Domains targeting keyword civil society and cultural development

The Iranian Studies Group at MIT (ISG) is a non-partisan, non-profit, academic organization with the aim of promoting Iranian civil society through conducting research on issues related to Iranian native and expatriate societies. Our research projects focus on the cultural, social, economic, and political development of the Iranian society. By actively publicizing our findings in a format that is accessible for the community at large, we aim to bridge the gap between research, public knowledge, and policy-making.

GlobeNet3: A Civil society organization dedicated to harmonizing and mobilizing the three realms of society — economy, polity and culture — towards comprehensive sustainable development

The Middle East Research Institute (MERI) is a newly established, independent, not-for-profit organisation, focused on policy issues relating to the people, the

European Citizens' Initiative: NEW DEAL 4 EUROPE - FOR A EUROPEAN SPECIAL PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT Subject matter: A public investment plan to help Europe get out of the crisis through the development of knowledge society and the creation of new jobs especially for youth. Main objectives: – a EU special program of public investments for the production and financing of European public goods (renewable energy, research and innovation, infrastructural networks, ecological agriculture, protection of the environment and cultural heritage); – a special European Solidarity Fund to create new jobs especially for young people; – increasing the own resources of the European budget through a financial transactions tax and a carbon tax.

NIWH traces the phenomenon of group identity from its pre-human evolutionary roots, to the prehistoric development of uniquely human social characteristics, through the ancient, medieval, and modern eras of world history. From latter pre-history onwards, we identify three primary heritages of nationality in our species- the Kinship-Ethnic heritage, the Territorial-Civic heritage, and the Pastoral-Charismatic heritage.