Fundação Getulio Vargas – Brazil

Fundação Getulio Vargas was founded on December 20, 1944. Its initial purpose was to train qualified personnel for the administration of the country’s public and private sectors. An institution characterized by its boldness and pioneering spirit, the Fundação Getulio Vargas was the first in Brazil to offer public and private administration undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as graduate programs in economics, psychology, accounting and education.

The institution went beyond the education boundaries and ventured into the domains of research and information, becoming a benchmark for quality and excellence.

FGV’s Center for Global Trade and Investment employs the methodology of the Global Trade Multi-system analysis of trade regulation, designed specifically for the Center. This analysis includes the main sources of regulation of international trade and its impact on business competitiveness

Website: http://portal.fgv.br/en/

Eco Accord – Russia

The Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development "ECO-Accord" was established in 1992 as a non-governmental, non-for-profit citizens' organisation and registered in the Russian Ministry of Justice. All the ECO-Accord founders have graduated from different departments of the Moscow Lomonossov State University and used to be activists of Moscow University Youth Council for Environmental Protection. Environmental and sustainable development problems became to be the first priority for both their public activities and research.

Eco Accord has a program called “Globalization, the WTO and the NIS: Broadening Dialogue for Sustainable Human Development” which involves the ‘Newly Independent States of the erstwhile Soviet Union”(NIS) which are facing the immediate problem of integration into world-wide economic structures, and particularly into the World Trade Organization (WTO). They also publish a monthly newsletter called ‘Bridges’, to provide information about international trade and sustainable development

Website: http://trade.ecoaccord.org/english/

CUTS International – India

CUTS International is a global think-tank engaged in research, advocacy and capacity building on the linkages among trade, investment and economic development. It is headquartered in Jaipur, India with overseas offices in Lusaka, Zambia (2001); Nairobi, Kenya (2003); Geneva, Switzerland (2007) and Hanoi, Vietnam (2007). Its main activity is to promote development of soft infrastructure (human capital and governmental and non-governmental institutions) for the suitable utilisation of these linkages.

Website: http://www.cuts-international.org/

Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center (SCC/WTO) - China

The SCC/WTO funded by the Shanghai Municipal Government and established in October 2000 just prior to China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, is a non-profit think tank dedicated to professional advisory services and international exchanges on WTO issues. The SCC/WTO boasts a strong contingent of experienced researchers and veteran consultants in WTO affairs with expertise in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary areas such as economics, politics, law, management, systems engineering, and information engineering. Upon approval from China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the SCC/WTO runs a postdoctoral program with a research focus on the global multilateral trading system.

Webite: http://www.sccwto.net/

South African Institute of International Affairs(SAIIA) – South Africa

SAIIA’s research agenda focuses on the external engagement of South Africa and Africa with the rest of the world - with a view to countering the continent's marginal status in global political and economic affairs; furthering good governance, peace and stability in the region; and ensuring that Africa is placed on a long-term, sustainable growth path.

SAIIA achieves these objectives by doing solid, forward-looking policy-orientated research on issues of concern to the continent. This facilitates the building of research capacity in South Africa and the region, provides a platform for informed debate about policy options for African policymakers and other stakeholders, and enables the Institute to make input into policymaking on issues of concern to Africa. Our research agenda is strongly policy-orientated and is clustered according to both thematic and country/region-specific themes.

Website: http://www.saiia.org.za/