The Sponsors
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)-The Netherlands
http://www.iucn.nl/about_us/iucn_national_committee_of_the_netherlands/
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)-The Netherlands is a bridge between social organizations, the government, business and science and focuses on all kinds of subjects pertaining to the struggle against the loss in biodiversity. In collaboration with the same partners IUCN NL applies this knowledge to come to a constructive Dutch contribution to solving global issues in the fields of nature and the environment.
Open University
The Open University (OU) is the United Kingdom's only university dedicated to distance learning. The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas. It promotes educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality university education to all who wish to realize their ambitions and fulfill their potential. Through academic research, pedagogic innovation and collaborative partnership it seeks to be a world leader in the design, content and delivery of supported open and distance learning.
The Rockefeller Foundation
Since its establishment in 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation has sought to identify and attack at their source the underlying causes of human suffering. The Foundation pioneered the frontier of global philanthropy and continues to find and fund solutions to many of the world’s most intractable challenges. The Rockefeller Foundation attempts to harness the creative forces of globalization, supporting breakthrough solutions to 21st century challenges.
Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
The Foundation supports partners who work in agriculture in resource-poor settings in developing countries and emerging markets. The Foundation helps small farmers become more professional growers by extending science-based know-how, facilitating access to quality inputs, and linking them to markets in profitable ways. Small farmers are the key group requiring attention in agricultural and rural development. The world's poverty and hunger problems cannot be solved otherwise, and their contribution to food supplies is needed.
The World Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.




