Gold Mercury International

Gold Mercury International is 'an independent think tank and international non-governmental organisation' founded in 1961 in Italy and now based in London's Mayfair according to the [http://www.goldmercury.org/our_objectives.php website] . Gold Mercury International specializes in global governance and [http://www.goldmercury.org/our_objectives.php 'visionary leadership'] . The organisation grants the Gold Mercury Awards in eight [http://www.goldmercury.org/award_categories.php 'global governance challenge areas'] .

Some of the 2006-2007 Award winners include:

Gold Mercury Humanitarian Award
Kerry Kennedy, Founder of The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Chairman of "Speak Truth to Power" programme [cite web | url=http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/10/11/midday2/| title=Kerry Kennedy on truth, power and human rights- Minnesota Public Radio
accessdate=2008-09-11]

Gold Mercury Cooperation & Development Award
CGIAR, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Washington DC, USA. [cite web | url=http://www.cgiar.org/Newsroom/releases/news.asp?idnews=514 | title=Intensified Research Effort to Focus on Producing Reliable Yields in Harsher Climates and New Technologies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases in Tropical Countries- CGIAR Newsroom: News Releases | accessdate=2008-09-11]

Gold Mercury Corporate Governance Award
Xerox Corporation Connecticut, USA. [cite web | url=http://www.xerox.com/about-xerox/citizenship/news/corporate-governance-award/enus.html | title=Xerox Wins 2006 Gold Mercury Corporate Governance Award- Xerox | accessdate=2008-09-11]

Gold Mercury Health & Science Award
Dr. Robert C. Gallo Director of the Institute of Human Virology. Baltimore, USA. [cite web | url=http://www.examiner.com/a-475087~From_Baltimore__doctor_leads_fight_against_HIV.html | title=From Baltimore, doctor leads fight against HIV - Examiner.com | accessdate=2008-09-11]

Gold Mercury Information & Media Award
[http://www.tve.org/ Television Trust for the Environment] London, United Kingdom. [cite web | url=http://www.examiner.com/a-475087~From_Baltimore__doctor_leads_fight_against_HIV.html | title=Annual Review 2006 - TVE | accessdate=2008-09-11]

Gold Mercury International also supports the UN Global Compact as a civil society organisation [http://www.unglobalcompact.org/ParticipantsAndStakeholders/civil_society.html Civil Society Organisations] and works closely with its affiliate consultancy [http://www.corporatevision.org/index_in.html Corporate Vision Strategists] (formerly know as Twelve Stars Corporate Vision Strategists [cite web | url=http://www.expansion.com/edicion/exp/empresas/es/desarrollo/1158087.html | title=AFusiones empresariales: ¿Qué nombre le pongo a la criatura? - Expansion, Spain | accessdate=2008-09-11] ). Nicolas De Santis is the Secretary General of Gold Mercury International.

References

External links

* [http://www.goldmercury.org Gold Mercury International] Official Website
* [http://www.corporatevision.org Corporate Vision Strategists] , Gold Mercury International's Corporate Vision® consultancy
* [http://www.nira.go.jp/ice/nwdtt/2005/DAT/1336.html NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks]
* [http://edirc.repec.org/data/goldmuk.html University of Connecticut, Institutes and Research Centers in the World]
* [http://www.worldpress.org/library/ngo.cfm World Press Think Tanks and NGO’s]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/ttanks.html University of Columbia. World Think Tanks and Policy Centers]
* [http://www.ediplomat.com/dc/international_agencies1.htm eDiplomat International NGO’s]
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Issues/Peace/Policy_Institutes/ Open Directory Project. Peace and Policy Institutes]