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| Name | Sustainable Development Initiative |
| Web address | http://www.sd-initiative.org |
| Email | info@sd-initiative.org |
| Address | Aldringenstr. 1 A
Munich, Bavaria 80369
Germany |
| Phone | +498952310278 |
| Fax | +498952310279 |
| Description | Together with some partners we create the Sustainable Development Initiative (SDI). SDI is member of FONA NETWORK "Research for Sustainability" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Although based in Munich/Bavaria our team is working globally through a wide range of long-standing relationships with partners across the developing world. Our partnerships generate close working relations with many key development actors from smallholder farmers and big city slum-dwellers to national governments and regional NGO´s as well as global institutions. This well established practice of working in partnership is what we believe makes SDI fundamentally different from other research institutes.
We seek to heighten the environmental quality of economic development efforts through improvements in policy and practice. SDI explores different concepts of sustainable development.
We also work to enlighten such decision makers about the sometimes sharply negative environmental and economic consequences of poorly conceived development projects. When appropriate, SDI tries to build linkages between groups, working at the grassroots level in order to strengthen their overall effectiveness and enhance their appeal to policy communities.
SDI informs policymakers and the general public about positive grassroots activities that demonstrate synergies between economic and environmental goals, but too often fail to get recognition or support from policy communities.
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| Areas of Work | trade and trade-related issues
environment and ecosystems
education and culture
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