Global Dialogue Partners

Financing and Fundraising

The Global Dialogue program relies on the support of donors. These include various governmental and multinational organizations, among them the governments of Canada, Brazil and Switzerland and the World Bank.
The Forum and its partners seek to obtain significant additional assistance and in-kind support in the form of coordinators, meeting space, and services.

If you are interested in supporting the Global Dialogue program, please see our program proposal and comprehensive FAQ sheet about program costs.

Global Dialogue Partner Organizations

Global Dialogue is run by the Forum of Federations and the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS).

Forum of Federations
The Forum of Federations, created in 1998, is a non-profit, international organization based in Ottawa, Canada. The Forum is an international network on federalism, that seeks to strengthen democratic governance by promoting dialogue on and understanding of the values, practices, principles and possibilities of federalism. It collaborates with other organizations and governments on a variety of events and publications.
Forum of Federations
An International Network on Federalism
700-325 Dalhousie Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1N 7G2
www.forumfed.org

IACFS
The International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS) is an association of centers and institutes throughout the world with interests in independent research and publications on issues related to federalism.
The IACFS was established in 1973 to further the study and understanding of federal principles and patterns in all their variety. For more information, visit the IACFS website.

Other Partner Organizations
The following support the Global Dialogue program by either a direct or in-kind contribution:

  • Akwa Ibom State University of Technology, Uyo, Nigeria
  • Association of German Cities, Germany
  • Austrian Development Corporation
  • Caixa Economica, Brazil
  • Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • The Center for Fiscal Policy, Russian Federation
  • Centre for Local Government, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and Research (SLSR), Nigeria
  • Center for State Constitutional Studies, Rutgers University, USA
  • Centre for the Study of Public Affairs, University of Calgary, Canada
  • The Commonwealth Grants Commission, Australia
  • Community Law Centre, University of Western Cape, South Africa
  • Comparative Federalism and Federation Research Committee of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
  • Concordia University, Canada
  • Conference of Cantonal Governments, Switzerland
  • Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI), Argentina
  • David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, USA
  • Department of Political Science, University of Brussels, Belgium
  • Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Department of Political Science, Wake Forest University, USA
  • Escola de Administraà§à£o Fazendà¡ria (ESAF), Brazil
  • European Centre for Research on Federalism Tübingen, Germany
  • Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Belgium
  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Canada
  • The Financial and Fiscal Commission, South Africa
  • Government of Australia
  • Government of Austria
  • Government of Canada
  • Government of India
  • Government of Mexico
  • Government of Nigeria
  • Government of Switzerland
  • Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
  • INDETEC, Mexico
  • Infrastructure Canada
  • Institut du Fédéralisme, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Institute for Urban Planning, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • The Institut für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Germany
  • Institut für Föderalismus, University of Innsbruck, Austria
  • Institut für Föderalismusforschun, University of Hannover, Germany
  • Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil
  • Institute of Governance and Social Research, Nigeria
  • Institute of Law and Public Policy, Russia
  • Institute of Social Sciences, India
  • Instituto de Derocho Local, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS)
  • Law School, Adelaide University, Australia
  • The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Malaysia
  • National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Cordoba, Institute of Federalism, Argentina
  • National Confederation of Industry, Brazil
  • The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India
  • The National Ministry of Finance of Brazil
  • Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Nigeria
  • Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre (PILSARC), India
  • Robert B. & Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, USA
  • School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Secretariat of Finance of the State of Bahia (SEFAB), Brazil
  • University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • University of Western Ontario, Canada
  • Urals State Law Academy, Russia
  • The World Bank Institute


Forum of Federations     International Association of Centers of Federal Studies

Global Dialogue is a joint project of the Forum of Federations and the International Association of Centers of Federal Studies.

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