INT/04/K02 – Information network to promote strategies of socio-economic development in South American camelids of Andean Countries

Submitter: Research Center of the Universidad Católica de Santa María (St. Mary’s Catholic
University), from Arequipa, Peru
Subcontractor: Same as above
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: 4 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru)
PGTF input: US$25,000
Other inputs: US$44,200
Number: INT/04/K02
Duration: Sixteen months
Approval: 27th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 25 September 2003)
Completion: Final report submitted on 30 October 2006
Impact: Identified and linked up 315 institutions from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru involved in the management of South American camelids (SACs) (llamas, alpacas and similar species) with a view to sharing and disseminating national and regional work and research experiences in production and commercialization, aiding in the institutionalization of the agents involved in the implementation of strategies of socio-economic development of SACs in the Andean countries.

Contact:  Research Center of the Universidad Catolica de Santa Mar�a
Calle Samuel Velarde 320
Umacollo, Arequipa, Peru
Tel: 51-54-251210 ext. 1111
Fax: 51-54-251213
Contact person: Ms. Melina Panduro
Email: mpanduro @ ucsm.edu.pe
Website: http://www.ucsm.edu.pe/

 

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INT/99/K09 – Preparation, reproduction and distribution of the second edition of the CD-ROM of the Protempore secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty

Submitter: Pro-Tempore Secretariat of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (Venezuela)
Subcontractor: Not required
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: 8 member countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela)
PGTF input: US$35,000
Other inputs: US$77,200
Number: INT/99/K09
Duration: Six (6) months.
Approval: 23rd Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 24 September 1999)
Completion: Final budget revision submitted on 9 November 2000.

Contact:  Ambassador V�ctor R. Carrazo
Secretaria Pro Tempore
Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica
Esquina Bolsa a Mercaderes, Edificio La Perla, Piso 4
Apartado de Correos 745
Caracas 1010, Venezuela
Telephone: (582)481-7752 481-8880 / 481-4324 /481-2067
Fax: (582)481-5692
Email: vcartca @ cantv.net

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INT/99/K03 – Transportation information system (TIS) for the member countries of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)

Submitter: Latin America Integration Association (ALADI), based in Montevideo, Uruguay
Subcontractor: not required
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: 12 member countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela)
PGTF input (US$): US$37,000
Other inputs (US$): US$113,800
Date of implementation: 2000-2001
Impact: Information system (SIT-A) installed in the Web page of ALADI. Contains information on regulatory and operating issues, as well as on physical infrastructure and related services. Covers air, road, rail, river and maritime transportation. Design is modular and user friendly and meets a sustained demand from the public, private and academic sectors of the region.  ALADI is further developing the system.

Contact:  Associacion Latinoamericana de Integraci�n
Cebollat� 1461
Montevideo, Uruguay
Telephone: (598-2)4101121
Fax: (598-2)4190649
Email: sgaladi @ aladi.org
Website: www.aladi.org

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INT/99/K01 – Development of information network and database system for NAM-CSSTC

Submitter: Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
Subcontractor: Center for South-South Technical Cooperation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM-CSSTC), headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: All 115-member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement
PGTF input: US$30,000
Other inputs: US$970,950 (in-kind)
Number: INT/99/K01
Duration: Three (3) years.
Approval: 23rd Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 24 September 1999)
Completion: Final report submitted on 21 June 2004

Contact:  Center for South-South Technical Cooperation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM-CSSTC)
Jl. Landasan Barat Kav. B-10, No. 6 Kemayoran
Jakarta 10610 Indonesia
Phone: 62-21-6545326, 6545321
Fax: 62-21-6545325
Website: http://www.csstc.org

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INT/95/K03 – Group of 77 Information Bulletin; and ECDC/TCDC Information support to the Group of 77 Chapters

Submitter: Inter Press Service (IPS) Third World News Agency through the Government of Costa Rica as Chairman of the Group of 77 for 1996.
Subcontractor: Same as above.
Priority area: Information exchange.
Participating/beneficiary countries: All member countries of the Group of 77
PGTF input $US$): 75,120 respectively
Other inputs (US$): 45,600  respectively
Number: INT/95/K03
Duration: Eight years
Approval: 19th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 29 September 1995)
Completion: Final report submitted on 16 July 2007.
Impact: Established an important communication link between the various G-77 chapters. It also helped to disseminate the views of the G-77 to a wider audience.

Contact:  Office of the Chairman of the Group of 77 (same as website)

 

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INT/93/K03 – Information Support to the Group of 77 Chapters – South-North Development Monitor (SUNS)

Submitter: Third World Network, based in Penang, Malaysia
Subcontractor: Same as above
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: All member countries of the Group of 77
PGTF input: US$59,881
Other inputs: US$158,517
Number: INT/93/K03
Duration: One (1) year
Approval: IFCC-VIII (Panama City, 30 August-3 September 1993)
Completion: Final Report submitted on 10 December 1995

Contact:  Mr. Martin Khor
Rm C508
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
Ch-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone:(4122)7344274
Fax (4122)7401672
Eail: sunstwn @ bluewin.ch
Website: http://www.sunsonline.org/

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INT/93/K02 – ECDC/TCDC Information Support to Group of 77 Chapters (Journal of the Group of 77

