Development innovations and networks (IRED)

Case postale 116, 1211 Genève 20, Switzerland

Phone : + 41 227341716 / Fax : + 41 227400011

Web site : www.ired.org

Founded in 1981, IRED is comprised of an international network of local partners in Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific : peasant associations, fishermen, cattlemen, artisans, animation centers, NGOs supporting training and technology as well as institutes devoted to study, research and training.

Ired is…

* An international association of individuals who believe in a global development project, who live by the same values and who are committed, both individually and collectively, towards bringing about change.

* An international network of over 1000 partners, local networks, peasant and urban groups, associations of handicraftsmen, women, cooperatives, NGOs and other fellow organisations, who are eager to collaborate in order to break out of their state of isolation and, by joining forces, constitute an organised force to bring about change.

* An international service, organised at the national, regional and world levels, to provide its members and partners, and indeed all of the organisations with which it collaborates, with infor­ma­tion, exchanges of experiences and support for local and global development.