The Forum's Liaison Partners, from whom we receive information and advice and with whom we work closely together for project development and implementation, are the following organizations:

INTERNATIONAL

Comparative Federalism and Federation Research
Committee of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Renzsch
Jean-Monnet Chair of European Studies
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Postfach 4120
39016 Magdeburg
Tel.: +49 391 67-16582
Fax:  +49 391 67-16575
GSM:  +49 171 1963047
e-Mail: renzsch@ovgu.de
Website: www.chass.utoronto.ca/ipsarc28

International Association of Centers for Federal Studies
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Website: http://www.iacfs.org/

World Bank Institute
Washington, DC USA
Website: http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/

ARGENTINA

CIPPEC (Centro de Implementación de Politicas
Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento)
Luciana Díaz Frers, Directora - Programa de Politica Fiscal 
Av. Callao 25 - Piso 1
C1022AAA - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Tel: (+54-11) 4384-9009 Int: 1210 - Fax: (+54-11) 4371-1221
E-mail: ldiazfrers@cippec.org
www.cippec.org

Institute of Federalism of the National Academy
of Law and Social Sciences of Córdoba-Argentina

Academia Nacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de Córdoba
Ciudad de Córdoba - Argentina 

www.acaderc.org.ar

AUSTRALIA

Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies (Melbourne)
Prof. Cheryl Saunders, Director
Faculty of Law
185 Pelham Street, Carlton
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Australia
Tel: +61-3-8344-0801
Fax: +61-3-8344-9374
Email: cccs@law.unimelb.edu.au
Web site: http://cccs.law.unimelb.edu.au/

AUSTRIA

Institut für Föderalismus (Innsbruck)
Univ.-Doz. Dr. jur. Peter Bußjäger, Direktor
Institut für Föderalismus
A-6020 Innsbruck
Maria-Theresien-Straße 38b
Austria
Tel: +43(0)512 574594
Fax: +43(0)512 574594-4
Email: p.bussjaeger@foederalismus.at
Web site: http://www.foederalismus.at

BELGIUM

The Institute for Constitutional Law (Leuven)
Prof. Dr. André Alen
The Institute for Constitutional Law
Faculty of Law
Department of Public Law
Catholic University of Leuven
Collegium Falconis
Tiensestraat 41
3000 Leuven
Belgium
Tel - Prof. Dr. André Alen: +32-16-32-51-42
Tel - David Haljan: +32-16-32-54-76
Fax: +32-16-32-54-66
Email - Prof. Dr. Dr. André Alen: André.Alen@law.kuleuven.ac.be
Email - David Haljan: david.haljan@law.kuleuven.ac.be
Web site: http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/pubrecht/const/

BRAZIL

Fundação do Desenvolvimiento Administrativo - FUNDAP (São Paulo)
Maria de Fatima Araujo
Fundação do Desenvolvimiento Administrativo
428 Cristiano Viana Street
Sào Paulo, Brazil
Tel: +55-11-3061-1768 or +55-11-3066-5577
Fax: +55-11-3066-5583
Email: faraujo@fundap.sp.gov.br
Web site: http://www.fundap.sp.gov.br/

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
IPEA - Brasília
Marcelo Piancastelli de Siqueira, Diretor de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos
SBS - Quadra 1 - Bloco J - Ed. BNDES - Térreo
70076-900 - Brasília - DF, Brasil
Tel: +55 61 3315-5327
Fax: +55 61 3315-5429
Email: Marcelo.piancastelli@ipea.gov.br
Web site: http://www.ipea.gov.br

CANADA

Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (Kingston)
Sean Conway, Director
Tel: +1 (613) 533-2080
Email: conways@post.queensu.ca
Main Office
Tel: +1 (613) 533-2080
Fax: +1 (613) 533-6868
Email: iigr@iigr.ca
Website: http://www.iigr.ca
Mailing Address
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
Room 301
School of Policy Studies
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada K7L 3N6

ENGLAND

Centre for Federal Studies (Canterbury)
Michael Burgess, Director
Tel: +44 [0]1227 823678
Email: m.d.burgess@kent.ac.uk
Website: http://www.federalism.uk.com

Mailing Address
Centre for Federal Studies
The University of Kent,
The Registry,
Canterbury,
Kent, CT2 7NZ

INDIA

Institute of Social Sciences (New Delhi)
Dr. George Mathew
Institute of Social Sciences
8, Nelson Mandela Road, New Delhi - 110 070
India
Tel: +91-11-612 1902, 612 1909, 689 5370
Fax: +91-11-613 7027
E-mail: iss@nda.vsnl.net.in
Web site: http://www.issin.org