Submitter: Office of the Chairman of the Group of 77 in New York
Subcontractor: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: All member countries of the Group of 77
PGTF input: US$51,120
Other inputs: US$45,600
Number: INT/93/K02
Duration: Two (2) years
Approval: 16th Annual Ministerial Meeting (New York, 1 October 1992) and IFCC-VIII (Panama City, 30 August-3 September 1993)
Completion: Final Report submitted on 20 December 1995

 

Contact:  Executive Secretariat of the Group of 77
Room S-0518, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
Telephone: +1-212-963-4777
Fax: +1-212-963-3515
Email: secretariat @ g77.org

 


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INT/89/K13 and INT/93/K03 – South-North Development Monitor (SUNS); and Information Support to the Group of 77 Chapters (SUNS)

Submitter: South Commission, based in Geneva, Switzerland
Subcontractor: Third World Network (TWN), based in Penang, Malaysia
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: All member countries of the Group of 77 
PGTF input (US$): 120,000 and 59,881 respectively
Other inputs (US$): 164,000 and 158,517 respectively
Date of implementation: 1991-1992 and 1994-1995 respectively
Impact: Supported publication of SUNS during 24 months (over 400 issues). SUNS issues have since been made available by fax to the G-77 member countries

Contact:  Mr. Martin Khor
Rm C508
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
Ch-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone:(4122)7344274
Fax (4122)7401672
Eail: sunstwn @ bluewin.ch
Website: http://www.sunsonline.org/

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INT/89/K06 – Establishment of a Maghreb Unit in the National Center for Information and Economic Documentation (CNIDE) of Algeria

Submitter: Government of Algeria
Subcontractor: Center for Information and Economic Documentation (CNIDE) of Algeria
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: 5 countries (Algeria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia) 
PGTF input (US$): US$65,450
Other inputs (US$): Nil
Date of implementation: 1990-1993
Impact: Between 1993 and 1996 certain databases were established.  However, their impact was limited due to obsolescence of acquired material and difficulties in collecting data and bringing together the heads of information centers of Maghreb countries.  In 1996 the implementing agency was dissolved and its assets transferred to the Algerian Bureau for Foreign Trade Promotion (PROMEX). 

Contact:  Centre National d’iInformation et de Documentation Economiques (CNIDE)
Cinq Maisons, El-Harrach
Algiers, Algeria
Telephone: (02)751210
Fax: (02)760068

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INT/89/K01 – Feasibility study on information system on technologies and projects (ISTP)

Submitter: Centre for International Cooperation and Development (CICD) of former Yugoslavia (Slovenia)
Subcontractor: Same as above
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: All member countries of the Group of 77
PGTF input: US$45,450
Other inputs: US$20,000
Number: INT/89/K01
Duration: Six (6) months
Approval: 12th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 28-30 September 1988)
Completion: Feasibility report circulated to Member States on 24 October 1990.

Contact:  Center za mednarodno sodelovanje in razvoj
Centre for International Cooperation and Development
Kardeljeva pl. 1
SI-1109 Ljubljana
Slovenia
ph.: (+386 1) 568 13 96, 568 13 72
fax: (+386 1) 568 15 85
Email: info @ cmsr.si
Website: http://www.cmsr.si/english.htm

 

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INT/88/K01 and INT/93/K02 – Group of 77 Information Bulletin; and ECDC/TCDC Information support to the Group of 77 Chapters

Submitter: Office of the Chairman of the Group of 77 in New York
Subcontractor: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Priority area: Information exchange
Participating/beneficiary countries: All member countries of the Group of 77 
PGTF input $US$):109,520 and 51,120 respectively
Other inputs (US$): 68,400 and 45,600 respectively
Date of implementation: 1988-1991 and 1993-1994 respectively
Impact: Established an important communication link between the various G-77 chapters. It also helped to disseminate the views of the G-77 to a wider audience.

Contact:  Inter Press Service North America
United Nations, Room S-485
New York, NY 10017
Tel.: +1 212 963 6156
Fax: +1 212 888 6099
Email: ipsun @ aol.com

 

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INT/17/K13 –Effective microorganisms: production and application in agriculture, postharvest fruit and animal husbandry.

Submitter: Cuban Research Institute on Sugarcane By-Products (ICIDCA), based in Havana, Cuba.
Subcontractor: Same as above.
Priority area: Food and agriculture.
Participating/beneficiary countries: 3 countries (Argentina, Cuba and Mexico).
PGTF input: US$ 27,000.
Other inputs: US$ 38,000.
Number: INT/17/K13.
Duration: 2018-2019.
Approval: 40th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 23 September 2016).
Completion: Final report submitted on 30 May 2019.
Impact:: The project evaluated the application of several microbial strains as effective microorganisms (EM) to demonstrate how EM could enhance the productivity of agricultural and animal husbandry in order to decrease the use of agrochemicals, thereby contributing to sustainable agriculture and food security.

 

Contact:  Contact person: Georgina Michelena Alvarez.
Address: Vía Blanca #804 y Carretera Central, San Miguel del Padre, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Tel.: (537)6967015, 6986501 ext. 230.
Fax: (537)6988243.
Email: georgina.michelena @ icidca.azcuba.cu

 


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