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International Agencies working in Africa

USAID Africa Bureau Office of Sustainable Development

• Strategic Plan 1998-2003
• Activities & Partners
• African Missions
• Publications
• Web Resources
  • Economic and Social Data Services (ESDS)
  • Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)
    • USAID Development Partner Resources
  • USAID Development Links
    • U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service
    • U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center
    • U.S. Trade and Development Agency
    • U.S. Peace Corps
    • Library of Congress
    • Central Intelligence Agency

Interagency Working Group on US Government Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG)

• NGOs
• Member Organizations

USAID in Africa

• Africa Bureau Information Center (ABIC)
• ABIC Internet Resource Guides
• Education
• Country Information

State Department Bureau of African Affairs

• African Affairs Country Information
  • Focus on the Issues- Africa
  • Country Background Notes
  • Diplomatic List of Missions in the U.S.
  • State Department Country Desk Offices
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices

USAID Famine Early Warning System Homepage

USAID Non-governmental Organizations Providing Assistance in the Horn of Africa

US Department of Education - Non-U.S. Education Systems - International Information Sources

UNESCO home page - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• Search UNESDOC, full text database of UNESCO Documents
• The International Association of Universities (IAU)
  • Members of IAU
  • Universities and Information Technologies Task Force
    • Virtual Universities: International projects
      • The African Virtual University (AVU)
    • Virtual Universities: Examples in selected countries
    • Online and Distance Courses Catalogues
    • Developing Online Courses: Resources, Methods and Tools
    • Bibliographies and Journals
    • Library Associations and NICTs
    • Library Technology Resources: Bibliographies and links to online electronic journals
• The International Bureau of Education (IBE)
• The Worldwide Classroom
• Global Alliance for Transnational Education (GATE)
• UNESCO Educational Information Services
  • World Higher Education Database 2000
  • International Bibliography on Higher Education
• UNESCO Statistical Yearbook
  • Education and Literacy
    • Enrolment by level of education
    • Teaching staff by level of education

• World Bank - National Y2K pages - infoDev - Year 2000 Resources
• United Nations - Year 2000 sites (Short List, no links, out of date)
• US Senate International Status Report (pdf) refers to Gartner March99Report (pdf)
• International Y2K Cooperation Center - IY2KCC Regions (Each region has a coordinator).
• Action 2000 - Country Links, Action 2000 - Reports
• Country Studies Area Handbook Series (Library of Congress - Federal Research Division)
• U.S. Department of State Year 2000 Program Management Office - International Year 2000 Web Sites
• US International Trade Administration Year 2000 Problem Homepage - Other Resources includes lists of National Y2K Sites
• US State Department - Travel Advisories - Y2K Country List
• ITPolicy.gsa.gov: G8 Government OnLine Project on Y2K - National Links
• OECD: National Government-official Y2K links
• European Commission Year 2000 - Member States - International
• Organization of American States Y2K Initiative
• Foro Y2K de America del Sur - Sitios Y2K
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU) - Responses to Y2K Questionnaire by Country
• y2000.fgov.be - Millennium Forum 2000 - websites van andere landen
• ECA Region and Countries - Nice list of countries and contacts
  • Second Regional Y2K Conference for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia- Energy and Telecommunications Solutions, 10-12 June, 1999
• Humanitarian Resource Institute - Information By Country (Pages list a variety of resources for countries, including their Y2K site and national coordinator).
• www.global2k.com - International Links (Press Links on Left to see Financial Institutions)
• Thaweesak's Year 2000 Page Country-level Y2K Websites (Thailand)
• UNESCO CII - WebWorld - Y2K Sites
• European Agency for Safety and Health at work - Year 2000 Computer Bug and Safety and Health at Work

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