Tuesday, November 17, 2009

AKDN- Programmes Partners





The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its agencies actively seek to co-operate with like-minded institutions in the design, implementation and funding of innovative development projects. They therefore need and welcome institutions and individuals throughout the world as partners to attain shared objectives. Individual AKDN agencies also work closely with local, state and national governments in each country in which they are active. The following institutional partners contributed financially or materially to the programmes of individual AKDN agencies. Many more contributed practically and intellectually to their work. All of these contributions are gratefully acknowledged.

Afghanistan
Government of Afghanistan

Austria
Austrian Offcial Development Cooperation

Australia
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)

Burkina Faso
Amefert
Government of Burkina Faso
Soba
Société de Fibres Textiles (Sofitex)
Union Nationale des Producteurs de Coton du Burkina Faso (UNPCB)

Canada
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Dundee Wealth Management
Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada
The Globe and Mail
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Northwater Capital Management Inc.
Scotiabank
Wild Rose Foundation of Alberta

Côte d’Ivoire
Bicici (BNP Paribas)
Government of Côte d’Ivoire

Czech Republic
Government of the Czech Republic
People in Need

Denmark
Danish International Development Agency
Government of Denmark

Democratic Republic of Congo
Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Egypt
Egyptian Swiss Development Fund

Europe
European Commission
European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)

Finland
Government of Finland
Wärtsilä

France
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
BNP Paribas
Bolloré Group
Bonduelle
Dagris
Electricité de France
Société Générale
Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique (PROPARCO)
Somdiaa

Germany
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG)
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Government of Germany
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)

Greece
Government of Greece

India
Government of India
Governments of the States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi
Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC)
India-Canada Environment Facility (ICEF)
Sir Ratan Tata Trust

Japan
Government of Japan
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Japan Social Development Fund (JSF)

Kenya
Government of Kenya
Rahimtulla Trust

Kazakhstan
Government of Kazakhstan

Kyrgyz Republic
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Hukumat of Osh Oblast

Malaysia
Palm Oil Research Institute

Mali
Government of Mali

Mozambique
Government of Mozambique

Multilateral
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Bank of Africa (BOA)
EURONAID
East African Development Bank (EADB)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Commission
European Investment Bank (EIB)
UN Food and Agriculture
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Development Corporation (IDC)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MGA)
The World Bank
UN Education, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UN World Food Programme
UN World Health Organisation (WHO)

Principauté de Monaco
Monaco Telecom International

The Netherlands
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Dutch Interchurch Aid (Stichting Oecumenische Hulp)
Government of The Netherlands
ICCO Interchurch Organization for International Development Cooperation
Nederlandse Financieringsmaatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO)
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation (NOVIB)
TeliaSonera UTA Holding

New Zealand
Government of New Zealand

Norway
Government of Norway
Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD)
Norwegian Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund)
IMTEC (The International Learning Cooperative Josefinesgt)

Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
Governments of the North West Frontier
Province of Balochistan and Sindh
Family Planning Association of Pakistan
HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry
Pakistan Science Foundation
Pakistan Medical Research Council

Philippines
De La Salle University

Portugal
Gulbenkian Foundation
International Medical Assistance Foundation - Portugal (AMI)
Portuguese Development Agency (APAD)

Spain
Government of Spain

Sweden
Asea Brown Boveri (ABB)
Swedfund International AB
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

Switzerland
Canton of Geneva
Government of Swiss Confederation
Paul Reinhart AG
Staatsekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Syria
Government of Syria
Department of Antiquities
Municipality of Aleppo
Municipality of Masyaf

Tajikistan
Government of Tajikistan
Hukumat of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast

Tanzania/Zanzibar
Government of Tanzania
Government of Zanzibar
Tanzanian Investment Bank Limited
Zanzibar Port Corporation

Uganda
Government of Uganda

United Kingdom
Actis
British Council
Cable and Wireless
Charity Projects
Christian Aid
Comic Relief
Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC)
Department for International Development (DFID)
Globeleq
Government of the United Kingdom
Investors in Industry (3i)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
OXFAM
Save the Children Fund
Shell Foundation

USA
ABB Inc - Equity Ventures
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cinergy Global Power
Citigroup Foundation
Flora Family Foundation
Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA
Ford Foundation
Getty Grant Program
Ghangarosa International Health Foundation
Harvard University
Hewlett Foundation
International Foundation for Science
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Johnson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Microsoft
NetAid
Rockefeller Foundation
Sithe Global
Smithsonian Institution
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of State
United States Environmental Protection Agency
World Aids Foundation
World Monuments Fund


Source : www.akdn.org


Speeches -source AKDN.org



Prince Amyn Aga Khan Speaking at the IFC Breakfast, Istanbul, Turkey
04 October 2009 - Prince Amyn Aga Khan Speaking at the International Finance Corporation breakfast, in Istanbul, Turkey, 4 October 2009

Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of Khorog City Park
10 October 2009 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of Khorog City Park

Inauguration of the Revitalized Forodhani Park, Stone Town, Zanzibar
30 July 2009 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Revitalized Forodhani Park, Stone Town, Zanzibar

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Graduation Ceremony of the University of Alberta
09 June 2009 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Graduation Ceremony of the University of Alberta

Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan à l’occasion de la remise de la distinction de Grand Mécène et de Grand Donateur
28 May 2009 - Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan à l’occasion de la remise de la distinction de Grand Mécène et de Grand Donateur du Ministère de la Culture Paris, le 28 mai 2009

Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at Portugal's Academy of Sciences
08 May 2009 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Academy of Sciences, in Lisbon, Portugal

Remarks by the President of the Academy of Sciences, Professor Arantes e Oliveira
08 May 2009 - Remarks by the President of the Academy of Sciences, Professor Arantes e Oliveira at the Investiture Ceremony of His Highness as a Foreign Member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)

Global Philanthropy Forum, Washington, DC
23 April 2009 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Global Philanthropy Forum

Inaugural Ceremony of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, Ottawa
06 December 2008 - Inaugural Ceremony of the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat (Ottawa, Canada)

Speech by President Dr. Peter George at the Memorandum of Agreement Signing (Toronto, Canada)
22 November 2008 - Speech by President Dr. Peter George at the Memorandum of Agreement Signing between the McMaster University and the Aga Khan University (Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada)

Statement by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the 10th German World Bank Forum: “The Asian Century: Challenges in the Economic Crisis”
20 November 2008 - Statement by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the 10th German World Bank Forum “The Asian Century: Challenges in the Economic Crisis” (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Avignon Forum
16 November 2008 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Avignon Forum: The value and importance of cultural diversity and its role in promoting peace and development (Avignon, France)

Speech made by Professor Manuel Braga da Cruz
12 July 2008 - Speech made by Professor Manuel Braga da Cruz at the Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the Aga Khan University and the Catholic University of Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)

Speech by Firoz Rasul, President, Aga Khan University
12 July 2008 - Speech by Firoz Rasul, President, Aga Khan University (Lisbon, Portugal)

Banquet in London
03 July 2008 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Banquet (London, United Kingdom)

Speech by the Rt. Hon. John Denham
03 July 2008 - Speech by the Rt. Hon. John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills Banquet (London, United Kingdom)

President John Hughes Citation
30 June 2008 - President John Hughes Citation at the National University of Ireland (Nui Maynooth, Ireland)

Académie des Beaux-Arts
18 June 2008 - Discours de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan à l'occasion de son installation en tant que membre associé étranger de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts au fauteuil de Kenzo Tange à l'Institut de France (Paris, France)

Discours par M. Arnaud d'Hauterives à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts
18 June 2008 - Discours d’installation de SA le Prince Karim Aga Khan IV par M. Arnaud d’Hauterives en tant que membre associé étranger de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts au fauteuil de Kenzo Tange à l'Institut de France (Paris, France)

Afghanistan Conference, Paris
12 June 2008 - Statement of His Highness at the Afghanistan Conference (Paris, France)

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Dhaka
20 May 2008 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of The Aga Khan Academy (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Speech by Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Dhaka
20 May 2008 - Speech by Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Bangladesh’s Education Adviser at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Salim Bhatia's Welcoming Remarks at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Dhaka
20 May 2008 - Salim Bhatia’s Welcoming Remarks at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

State Banquet during the Golden Jubilee Visit in Bangladesh
19 May 2008 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the State Banquet (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Dîner Officiel lors de la Visite du Jubilée d'Or au Burkina Faso
26 April 2008 - Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan au Dîner Officiel offert par le Président de la République du Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Séminaire et Exposition de l'Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Ouagadougou
26 April 2008 - Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan à l’Ouverture du Séminaire et de l’Exposition de l’AKAA sur les projets primés au Burkina Faso et en Afrique de l’Ouest (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Création d'un parc urbain à Bamako
25 April 2008 - Discours prononcé par Son Altesse l’Aga Khan lors de la cérémonie annonçant la création d’un parc urbain à Bamako (Bamako, Mali)

Discours du Président Amadou Touré lors de la Cérémonie annonçant la Création d'un Parc Urbain à Bamako
25 April 2008 - Discours prononcé par Monsieur Amadou Toumani Touré, Président de la République du Mali lors de la Cérémonie annonçant la Création d’un Parc Urbain à Bamako (Bamako, Mali)

Inauguration of the Great Mosque of Mopti
24 April 2008 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Ceremony of Inauguration of the Great Mosque of Mopti (Mopti, Mali)

Discours par le Président Amadou Touré lors de l'Inauguration de la Grande Mosquée de Mopti
24 April 2008 - Discours prononcé par Président Amadou Toumani Touré à la Cérémonie d’Inauguration de la Grande Mosquée de Mopti (Mopti, Mali)

Aga Khan receives Honorary Awards during his Visit in Timbuktu
24 April 2008 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan following the Presentation of the Title of Honorary Citizen of the Islamic Community of Timbuktu and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sankoré (Timbuktu, Mali)

Dîner Officiel lors de la Visite du Jubilée d'Or au Mali
23 April 2008 - Discours de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan au Dîner officiel offert par le Président de la République du Mali (Bamako, Mali)

Discours de M Amadou Touré lors du Dîner Officiel offert à l'occasion de la Visite du Jubilée d'Or au Mali
23 April 2008 - Discours de Monsieur Amadou Toumani Touré Président de la République du Mali lors du Dîner Officiel offert à l'occasion de la Visite du Jubilée d'Or de Son Altesse l'Aga Khan (Bamako, Mali)

