OUR MISSION

The State University of New York’s Center for International Development is a university-wide institution that designs and implements international technical assistance and training projects, conducts policy-oriented research, and contributes to both the theory and the practice of international development. Through its in-country development projects, and its conferences, publications, research, and outreach activities,the Center works to enhance the capacity of developing nations to meet critical challenges.

Located in Albany, New York and housed within the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, the Center draws upon the State University of New York’s vast intellectual and technical resources and serves as a key component of the university's overall commitment to excellence in international education, cross-cultural exchange, and sustainable development. The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States educating more than 413,000 students in 6,688 degree and certificate programs on 64 campuses. SUNY's continuing education enrollment is more than 1 million. For more information about the State University of New York, its campuses, online degree program, and central administration, please see www.suny.edu. The Center's approach is cross-national and interdisciplinary, working as part of a global community of scholars, technical experts, government officials, and community leaders. Since 1986, the Center has implemented more than $150 million in international development projects on five continents in the areas of democracy, governance, and civil society; economic development; and environmental policy.

The Center is one of the most active university centers in international development. Its implementation and research activities have been funded by the US Agency for International Development, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the US Information Agency, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Andrew W. Mellon, Tinker, Ford, and Soros Foundations. The Center has operated field of fices over the years in Afghanistan, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Russia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

The Research Foundation of State University of New York (RFSUNY) is the authorized agent for negotiating, executing and fiscally administering grants and contracts made to SUNY/CID. The Research Foundation was created in 1951 as a private, nonprofit, educational corporation chartered by the NYS Board of Regents for the purpose of managing contracts and grants exclusively for SUNY. The Research Foundation combines the resources of a large academic institution with the flexibility of a smaller entrepreneurial firm. The result is both stability and the ability to respond quickly.