Relations with Intergovernmental (IGOs), and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Reference GC.19/21 issued on 23 September 2021

Lists of IGOs and NGOs

  • IGOs
  • NGOs
  • Intergovernmental organizations with which relationship agreements have been authorized

    (as of 23 November 2022: 66 organizations)

    Name of organization

    Abbreviation/acronym

    Authority/decision

    Background information document

    * African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

    ACP Group

    IDB.39/Dec.9

    IDB.39/23

    * African Development Bank 

    AFDB

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    Asian Forest Cooperation Organization

    AFoCO

    IDB 50/28 and IDB 50/29 

    IDB 50/28 and IDB 50/29

    * African Intellectual Property Organization

    OAPI

    IDB.6/Dec.19

    IDB.6/15

    * African Regional Centre for Technology

    ARCT

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * African Regional Organization for Standardization

    ARSO

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * African Union

    AU

    IDB.31/Dec.9

    IDB.31/10

    * Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation

    ACCT

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Agency for International Trade Information and   Cooperation

    AITIC

    IDB.33/Dec.9

    IDB.33/14

       Andean Parliament

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

    BADEA

    IDB.42/Dec.7

    IDB.42/18

    * Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization

    AIDMO

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific   Organization

    ALECSO

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Arab Maghreb Union

    AMU

    IDB.17/Dec.7

    IDB.17/21

    * Arab Union for Cement and Building Materials

    AUCBM

    IDB.3/Dec.43

    IDB.3/24

    * Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization

    AALCO

    IDB.10/Dec.20

    IDB.10/16/Add.1

    * Asian and Pacific Coconut Community

    APCC

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Black Sea Economic Cooperation

    BSEC

    IDB.15/10

    IDB.15/8/Add.1

      Caribbean Community

    CARICOM

    IDB.5/Dec.40

    IDB.5/22

    * Caribbean Development Bank

    CDB

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Cartagena Agreement

    JUNAC

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Central African Customs and Economic Union

    CPCEU/UDEAC

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Central African States Development Bank

    CASDB/BDEAC

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

    COMESA

    IDB.4/Dec.44

    IDB.4/6

    * Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

    GCC

    IDB.10/Dec.20

    IDB.10/16

    * Council for Arab Economic Unity

    CAEU

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

      Development Bank of the Great Lakes States

    BDEGL

    IDB.10/Dec.20

    IDB.10/16

    * Economic Cooperation Organization

    ECO

    IDB.11/Dec.35

    IDB.11/18

    * Eurasian Development Bank

    EDB

    IDB.44/Dec.16

    IDB.44/19

      Eurasian Economic Commission

    EEC

    IDB.43/Dec.12

    IDB.43/16

      European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

    EBRD

    IDB.21/Dec.14

    IDB.21/25

    * European Community

    EC

    IDB.6/Dec.19

    IDB.6/15

      European Investment Bank

    EIB

    IDB.43/Dec.12

    IDB.43/16

    * Financial Fund for the Plata Basin Development

    FONPLATA

    IDB.8/Dec.39

    IDB.8/44

    * Fund for Solidarity and Economic Development of the        West African Economic Community

    FOSIDEC

    IDB.6/Dec.19

    IDB.6/15/Add.1

    * GCC Standardization Organization

    GSO

    IDB.46/Dec.5

    IDB.46/24

    * Group of Latin American and Caribbean Sugar   Exporting Countries

    GEPLACEA

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting

    GOIC

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Intergovernmental Organization for Marketing   Information and Cooperation Services for Fishery   Products in Africa

    INFOPECHE

    IDB.15/Dec.10

    IDB.15/8

    * International Centre for Genetic Engineering and   Biotechnology

    ICGEB

    IDB.15/Dec.10

    IDB.15/8

    * International Centre for Promotion of Enterprises

    ICPE

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * International Centre for Scientific and Technical   Information

    ICSTI

    IDB.5/Dec.40

    IDB.5/22

    * International Conference on the Great Lakes Region

    ICGLR

    IDB.37/Dec.7

    IDB.37/12

    * International Institute of Refrigeration

    IIR

    IDB.15/Dec.10

    IDB.15/8

      International Jute Organization

    IJO

    IDB.4/Dec.44

    IDB.4/6

    * International Lead and Zinc Study Group

    ILZSG

    IDB.5/Dec.40

    IDB.5/22

    *International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

    INBAR

    IDB.49/Dec.13

    IDB.49/30

    * International Organization for Migration

    IOM

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * International Pepper Community

