures and communicates the significance of the resource management efforts of indigenous cultures. In addition, it seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and environment in Europe and to share n Asian view that emphasizes the importance of the cultural perspective for environmental management. Likewise, it seeks to learn from European traditional communities with strong regional identities and to understand the opportunities this opens up.

The CEIE initiative involves institutional partners from Europe, Asia and the Philippines. With Asian partners and EU-based research collaborators, the CEIE partners will be providing assistance and complementary expertise in learning and managing information technology and communication applications in the development of methods and mechanisms to understand and communicate cultural and environment relations. It is on this basis that other international support can be drawn in to the CEIE partnership and its activities sustained.  www.essc.org.ph/essc_website/ceie

CI

Conservation International People depend on nature for many things. A stable climate. Clean air. Fresh water. Abundant food. Cultural resources. And the incalculable additional benefits the world's biodiversity provides. Conservation International (CI) works to ensure a healthy and productive planet for us all.

Yet economic and infrastructure development, which are so necessary for human well-being, can also have serious impacts on nature. That is why CI is working at every level - from remote villages to the offices of presidents and premiers - to help move whole societies toward a smarter development path.

Through science, policy and field work, we're applying smart solutions to protect the resources that we all depend on. We help communities, countries and societies protect tropical forests, lush grasslands, rivers, wetlands, abundant lakes and the sea. Only through properly valuing the essential services these ecosystems provide can we create a sustainable development path that will benefit all people for generations to come. www.conservation.org/explore/asia-pacific/philippines/Pages/overview.aspx

EU

The Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines (EU Delegation Manila) is a fully-fledged diplomatic mission, with the task of officially representing the European Union in the Philippines (in close cooperation with the Embassies of the the EU Member States. The Head of Delegation is formally accredited as the official representative of the European Union to the Government of the Philippines and is referred to as the Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines.

The Delegation was established in October 1990, and the premises of the Delegation were officially opened in May 1991 in the presence of President Corazon C. Aquino, Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus and EC Commissioner Abel Matutes. The Delegation has some 50 staff, and is organised in five sections - the office of the Ambassador, plus sections dealing with Economic, Political and Information matters, Cooperation (Operations), Cooperation (Finance and Contracts) and Administration. In addition to following political and economic aspects of the EU's relations with the Philippines, and managing the EU's cooperation programmes with the Philippines, the Delegation also serves as an information point for all enquiries relating to EU-Philippine relations or to the policies and activities of the EU generally. The Delegation does not however deal with any tasks of a consular nature (like issuing visas or providing tourist information), which are dealt with by the embassies of the EU Member States. www.euphil.org/index.cfm?pagename=aboutus

FORD Foundation

The Ford Foundation works with visionary leaders and organizations around the world. We were founded to advance social justice, and all of our work flows from this fundamental commitment. A fundamental challenge facing every society is to create political, economic and social systems that promote peace, human welfare and the sustainability of the environment on which life depends. We believe that finding solutions to the world's most complex problems requires engaging the people and the communities closest to them, including men and women from diverse backgrounds and all levels of society.

We work mainly by making grants or loans that build knowledge and strengthen organizations and networks. These methods of problem-solving reflect our mission and the diverse ways we support grantees. They also describe a model of philanthropy that the foundation has pursued since its inception: To be a long-term and flexible partner with innovative leaders on the frontlines of social change.

We make grants from our New York headquarters and our regional offices in Asia, Africa and Latin America. www.fordfound.org/

FPE

The Foundation for the Philippine Environment or FPE is the first and only non-government grant-making institution for the environment in the Philippines. The extent of unmitigated destruction of our natural resources and the increasing environmental concern among Filipinos for environmental protection prompted its establishment. The collective efforts of the Philippine and US non government organizations and Philippine and U.S. Government agencies paved way for the funding of FPE, which is an endowment fund that came through a debt-for-nature swap. www.fpe.ph/

GTZ-Philippines

GTZ-Philippines is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people's living conditions on a sustainable basis. www.gtz.de/en/weltweit/asien-pazifik/616.htm

PATH Foundation

PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI) is a private, charitable organization [501 (c) 3] with established presence in the Philippines and USA (Hawaii) with a vision and mission to improve health, conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation's mission is to improve health and contribute to environmentally sustainable development, particularly in under-served areas of the Philippines. We accomplish results by designing and implementing demonstration and research projects and cross-disciplinary initiatives in population, health, and natural resource management in collaboration with local government and private sector partners. www.pfpi.org/

Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation focuses its resources on five related issue areas: Basic Survival Safeguards (secure food, water, housing and infrastructure); Global health ( accessible, affordable and equitable health services and systems); Climate and Environment (sustainable growth and resilience to climate change); Urbanization (solutions for fast-growing cities); Social & Economic Security (stronger safety nets, reinvigorated citizenship, re-imagined policy frameworks) and funds a portfolio of initiatives that work across these areas, linking and interlinking, to achieve meaningful and measurable impact.

Each initiative is designed to accomplish specific goals within projected time frames, usually three to five years. We monitor and assess our grantees' effectiveness regularly.  These requirements enable the Foundation to shift tactics when necessary, seize unanticipated opportunities, and recalibrate our approach when a problem demands shorter- or longer-term investment.

USAID

VSO

VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers.  Our vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfil their potential. www.vso.org.uk

XU

(Ateneo de Cagayan) is a Filipino, Catholic and Jesuit academic community dedicated to the integral development of the person for the needs of Mindanao and the country.
As a University, Xavier pursues truth and excellence in teaching, research and service to communities: it is concerned with contemporary problems; it prepares men and women with competencies, skills and a keen sense of responsibility to their communities.

As a Filipino university, Xavier is committed to the appreciation, preservation and enrichment of the Filipino culture and heritage as well as the welfare and sustainable development of the Filipino people.

As a Catholic university, Xavier fosters in its members a deep personal commitment to Jesus Christ manifested by loyalty to the Church and a life of witness and loving service characterized by a preferential option for the poor.

As a Jesuit university, Xavier acknowledges its historical linkages with the Society of Jesus and is rooted in Ignatian spirituality and an educational tradition of liberal education which today includes technology and the various professions and affirms the importance and necessity of cooperation among Jesuits and the laity in mission. In sum, Xavier University seeks to form men and women of competence, conscience, and commitment in service of the Church and the Filipino people. http://www.xu.edu.ph/