Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Development
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Habitat
Information
Media
Minority Rights
Private Sector
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Technical Cooperation
Trade and Development
Water
Women
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Violence against women
Social Development:
Employment
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Desertification and Drought
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Gender equality
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
Integrated decision-making
Land management
Poverty
Rural Development
Sanitation
Sustainable Tourism
Trade and environment
Waste (solid)
Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Congo
Mauritania
Cambodia
Rwanda
Benin
Madagascar
Burkina Faso
Albania
Niger
Guinea
Morocco
Brazil
Viet Nam
Haiti
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Senegal
France
Myanmar
State of Palestine
United Republic of Tanzania
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1976 |
| Organizational structure: |
A stakeholder in the social and solidarity economy, GRET has set demands as regards transparency and internal democracy. Its orientations are determined by the General As-sembly, which meets twice a year. Each year GRET increases the number of its members from the countries where it operates or is permanently represented. GRET's members num-bered 146 in 2014, with 10 nationalities represented: Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Congo, France, Haiti, Madagascar, Mauritania, Myanmar, Senegal and Vietnam. The Board, the chairman/chairwoman of which is elected for three years (with the possibil-ity of being re-elected), is made up of employee representatives and specialists in develop-ment issues. GRET is under the operational management of a director elected for three years and for a maximum of two terms of office. Olivier Bruyeron was the managing director in 2014. |
| Number and type of members: |
Each year GRET increases the number of its members from the countries where it operates or is permanently represented. GRET's members numbered 146 in 2014, with 10 nationali-ties represented: Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Congo, France, Haiti, Madagascar, Mauritania, Myanmar, Senegal and Vietnam. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Coordination SUD, groupe initiatives, coalition eau, Spong, etc. |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Grants from Governments
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Product sales and business services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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