[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Intellectual Network for the South (INSouth)

[Patrick Bond]

Launch of the Intellectual Network for the South (INSouth) Platform:

www.INSouth.org

The Intellectual Network for the South (INSouth) is now launched in the 
public domain. A pre-launch was done by H.E Mr. Benjamin W. Mkapa during 
the last meeting of the South Intellectual Platform project on 8th 
August 2008 attended by almost 60 delegates from various Missions of 
developing countries to the UN in Geneva.  

The Network brings together intellectuals from the global 
South amongst policymakers, research and academia, the media, the 
private sector and civil society. It provides several interactive 
services including network of eminent intellectuals, exhaustive 
Google-map embedded list of intergovernmental organizations and 
thinktanks, histoy of South-South cooperation since 1940 to the present, 
new initiatives, commentaries and publications emerging from the global 
South.

Become a part of the INSouth.org by registering yourself at 
http://www.insouth.org

Feedback, queries and collaborations to scale it up can be sent to 
insouth at southcentre.org

South Centre acknowledges the support of Ford Foundation under the South 
Intellectual Platform project which led to the set up of INSouth.org

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CORE GROUP:

    Name     Name     Organization     Affiliation
    Akyuz   Yilmaz        United Nations Conference on Trade and Development     Former Director, Globalization and Development Strategies (retired)
    Al-Hamad   Abdlatif Yousef        Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development     Director General
    Al-Zalzalah   Yousef        KGL Petroleum     Board Member of the South Centre
    Amin   Samir        Third World Forum     Director
    Anyaoku   Chief Emeka        South Centre     Board Member and former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat
    Asadi   Bagher        Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran     Ambassador
    Bello   Walden        Focus on the Global South     Director
    Bendaña   Alejandro        Centro de Estudios Internacionales     Director
    Bhattacharya   Debapriya        Permanent Mission of Bangladesh, Genevè     Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh
    Bissio   Roberto        Instituto del Tercer Mundo     Executive Director
    Brewster   Havelock        Caribbean Development Bank     Consultant
    Buira   Ariel        Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)     Director
    Bujra   Abdalla   Said     Panel of Eminent Africans, African Union     Member
    Bullard   Nicola        Focus on the Global South     Senior Associate
    Caliari   Aldo        Centre of Concern     Coordinator: Rethinking Bretton Woods Project
    Chang   Ha-Joon        University of Cambridge; Centre for Economic and Policy Research, Washington D.C.     Reader; Fellow
    Chege   Michael        Africa Research and Resource Forum     Chairman of the Board of Directors
    Cheru   Fantu        Nordic Africa Institute     Professor Emeritus and Research Director
    Collas-Monsod   Solita        Philippine Daily Inquirer     Journalist
    Correa   Carlos        Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Industrial Property and Economics Law     Director
    Cruz   Anabel        Communication and Development Institute (ICD)     Founder Director
    Diarra   Cheick   Sidi     United Nations     High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
    Drèze   Jean        Delhi School of Economics, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad     Honorary Professor; Visiting Professor
    Ghosh   Jayati        Jawaharlal Nehru University     Chairperson at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences
    Girvan   Norman        UWI Institute of International Relations     Professorial Research Fellow
    Iglesias   Enrique        Inter-American Development Bank     Former President of the Inter-American Development Bank
    Jain   Devaki        Singamma Sreenivasan Foundation     Trustee
    Jayatilleka   Dayan        Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at Geneva     Ambassador
    Khor   Martin        Third World Network     Director
    Kregel   Jan        Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN     Chief of the Policy Analysis and Development Branch
    KS   Jomo        UNDESA     UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development
    Kumar   Nagesh        RIS     Director-General
    López Montaño   Cecilia        Fundacion Agenda Colombia     Director
    Lubetkin   Mario        IPS     Director General
    Minty   Abdul   Samad     Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa     Deputy Director General
    Mkandawire   Thandika        United Nations Research Institute for Social Development     Director
    Mkapa   Benjamin   W.     South Centre     Chairperson
    Montes   Manuel   F.     United Nations Financing for Development Office     Chief, Policy Analysis and Development
    Mukhtar   Ahmad        Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO    
    Naidoo   Kumi        CIVICUS: World Alliance     Secretary General
    Nayyar   Deepak        Jawaharlal Nehru University     Professor of Economics
    Ntsaluba   Ayanda        Department of Foreign Affairs, South Africa     Director General
    Ocampo   José Antonio        Initiative for Policy Dialogue     Professor
    Panitchpakdi   Supachai        UN Conference on Trade and Development     Secretary General
    Ramos Shahani   Leticia        BUDHI Foundation     Founding Chairperson
    Salim   Salim Ahmed           
    Sen   Gita        Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; Centre for Population and development Studies, Harvard University     Sir Ratan Tata Chair; India and Adjunct Lecturer
    Shiva   Vandana        Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology     Founder
    Somavia   Juan        International Labour Organisation     Director General
    Tandon   Yash        South Centre     Executive Director
    Traore   Aminata        Forum pour l'autre Mali     Coordinator
    Ugarteche   Oscar           
    Wibisono   Makarim           
    Williams   Mariama           
    Yumkella   Kandeh        United Nations Industrial Development Organisation     Director General
    Yuzhen   Ma           
    Zhaoxing   Li        Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China     Former Minister of Foreign Affairs