Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento
| Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento | |
|---|---|
| founded in the year | 1979 |
| City | Lisbon |
| Country | Portugal |
| Website | http://www.ied-pt.org/ |
| address | Av. Eng. Arantes e Olivera, 5-3°B 1900-221 Lisboa |
| Networks | European Network of Political Foundations (ENOP) |
| Last revision | 1.05.2015 |
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IED - Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento (Institute for Development Studies) is a non-profit association registered as a non-governamental organization for development cooperation (ONGD) and officially recognized as an entity of social merit (Pessoa Colectiva de Utilidade Publica) operating under favourable and legal tax provisions.
It was created by 15 founders on the February 19th, 1979 as an independent association for research, debate and divulgation on subjects connected with the social, cultural and economic development as well as to propose concrete mesure to be implemented in Portugal in those areas. Today IED has more than 90 members within a framework of social democratic ideology.
The institute is close to the S&D group in the EU parliament.
Organizational Structure and Funding
Currently activity is steered by a Board of Director elected every two years and controlled by a General Assembly of all members with equal voting powers. The members of the Board have specific assignements, by functions or by project, and are coordinated by the President.
Address
Av. Eng. Arantes e Olivera, 5-3°B 1900-221 Lisboa
People
Working mode, goals
Presently its activities were extended to the fields of education for citizenship and international cooperation,mainly in African Portuguese speaking countries where a notorious activity was developped and strong connections firmly established. IED is currently registered as an education and training institution in the Portuguese Authorities for Quality and Education and for International Cooperation.
Topics
We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.
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