Annual Meeting of the International Baccalaureate
18 April 2008 - "The Peterson Lecture" by His Highness the Aga Khan to the Annual Meeting of the International Baccalaureate, marking its 40th Anniversary (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Speech by Dr Monique Seefried at the Annual Meeting of the International Baccalaureate
18 April 2008 - Speech by Dr Monique Seefried, Chairman, IB Board of Governors at the Annual Meeting of the International Baccalaureate, 2008 Peterson Lecture (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Dinner during the Golden Jubilee Visit in Texas
12 April 2008 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Dinner hosted by the Governor and First Lady of Texas (Austin, Texas, USA)

Speech by Princess Zahra Aga Khan at the United Nations World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009
25 January 2008 - Speech by Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Head of the Social Welfare Department of the Aga Khan Development Network, at the launch of the United Nations World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2008-2009 "Hospitals safe from disasters" (Davos, Switzerland)

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Revitalisation of Forodhani Park
18 January 2008 - Speech by Prince Amyn Aga Khan on the occasion of the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Revitalisation of Forodhani Park (Zanzibar)

State Banquet during the Golden Jubilee Visit in Madagascar
27 November 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the State Banquet in Madagascar

State Banquet during the Golden Jubilee Visit in Mozambique
20 November 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the State Banquet(Maputo, Mozambique)

Speech by President Armando Guebuza at the State Banquet during the Golden Jubilee Visit in Mozambique
20 November 2007 - Speech by President of the Republic Armando Guebuza, Ponta Vermelha Palace, Official Banquet (Maputo, Mozambique)

Conference on Central Asia and Europe, Berlin
13 November 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Conference on Central Asia and Europe : A New Economic Partnership for the 21st Century (Berlin, Germany)

Inauguration of the Restored Monuments in Darb al-Ahmar
26 October 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Restored Monuments in Darb al-Ahmar (Cairo, Egypt)

'Musée-Musées' Round Table Louvre Museum
17 October 2007 - Closing Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the "Musée-Musées" Round Table Louvre Museum (Paris, France)

2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Presentation Ceremony
04 September 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2007 Award Presentation Ceremony (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Welcome Address by Salim Bhatia at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Kampala
22 August 2007 - Welcome Address by Salim Bhatia at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy (Kampala, Uganda)

Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Kampala
22 August 2007 - Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, at the Laying of the Foundation Stone for the Aga Khan Academy of Excellence (Delivered by Vice President Professor Gilbert Bukenya on behalf of President Museveni) (Kampala, Uganda)

Banquet Hosted in Honour of President Museveni
22 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Banquet Hosted in Honour of President Museveni (Kampala, Uganda)

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Kampala
22 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy (Kampala, Uganda)

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Bujagali Hydropower Project
21 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Bujagali Hydropower Project (Kampala, Uganda)

Speech by President Yoweri Museveni at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of Bujagali Hydropower Project
21 August 2007 - Speech by President Yoweri Museveni at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of Bujagali Hydropower Project (Kampala, Uganda)

State Banquet concluding the Golden Jubilee Visit in Tanzania
18 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the State Banquet (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Madrasa Programme
14 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Madrasa Programme (Mombasa, Kenya)

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Residential Campus, Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
14 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Residential Campus Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony, Aga Khan Academy (Mombasa, Kenya)

Salim Bhatia's welcoming remarks at the Residential Campus Foundation-Stone Laying Ceremony, Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
14 August 2007 - Salim Bhatia's welcoming remarks, Residential Campus Foundation-Stone Laying Ceremony, Aga Khan Academy (Mombasa, Kenya)

Speech by His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki at the State Banquet commencing the Golden Jubilee Visit in Kenya
13 August 2007 - Speech by His Excellency Hon. Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., M.P., President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kenya During the State Banquet in Honour of His Highness the Aga Khan (State House, Nairobi, Kenya)

State Banquet commencing the Golden Jubilee Visit in Kenya
13 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the State Banquet (Nairobi, Kenya)

Inauguration of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Aga Khan University, Nairobi
13 August 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Aga Khan University (Nairobi, Kenya)

Remarks of Firoz Rasul at the Inauguration of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Aga Khan University, Nairobi
13 August 2007 - Remarks of Mr. Firoz Rasul, President of Aga Khan University, at the Inauguration of The Aga Khan University Faculty of Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya)

Spirit & Life Exhibition
12 July 2007 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the "Spirit and Life" Exhibition (London, UK)

Speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the 'Spirit & Life' Exhibition
12 July 2007 - A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the Opening of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s the ‘Spirit & Life’ Exhibition at the Ismaili Centre (London, UK)

Graduation Ceremony at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
15 June 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at Graduation Ceremony of the Masters of Public Affairs (MPA) Programme at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)

Speech by Praful Patel at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
05 June 2007 - Speech to the Closing Session of the Enabling Environment Conference by Praful Patel, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Speech by His Excellency Dr. Mohammad J. Shams at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
05 June 2007 - Speech by His Excellency Doctor Mohammad Jalil Shams, Ministry of Economy, at The Enabling Environment Conference (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Speech by His Excellency Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
05 June 2007 - Speech to the Closing Session of The Enabling Environment Conference by His Excellency Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Keynote Address by The Hon. Abdullah A. Badawi at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
04 June 2007 - Keynote Address by The Honourable Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia at the Enabling Environment Conference (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Speech by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
04 June 2007 - Speech by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at The Enabling Environment Conference (Kabul, Afghanistan)

The Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
04 June 2007 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at The Enabling Environment Conference (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Address of H.E. Ahmad Zia Massoud at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul
04 June 2007 - Address of H.E. Ahmad Zia Massoud, First Vice President of the Government of Afghanistan, at the Enabling Environment Conference (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Splendori a Corte Exhibition
30 March 2007 - Inauguration speech at "Splendori a Corte", an exhibition of rare art and manuscripts from the Aga Khan Museum collection, being shown until 3 June 2007 at the Palazzo della Pilotta (Parma, Italy)

Official Opening of the Kampala Serena Hotel
10 November 2006 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Official Opening of the Kampala Serena Hotel (Kampala, Uganda)

Inauguration of the Ishkashim Bridge
31 October 2006 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Ishkashim Bridge (Ishkashim, Tajikistan)

Signing of the Funding Agreement for the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa
25 October 2006 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan on the occasion of the Signing of the Funding Agreement for the Global Centre for Pluralism (Ottawa, Canada)

Speech by the Prime Minister of Canada at the Signing of the Funding Agreement for the Global Centre for Pluralism in Ottawa
25 October 2006 - Remarks by The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada on the occasion of the Signing of the Funding Agreement for the Global Centre for Pluralism (Ottawa, Canada)

Speech by Princess Zahra at the Presentation of the World Habitat Award
04 October 2006 - Speech by Princess Zahra at the Presentation of the World Habitat Award (Kazan, Russian Federation)

Die Quadriga Award Ceremony
03 October 2006 - Laudatory Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Die Quadriga Award Ceremony (Berlin, Germany)

Speech by Chief Minister at the Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad
22 September 2006 - Speech by Chief Minister at the Stone Laying Ceremony of The Aga Khan Academy (Hyderabad, India)

Opening Remarks by Salim Bhatia at the Stone Laying Ceremony of The Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad
22 September 2006 - Salim Bhatia’s Opening Remarks, The Aga Khan Academy, Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony (Hyderabad, India)

Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad
22 September 2006 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone-Laying Ceremony of The Aga Khan Academy (Hyderabad, India)

American University in Cairo
15 June 2006 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Commencement Ceremony of the American University (Cairo, Egypt)

Speech by Foreign Minister Steinmeier at the Presentation of the Tutzing Evangelical Academy Tolerance Prize to the Aga Khan
20 May 2006 - Speech by Foreign Minister Steinmeier at the presentation of the Tutzing Evangelical Academy Tolerance Prize to His Highness the Aga Khan (Tutzing, Germany)

Tolerance Award from the Evangelical Academy of Tutzing
20 May 2006 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan to the Tutzing Evangelical Academy Upon Receiving the "Tolerance" Award (Tutzing, Germany)

Graduation Ceremony at the School of International and Public Affairs
15 May 2006 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan to the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (Columbia, USA)

Inauguration of the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul
08 April 2006 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the French Medical Institute for Children (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Presentation by Princess Zahra Aga Khan at The Alcan Award Prize Awarded to AKPBS
02 March 2006 - Presentation by Princess Zahra Aga Khan at the Alcan Award Prize Giving Ceremony (Vancouver, Canada)

Royal Toledo Foundation Award Ceremony
02 March 2006 - Speech by the Aga Khan at the Royal Toledo Foundation Award Ceremony (Toledo, Spain)

Evora University Symposium
12 February 2006 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at Evora University Symposium: "Cosmopolitan Society, Human Safety and Rights in Plural and Peaceful Societies" (Evora, Spain)

University of Evora Honorary Doctorate
12 February 2006 - Acceptance Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan - University of Evora Honorary Doctorate (Evora, Portugal)

Speech by Jorge Sampaio at the Evora University Symposium
12 February 2006 - Speech by Jorge Sampaio, President of the Republic of Portugal, at the Symposium on "Cosmopolitan Society, Human Safety and Rights in Plural and Peaceful Societies" University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)

Simpósio Internacional "Sociedade Cosmopolita, Segurança e Direitos Humanos em Sociedades Pluralistas e Pacíficas"
12 February 2006 - Simpósio Internacional "Sociedade Cosmopolita, Segurança e Direitos Humanos em Sociedades Pluralistas e Pacíficas" Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)

Professor Adriano Moreira: As Asas da Borboleta
12 February 2006 - Adriano Moreira, Presidente do Conselho Nacional de Avaliação do Ensino Superior Professor Emérito da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Evora, Portugal)

Discurso do Magnífico Reitor Professor Doutor Manuel Ferreira Patrício
12 February 2006 - Discurso do Magnífico Reitor Professor Doutor Manuel Ferreira Patrício, Cerimónia de Outorga do Grau de Doutor "Honoris Causa" a Sua Alteza O Aga Khan, Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)

Discurso do Professor Adriano Moreira
12 February 2006 - Discurso do Magnífico Reitor Professor Doutor Manuel Ferreira Patrício, Cerimónia de Outorga do Grau de Doutor "Honoris Causa" a Sua Alteza O Aga Khan, Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)

Conference on Afghanistan, London
31 January 2006 - Statement by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Conference on Afghanistan (London, UK)

Protocol of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Portugal and the Ismaili Imamat
19 December 2005 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Signing Ceremony of the Protocol of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Portugal and the Ismaili Imamat (Lisbon, Portugal)

