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Founded in 1964, the Partners of the Americas is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes social, economic and cultural development. The nonpartisan organization caters to the needs of children and adults in the United States and Latin America. It coordinates with international corporations, public agencies and foundations and offers volunteer opportunities. The Partners of the Americas provides a range of disaster assistance, cultural exchange, democracy strengthening, domestic violence prevention and environment protection solutions. The organization helps in the implementation of development projects. In addition, it offers resource mobilization services and administers an education and culture program. The Partners of the Americas provides leadership training solutions.

The National Academy of Public Administration is an independent, nonpartisan organization that offers various services to federal, state and local governments. It provides assistance with short- and long-term budgeting, performance measurement, human resources management, devolution of federal programs and strategic planning. The academy s more than 550 fellows include cabinet officers, governors, mayors, state legislators, diplomats, business executives, local public managers, foundation executives and scholars. The academy undertakes projects to analyze and evaluate broad structural, managerial and performance capacity issues in public institutions. Its economy and environment center explores ways to mobilize private and public resources. The academy s international programs center assists domestic agencies in organizing their international operations. The National Academy of Public Administration is located in Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1911, National Legal Aid & Defender Association is one of the oldest and largest associations of individual legal professionals and legal organizations. Located in Washington, D.C., the association focuses on delivery of legal services to the poor. It serves as the collective voice for both civil legal services and public defense services throughout the nation. National Legal Aid & Defender Association serves the equal justice community by providing first-rate products and services and legislative debates on the many issues affecting the equal justice community.