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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of (as of June 2020) 27 member states in Europe. The EU functions as a multi-national government, with regulatory authority, a common citizenship and border, and a common foreign and security policy. The EU government consists of seven principal entities:
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The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is an international organization of national parliaments from 180 countries around the world. It has a strategic partnership with the United Nations, has held Permanent Observer Status with the UN since 2002, and has stated it “works closely” with UN bodies and agencies.
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Labor Union
Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) (in Spanish, Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores De Las Americas or CSA) is a regional confederation of labor unions within the global International Trade Union Confederation. 10
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European Policy Centre (EPC) is a Brussels-based tank that focuses on European issues and supports left-of-center policy positions such as “The Green Deal for real,” 32 decarbonizing” the European economy,
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European Foundation Centre (EFC) was an international membership association of foundations and corporate funders across Europe. 58 Founded by seven major European philanthropic foundations in 1989, EFC ceased to exist as an independent
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Non-profit
The European Climate Foundation is a left-of-center non-profit that funds climate change-orientated advocacy organizations in Europe. Its governing body contains high-ranking members of large foundations and organizations including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (also known as the Hewlett Foundation), the Bloomberg Family Foundation (Bloomberg Philanthropies), the
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Government Agency
The European Commission is the main executive arm of the European Union (EU). It conducts the majority of the management of the European Union’s budget,107 and it is the only institution within
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Unite the Union is a left-of-center labor union, and the largest in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It is the largest individual donor to the Labour Party, the left-wing major party in the U.K.,
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Labor Union
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco, and Allied Workers’ Associations, known as the IUF, is an international federation of labor unions from approximately 150 countries. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the federation is comprised of hundreds of national-level unions, some of which operate in multiple countries and
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Non-profit
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the “world’s oldest and largest conservation body,” is a multi-national environmentalist coalition of governments, NGOs, corporations, and other organizations dedicated to global conservation efforts. The IUCN launches and funds a wide range of conservation projects around the world, usually in partnership
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Labor Union
The International Trade Union Confederation is a global advocacy organization for labor unions founded in 2006. ITUC is a confederation of unions that represent 176 million workers in more than 162 countries and territories around the world. The union group regularly works closely with the United Nations and other
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Government Agency
The European Food Safety Authority is a European Union-funded organization that assesses the safety and nutritional value of food in the European Union member states.
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The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is an international affairs think tank with offices in multiple cities across Europe. Founded in 2007, the council focuses on strengthening European and international bilateral relations and has attacked European governments that have resisted European Union (EU) mandates. The council supports having
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Non-profit
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a Canada-based think tank that focuses on the left-of-center issue of sustainable development. The IISD has its own Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) program, which supports the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 UN SDGs, and works
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Non-profit
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) is a left-of-center policy institute and government advisory organization founded by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. TBI presents itself as non-partisan and pro-technology, advising political leaders on strategy, policy, and delivery while promoting globalization and approaches it believes are innovative in
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Non-profit
The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) is a pro-Israel think tank based in Jerusalem that conducts public opinion polls and academic research reports on the demographics, trends, and political positions within Israeli, American, and international Jewish communities.
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Non-profit
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS Foundation) sets corporate financial reporting standards for capital markets around the world through its two independent standard-setting boards, the International Accounting Standards Board and the International Sustainability Standards Board.
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Non-profit
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish advocacy organization that operates the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California, as well as Moriah Films, which produced the Academy Award-winning documentaries Genocide, which collected the testimonies of Holocaust survivors, and Long Way Home, which chronicled the stories of European Jewish refugees
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Person
Christos Christou is a medical doctor and surgeon who has practiced in Greece and the United Kingdom. He has been involved with Doctors Without Borders since 2001 and was the group’s international president from 2019 through 2025.
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Non-profit
Aid Afghanistan for Education (AAE) was founded in 1995 to give educational materials to Afghan children in refugee camps in Pakistan. The organization was registered with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Economics in 2003 and obtained American nonprofit status in 2022.
