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INTERNATIONAL PEACE INFORMATION SERVICE - INTERNATIONALE VREDESINFORMATIEDIENST

Acronym: IPIS

General Information

Identification Code: 557386051890-93
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Entity Form: VZW / ASBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 11/13/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: IPIS is an independent research institute that provides tailored information, analysis and capacity enhancement to support those actors who want to realise a vision of durable peace, sustainable development and the fulfilment of human rights. Throughout the years, IPIS has developed a geographic focus on sub-Saharan Africa and a thematic focus on natural resources, conflict motives of armed actors, business and human rights, and international arms transfers. Within this scope, IPIS strives to be a centre of excellence on field-based research with 4 main research programmes : 1) NATURAL RESOURCES brings in-depth research on the exploitation of natural resources. 2) ARMS TRADE & SECURITY sheds light on facts related to the opaque international arms trade with and in our region of focus. 3) CONFLICT MAPPING aims to map the various motives of conflict actors. 4) BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS deals with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the role of the private sector .
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Business and industry
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • global
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The main EU policies followed by IPIS relate to business and human rights, natural resource governance and sustainable development. More specifically, IPIS has been targeting the following EU policies and legislative proposals: 1) EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, EU Battery legislation and the Critical Raw Material Act: - IPIS has a unique expertise on natural resources, its links to conflict and its financing, development, environment, human rights and governance with research projects in producing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2) EU legislation on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: - realized by the research programme Business & Human Rights which deals with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the role of the private sector in our focus region. In our research projects, we have witnessed the potential of private companies to create wealth and promote peace, as well as conflict and inequality. The research focuses on all aspects of sustainable development, respect for human rights, and the implementation of self-regulatory and legal frameworks.
Communication Activities: PUBLICATIONS : - The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation: High stakes, disappointing results. (oct 2023) - The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation: Implementation at the EU Member State level (jun 2021) - The relevance of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation for 3TG producing countries (dec 2020) - IPIS Insights on Due Diligence in Mineral Sourcing – Regulating Responsible Sourcing of 3TG Minerals (jan 2020) EVENTS : - Sustainable and secure cobalt supply from DRC (November 2023) - OECD partner session: Is the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation a blueprint for due diligence legislation? (May 2023) - Diamond event with Egmond Institute (november 2022) - The European Regulation on Responsible Mineral Sourcing: what are the lessons learned so far? (sept 2021)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Italiëlei 98a
Post Code: 2000
City: ANTWERPEN
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Italiëlei 98a
Post Code: 2000
City: ANTWERPEN
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: N/A

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 2
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 4
Members75 Percent: 2
Members: 8
Members F T E: 3.700000047683716
Info Members: IPIS Staff members are mainly 'Researchers' supported with GIS specialists

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Main Sponsors : - European Union - Belgian Ministery for Development DGD / Directorate General for Development (BE) - USAID (US) - International Alert (NL) - International Labor Organisation (CH) - VSPF / Vlaamse Social-Profitfondsen (VIA/ Vlaamse Intersectorale Akkoorden) vzw - Vlaamse Regering (old DAC/Derde Arbeidscircuit) Main Partners : - ACADOSHA / Action des Chrétiens Activistes des Droits de L’Homme a Shabunda (DRC) - ACOSYF / Association Coopérative en Synergie Féminine (DRC) - Action Mines Guinée - ADDH / Action pour la défence des droits humains (DRC) - ADECO / Action pour le Développement Communautaire (DRC) - AEMAPRI / l'Association des Exploitants Miniers Artisanaux Pour la Pacification et la Reconstruction de l'Ituri (DRC) - APDE /Action pour la Paix et le Développement (DRC) - ASADHO / Association Africaine de Défense des Droits de l’Homme Nord-Kivu (DRC) - ASF / Advocats Sans Frontières (DRC) - ASSODIP / Association pour le développement des intiatives paysannes (DRC) - BHRT / Business & Human Rights of Tanzania - Botswana Watch - CCRAG / Centre Centrafricain de Recherche et d'Analyse Géopolitique (CAR) - CDJP / Caritas Diocese de Bunia (DRC) - CECIDE / Centre du Commerce International pour le Dévelopment (DRC) - CENADEP / Centre national d'appui au développement et à la participation populaire (DRC) - CNRG / Centre for Natural Resources Governance (Zimbabwe) - CPDH / Cercle pour la Promotion des Droits de l'Homme (DRC) - CRESA / Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes Stratégiques en Afrique centrale (DRC) - Eight vzw (BEL) - FEATUWA / Fédération des Exploitants Artisanaux Unis du Territoire de Watsa (DRC) - FOMI / Forum des Mamans d'Ituri (DRC) - FSH / Fondation Solidarité des hommes (DRC) - GAERN / Groupe d'Appui au Exploitants des Ressources Naturelles (DRC) - Green Advocates (Liberia) - GRPIE / Groupe de Recherche et de Protection des Industires Extractives (Côte d'Ivoire) - HakiRasilimali (Tanzania) - IANSA / International Action Network on Small Arms - Justice Plus (DRC) - Justice Pour Tous - Maluti Development Community Forum (MCDF - Lesotho) - NMJD / Network Movement for Justice and Development (Sierra Leone) - OGP / Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix (DRC) - RECOREN (DRC) - RELUFA / Réseau de Lutte contre la Faim (DRC) - RHA / Réseau Haki Na Amani (DRC) - SAEMAPE / Service d'Assistence et d'Encadrement de l'Exploitation Minière Artisanale et à Petite Echelle - SFCG / Search For Common Grounds (BEL) - STRATEGIES (Cameroun) - Vredesactie VZW (BEL) - WoMe / Women on Mining & extractives (Sierra Leone) - ZELA / Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
Organisation Members: · Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade (PPA) · European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM) · European Network for Central Africa (EurAc) · Adviesraad voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Antwerpen (AROSA) · Provinciaal NGO-Overleg Provincie Antwerpen · Belgisch Netwerk Natuurlijke Rijkdommen (BNNR) · Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition (KP CSC) · Centraal-Afrika Overleg 11.11.11 (CAO) · WG Corporate Accountability · Brussels Group on Arms Exports · Global Battery Alliance · NGO Federatie: Flemish federation of Development NGOs (formerly COPROGRAM) · Library Network of the University of Antwerp (Anet)