Caribbean Child Development Centre- CCDC
The Caribbean Child Development Centre- CCDC was established to promote early childhood development through training programmes, curriculum development, research and advocacy. CCDC is a specialist unit within the School of Continuing Studies, University of the West Indies.
Centro de Documentación sobre infancia [Documentation Centre on Children]-Joaquín Cravioto, Universidad Autónoma
The Documentation Centre forms part of the Inter-American Information Program on Children and the Family - PIINFA, part of the Inter-American Children's Institute. Within the framework of PIINFA, a network has been established comprised of 79 information Centres in Latin America (17 countries). This network is known as the Inter-American Children's Information Network -RIIN and its objective is to promote the use of information as well as to generate a culture of decision-making based on information. It's main focus, from a thematic point of view, is the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Niñez y Juventud [Centre for Advanced Studies on Children and Youth]- Universidad Manizales
The Centre for Advanced Studies on Children and Youth of the International Centre for Education and Human Development - CINDE, and the University of Manizales, seeks to contribute to improving the quality of life of children and youth from Caldas, Colombia and from Latin America, and to have an impact on the quality of the education and development processes.
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas CISEPA-PUCP
The Centre for Sociological, Economic, Political and Anthropological Research - CISEPA was created at the initiative of the academic departments of Social Sciences and Economy and the Faculty of Social Sciences from the Catholic Pontifical University of Peru. Its objectives are: to promote basic and applied scientific investigation, to encourage the constitution and development of working groups, workshops, seminars and other similar activities that promote investigation, research and debate based on an inter-disciplinary perspective, among others.
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Educación [Research and Educational Development Centre]- CIDE
The Research and Educational Development Centre- CIDE is an academic Centre that carries out research and extension programs, develops innovations and proposes educational solutions for Chile and Latin America, in the framework of the Alberto Hurtado University. From this position it contributes to the production of knowledge and the design of public policies, and promotes the informed participation of society and its actors in the debate, and design of actions, both at a local and national and regional level.
Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano [International Centre for Education and Human Development]- CINDE
International Centre for Education and Human Development- CINDE is an investigation and development Centre. Its main focus is the creation of adequate environments for the health and physical and psychosocial development of children in Colombia, Latin America and the third world and its main strategy is to work with parents, the family, the school and other government institutions and society in general.
Centro Internacional de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre a Infância- CIESPI
The International Centre for Research and Policy on Childhood- CIESPI is a research and reference centre dedicated to research and on-the-ground projects about children and youth, and their families and communities. Its goal is to inform policy and practice for this population, thereby contributing to the implementation of children´s rights and promoting their full development.
Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre- CHIP
Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre- CHIP website is intended to be a resource for policy makers, practitioners and activists concerned about childhood poverty. It contains policy briefings, research reports, photos, case studies and links on a wide range of issues related to childhood poverty.
Children Children's Environments Research Group- CERG
The Children's Environments Research Group- CERG provides an important link between university scholarship and the development of policies, environments and programs that fulfill children's' rights and improve the quality of their lives. CERG has two major overlapping strands of work. The first is a focus on the planning, design and management of children's physical environments. The second is a broader concern with fulfilling the rights of children, sometimes without a specific focus on the physical environment, such as our work on the development of parent's and children's understanding of children's rights and of children's experience with violence.
Chronic Poverty Research Centre- CPRC
The Chronic Poverty Research Centre- CPRC is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs established in 2000 with initial funding from the UK Department for International Development- DFID. The central aim of CPRC is to create knowledge that contributes to both the speed and quality of poverty reduction, with a focus on assisting those who are trapped in poverty, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Department of International Development Queen Elizabeth House
The Department of International Development Queen Elizabeth House is the hub for the University of Oxford's work in development. This department contains eight centres, one of them is Young Lives. Their objective is to conduct high level research which advances understanding of the complex economic, social and political processes of change in countries in the poorer parts of the world and to educate students to understand these processes in disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspective.
Economic and Social Research Council-ESRC
The Economic and Social Research Council- ESRC funds research and training in social and economic issues. They are an independent organization, established by Royal Charter, but receive most of their funding through the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
Foro Educativo [Educational Forum]
Educational Forum is a non-profit plural and autonomous association, committed to the transformation and development of Peruvian education in a sustainable human development perspective and a democratic culture. Its central purpose is to make education a priority theme on the national agenda. In this way it participates in and promotes public debate and generates and articulates proposals and agreements.
Governance and Social Development Resource Centre- GSDRC
The Governance and Social Development Resource Centre- GSDRC supports the knowledge needs of the international development community in relation to governance, conflict and social development.
Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo [Group for the Analysis of Development]- GRADE
Group for the Analysis of Development- GRADE Is one of the executive organizations of the Children of the Millennium project together with the Nutritional Investigation Institute- IIN. GRADE is a private non-profit research centre with no partisan affiliation. Its mission is to develop research to stimulate and enrich the debate, design and implementation of public policies. Its research is focused on economic, education, environmental and social issues, areas relevant for the development of Peru and other Latin American countries.
Innocenti Research Centre- IRC
The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre- IRC in Florence, Italy, was established in 1988 to strengthen the capacity of UNICEF and its cooperating institutions to respond to the evolving needs of children and to develop a new global ethic for children. It promotes the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in both developing and industrialized countries, thereby reaffirming the universality of children's rights and of UNICEF's mandate.
Institute for Children and Poverty
The Institute for Children and Poverty- ICP is an independent nonprofit research and development organization. ICP focuses on action-oriented research designed not just to study the complex issue of family homelessness, but also to provide data and ideas that will inform and enhance public policy on serving homeless families. In addition to bringing information to policy makers at all levels of government and to colleagues in the research and advocacy community, ICP also works to raise public awareness of homelessness through publications and other materials for schools and communities.
Institute of Development Studies- IDS
The Institute of Development Studies- IDS is a global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development.
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos [Institute for Peruvian Studies]- IEP
The Institute for Peruvian Studies - IEP is a private institution dedicated to research, teaching and the dissemination of social studies about Peru and other Latin American nations. As a result it seeks to contribute to economic development with equity, the strengthening of democratic institutions and recognition of the wealth of diversity in Peru.
Instituto de Investigación Nutricional [Nutritional Investigation Institute]- IIN
The Nutritional Investigation Institute- IIN is one of the organizations executing the Children of the Millennium Project together with the Group for the Analysis of Development GRADE. The IIN is a private, non-profit institution dedicated to research, teaching, training and health and nutrition services.
Instituto Fronesis [Fronesis Institute]
The Fronesis Institute is a non-profit entity that promotes processes oriented toward social learning - individual and collective - throughout life, the development of critical awareness and the construction of communities of learning committed to social change and human development.
Instituto Interamericano del Niño [Inter-American Children's Institute]- OEA
The Inter-American Children's Institute of the OAS seeks to contribute to the development of public policies that guarantee the promotion and exercise of children and adolescents' rights, promoting the collaboration of civil society and the construction of a culture of rights and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
Instituto Internacional de Planeamiento de la Educación [International Institute for Educational Planning]- IIPE
The International Institute for Educational Planning - IIPE was created by UNESCO in 1963. It is a training and investigation Centre, specialized in educational planning and management.
Paulo Freire Institute, Brazil
The Paulo Freire Institute seeks to continue with the legacy left by Freire, bringing together people and institutions to work on the ideas of the Brazilian educator. The institute develops investigations base don the formulation and implementation of plans, programs and projects in the field of education, culture and communication.
Overseas Development Institute- ODI
Overseas Development Institute- ODI is a British independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Their mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.