Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Development
Economics and Finance
Environment
Food
Information
Social Development
Trade and Development
Social Development:
Poverty
Technical cooperation
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Information for decision-making and participation
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Land management
Partnerships
Poverty
Rural Development
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
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: |
1999 |
| Organizational structure: |
The WRF is a legal, non-lucrative Association, initially composed of a General Assembly of associates who meet annually to approve the courses of action to be followed. It is also the organization which determines the composition of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is the representation body that manages and represents the interests of the association, in accordance with the dispositions and directives of the General Assembly. The Board of Directors meets four times a year and is integrated by the president, secretary and treasurer and a minimum of five and a maximum of twenty members, including an international member of each continent.
The WRF has an Executive Secretariat that is responsible for the operational work every day. |
| Number and type of members: |
The WRF has 95 members: 48 individual members and 47 organization members.
Organization members:
African -9- (Burkina Faso: 2, Cameroun: 1, Congo: 1, Kenya: 3, Tanzania: 1 and Zambia: 1); America -8- (Argentina: 1, Dominican Republic: 1, Bolivia: 2, Chile: 1, Peru: 2, and Uruguay: 2), Asia -7- (India: 2, Philippines; 3, Pakistan: 1 and Thailand: 1 and
Europe-25- (Romania: 1 and Spain: 24).
Individual members:
The WRF also has 47 individual members:
Spain: 41
Burkina Faso: 1
Dominican Republic: 1
India: 2
Switzerland: 2 |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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