January 11th, 2009 by admin
OneWorld.Net
OneWorld is a global information network developed to support communication media of the people, by the people and for the people — everywhere. Its goal is to help build a more just, global society, through its partnership community. OneWorld encourages people to discover their power — power to speak, connect, and make a difference — by providing access to information, and enabling connections between hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of people around the world.
UK Government’s Neighborhood & Community Site
http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/
Center for an Urban Future
The Center for an Urban Future is a public policy organization dedicated to improving the overall health of New York City and serving its long-term interests by targeting problems facing low-income and working-class neighborhoods in all five boroughs.
The HUB
The Hub is about the power of people with ideas. It’s about the audacity, optimism and drive of the people who believe they can change things. Change minds, change lives, and ultimately change the world a little.
Urgent, Inc.
A Miami-based community empowerment group founded to help create, renew and sustain vibrant urban communities through the use of the arts, culture, and youth, family, social and economic development.
The Boston Project Ministries
The Boston Project is a community-based organization in Boston with a passion for seeing renewal in urban neighborhoods. We operate several neighborhood outreach ministries and also partner with over twenty faith-based and secular organizations to meet the physical, social, academic, and spiritual needs of people.
Global Citizens’ Circle
Our mission is to foster constructive change in our global community by assembling diverse groups of concerned individuals - from world leaders to local activists - for challenging discussion which will stimulate meaningful and enduring resolution of our world’s pressing concerns.
http://www.globalcitizenscircle.org/index.html
UN-HABITAT Global Urban Observatory (GUO) Database
The Global Urban Observatory (GUO) addresses the urgent need to improve the world-wide base of urban knowledge by helping Governments, local authorities and organizations of the civil society develop and apply policy-oriented urban indicators, statistics and other urban information.
http://ww2.unhabitat.org/programmes/guo/
Haiti - Urban Community Driven Development Project / PRODEPUR
The Urban Community Driven Development Project (PRODEPUR) development objective for Government of Haiti (GoH) is to improve access to and satisfaction with: (a) basic and social infrastructures and services, and (b) income-generating opportunities for residents of targeted disadvantaged urban areas.
National Center for the Urban Community
NCUC is a cooperative venture designed to organize, coordinate and develop resources for helping the urban poor achieve self-sufficiency, and for fostering applied research, service learning, and community service related to urban issues.