The ICPD conducts research projects on a wide range of issues concerning global security, conversion of resources from military to civilian purposes, food security, employment, economic development, and the environment. ICRW generates quality, empirical information and technical assistance on women's productive and reproductive roles, their status in the family, their leadership in society, and their management of environmental resources. The Marquis Project - A Manitoba based international development organization involved in local education programs for global issues, community development projects with overseas partners, and operating a Third World craft shop. Outreach International - A human development agency striving to alleviate the injustices of hunger, poverty and disease by engaging people as partners in their own development. Seeds of Learning - Nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities in rural Latin America.
Programs emphasize the use of information technology.
Trickle Up Program - Fighting Poverty, One Business at a Time. Dedicated to reducing poverty by providing low-income people around the world with the opportunity to create their own microenterprises. Through a network of 134 country offices, the UNDP helps people in 174 countries and territories to help themselves, focusing on poverty elimination, environmental regeneration, job creation and the advancement of women. In support of these goals, UNDP is frequently asked to assist in promoting sound governance and market development and to support rebuilding societies in the aftermath of war and humanitarian emergencies. Vetaid - An international development charity supporting people who rely on animals for their survival.