South East Asia

Finance

Pan-Asian

ATTAC

www.attac.org

ATTAC (Association for the Taxation of financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens) is an international network of independent national and local groups in 33 countries. It promotes the idea of an international tax on currency speculation (the Tobin Tax) and campaigns to outlaw tax havens, replace pension funds with state pensions, cancel Third World debt, reform or abolish the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and, more generally, recapture the democratic space that has been lost to the financial world. ATTAC is independent from all political parties, and brings together labour unions, associations, MPs, academics and citizens from all walks of life, in self-education and peaceful action.

Voluntary help needed: See local links on ATTAC website

Bank Information Center (BIC)

733, 15th Street NW Suite 1126, Washington, D.C. 20005, USA
Tel: 202-737-7752
Fax: 202-737-1155
info@bicusa.org

www.bicusa.org

The Bank Information Center’s Mission is to empower citizens in developing countries to influence Multilateral Development Bank financed operations and policies in a manner that fosters social justice and ecological responsibility. BIC aims to democratize the International Financial Institutions to ensure citizen participation, information disclosure, full adherence to environmental and social policies and public accountability.

Voluntary help needed: see website

Specific countries

Philippines

NGO Forum on the ADB

Unit 402, 107-A Amaremca Building, Kalayaan Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
Tel: +632 4331256
Fax: +632 9297987

forum@pacific.net.ph

www.forum-adb.org

The NGO Forum on ADB (FORUM) is an Asian-led network of non-government and community-based organizations that support each other in order to amplify their positions on Asian Development Bank's policies, programs, and projects affecting life forms, resources, constituents - the local communities.
Voluntary help needed: see website

Legal Rights & Natural Resources Center (LRC-KSK)

Marvic Leonen, no. 7 Marunong Street, Central East District, Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Tel: 63 2 928 1372 or 436 1101
Fax: 63 2 920 7172
lrcksk@info.com.ph

www.lrcksk.org

LRC-KSK is a policy and legal research and advocacy institution. They focus mainly on advocacy of indigenous peoples' rights, resource tenure, environmental management, and sustainable energy options. To achieve these goals, LRC-KSK maintains three major programs: the Research and Policy Development, Direct Legal Services, and Campaigns, Support and Linkages. Among the organisation's numerous publications are its English-language newsletter, "Tan-awan" and its law and policy journal, published quarterly, "The Philippine Natural Resources Law Journal," published bi-annually.
LRC-KSK is taking part in the following Friends of the Earth International campaigns: genetically modified organisms, international financial institutions, trade and the mining programme.

Voluntary help needed: see LRC-KSK website

Thailand

ActionAid

13th Floor, Regent House Building, 183 Rajdamri Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10220, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 651 9066/7
Fax: +66 2 651 9070
mail@actionaidasia.org

www.actionaid.org/asia

ActionAid believes that every person has a right to many of the simple things we take for granted. These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water, education, shelter and security. These are set out in the 1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However, millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able to assert their basic human rights.

Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always looking for support from people with English writing skills. This includes articles on websites, documents, press release, case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can help us with our writing in English, either by working in one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org.

Focus on the Global South

c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Thailand
Tel: +66-2-2187363-65
Fax: +66-2-2559976

www.focusweb.org

Focus aims to consciously and consistently articulate, link and develop greater coherence between local community-based and national, regional and global paradigms of change. Focus on the Global South strives to create a distinct and cogent link between development at the grassroots and the "macro" levels.

Voluntary help needed: contact Focus

Vietnam

ActionAid

Room 206 - 521 Kim Ma Road, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Tel : 7717692
Fax : 7717693
Mail@aaviet.netnam.vn

www.actionaid.org/asia

ActionAid believes that every person has a right to many of the simple things we take for granted. These include the right to food, healthcare, clean water, education, shelter and security. These are set out in the 1948 United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are defined in the constitution of many countries. However, millions of poor people are denied these rights. ActionAid believes that poverty will not end until everyone is able to assert their basic human rights.

Voluntary help needed: ActionAid is always looking for support from people with English writing skills. This includes articles on websites, documents, press release, case studies, and reports/publications. If you think you can help us with our writing in English, either by working in one of our offices or remotely by email, please contact David Robinson at David@actionaidasia.org <mailto:David@actionaidasia.org>.