Convocation of the Aga Khan University in Karachi
03 December 2005 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Convocation of the Aga Khan University (Karachi, Pakistan)

Statement by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at the International Donor's Conference
19 November 2005 - Statement Delivered by Prince Amyn Aga Khan on Behalf of the Aga Khan Development Network at the International Donor's Conference (Islamabad, Pakistan)

Opening of the Kabul Serena Hotel
08 November 2005 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening of the Kabul Serena Hotel (Kabul, Afghanistan)

The Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy Awarded to the Aga Khan
04 October 2005 - Remarks Made by His Highness the Aga Khan Upon Receiving the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Aga Khan Receives Die Quadriga 2005 Prize in Berlin
03 October 2005 - Remarks Made by His Highness the Aga Khan Upon Receiving the Die Quadriga 2005 Prize in Recognition of the Work of the Aga Khan Development Network (Berlin, Germany)

Statement by His Excellency Hamid Karzai at the Die Quadriga Award Ceremony
03 October 2005 - Statement by His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, at the Die Quadriga Award Ceremony (Berlin, Germany)

Award received from the American University of Beirut
25 June 2005 - Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the American University of Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon)

Aga Khan and Governor General of Canada Initiate the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat
06 June 2005 - Address by His Highness The Aga Khan at the Foundation Ceremony of The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat (Ottawa, Canada)

Opening Ceremony of the IPI World Congress and 54th General Assembly
22 May 2005 - Address made by His Highness the Aga Khan Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan Opening Ceremony of the IPI World Congress and 54th General Assembly (Nairobi, Kenya)

Nobel Institute in Oslo
07 April 2005 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Nobel Institute on Democratic Development, Pluralism and Civil Society (Oslo, Norway)

Inauguration of Al-Azhar Park
25 March 2005 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of Al-Azhar Park (Cairo, Egypt)

Expansion of the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar-es Salaam
18 March 2005 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Launch of the second phase of the expansion of the Aga Khan Hospital (Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania)

Groundbreaking of the International Academic Centre of Excellence, Dar es Salaam
17 March 2005 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Groundbreaking of the International Academic Centre of Excellence (Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania)

Scully Seminar - Architecture
26 January 2005 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Scully Seminar (Washington DC, USA)

Scully Award Acceptance Speech
25 January 2005 - Scully Award Acceptance Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan (Washington DC, USA)

Ninth Award Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, New Delhi
27 November 2004 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Ninth Award Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (New Delhi, India)

Annual Conference of German Ambassadors
06 September 2004 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Annual Conference of German Ambassadors (Berlin, Germany)

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy, Maputo
25 June 2004 - Speech of His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy (Maputo, Mozambique)

Convocation of the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
18 June 2004 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Convocation of the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Toronto, Canada)

Leadership and Diversity Conference, Gatineau
19 May 2004 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Leadership and Diversity Conference (Gatineau, Quebec - Canada)

Inauguration Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Kilindini, Mombasa
20 December 2003 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration Ceremony of the Aga Khan Academy Kilindini (Mombasa, Kenya)

Opening of Alltex EPZ Limited at Athi River
19 December 2003 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening of Alltex EPZ Limited at Athi River (Kenya)

Foundation Laying Ceremony of the Ismaili Centre, Dubai
13 December 2003 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Laying Ceremony of the Ismaili Centre (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Foundation Stone Ceremony of The Ismaili Centre, Dushanbe
30 August 2003 - Address by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Foundation Stone Ceremony of The Ismaili Centre (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)

Dushanbe Fresh Water Forum
30 August 2003 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan Dushanbe Fresh Water Forum (Dushanbe, Tajikistan)

Annual Meeting of The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
05 May 2003 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Annual Meeting of The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Ceremony to Inaugurate the Restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens
15 April 2003 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Ceremony to Inaugurate the Restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens (New Delhi, India)

Plenary Session of the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit
31 October 2002 - Keynote Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Plenary Session of the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)

Opening Ceremony of the Aga Khan School, Osh
30 October 2002 - Speech By His Highness the Aga Khan at the Opening Ceremony of the Aga Khan School (Osh, Kyrgyz Republic)

Prince Claus Fund's Conference on Culture and Development
07 September 2002 - Keynote Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan Concluding the Prince Claus Fund's Conference on Culture and Development (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Inauguration of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center, Houston
23 June 2002 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Inauguration of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center (Houston, Texas, USA)

Banquet hosted in Honour of Governor Perry, Houston
23 June 2002 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Banquet hosted in Honour of Governor Perry (Houston, Texas, USA)

International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan
20 January 2002 - Delivered by Mr. Aly Mawji, Aga Khan Development Network Country Co-ordinator for Afghanistan, at the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan (Tokyo, Japan)

Winners' Seminar of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
07 November 2001 - Concluding Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Winners' Seminar of The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (Aleppo, Syria)

Award Presentation Ceremony of the 2001 Aga Khan Award For Architecture
06 November 2001 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the 2001 Award Presentation Ceremony of the Aga Khan Award For Architecture, The Citadel (Aleppo, Syria)

Archon Award Ceremony of Sigma Theta Tau International
07 June 2001 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Archon Award Ceremony of Sigma Theta Tau International (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Centenary Celebration Meeting, Association of American Universities
22 April 2001 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Centenary Celebration Meeting, Association of American Universities - Making a Difference: Reflections on Shared Problems, Shared Opportunities and Shared Responsibilities in International Higher Education (Washington D.C., USA)

