The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations was a research and advocacy initiative between 13 organizations focused on sustainable development.[1] Its member organizations represented groups from Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Iran, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.[2]
History
The Ring Alliance was founded in 1991 in the buildup to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), scheduled for June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1:1]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Bigg | Ring Secretariat[2:1] | - |
Members
Member organizations of The Ring Alliance included:[1:2][2:2]
- African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
- Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
- Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (Cenesta)
- Development Alternatives (DA)
- Environnement et Developpement du Tiers Monde (ENDA-TM)
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Nigerian Environmental Study Action Team (NEST)
- Recursos e Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable (RIDES)
- Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
- Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
- Vitae Civilis
- ZERO Regional Environment Organisation (ZERO)
Funding
The Ring Alliance received funding from:[1:3]
- Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
Publications
- June 2007: “Ring Statement: Realising Sustainable Development”
External links
The Ring alliance. International Institute for Environment and Development. Retrieved February 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220206020931/https://www.iied.org/ring-alliance ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Ring Statement: Realising Sustainable Development (p. 4). (2007). The Ring Alliance of Policy Research Organizations; International Institute for Environment and Development. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218172247/https://www.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/17007IIED.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
