Benin

NGO Contacts
United Nations Contacts
Government Contacts
New York Permanent Mission

NGO CONTACTS

Association des Femmes Juristes du Bénin
Issues: Droits des Femmes; Pouvoir; Changement Social; PromotionFeminine; Financement
04 BP 0331 BP 236, Porto-Novo, Benin
Ph#: 229-331596 / 321711
E-mail: afjb.benin@intnet.bj
Website: http://www.famafrique.org/afjb/afjb.htm

Association mondiale pour l'École instrument de paix- (EIP-Bénin)
B.P. 36, Parakou, Bénin
Ph#: (229) 61.00.70
Fax#: (229) 61.04.99

Federation Nationale des Associations des Femmes Beninoises
Domaines d'intervention : Promotion Feminine; Integration des Femmes au Developpement; Commerce; Cooperative; Financement; Droits des Femmes
BP 01-3263 ou BP 937
Cotonou, Benin
Ph#: (229) 31 48 07; 31 44 17

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
IFAD was created to mobilize resources on concessional terms for programmes that alleviate rural poverty and improve nutrition. The Fund has a very specific mandate: to combat hunger and rural poverty in developing countries.
Via del Serafico, 107, 00142 Rome, Italy
Ph#: +39-0654591
Fax#: +39-065043463
Email: ifad@ifad.org
Website: www.ifad.org

IFAD NGO Coordination Unit
External Affairs Department
NGO coordination entails proactive initiatives to engage members of the NGO community in dialogue and operational collaboration with IFAD. This also includes the development of policies to enhance IFAD/NGO partnerships.
External Affairs Department
Ph#: +3906 5459 2238
Fax#: +3906 5459 2238
Email: s.haralambous@ifad.org
Website: http://www.ifad.org/ngo/contact/

International Land Coalition (formerly known as the Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty)
The Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty is committed to the empowerment of the rural poor through agrarian reform and access to productive assets. The Popular Coalition is the outcome of the international Conference on Hunger and Poverty convened by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Brussels in 1995.
Ph/Fax#: +3906 5459 2206
Email: coalition@ifad.org
Website: http://www.landcoalition.org/

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS

Divison for the Advancement of Women
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations
New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax#: (212) 963-3463
Email: daw@un.org
Website: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

PNUD-BENIN (United Nations Development Programme)
01 BP 506 Cotonou 01
Tél (229) 31 30 45/46 or 31 30 79
Fax (229) 31 57 86
Email: udpben@bow.intnet.bj

United Nations Dvelopment Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - French Speaking West Africa, Central and North Africa & Lusuphone countries
PO Box 154 Immeuble Falycal
19 Rue Parachappe
Dakar, Senegal
Ph#: 221 823 5207
Fax#: 221 823 5002

UNDP Africa
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax#: (212) 906-6478
Website: www.un.org/rba

UNDP Benin
Mr. Moustapha SOUMARE UNDP Resident Representative
Boite postale 506, Cotonou, BENIN 229
Ph#: (229) 31.30.45
Fax#: (229) 31.57.86
Email: fo.ben@undp.org
Website: www.undp.org/rba/

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS


Ministry of Family, Social Protection and Solidarity
B.P. 01-BP 2802, Cotonou, Benin
Ph#: (229) 30 03-33
Fax#: (229) 30 64 62

Ministere de la Protection Sociale et de la Famille
B.P. 01-BP 2802, Cotonou
Ph#: (229) 300-333
Fax#: (229) 303-315

NEW YORK PERMANENT MISSION

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the United Nations
4 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Ph#: (212) 249-6014, -6025
Fax#: (212) 988-3714
E-mail: benun@undp.org