White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy
28 November 2000 - Remarks Prepared by His Highness The Aga Khan For The White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy (Washington D.C., USA)

Conference of Indigenous Philanthropy
17 October 2000 - Address to the Plenary by His Highness the Aga Khan at The Conference on Indigenous Philanthropy (Islamabad, Pakistan)

Inaugural Address by President Rafiq Tarar at the Conference on Indigenous Philanthropy
17 October 2000 - Inaugural Address by President Rafiq Tarar, Islamic Republic of Pakistan at The Conference on Indigenous Philanthropy (Islamabad, Pakistan)

Welcome Address by Dr. S. Kassim-Lakha at the Conference of Indigenous Philanthropy
16 October 2000 - Welcome Address by Dr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Steering Committee Convenor at the Conference on Indigenous Philanthropy (Islamabad, Pakistan)

The World Bank InfoDev Conference
10 November 1999 - Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the World Bank InfoDev Conference (Washington D.C., USA)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
27 May 1994 - Commencement Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Ismaili Community - 20th Century


The Aga Khan, like his grandfather before him, has always been concerned about the wellbeing of all Muslims, particularly the impact on them of the challenges of the rapidly evolving world. Addressing as Chairman, the International Conference on the Example (Seerat) of the Prophet Muhammad in Karachi in 1976, he noted that the wisdom of Allah's final Prophet in seeking new solutions for problems which could not be solved by traditional methods, provides the inspiration for Muslims to conceive a truly modern and dynamic society, without affecting the fundamental concepts of Islam.
Since the present Aga Khan assumed the office of Imamat in 1957, there have been major political and economic changes in most of the countries where Ismailis live. He has adapted the complex system of administering the various Ismaili communities, pioneered by his grandfather during the colonial era, to a world of nation states. In the course of that process, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, who was twice President of the League of Nations, had already provided a contemporary articulation of the public international role of the Imamat. The Imamat today, under the present Aga Khan, continues this tradition of strict political neutrality.
In designating his successor to the Imamat in 1957, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan stated in his will:
"In view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world…due to the great changes which have taken place…I am convinced that it is in the best interests of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office of Imam".
Upon succeeding to the leadership of the Ismaili Muslims, the immediate concern of the Aga Khan was therefore to prepare his community, wherever they lived, for the changes that lay ahead. This rapidly evolving situation called for bolder initiatives and new programmes to reflect developing national aspirations.
In Africa, Asia and the Middle East, a major objective of the Community's social welfare and economic programmes, until the mid-fifties, had been to create a broad base of businessmen, farmers and professionals. The educational facilities of the Community tended to emphasise secondary-level education. With the coming of independence, each nation's economic aspirations took on new dimensions, focusing on industrialisation and modernisation of agriculture. The Community's educational priorities had to be reassessed in the context of new national goals.
Throughout much of the developing world, Ismailis were affected by radical changes in their respective countries. On the Indian subcontinent, and in South East Asia, major political changes followed the advent of independence, which gave rise to new nation states often followed by dislocation of populations.
In certain African countries, the Ismaili community was similarly affected. In 1972, under the regime of the then President Idi Amin, Ismailis and other Asians, despite being citizens of the country and having lived there for generations, were expelled. The Aga Khan had to take urgent steps to facilitate their resettlement elsewhere, and owing to his personal efforts most found homes, not only in Asia, but also in Europe and North America.
Most of the basic resettlement problems were overcome remarkably rapidly. This was due to the adaptability of the Ismailis themselves and in particular to their educational background and their linguistic abilities, as well as the efforts of the host countries and the moral and material support from Community programmes. Such programmes have continued and have, in fact, been given a new orientation so that the Community continues to play a fuller part in the development and progress of the countries of its adoption.
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan established social development institutions in the subcontinent of India and Pakistan, "for the relief of humanity". They include institutions such as the Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust and the Platinum Jubilee Investments Limited which in turn assisted the growth of various types of co-operative societies. Diamond Jubilee Schools for girls were set up throughout the remote Northern Areas of Pakistan. In addition, scholarship programmes established at the time of the Golden Jubilee to give assistance to needy students were progressively expanded. In East Africa, major social welfare institutions were created, including the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. Economic development institutions were also established in East Africa. Companies such as the Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust (now Diamond Trust Bank of Kenya) and the Jubilee Insurance company, which are today quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, have become important national economic institutions.
In the early 1980's many new social and economic development projects were launched. These range from the establishment of the US$ 300 million international Aga Khan University with its Faculty of Health Sciences and teaching hospital based in Karachi, and the creation of a girls school and a medical centre in the Hunza region, in one of the remote parts of Northern Pakistan bordering on China and Afghanistan, to the establishment of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Gujarat, India, and the extension of existing urban hospitals and primary health care centres in Tanzania and Kenya, in East Africa.
These initiatives form part of an international network of institutions involved in fields that range from education, health and rural development, to architecture and the promotion of private sector enterprise. Known as the Aga Khan Development Network, its constituent institutions, all founded over the past thirty years, include the Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, comprising the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Historic Cities Support Programme. The Network also includes the Aga Khan Health Services and the Aga Khan Education Services, providers of health care, schooling and other educational services in South Asia and East Africa since the beginning of the twentieth century. These institutions which are open to all, regardless of origin or creed, are described in greater detail in the brochure on the Aga Khan Development Network.
In view of the importance that Islam places on maintaining a balance between the spiritual wellbeing of the individual and the quality of his or her life, the Imam's guidance deals with both aspects of the life of his followers. The Aga Khan has encouraged Ismaili Muslims, settled in the industrialised world, to contribute towards the progress of communities in the developing world through various development programmes. In recent years, Ismaili Muslims, who went to the U.S. and Canada, often as refugees from Asia and Africa, have readily settled into the social, educational and economic fabric of urban and rural centres across the continent. As in the developing world, the Ismaili Muslim Community's settlement and the establishment of community institutions in the developed world have been characterised by an ethos of self-reliance, an emphasis on education and a pervasive spirit of philanthropy.
It is this commitment to man's dignity and the relief of humanity that inspires the Ismaili Imamat's philanthropic institutions. Giving of one's competence, sharing one's time, material or intellectual wherewithal with those among whom one lives, for the relief of hardship, pain or ignorance is a deeply ingrained tradition which shapes the social conscience of the Ismaili Muslim community.

