Information and Research Centre at the King Hussein Foundation (IRC) Jordan Expand view PO BOX 941096 11194 Amman IRCs mission is to inform the positive development of policies and programmes affecting the human development of Jordanians through their different life-cycles as children, teenagers, youth, adults and elderly. Their main objectives are to become a focal point for the data and information needed to form a comprehensive profile on human development in Jordan and to achieve accreditation for producing high quality policy research. It is affiliated with Chapin Hall Centre for Child Research at the University of Chicago, USA. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.mosd.gov.jo/ntfc.html
Centre for Environmental Health Activities- World Health Organisation (WHO/CEHA) Jordan Expand view World Health Organization P O Box 926967 Amman 11190 CEHA's mandate and objectives are to promote environmental health through technical support and strengthening national ccapabilities and programmes in the member slots of the Eastern Mediterranean region. Their resource centre is open to the public http://www.who.sci.eg/CEHA
Centre for Educational Development / Jordan University Jordan Expand view Zip No 11942 The CED aims to provide in-service training courses for teaching and administrative staff, to design and produce teaching/learning materials in a variety of formats, to organise and implement training courses for health workers in a wider range of professional specialities, to provide health literature and information using medicine and Internet, to promote community health, and to provide IT support to teaching and learning at the University. The CED resource centre is open to the public.
UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Office (MENA) Jordan Expand view PO Box 1551 Amman 11821 Materials produced include State of the World's Children Report in Arabic, some videos in Arabic. http://www.unicef.org/publications/index.html
The Disability Monitor Initiative Middle East Jordan Expand view PO Box 9767 Amman 11191 http://www.disabilitymonitor-me.org
Child Health and Development Centre Jordan Expand view The Disability Monitor Initiative PO Box 9767 Amman 11191 http://www.disabilitymonitor-me.org/index.php
Jordan Civil Society Program Jordan Expand view P.O. Box 1252 Amman 11821 Jordan "The USAID Civic Initiatives Support Program (USAID CIS) aims at cultivating a strong and vibrant civil society in Jordan through supporting a broad range of civic initiatives. Working at both national and local levels, it supports civic initiatives and advocacy responding to common interests, strengthens the organizational capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) and promotes Government of Jordan-civil society collaboration efforts to address reform and development challenges" http://www.cisjordan.org/