Other International Institutes

The IOSCO is the international organization that brings together the world’s securities regulators, covering more than 95% of the world’s securities markets, and is the global standard setter for the securities sector. IOSCO works closely with the G20 and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in setting up the standards for strengthening the securities markets. The …

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What is GAVI? Gavi is an international organisation – a global Vaccine Alliance created in 2000. It brings together public and private sectors with the shared goal of creating equal access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world’s poorest countries. GAVI has observer status at the World Health Assembly. As part …

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Partners in Population and Development(PPD) is an Intergovernmental alliance formed during the International Conference on Population and Development(ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994. Aim: To expand and strengthen South-South collaboration among the developing countries in the field of reproductive health, population and development. Members: Currently, PPD has the membership of 26 developing countries, representing more than 59% …

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WEF is Swiss non profit foundation, based in Geneva. Founded in 1971. It works to improve the state of the world through public-private cooperation. It serves as independent not-for-profit organization that works closely with other international organizations. WEF is best known for its annual winter meeting for five days in Davos, a mountain resort in …

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ICOMOS is global monument conservation body (non-government organisation) dedicated to promoting the application of theory, methodology and scientific techniques for conservation of architectural and archaeological heritage across the world. It is also advisory body to UNESCO for cultural heritage, in particular for implementation of World Heritage Convention. It was founded in 1965 in Warsaw (Poland) …

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World Wide Fund for Nature: It is international non-governmental organization working in the field of the wilderness preservation and reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named World Wildlife Fund. It is world’s largest conservation organization with over five million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries, supporting around 1,300 conservation and …

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The ISA was launched at the 2015 Paris Climate Change Summit (COP21) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande. It seeks to empower solar-rich countries located between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn to make collaborative efforts to harness solar energy to generate the electricity. Under this alliance, 121 …

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