http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=104453

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) Agencies

The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a group of development agencies with mandates ranging from health and education to architecture, culture, microfinance, disaster reduction, rural development, the promotion of private-sector enterprise and the revitalisation of historic cities. AKDN consists of the following organisations:

Aga Khan Academies (AKA)

Aga Khan Academies (AKA)The conviction that home-grown intellectual leadership of exceptional calibre is the best driver of society's future development led His Highness the Aga Khan to found an integrated network of residential schools in Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Middle East, known as the Aga Khan Academies.

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM)

Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM)The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM) is a not-for-profit, non-denominational, international development agency created under Swiss law. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. It is governed by an independent Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board is His Highness the Aga Khan.

Aga Khan Education Services (AKES)

Aga Khan Education Services (AKES)Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) currently operates more than 300 schools and advanced educational programmes that provide quality pre-school, primary, secondary, and higher secondary education services to students in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kenya,Uganda, Tanzania, and Tajikistan.

Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)

Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a non-denominational, international development agency established in 1967 by His Highness the Aga Khan. Its mission is to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa. Created as a private, non-profit foundation under Swiss law, it has branches and independent affiliates in 15 countries. It is a modern vehicle for traditional philanthropy in the Ismaili Muslim community under the leadership of the Aga Khan.

Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED)

Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED)The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) is an international development agency dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship and building economically sound enterprises in the developing world. AKFED focuses on building enterprises in parts of the world that lack sufficient foreign direct investment. It also makes bold but calculated investments in situations that are fragile and complex.

Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS)

Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS)With community health programmes in large geographical areas in Central and South Asia, as well as East Africa, and more than 200 health facilities including nine hospitals, the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is one of the most comprehensive private not-for-profit health care systems in the developing world. Building on the Ismaili Community's health care efforts in the first half of the 20th century, AKHS now provides primary health care and curative medical care in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Tanzania, and provides technical assistance to government in health service delivery in Kenya, Syria and Tajikistan.

Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS)

Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS)The Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (AKPBS) works to improve the built environment, particularly housing design and construction, village planning, natural hazard mitigation, environmental sanitation, water supplies, and other living conditions. AKPBS achieves these goals through the provision of material and technical assistance and construction management services for rural and urban areas.

Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)

Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)The Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) focuses on the physical, social, cultural and economic revitalisation of communities in the Muslim world. It includes the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, the Music Initiative in Central Asia, the on-line resource ArchNet, and the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Aga Khan University (AKU)

Aga Khan University (AKU)Aga Khan University (AKU) provides post-graduate training of health service professionals, teachers and managers of schools, and the development of research scholars. It was granted its charter in 1983 as Pakistan's first private, autonomous university.

Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS)

Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS)Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) is an international group of agencies established in Europe, North America and South Asia to complement the provision of emergency relief, principally in the developing world. It helps people in need reduce their dependence on humanitarian aid and facilitates their transition to sustainable self-reliant, long-term development. Focus Humanitarian Assistance is affiliated with the Aga Khan Development Network, a group of institutions working to improve opportunities and living conditions, for people of all faiths and origins, in specific regions of the developing world. Underlying the establishment of FOCUS by the Ismaili Muslim community is a history of successful initiatives to assist people struck by natural and man-made disasters in South and Central Asia, and Africa.

University of Central Asia (UCA)

University of Central Asia (UCA)The University of Central Asia (UCA) was created to offer an internationally recognized standard of higher education in Central Asia and create knowledgeable, skilled and creative graduates who will contribute leadership, ideas and innovations to the transitioning economies and communities of the region.


Source: www.akdn.org


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Introduction to the IIS



The Institute of Ismaili Studies was established in 1977 with the object of promoting scholarship and learning of Muslim cultures and societies, historical as well as contemporary, and a better understanding of their relationship with other societies and faiths.

The Institute’s programmes encourage a perspective that is not confined to the theological and religious heritage of Islam, but seeks to explore the relationship of religious ideas to broader dimensions of society and culture. The programmes thus encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the materials of Islamic history and thought.

Within the Islamic tradition, the Institute’s programmes seek to promote research on those areas which have had relatively little attention devoted to them in scholarship to date. These include the intellectual and literary expressions of Shi‘ism in general, and Ismailism in particular.

