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1 IPSS Illustrative List of Organizations IPSS has established relationships with these organizations and fellows are encouraged to consider one of them for their assignment. Choosing one of these organizations does not guarantee placement as contacts and availability of internships change often. Students can also propose their own organization in their application. Note: IPSS faculty must approve new organizations. International Development Academy for Education Development (AED), Washington, D.C. African Millennium Foundation (AMF), Beverly Hills, CA The Asia Foundation-Conflict and Governance, Bangkok, Thailand Business and Professional Women, Amman, Jordan Catholic Relief Services, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti Chemonics International, Latin America and the Caribbean, Washington, D.C. Agricultural Programs (DC) Development Alternatives, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Brazil Education Development Center, Inc., Botswana, South Africa Femmes Africa Solidarité, Geneva Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Land and Water Development Division, Peru Freedom from Hunger, Davis, CA and various locations Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD), Accra, Ghana International Medical Corps, HQ: Santa Monica, CA International Food Policy Research Institute, Development Strategy and Governance, Washington, D.C. Kiva, Microfinance Partnerships, Dominican Republic La Coordinadora, El Salvador Mercy Corps, Colombia Field Office, Bogota, Colombia Land mine awareness, Stopping Child Labor National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), Africa Division, Washington, D.C. Pact International, Various locations Save the Children, Various locations Tostan, Senegal United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Policy Planning Unit, New York United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assignments Worldwide Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC CIS), New York Democratic Governance Group: Bureau for Development Policy, New York Capacity Building Bureau, New York Regional Bureau for Europe for Europe and the Citizen and Immigration Services, Anticorruption Subpractices

2 Regional Center for Public Administration Reform, Athens, Greece Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, New York and Geneva Bratislava Regional Center United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC), Washington, D.C. UNICEF, Girls Education Section, New York United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC), Lima, Peru United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), The Gambia United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna, Austria United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) HIV/AIDS Department, New York, Vietnam, Bolivia United Nations Sub-regional Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. United States Department of State, Public Affairs-Exchanges and Programs, Berlin, Germany Winrock International, Agriculture and Livelihoods Division, Juba, South Sudan World Bank, Washington, D.C. International Finance Corporation, East Asia and Pacific Department Sustainable Development Division Public Sector Governance Group World Health Organization, Health Systems Financing, Geneva Refugees and Migration International Organization for Migration (IOM) Migration Policy and Research Programme (MPRP), Geneva Mission with Regional Functions (MRF), Rome Migration and Development, Rome Counter-Trafficking Unit, Geneva Regional Offices: Guatemala City, Sofia, Bangkok International Labor Organization (ILO), New York MIGRANT (Migration Bureau), Geneva New Eurasia Foundation, Program Evaluation and Migration Departments, Moscow, Russia United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York World Bank, Office of Indigenous Peoples, Latin America Division, Washington, D.C. Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva Africa Bureau Refugee Children s Unit Program Evaluation Unit Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit Office of Refugee Women and Gender Equity Emergency and Security Services NGO Liaison Unit

3 Gender and Children s Unit, Pretoria, South Africa European Children s Unit, Geneva Refugee Women s Organization, Bucharest, Romania Child Protection and Sexual, Gender Based Violence Community Development, Gender Equality and Children Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Council, Office of the President, Geneva United Nations Sub-Regional Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa, Yaoundé, Cameroon Save the Children, London, England Global Fund for Women, Sub-Saharan Africa Program, San Francisco Human Rights Watch, Research Division, New York Amnesty International, various locations Handicap International, Washington, D.C. Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica United Nations Division on the Prevention of Genocide, New York International Security, Terrorism Studies, and Conventional Arms Control Bonn International Center for Conversion, Bonn, Germany Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, Honolulu, Hawaii Freeman Chair in China Studies, Washington, D.C. Geneva Forum, Geneva, Switzerland Geneva International Center for Humanitarian De-mining (GICHD) Human Rights Watch, Arms Division, New York, Washington, D.C. Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, South Africa Arms Management Program African Security Analysis Program International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Legal Division, Mines-Arms Unit, Geneva Jane s Information Group, Jane s Strategic Advisory Consulting Services, London, San Francisco Small Arms Survey (SAS), Geneva South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC), Belgrade United Nations Department of Political Affairs (UN-DPA), New York United Nations Development Program, New York Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Armed Violence, Small Arms and Mine Action UNLiREC, Lima, Peru United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Geneva United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), New York Conventional Arms Branch Monitoring, Database and Information Branch Small Arms Division

4 Conference on Disarmament United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Criminal Justice Reform Unit, Vienna Strategic Planning Unit, Vienna Partnership in Development Branch, Vienna Terrorism Prevention Branch, Cairo Terrorism Prevention Branch, Vienna United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, Lome, Togo United Nations Security Council Secretariat, Al Qaeda Taliban Sanctions Committee, New York United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Bogota, Colombia United States State Department, Arms Control and International Security, Global Security United States Defense Department, Office of Enterprise Operations, Washington, D.C. Working Group for Weapons Reduction (NGO), Cambodia World Health Organization (WHO), Department for Injuries and Violence Prevention, Geneva, Switzerland Nonproliferation Studies Biological Weapons Prevention Project, Geneva, Switzerland Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Vienna Preparatory Commission External Relations Institute for Security Studies, WMD Portal, Pretoria, South Africa International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna Verification and Security Policy Coordination Section Public Information Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Assistance & Protection Branch, The Hague Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, Mexico City United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Conference on Disarmament Secretariat and Conference Support Branch, Geneva Weapons of Mass Destruction, New York World Institute of Nuclear Security, Vienna Trade Policy Delegation of the European Commission, Washington, D.C. European Organization for Packaging and the Environment, Brussels, Belgium Geneva Call, Geneva Asia Department Global Green USA Legacy Program, Washington, D.C. International Crisis Group (ICG), New York City Asia Program Internship International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy International Labor Organization (ILO), New York MIGRANT (Migration Bureau), Geneva Employment Sector: Crisis Response and Reconstruction

5 International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labor, Geneva International Trade Center, Division of technical Cooperation Coordination, Office for Arab States, Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Tokyo, Japan; OXFAM UK Trade Policy Division, London Advocacy Office, Make Trade Fair Campaign, Geneva United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva EMPRETEC (Capacity-building for small and medium sized enterprises) Environment and Development Branch International Investment Agreements Section Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development Branch Trade and Investment United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile International Trade Division United States Chamber of Commerce, International Division, Asia Department United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Sardinia and Conservation International, Raja Amput Regional Office International Trade Trade Compliance Center, Washington, D.C. United States Mission to the European Union, Foreign Commercial Service, Brussels World Bank, Washington, D.C. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Competitiveness Program Finance and Private Sector Development Governance and Anti-Corruption, South Asia Region Public Sector and Governance World Trade Organization, Geneva Committee on Trade and Development Development Division Environment and Policy Conservation International, Center for Conservation and Government, Arlington, Virginia Environmental Protection Agency, Sustainable Water Infrastructure, San Francisco Lean and the Environment Initiative, Washington, D.C. Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), Buenos Aires, Argentina Global Green, Climate Change Section, Washington, D.C. International Institute for Environment and Development, Sustainable Markets Group, London NASA Office of External Relations, Washington, D.C. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program, Washington, D.C.

6 The Nature Conservancy, Marine Programs, Bali, Indonesia United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Chemicals, Waste, and Environmental Governance, Geneva United States Dept. of State, The Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science, Washington, D.C. Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva World Bank, Environmental Economics and Development Policy, Washington, D.C. World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, Gland, Switzerland Species Trade and Use Unit, Cambridge, UK

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