About this product
The Directory of South & Central American Organizations is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference to thousands of organizations. The Directory profiles intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations active in nearly 40 South & Central American countries and territories.
The Yearbook of International Organizations provides details of:
- intergovernmental organizations and regional bodies and their subsidiary and related bodies
- International non-governmental organizations, including humanitarian and civil society organizations functioning worldwide or regionally, sporting bodies, educational institutions, etc.
- organizations of a special type – networks, religious orders, treaty secretariats
All types of organizations are included; from the strictly organized to informal networks, from professional associations to recreational societies!
The entries on the organizations give details of:
- organization names – including multilingual variants
- names of presidents, general secretaries, etc.
- addresses of main offices with telephone, telex and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and website URLs
- organization structure and finances
- technical and regional commissions
- history and aims
- working languages
- activities and events
- memberships by country
- relationships between organizations
Descriptions are based on profiles supplied by the organizations themselves and supplemented by information from official documents and journals, thus ensuring the reliability of the details in this edition.
Countries covered include:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The entries on the organizations listed are arranged alphabetically. Comprehensive indexes are included to aid searches.
For anyone interested in sourcing organizations throughout South & Central America look no further than this authoritative and renowned publication.
