United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research,

Geneva, is a semi-autonomous research institute creating knowledge and diffusing lessons learned to UN Member States

The South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons,

has been created in Belgrade by UNDP to reduce the threat of weapons.

The International Action Network on Small Arms,

has over 500 member groups working for gun control and against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

The European Union's Assistance on Curbing Small Arms and Light Weapons (EU ASAC),

in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

International Campaign to Ban Landmines,

a network of more than 1400 NGOs in more than 90 countries working for a global ban on landmines - and Nobel Peace Laureate.

The International Peace Academy (IPA),

is an independent, UN-linked international institution dedicated to promoting prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and within states.

Virginia Institute for Peace & Islamic Studies,

is an independent institution that promotes peace and fights prejudice by teaching international studies and democratic governance, supports the resolution of conflicts, and works to achieve a better understanding about Islam and the Muslim world.

European University Center for Peace Studies,

Stadtschlaining, Austria

TRANSCEND,

was founded by Prof Johann Galtung to promote peacebuilding and conflict transformation. There are lectures, short courses and publications, peace journalism, and the TPU 'the world's first online peace university'. PATRIR is the Romanian branch, run by Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen.

Department of Peace Studies,

University of Bradford, UK

Saferworld,

is an independent non-governmental organization researching, promoting and implementing new strategies to increase human security and prevent armed violence.

SaferAfrica,

is an independent, professional, non-profit association.

International Alert,

An independent, international non-governmental organisation that works to help build lasting peace in countries and communities affected or threatened by violent conflict.

Bonn International Center for Conversion - Internationales Konversionszentrum Bonn,

is a research center for peace and disarmament.

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF),

established in October 2000 to promote democratic civil-military relations, especially in the new democracies.

The International Crisis Group (ICG),

is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.

Amnesty International (AI),

is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

Quaker United Nations Office,

in New York and Geneva coordinate peace efforts of non-governmental organizations and bring angry parties and governments together in neutral spaces.

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue,

is dedicated to the promotion of humanitarian principles, the prevention of conflict, and the alleviation of its effects through dialogue.

CUMBU: Centre universitaire Mandé Bukari,

Malian centre for postgraduate teaching and research examining the issues associated with the application of development projects and programmes in the West African sub-region. GRAD: Groupe de Recherche Action pour le Développement, Malian NGO that provides institutional and technical support to local communities PHILANTHRA: action-research open university institute for strengthening civil society. Réseaux MARP- participatory rural development training and implementation. The IIED Sahel MARP Programme supports the development of networking activities in the 4 countries covered by the programme : Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal.

Académie africaine de la paix,

The African Peace Academy in Algiers is a non-governmental, continent-wide civil society organizations dedicated to promoting peace and disarmament.

West African Network for Peace,

building regional network in West Africa that arose as a result of the Liberia civil war.

The Working Group for Weapons reduction (WGWR),

in Cambodia is a concertation of NGOs to fight the scourge of illegal firearms.

Millennium-Solidarity,

Geneva-based group working for peace and sustainable development and fighting against poverty