MEXICO

Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el
Desarrollo Municipal - INAFED (Mexico City)
Maria del Rosario Castro Lozano
Roma No. 41 4 Piso
Juarez 06600 Deleg. Cuauhtemoc
Mexico D.F., Mexico
Tel: +52 55 50 62 20 00
Fax: +52 55 50 62 20 00 ext. 2117
Email: inafed2004@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.inafed.gob.mx/wb2/

NIGERIA

Institute for Governance and Social Research - IGSR (Jos)
Prof. Ph.D Isawa Elaigwu, President
Institute of Governance and Social Research
Plot No A76, Liberty Boulevard
Liberty Dam layout, P.M.B. 2156
Jos, Plateau State
Nigeria
Tel: +234-073-46-17-27
Fax: +234-073-46-08-94
Email: igsr@infoweb.abs.net

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Foundation for the Development of Parlementarism in Russia (Moscow)
Andrei Zakharov
First Vice-President
Foundation for the Development of Parliamentarianism in Russia
121808, Moscow, Novyi Arbat, 21.
Russia
Tel: +7-095-291-37-30
Fax: +7-095-202-79-63
Email: zakharov@legislature.ru

SOUTH AFRICA

Community Law Centre (Bellville)
Prof. Nico Steytler, Director
Community Law Centre
University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville 7535
South Africa
Tel: +27-21-959-2950/1
Fax: +27-21-959-2411
Email: nsteytler@uwc.ac.za
Web site: http://www.communitylawcentre.org.za/

SPAIN

Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (Madrid)
Paloma Biglino Campos, Director General
Plaza de la Marina Española 9
28071, Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 91 5478545
Fax: +34 91 5478549
Email: direccion@cepc.es

Clara Mapelli Marchena, Deputy Director General of Studies and Research
Tel: +34 91 4228949
Email: secrestudios@cepc.es

Website : http://www.cepc.es/

Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics (Barcelona)
Carles Viver Pi-Sunyer, Director
Palau Centelles
Baixada de Sant Miquel, 8
08002 Barcelona
Spain
Tel: +34 93 342 98 00
Fax: +34 93 342 98 01
Email: cviver@gencat.net

Miguel Angel Cabellos Espierrez, Responsable d'Investigacio
Tel: +34 93 342 98 00
Fax: +34 93 342 98 01
Email: mcabellos@gencat.net
Web site: www10.gencat.net/drep/AppJava/cat/ambits/recerca/IEAAngles/InstitutodeEstudiosAutonomicos.jsp

Instituto de Derecho Público Comparado (Madrid)
Miguel Revenga Sánchez
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Madrid 126-128
28903 Getafe
Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34-91-624-93-52
Fax: +34-91-624-98-77
Email: mrevenga@der-pu.uc3m.es
Web site: http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/inst/MGP/portada.htm

The Gimemez Abad Foundation for the Study of Parliaments and Autonomous Status
Cortes de Aragon (Parliament of Aragon)
Zaragoza, Spain
Dr. José Tudela Aranda
Secretary General
Email: JTudela@cortesaragon.es
Website: http://www.fundacionmgimenezabad.es/
Tel. 011 34 97 628 9728

SRI LANKA

Centre for Policy Alternatives (Colombo)
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)
24/2, 28th Lane
Off Flower Road
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Tel: +34-94-1-565305, Ext. 102
Fax: +34-94-74-714460
Email: cpa_sara@sri.lanka.net
Web site: http://www.cpalanka.org/

SWITZERLAND

Institute of Federalism (Fribourg)
Dr. Thomas Fleiner, Director
University of Fribourg
Route Englisberg 7
CH-1763 Granges-Paccot
Fribourg
Switzerland
Tel: +41-26-300-8125
Fax: +41-26-300-9724
Email: federalism@unifr.ch
Web site: http://www.federalism.ch/

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY)
Dan Sprague, Executive Director
3660 Iron Works Pike
P.O. Box 11910
Lexington
KY 40578-1910
USA
Tel.: (859) 244-8000, +1 (859) 339-4600 cell., +1 (859) 244-8106 (EA)
Fax: +1 (859) 244-8001
Web site:  http://www.csg.org

The Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government (Easton, PA)
Prof. John Kincaid, Director
002 Kirby Hall of Civil Rights
Lafayette College
Easton, PA 18042-1785
USA
Tel.: +1 (610) 330-5598
Fax: +1 (610) 330-5648
Email: meynerc@lafayette.edu
Web: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~meynerc/index.php

Related Governance Organizations

PAKISTAN

PILDAT
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency

# 7, 9th Avenue

F-8/1 Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan

UAN Number: (+92-51) 111 123 345

Fax: (+92-51) 226 3078

Email: info@pildat.org

Web site: www.pildat.org