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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Sustainable Development
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Liberia Montenegro Gabon Lithuania Haiti India Argentina Chile Albania Canada France Mali Morocco Botswana Cameroon Chad Israel Côte D'Ivoire Gambia Ukraine Bulgaria Namibia Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Sri Lanka Mexico Burkina Faso Ghana Brazil Croatia Democratic Republic of the Congo Russian Federation
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	ORT’s mission is to work for the advancement of people through training and education; to provide communities wherever they are, with the skills and knowledge necessary to cope with the complexities and uncertainties of their environment; to foster economic self-sufficiency, mobility and a sense of identity through use of state-of-the-art technology. Through International Cooperation programmes, ORT supports non-sectarian economic and social development in under-developed parts of the world, with vocational training and the provision of technical assistance. ORT is one of the largest non-governmental education and training organizations in the world with activities in more than 100 countries past and present with current operations in Israel, the CIS and Baltic States, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. It is a non-profit, not-political organization that meets the educational, and manpower training needs of contemporary society with more than 3,000,000 graduates worldwide since its inception. ORT was founded in St Petersburg in Tsarist Russia in 1880 to provide employable skills for Russia’s impoverished Jewish people. Since that time, the skills taught by ORT have evolved in step with technology. ORT has consultative status for information and education purposes with UNESCO, and observer status at the ILO (International Labour Organization). ORT is a founding member of ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies). The aim of ORT’s educational programmes, throughout the world, is to give its students the best possible grounding for their future. This preparation includes education to help them become citizens who will make a positive contribution to their society, focused training to enable them to undertake worthwhile and fulfilling careers, and the knowledge that will give them an understanding and appreciation of their heritage.
Year established:	1880
Year of registration:	1960

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