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The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations

The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations was a research and advocacy initiative between 13 organizations focused on sustainable development.[1] Its member organizations represented groups from Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Iran, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.[2]

History

The Ring Alliance was founded in 1991 in the buildup to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), scheduled for June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1:1]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Tom Bigg Ring Secretariat[2:1] -

Members

Member organizations of The Ring Alliance included:[1:2][2:2]

  • African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
  • Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
  • Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (Cenesta)
  • Development Alternatives (DA)
  • Environnement et Developpement du Tiers Monde (ENDA-TM)
  • International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  • Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team (NEST)
  • Recursos e Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable (RIDES)
  • Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
  • Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
  • Vitae Civilis
  • ZERO Regional Environment Organisation (ZERO)

Funding

The Ring Alliance received funding from:[1:3]

  • Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

Publications

  1. The Ring alliance. International Institute for Environment and Development. Retrieved February 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220206020931/https://www.iied.org/ring-alliance ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Ring Statement: Realising Sustainable Development (p. 4). (2007). The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations; International Institute for Environment and Development. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218172247/https://www.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/17007IIED.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