An aid agency is an organisation dedicated to distributing aid. Most developed countries manage their Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) contributions through a government body. A list of the major National Development Agencies is below:
- Australia – Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
- Austria – Austrian Development Agency – ADA [www.ada.gv.at] The Austrian Development Cooperation[1], Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft (aws) [2]
- Belgium – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development: Belgian Policy Plan for Development Cooperation[3], Belgian Technical Cooperation – BTCCTB [4]
- Brazil – Agência Brasileira de Cooperação
- Canada – Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Chile – Agencia de Cooperación Internacional de Chile (AGCI)
- Denmark – Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)
- Egypt – Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa (EFTCA)[5] and Egyptian Fund For Technical Cooperation with the Commonwealth[6]
- European Union – EuropeAid Development and Cooperation[7]
- Finland– Department for International Development Cooperation (FINIDA) [8]
- France – Department for International Cooperation[9] and French Development Agency (AfD)
- Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Greece – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Iran – Organization for Investment, Economic, and Technical Assistance of Iran
- Ireland – Irish Aid[10]
- Israel – Ministry of Foreign Affairs: MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation[11]
- Italy – Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italian Development Cooperation Programme [12]
- Japan – Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Official Development Assistance [13], Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
- Korea – Korea International Cooperation Agency[14]
- Kuwait – Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development [www.kuwait-fund.org]
- Liechtenstein – Liechtensteinische Entwicklungsdienst [15]
- Luxembourg – Lux-Development [16]
- New Zealand – New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAid)[17]
- Netherlands – Ministry of Development Cooperation[18] (has its own minister but is a part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Norway – Ministry of Foreign Affairs: International Development Program [19] and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Poland – Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Development Co-operation Department [20]
- Portugal – Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento [21]
- Republic of China (Taiwan) – International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) [22]
- Romania – Assistance for Development[23]
- Saudi Arabia – Saudi Fund for Development
- Slovakia – Slovak Aid[24]
- Spain – Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)[25]
- Sweden – Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
- Switzerland – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC), Helvetas
- Turkey – Turkish International Cooperation and Development AgencyTİKA) [26]
- United Kingdom – Department for International Development (DFID)
- United States – United States Agency for International Development(USAID) the Inter-American Foundation(IAF), and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) African Development Foundation (ADF)
Did we miss any out? Have you worked with any of the Aid Agencies above? Let us know in the comments.
