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WABEKBON Development Consultants PLC

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resources, Non Farm Income and Employment, Markets and Value Chains, Livelihoods Services (e.g. Business Services)Food Security and Vulnerability

Countries of Expertise: Eritrea, Niger, Sierra LeoneSt Helena

Address Details:
Bole KK, Kebele 03/05, Fantasy Cafe Building,
Tel. +251 116 63 9575 Mobile +251 911 21 1258
Addis Ababa
Bole Sub City
11729
Ethiopia
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Regional Offices: Ethiopia

WABEKBON Development Consultants (WDC), which is now registered as a private limited company, is upgraded from its former WIBD Consult that established in 1998 in Ethiopia. WDC has been registered at the then Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, and at Ethiopian Management Institute. WDC has a team of highly qualified and experienced staff and associate consultants having Ph.D., M.A., and M. Sc. Degrees. The staff and associate consultants have further specialized in specific disciplines, through short trainings, workshops, and seminars. During the period from 1998 to end of 2005, WIBD Consult has provided consultancy services for various multilateral and bilateral organizations such as JICA, SNV, GTZ, CIDA, SIDA, USAID, IFAD, and the World Bank under the direction of its Managing Director, Mr. Kejela Gemtessa, who is a M.Sc. in Development Economics. WABEKBON Consult, which is now registered as PLC, has also provided consultancy services for government organizations such as Pastoral Community Development Project under the Ministry of Federal Affairs, Oromia Water Resources Bureau, Amhara Women Affairs Bureau, and Benishangul Gumuz Food Security Office. WDC has also provided expert service for Tearfund, EOC/DICAC, WINROCK International Ethiopia, ECFE, AEMFI, CONCERN, Oxfam Canada, CISP, IIRR, SCF/UK, GOAL, ACORD, LWF, EECMY, WATERAID, ECS-SADCO, PLAN International, DIA, SCF/USA, and several other indigenous and international NGOs. WDC has successfully carried out contracts and professional assignments awarded by international clients in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, and Somaliland.

WEDC

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Working in Fragile States, Climate Change, Governance, Land, Technology, Knowledge and Information, Livelihoods Services (e.g. Business Services), Markets and Value Chains, Non Farm Income and EmploymentAgriculture

Countries of Expertise: Afghanistan, American Samoa, Antigua & Barbuda, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma / Myanmar, Cambodia, Ceuta, China (including Hong Kong), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Djibouti, Eritrea, FYR Macedonia, Gambia, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madeira Islands, Malawi, Mauritania, Melilla, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Portugal, Reunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, St Helena, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Western SaharaZambia

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Loughborough University

Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
UK
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Regional Offices: United Kingdom

WEDC is one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the planning, provision and management of water supplies, sanitation and physical infrastructure for development in low/middle-income countries. For over thirty years, WEDC has continually stressed the importance of employing appropriate technology to provide good services for low-income communities. WEDC is a self-funded organisation operating within the Civil & Building Engineering Department, Loughborough University. WEDC undertakes research, education, training and consultancy, funded by DFID and other bilateral agencies, international agencies, NGOs and national governments, and has also been organising international conferences on provision of infrastructure services for low/middle-income countries since 1973.

WEDC – Water, Engineering and Development Centre

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Natural Resources, Technology, Knowledge and Information, GovernanceWorking in Fragile States

Countries of Expertise: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Sudan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, ZambiaZimbabwe

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Loughborough University
Loughborough
Leicestershire

LE11 3TU

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Regional Offices: United Kingdom

Established in 1971, WEDC at Loughborough University is one of the world's leading education and research institutes for developing knowledge and capacity in water and sanitation for low- and middle-income countries.

• Education: Teaching, learning and capacity building underpin sustainable developments in water, sanitation and hygiene: Education is the sine qua non – the indispensible condition of development. It won't happen without it.
• Knowledge and research: Knowledge is central to progress. It's not just the generation of new knowledge through research, but using existing knowledge to the full, and working seriously on dissemination and uptake.

WISE Development Ltd

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Working in Fragile States, Governance, Food Security and Vulnerability, Land, Technology, Knowledge and Information, Livelihoods Services (e.g. Business Services), Trade, Markets and Value Chains, Non Farm Income and Employment, Natural ResourcesAgriculture

Countries of Expertise: American Samoa, Andorra, Aruba, Bahamas, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Germany, Israel, Kenya, Lesotho, Madeira Islands, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Reunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Swaziland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Western SaharaZambia

Address Details:
17 Brooklands Avenue

Swindon

SN2 2PB
UK
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Women In Sustainable Enterprise Development (WISE) is a global network of independent consultants, mainly women, specialising in enterprise, institutional and social development. Currently the network comprises some 40 members. About half of these are based in developing and transitional-economy countries, whilst others are based in western and northern donor countries. Areas of work in which WISE Associates have particular expertise include: micro & small enterprise development; livelihood security support; monitoring, evaluation & impact assessment; policy review, analysis & design; social development; approaches to gender equality & women's empowerment; human resource development; facilitation of change management, organisational & institutional development.

Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA)

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Property RightsGovernance

Countries of Expertise: Algeria, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, Niger, NigeriaSouth Africa

Address Details:
No 12, Djibouti Crescent, Off Freetown Street
Wuse II,
Abuja
Federal Capital Territory
PMB 3363 Garki Abuja
Nigeria
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Regional Offices: Nigeria

WRAPA is a registered rights based not for profit, charitable membership organization founded in 1999. Activities include free legal aid/counselling services, skills training, mobilization, sensitization and advocacy for legal reforms. In pursuance of its vision for enhancing access to justice for women WRAPA supports litigation for women within Nigeri’s three legal systems with the support of volunteers in all the 36 states. Funding sources include membership dues, investments and programme support from individuals, government, development partners and corporate bodies. WRAPA has affected the lives of over 3500 women and families and works for reforms in policy and practice in the administration of justice in Nigeria.

Woodland Trade & Service (WTS)

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Working in Fragile States, Governance, Food Security and Vulnerability, Technology, Knowledge and Information, Livelihoods Services (e.g. Business Services), Trade, Markets and Value Chains, Non Farm Income and Employment, Forestry, Natural Resources, LivestockAgriculture

Countries of Expertise: Angola, Bahamas, Cape Verde, Ceuta, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Libya, Macau, Malawi, Melilla, Namibia, Niger, Philippines, Reunion, Somalia, South Korea, St Lucia, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, TunisiaUkraine

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WTS
ADIN
Douala
Littoral Province
15274
Cameroon
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Regional Offices: Singapore, Chad, CameroonSt Vincent & Grenadines

WTS together with BETEC, the Bureau for Technical, Economic and Commercial Studies is part of Africa Development Interchange Network (ADIN), a Non Governmental Organization that works for development in Africa, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Foundation and the UNDP.

World Agroforestry Centre

Thematic Areas of Expertise: Climate Change, Governance, Food Security and Vulnerability, Property Rights, Markets and Value Chains, ForestryAgriculture

Countries of Expertise: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, China (including Hong Kong), Congo (Democratic Republic of), Guinea, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, UzbekistanZambia

Address Details:
PO Box 30677
Nairobi
00100


Kenya
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The World Agroforestry Centre is the world’s leading research institution on the diverse role trees play in agricultural landscapes and rural livelihoods.