Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Business and Industry
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Culture
De-mining
Decolonization
Development
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Habitat
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Information
Intellectual Property
International Law
Justice
Least Developed Countries
Media
Migration
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Population
Social Development
Sustainable Development
United Nations Funding
Volunteerism
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Policy advice
Research
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Population distribution and internal migration
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Public Financial Management
Public Service and Management Innovation
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Social Development:
Conflict
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Social policy
Youth
Statistics:
Environmental Accounts
International Economic and Social Classifications
International migration
National accounting
Social Statistics and Social Monitoring
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Gender equality
Information for decision-making and participation
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Land management
Major Groups
Mining
Partnerships
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Science
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Trade and environment
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Geographic scope: |
National
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Country of activity: |
Brazil
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1994 |
Organizational structure: |
ISA is structured around programmes based on the protection of collective socio-environmental rights; monitoring public policy and developing policy alternatives; research, dissemination and documentation of socio-environmental information; developing participative models for socio-environmental sustainability; and strengthening institutional capacity of local partners.In 2001 ISA was accredited under Brazilian law as a public interest civil society organization (OSCIP). It´s headquarters are in São Paulo and it has offices in Brasília (Federal District), Manaus (Amazonas), Boa Vista (Roraima), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Amazonas), Canarana (Mato Grosso) and Eldorado (São Paulo). |
Number and type of members: |
180 members divided into the national and local programmes, the administrative board, executive board.. compassing lawyers, journalists, biologists, anthropologists.. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Observatório do Clima, RAISG, Observatório do Código Florestal, Rede de Sementes do Xingu, Rede de Cooperação Amazônica, .. |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Grants from Governments
Fundraising campaigns
Other sources
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Product sales and business services
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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