    IPC

    IDB.8/Dec.39

    IDB.8/44

      International Tropic Timber Organization

    ITTO

    IDB.5/Dec.40

    IDB.5/22

      Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade

    ICDT

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

      Islamic Development Bank

    ISDB

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

    ISESCO

    IDB.11/Dec.35

    IDB.11/18

      Islamic Foundation for Science, Technology and   Development

    IFSTAD

    IDB.8/Dec.39

    IDB.8/44

    * Latin American Integration Association

    LAIA/ALADI

    IDB.11/Dec.35

    IDB.11/18

    * League of Arab States

    LAS

    IDB.9/Dec.18

    IDB.9/19

    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

    OECD

    IDB.46/Dec.5

    IDB.46/24

    * Organization of the Islamic Conference

    OIC

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

    PAM

    IDB 50/28  and IDB 50/29 

    IDB 50/28  and IDB 50/29 

    * Senegal River Development Organization

    OMVS

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme

    SACEP

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries

    SMIIC

    IDB.48/Dec.13

    IDB.48/29

    * Union for the Mediterranean

    UfMS

    IDB.42/Dec.7

    IDB.42/18

    * West African Development Bank

    WADB

    IDB.2/Dec.28

    IDB.2/31

    * West African Health Organization

    WAHO

    IDB.46/Dec.5

    IDB.46/24

      World Intellectual Property Organization

    WIPO

    IDB.37/Dec.6      

    IDB.37/13

    * Agreement concluded. 

  • International non-governmental organizations having consultative status with UNIDO

    (as of 23 November 2022: 39 Organizations)

    Name of organization

    Abbreviation/ acronym

    Authority/decision

    Background information document

    AIESEC International

     AIESEC

    IDB.24/Dec.12

    IDB.24/24

    Arab Federation for Food Industries

    AFFI

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    AVSI Foundation

    AVSI

    IDB.41/Dec.16

    IDB.41/20

    Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation

    CGDC

    IDB.41/Dec.16

    IDB.41/20

    China Chamber of International Commerce

    CCOIC

    IDB.44/Dec.17

    IDB.44/18

    European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean

    EBCAM

    IDB.47/Dec.10

    IDB.47/28

    European Union of Public Relations

    EUPR

    IDB.14/Dec.24

    IDB.14/23

    Forum Francophone des Affaires

    FFA

    IDB.34/Dec.4

    IDB.34/10

    Global Alliance of SMEs

    GASME

    IDB.40/Dec.9

    IDB.40/23

    Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization

    GEIDCO

    IDB.49/Dec.12

    IDB.49/26

    Global Options and Linkages

    GOAL

    IDB.33/Dec.10

    IDB.33/13

    Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition

    GWNET

    IDB.49/Dec.12

    IDB.49/26

    International Alliance of Women

    IAW

    IDB.8/Dec.40

    IDB.8/14

    International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience

    IAESTE

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5/Add.1

    International Association ZNANIE

    IDB.24/Dec.12

    IDB.24/24

    International Centre on Small Hydro Power

    ICSHP

    IDB.19/Dec.6

    IDB.19/4

    International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

    ICIE

    IDB.21/Dec.13

    IDB.21/28

    International Council of Women

    ICW

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    International Electrotechnical Commission

    IEC

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    International Federation of Automatic Control

    IFAC

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5/Add.1

    International Federation of Business and Professional Women

    IFBPW

    IDB.4/Dec.45

    IDB.4/17

    International Foundation for the Promotion of Privatization and Foreign Investments

    FPI

    IDB.11/Dec.36

    IDB.11/6

    International Gas Union

    IGU

    IDB.40/Dec.9

    IDB.40/20

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 

    IIASA

    IDB 50/28  and IDB 50/29 

    IDB 50/28  and IDB 50/29 

    International Institute of Industrial Ecology and Green Economy

    2iecologie

    IDB.46/Dec.14

    IDB.46/23

    International Investment Center

    IIC

    IDB.28/Dec.8

    IDB.28/12

    International Multiracial Shared Cultural Organization

    IMSCO

    IDB.17/Dec.8

    IDB.17/12

    International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

    INSME

    IDB.28/Dec.8

    IDB.28/12/Add.1

    International Organization for Standardization

    ISO

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    ISEKI-Food Association

    IFA

    IDB.38/Dec.11

    IDB.38/19

    Organization for International Economic Relations

    OIER

    IDB.39/Dec.10

    IDB.39/18

    Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities

    OICC

    IDB.11/Dec.36

    IDB.11/16

    Society for International Development

    SID

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    Society of Chemical Industry

    SCI

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    Soroptimist International

    SI

    IDB.14/Dec.24

    IDB.14/23

    World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations

    WAITRO

    IDB.2/Dec.29

    IDB.2/5

    World Federation of Engineering Organizations

    WFEO

    IDB.43/Dec.11

    IDB.43/17

    World Free Zones Organization

    World FZO

    IDB.44/Dec.17

    IDB.44/18

    World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises

    WUSME

    IDB.48/Dec.14

    IDB.48/28