CANADA

Calmeadow
http://www.calmeadow.com

Calmeadow's mission is to provide self-employed people in Canada and the developing world with access to credit and savings services.

Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC)
http://www.cancrc.org

The CCRC is a coalition of over 110 anti-poverty, consumer, community economic development, labour and small business groups from across Canada.

Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA)
http://www.coopcca.com

The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is the national umbrella organization of anglophone co-operatives. The CCA supports and promotes co-operative enterprise in Canada and around the world. Included on this site is an excellent introduction to co-operatives and how they operate.

CED Centre - Simon Fraser University
www.sfu.ca/cedc

The CED Centre engages in collaboration with communities in BC and with individuals, institutions and organizations working in CED. This site also houses an excellent "gateway" to CED resources.

Centre for Community Enterprise
www.cedworks.com

This British Columbia-based centre keeps their eye on community economic development know-how. This site is a compilation of their resources, and includes the CED journal "Making Waves."

Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
http://www.ceed.info/

Center for The Study of Cooperatives, University of Saskatchewan
http://www.coop_studies.usask.ca/Tour.html

As its name states, the Centre is devoted to the study of cooperatives, often an essential tool in community economic development. The advantage of this web site is its menu which includes a publications list, a number of which are inexpensive, and World Links.

Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program (CEDTAP)
www.carleton.ca/cedtap-patdec

CEDTAP is a four-year national effort to promote job creation, entrepreneurship, and local self-reliance in communities across Canada.

Community Futures Development Corporations
www.communityfutures.ca

A network of 90 Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDC's) across Western Canada working together to foster entrepreneurship and community economic development in rural areas.

Geode
http://w3.tyenet.com/geode/index.htm

GEODE is a community based non-profit organization which seeks to organize sustainable economic opportunities for persons in the Regional Municipality of Sudbury. As well as discussing the various programs it promotes, the web site provides practical suggestions as to how all citizens can contribute to community economic development.

Nova Scotia Business Idea Explorer
http://www.nsx.ednet.ns.ca/

With start-up basics, market information, and helpful advice on fifty different kinds of businesses, the Nova Scotia Business Idea Explorer is a valuable resource for entrepreneurs.

New Brunswick - Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Culture
http://www.gov.nb.ca/edt/index.htm

New Brunswick - Regional Economic Development Commissions
http://www.cbsc.org/nb/bis5870.html

Newfoundland and Labrador - Department of Development and Rural Renewal
http://www.gov.nf.ca/drr/ddrr.htm
Also: http://www.gov.nf.ca/drr/ (go to Economic Zones and Contacts)

Newfoundland and Labrador - Regional Development Boards
http://www.capitalcoast.nf.ca/aboutrdb.htm

Newfoundland and Labrador - Economic Development
http://www.entnet.nf.ca/link/econdev.html

Links to selected sites in support of community economic development.

Open for Business Network
http://www.ofbnetwork.com/

Planet Entrepreneur Awards
http://www.planetentrepreneur.com

These awards celebrate the excellence of Atlantic Canada's young entrepreneurs, and the encouragement of those who help guide them up the ladder to success.

Prince Edward Island - Department of Development - Community Development
http://www.gov.ca/development/commdev/index.asp

Rural and Small Town Programme - Mount Allison University
www.mta.ca/rstp/rstpmain.html

The Rural and Small Town Programme (RSTP) is an independent university based research centre dedicated to exploring and resolving social, environmental, and economic issues facing small communities in Canada.

Women's CED Network
http://www.womenscednet.ns.ca

The Women's CED Network is for women who are interested in working together to develop exciting opportunities in their home communities, for themselves and for their families.

INTERNATIONAL

ABCD (Asset-Based Community Development) Institute, Northwestern University
http://www.nwu.edu/IPR/abcd.html

A major focus of the ABCD Institute has been the production of resources and tools for community builders involved in the process of capacity-based initiatives, helping them identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.