In the context of Muslim societies, the Institute’s programmes are informed by the full range and diversity of cultures in which Islam is practised today. Particular attention is also given to issues of modernity that arise as Muslims seek to relate their heritage to contemporary circumstances.

The Institute collaborates with several institutions of learning. For example, the graduate teaching programmes of the Institute have collaborated at various stages with McGill University, The University of London’s Institute of Education, The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), The University of Jordan and faculty-members of a number of universities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Further details regarding the Institute’s programmes and activities are included in Dr Paul Walker’s article on The Institute of Ismaili Studies, originally published in Encyclopaedia Iranica.


Source: http://www.iis.ac.uk/view_article.asp?ContentID=104413

Monday, July 13, 2009

AKDN- Partners


The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and its agencies actively seek to co-operate with like-minded institutions in the design, implementation and funding of innovative development projects. They therefore need and welcome institutions and individuals throughout the world as partners to attain shared objectives. Individual AKDN agencies also work closely with local, state and national governments in each country in which they are active. The following institutional partners contributed financially or materially to the programmes of individual AKDN agencies. Many more contributed practically and intellectually to their work. All of these contributions are gratefully acknowledged.

Afghanistan
Government of Afghanistan

Austria
Austrian Offcial Development Cooperation

Australia
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)

Burkina Faso
Amefert
Government of Burkina Faso
Soba
Société de Fibres Textiles (Sofitex)
Union Nationale des Producteurs de Coton du Burkina Faso (UNPCB)

Canada
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Dundee Wealth Management
Focus Humanitarian Assistance Canada
The Globe and Mail
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Northwater Capital Management Inc.
Scotiabank
Wild Rose Foundation of Alberta

Côte d’Ivoire
Bicici (BNP Paribas)
Government of Côte d’Ivoire

Czech Republic
Government of the Czech Republic
People in Need

Denmark
Danish International Development Agency
Government of Denmark

Democratic Republic of Congo
Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Egypt
Egyptian Swiss Development Fund

Europe
European Commission
European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)

Finland
Government of Finland
Wärtsilä

France
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
BNP Paribas
Bolloré Group
Bonduelle
Dagris
Electricité de France
Société Générale
Société de Promotion et de Participation pour la Coopération Economique (PROPARCO)
Somdiaa

Germany
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG)
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Government of Germany
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)

Greece
Government of Greece

India
Government of India
Governments of the States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi
Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC)
India-Canada Environment Facility (ICEF)
Sir Ratan Tata Trust

Japan
Government of Japan
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Japan Social Development Fund (JSF)

Kenya
Government of Kenya
Rahimtulla Trust

Kazakhstan
Government of Kazakhstan

Kyrgyz Republic
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic
Hukumat of Osh Oblast

Malaysia
Palm Oil Research Institute

Mali
Government of Mali

Mozambique
Government of Mozambique

Multilateral
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Bank of Africa (BOA)
EURONAID
East African Development Bank (EADB)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Commission
European Investment Bank (EIB)
UN Food and Agriculture
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Development Corporation (IDC)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MGA)
The World Bank
UN Education, Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UN World Food Programme
UN World Health Organisation (WHO)

Principauté de Monaco
Monaco Telecom International

The Netherlands
Bernard van Leer Foundation
Dutch Interchurch Aid (Stichting Oecumenische Hulp)
Government of The Netherlands
ICCO Interchurch Organization for International Development Cooperation
Nederlandse Financieringsmaatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO)
Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation (NOVIB)
TeliaSonera UTA Holding

New Zealand
Government of New Zealand

Norway
Government of Norway
Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD)
Norwegian Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund)
IMTEC (The International Learning Cooperative Josefinesgt)

Pakistan
Government of Pakistan
Governments of the North West Frontier
Province of Balochistan and Sindh
Family Planning Association of Pakistan
HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry
Pakistan Science Foundation
Pakistan Medical Research Council

Philippines
De La Salle University

Portugal
Gulbenkian Foundation
International Medical Assistance Foundation - Portugal (AMI)
Portuguese Development Agency (APAD)

Spain
Government of Spain

Sweden
Asea Brown Boveri (ABB)
Swedfund International AB
Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

Switzerland
Canton of Geneva
Government of Swiss Confederation
Paul Reinhart AG
Staatsekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO)
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Syria
Government of Syria
Department of Antiquities
Municipality of Aleppo
Municipality of Masyaf

Tajikistan
Government of Tajikistan
Hukumat of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast

Tanzania/Zanzibar
Government of Tanzania
Government of Zanzibar
Tanzanian Investment Bank Limited
Zanzibar Port Corporation

Uganda
Government of Uganda

United Kingdom
Actis
British Council
Cable and Wireless
Charity Projects
Christian Aid
Comic Relief
Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC)
Department for International Development (DFID)
Globeleq
Government of the United Kingdom
Investors in Industry (3i)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
OXFAM
Save the Children Fund
Shell Foundation

USA
ABB Inc - Equity Ventures
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cinergy Global Power
Citigroup Foundation
Flora Family Foundation
Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA
Ford Foundation
Getty Grant Program
Ghangarosa International Health Foundation
Harvard University
Hewlett Foundation
International Foundation for Science
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Johnson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Microsoft
NetAid
Rockefeller Foundation
Sithe Global
Smithsonian Institution
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of State
United States Environmental Protection Agency
World Aids Foundation
World Monuments Fund


http://www.akdn.org/partners.asp