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Fondazione per lo sviluppo sostenibile del Mediterraneo

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Fondazione MEDES

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Foundation for the Sustainable development of the Mediterranean (MEDES Foundation) is a non-profit organization, aiming to promote activities on sustainable development and management of Mediterranean areas highly exposed to desertification. People involved in the Foundation have a strong background in agricultural economics and policy; social sciences, natural resources management and cultural and natural sites promotion. MEDES Foundation has highly-regarded expertise in a number of areas including: i) using a range of technologies for communication and dissemination of project results and best practice guidelines for decision-makers, ii) translating science to non-scieintific language, and iii) the use of strategic indicators and benchmarks for assessing and monitoring. The MEDES Foundation team includes the designer and editor of two web-base information systems: the Harmonised Information System for the EU-funded DESIRE Integrated Project, and the LEDDRIS Land and Ecosystem Degradation and Desertification Response Information System for the EU-funded LEDDRA project.

Website

www.fondazionemedes.it

Address

C.da San Licandro, 1

Sicignano degli Alburni

Salerno - Campania

84029

Italy

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Name	Contact details	Key qualifications	Photo
Prof. Giovanni Quaranta	Tel: +39 971 205 411 E-mail: medes@medes.eu	Involved in MEDALUS and DESERTLINKS, developing ManPras, relating indicators to management practices. Coordinator of a Masters Course on desertification and rural development. Member of Italian NCCDD.
Dr. Nichola Geeson	Tel: +44 1981 590457 E-mail: nicky.geeson@googlemail.com	Project Manager of MEDALUS II, III, and Coordinator of DESERTLINKS, producing the desertification indicator system DIS4ME.
Dr. Jane Brandt	Tel: +44 1435 874701 E-mail: medesdesire@googlemail.com	Project Manager of MEDALUS I, II, III, and Coordinator of DESERTLINKS, producing the desertification indicator system DIS4ME.
Dr. Rosanna Salvia	Tel: +39 971 205 411 E-mail: rosanna@medes.eu	Involved in MEDALUS III, DESERTLINKS and many National Funded research Projects concerned with desertification issues involving local communities.

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Both ENDS, Environment and Development Service

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Both ENDS

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Both ENDS strives for social justice and a sustainable environment by connecting and empowering civil society organisations (CSOs), key players in poverty reduction and the improvement of environmental governance. The core of our activities lies in supporting the work of these CSOs, specifically in developing countries. Since 1986 we have supported more than 4,000 organisations through shared campaigning activities, networking, exchanging knowledge, capacity building and influencing policy. We have longstanding strategic partnerships with some 200 organisations and local networks. Our cooperation focuses on local and participative approaches towards the use and management of natural resources, with a specific focus on: sustainable land use and integrated water management. Within this line, we support small-scale initiatives that contribute to human and ecosystem well-being in drylands.

Website

www.bothends.org

Address

Both ENDS
Nieuwe Keizersgracht 45
1018 VC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31-20-623-0823

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Involved personnel

Name	Contact details	Key qualifications	Photo
Marie Jose van der Werff ten Bosch	Tel: +31-20-623-0823 E-mail: mjb@bothends.org E-mail: drynet@bothends.org	Biology graduate with specialization in environment and development issues. Work focus: supporting local CSOs working in dryland regions; lobbying for political commitment towards dryland inhabitants
Karen Witsenburg	Tel: +31-20- E-mail: kw@bothends.org	Karen is program officer in the Policy Development team of BothENDS. She holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Amsterdam, and has worked in research until she joined Both ENDS. She worked at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. She has lived in Kenya and is very aware of and specialized in dryland issues.

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Centre d’actions et de réalisations internationales

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CARI

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CARI is a non profit organization based in France, it has been founded in 1998 by some experienced people in the field of international cooperation in rural and agriculture developpment overseas, especialy in drylands of francophone Africa and Maghreb. The domain of competence and action of the CARI is agroecology in dryland areas.
This methodology in approaching development aims at economy and autonomy, particularly in the rural and agricultural domain, and seeks to bring together the economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainable development.
Due to its original position and experience in the field of organic agriculture and environment management in drylands and due to its knowledge about international negotiation process in these fields, CARI is participing in several networks and working groups like water management or climate change. On the other hand CARI is since years practicaly involved in project management in the fields.

Website

www.cariassociation.org

Address

Association CARI
Rue du Courreau
34380 Viols le Fort
France
Fax: +33 4 67 55 74 37

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Involved personnel

Name	Contact details	Key qualifications	Photo
Patrice Burger	Tel: +33 4 67 55 61 18 E-mail: cariassociation@yahoo.fr	UNCCD process and substance, NGO and CSO capacity building, Agroecology or organic farming in drylands : soil fertilty management, water management, Participatory project management in drylands with CBO's, Member of the UNCCD roster of experts.
Maude Gentit	Tel: +33 4 67 55 61 18 E-mail: cariassociation@yahoo.fr	Master of Engineering in ecology and biodiversity management. Facilitation of network on desertification Science/ONG link
Marjolaine Souchon	Tel: +33 4 67 55 61 18 E-mail: marjolaine@cariassociation.org	Facilitation of network on desertification Development Fair trade
Nadia Roldan	Tel: +33 4 67 55 61 18 E-mail: cariassociation@yahoo.fr	Administration Finance