Australian Development Studies Network
http://devnet.anu.edu.au/

The Network is an independent organisation which encourages discussion and widespread exchange of knowledge of global social and economic development issues, development-related research, and international development assistance policy and practice.

The Center for Community Economic Development, University of Wisconsin Extension
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/

This site houses case studies, resources, and publications pertaining to CED.

Centre for Rural Social Research - Charles Sturt University Australia
http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/centre.htm

Resources on rural social issues, rural change, rural community development and related topics.

Change Communications
http://www.change.org/links.htm

An American site with a host of additional links on community development including best practices, conference/training and data on-line.

City Limits: CED Workbook
http://www.citylimits.org/archives/ced.htm

A resource guide on CED published by City Limits magazine of New York.

Comm-Org
http://comm-org.utoledo.edu

An online conference on community organizing and development.

Community Development Foundation
http://www.cdf.org.uk/

A British based organization that works in partnership with local people and groups such as local authorities, LECs,TECs, and others to promote community development. It disseminates examples of good practice and contributes its experience to new projects and research proposals. The site includes summaries of CDF News, CDF Contacts, publications, and a link to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions' working paper on Community-Based Regeneration Initiatives.

Community Development Journal
http://www3.oup.co.uk/cdj/

Published four times a year by Oxford University Press, and circulated in over 80 countries, the Community Development Journal provides an international forum for political, economic and social programmes which link the activities of people with institutions and government. Enterprise

Development Website - Community Economic Development
http://www.enterweb.org/communty.htm

An excellent resource, this page lists, describes and rates electronic resources related to community economic development. Several Canadian sites are among those featured.

GEO Newsletter
http://www.geonewsletter.org

GEO (Grassroots Economic Organizing) Newsletter is a bimonthly publication that reports on worker cooperatives and community-based economies in the U.S. and World wide, and their development through local cooperative action. GEO also provides a global forum for the cooperative movement.

Habitat for Humanity International
http://www.habitat.org/

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Information is available in 11 languages.

InfoRurale
http://www.nrec.org.uk/inforurale/index.htm

British-based , InfoRurale houses information on rural development from around the world.

International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://iisd1.iisd.ca

The International Institute for Sustainable Development advances policy recommendations on international trade, economic instruments, climate change and natural resource management to make development sustainable. Using Internet communications, they cover and report on international negotiations and broker knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global partners.

International Community Development Society
http://comm-dev.org

A professional association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world.

Mondragón Co-operative, Spain
http://mondragon.mcc.es/ingles/mcc.html

Mondragón is a business cooperative of 120 companies organized into three groups: financial, industrial and distribution, together with the research and training areas.

NRM_changelinks
http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/

Based at Massey University in New Zealand, this site aims to provide a practical resource for those who work with communities to help them identify and adopt more sustainable natural resource management practices.

Nebraska Department Of Economic Development
http://crd.ded.state.ne.us

Community and Rural Development (CRD) helps communities in Nebraska build development capacity, strengthen local potential, improve leadership and decision making skills and work with other communities in new ways.

Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environment Development (PICCED)
http://www.picced.org

As the oldest university-based advocacy planning organization in theUnited States, PICCED's mission is to enhance the capacity of low- and moderate-income communities to develop innovative solutions to the physical, social, and economic challenges facing them.

Rural Europe
http://www.rural-europe.aeidl.be/rural-en/index.html

This is the web site of the European LEADER initiative, a project dedicated to the development of disadvantaged rural areas in the European Union. US National Association for County Community and Economic Development www.nacced.org NACCED is a nonprofit national organization composed of county government agencies that administer community development, economic development and affordable housing programs.

Smart Communities Network
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov

A project of the United States Department of Energy that focuses on the sustainable development of communities.

University of California, Berkeley Community Economic Development on the Internet
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/commdev.html

A list of approximately 40 Internet sites pertaining to community and economic development, as well as rural development. This list has a U.S. and California emphasis, and reflects the research interests of the UCB College of Environmental Design..

Hosted by the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, this is an excellent gateway to online resources on Sustainable Development.