IGLOO is an online research portal created by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), located in Waterloo. IGLOO pools high quality information, knowledge, and ideas from around the world related to international governance and provides it over the web in one centralized location.

CIGI has teamed with partner organizations, including Project Ploughshares, the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS), and the North-South Institute to make IGLOO a global information and collaboration tool that will enable and strengthen the sharing of information and research with partners regardless of geographic location. Project Ploughshares will use IGLOO to collaborate with partners in Central and South America, the US, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa on projects related to small arms control, space security, support for the Sudan peace process, and regional security in the Horn of Africa.

Key Features of IGLOO

IGLOO services are freely available and include research tools such as a world class library of governance related materials, international news feeds, specialized search services, expert/peer group forums, calendar of events, and community services.

IGLOO can be used by individuals and organizations to:

• Search IGLOO's international governance web which consists of thousands of pre-screened governance web sites;
• Browse through daily news headlines from around the world or search through an extensive archive of international news feeds;
• Share thoughts, ideas, and opinions on various topics of global importance through a personalized blog;
• Create an online community for a group or organization to help facilitate, coordinate and organize governance research;
• Search and find up-to-date listings of government officials (down to cabinet level) of 193 independent nations, 31 colonies and dependent territories, and the leaders and headquarters of 39 international organizations and alliances; and
• Bookmark upcoming international governance conferences, lectures, speeches and events from around the world

IGLOO fosters innovative solutions to the economic, financial, and social governance challenges facing our world today by creating connections between people, processes and information on a global scale

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