233 South Wacker Drive
Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60606
United States of America
Phone:
312.726.4258
Fax:
312.726.1494
Email:
info@easterseals.com
Web site:
http://www.easterseals.com
Organization type:
Disability, Development and Rights Organizations
Languages:
English
Activities
Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Social Development:
Disabled persons
Geographic scope:
International
Country of activity:
Australia
United States of America
Mexico
Canada
Millennium Development Goals:
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Improve maternal health
Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY):
1919
Year of registration (YYYY):
2006
Organizational structure:
International organization with approximately 80 individual affiliated organizations
Funding structure:
Membership fees or dues
Product sales and business services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Additional Information
Sustainable Development
Involvement in UN Partnerships:
Yes
If yes, explain in detail:
There are a lot of programs and activities of the ALU-TUCP wherein partnerships with the UN ILO and other UN member bodies such as UNITAR, UNEP, UNDP, WHO are involed. To name a few the ILO ACTRAV program on environmental matters implemented in 1996 and 1998; the UNEP SAICM program on chemicals under the proposed program on the QSP round 7; the UNITAR program on chemicals "Stakeholder Roles and Participation in Chemicals Management and SAICM Implementation; the UNEP participation with the ICCM2; the WHO program on reproductive and population program among others.
Affiliation with other organizations:
Please see separate page already emailed.
Publications:
The monthly publication of the ALU-TUCP - The Labor Advocate. The publication of the ALU-TUCP's environmental office, The "Greening of the Workplace": A guide to environmental policies and issue at work. The President's Report, published every after five years. The Treasurer's Report every five years to be presented during the National Congress.
Social Development
Affiliation with other organizations:
International Association of Patient Organizations
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
National Health Council
Autism Society of America
Independent Sector
National FFA Organization, Inc.
National FFA Foundation, Inc.
Advancement of Women
Affiliation with other organizations:
See listing under Social Development.
Publications:
None
Forests
Major group affiliation:
Forest Workers and Trade Unions
Affiliation with other organizations:
The International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW)
Affiliation with UN bodies:
None
Publications:
None
Statements or documents submitted
to the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF):