InterAction (organization)

InterAction (formally the American Council for Voluntary International Action) is the largest coalition of U.S.-based international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), focused on the world's poor and most vulnerable. It was formed in 1984 with 22 members. InterAction is based in Washington, D.C. with a staff of 40. It currently has over 165 members who are headquartered across twenty-five states and work in every developing country.

In poor communities throughout the developing world, InterAction members meet people halfway in expanding opportunities and supporting gender equality in education, health care, agriculture, small business, and other areas. InterAction exercises leadership in conflict prevention, the peaceful resolution of disputes, and peace-building initiatives in post-conflict situations. InterAction members respond to natural disasters all around the world.

InterAction works with its members to compile data on the impact of NGO programs, as a basis for promoting best practices and for evidence-based public policy formulation. InterAction brings the values and experience of the NGO community into the broader development and humanitarian assistance community through strategic alliances with key partners around particular issues and objectives. These partnerships further leverage InterAction's political, intellectual, and financial capital. InterAction believes its future is one of strategic alliances. [ [http://interaction.org InterAction.org ] ]

2008 Priorities

Goal 1

Promote a bold agenda to focus U.S. development and humanitarian assistance on improving the conditions of the world's poor and most vulnerable. This can be done through increased engagement with the U.S. government to advance poverty alleviation and humanitarian relief as major independent U.S. foreign assistance priorities and advocating for the creation of a Cabinet-level U.S. department that addresses development, humanitarian assistance, and other related issues.

Goal 2

Demonstrate and enhance NGO accountability and impact in development and humanitarian action. Focus on aggregating the contributions of the NGO community towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, on broadening compliance with the Sphere Project's Millennium Standards in Disaster Response, and on aligning with other key global frameworks that advance development efforts and enable humanitarian action.

Goal 3

Be the voice and prime representative of U.S. international NGOs in building alliances and common agendas with NGO networks around the world and with other strategic partners. [ [http://www.interaction.org InterAction.org ] ]

ee also

USAID

References

External links

* [http://www.interaction.org Official Website]