Lead organization: Founded in 1913, The Rockefeller Foundation supports work around the world to expand opportunities for poor or vulnerable people and to help ensure that globalization’s benefits are more widely shared (http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org).
An Advisory Group of international experts provides guidance to the Rockefeller Foundation on what project success might look like and how best to achieve it.
Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network
Partner Organizations
Institute for Social Environmental Transition: (ISET)
is the lead facilitation partner who works with country level partners to support project cities through a shared learning dialogue process that will identify resilience-building activities; facilitate the development of replicable processes, methodologies and strategies for adapting to climate change in urban settings, and supporting cities to develop proposals and disseminate results from their analyses in ways that inform climate adaptation at local, national and global levels and position the cities to obtain major funding from diverse donors.
Arup International Development, Project Consultant and Technical Assistance
consulting on the coordination the initiative on behalf of The Rockefeller Foundation and providing technical assistance to project partners. Arup is a global consultancy with over 10,000 consultants including planners, scientists, economists and engineers working in 37 countries
ProVention
provides leadership in identifying, connecting and aligning with potential funding sources at country, regional and global levels; leveraging opportunities for donor funding of ACCCRN projects; and building linkages between ACCCRN, practitioners and donors on resilience priorities to support the objectives of the initiative.
ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability
provides leadership in bringing city-level work to the national and global levels, by helping cities to build a business case for the local governments. ICLEI is also assisting the country partners in Indonesia in city-level engagement processes. ICLEI is an international association of more than 1000 local, national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development.
APCO Worldwide
a global strategic communication consultancy firm, is leading on communications of ACCCRN work to multiple stakeholders at the city, national and global levels.
Country Partners will coordinate with national level entities and assist in the identification of local partners and coordinate city-level processes.
India
TARU Leading Edge
is leading the vulnerability analysis work in the city of Indore and Surat. TARU is a leading South Asian research consulting firm specialized in development planning and implementation of multi-sector public policy and development initiatives focused on building safe and sustainable cities.
Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG)
is leading the vulnerability analysis work in the city of Gorakhpur. GEAG is a leading resource institution on sustainable Agriculture, participatory approaches methodologies and Gender in north India.
Thailand
Thailand Environment Institute (TEI)
is a non-profit NGO focusing on environmental issues and the conservation of natural resources in Thailand, and on at a wider regional and global levels.
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
is a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs and projects that reduce the impact .of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific.
Indonesia
Mercy Corps
implements program in Indonesia that strives to address the root causes of poverty, thereby improving the quality of life for disaster and conflict affected, urban, and coastal communities.
Urban and Regional Development Institute (URDI)
Mercy Corps and URDI are jointly working on the city selection process in Indonesia and subsequently on the deeper engagement and capacity building in the selected cities.
Vietnam
Challenge to Change
works with communities in Viet Nam ACCCRN cities to conduct community based climate change vulnerability assessments and develop community–based initiatives to build resilience to climate change. It is a nonprofit organization supporting poor communities in Asia to build more resilient livelihoods and to adapt to the impact of climate change.
National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies (NISTPASS)
is leading national level policy engagement in support of implementing local climate resilience plans in Vietnam. It is a research organization under the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) that executes policy -relevant research on issues of organizational and management matters of science and technology.
Contact: acccrn@rockfound.org
