Appendix D: Online Resources¶

How to use this appendix: This appendix gathers the websites, portals, platforms and reference documents that are useful to the CED coordinator. Test these links BEFORE you share them with your team. Bookmark them in your browser. The URLs were valid at the time of publication; if a link is broken, search for the exact title on the parent site.

1. Rotary portals¶

Core platforms¶

MyRotary (my.rotary.org): Rotary's central portal. The required entry point for any Rotary business online. Every member of the CED committee must have an active account.
Rotary International (rotary.org): Rotary International's public institutional website.
The Rotary Foundation (via my.rotary.org): everything about the Foundation, grants, DDF and the World Fund.

TRF grant tools¶

Grant Center (my.rotary.org > Grants): submitting and tracking Global Grants, District Grants and Disaster Response Grants.
Grant Management Seminar (GMS): my.rotary.org > Learning & Reference > Learning Center > Rotary Grants. Required for grant signatories.
Grant Tracker: inside the Grant Center, lets you follow a grant's progress.
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Supplement: a TRF document you can download from my.rotary.org > Grants, essential for structuring the M&E plan.
Areas of Focus Policy Statements: the official TRF document listing eligible activities by area of focus.
Rotary Grants Terms and Conditions: current version available on MyRotary, to be checked every year because it changes.

Rotary Showcase (my.rotary.org/showcase): the worldwide project showcase. Post your project and browse other clubs' projects for inspiration.
Club Finder (my.rotary.org/en/search/club-finder): find a Rotary club in a given country, useful when looking for an International Partner.

Brand Center¶

Brand Center (brandcenter.rotary.org): logos, brand guidelines, official visuals. Use it for all public communication.

2. RAGCED and partner RAGs¶

RAGCED¶

Main site (ragced.org): home page, mission, leadership, resources.
Our Committee (ragced.org/page/our-committee): RAGCED's eight committees and their missions.
Leadership Team (ragced.org/page/leadership-team): members of the Board and the executive committee, updated regularly.
Stories (ragced.org/stories): project experience reports, worth reading for inspiration.
Membership (ragced.org/page/membership): individual membership and terms.
Publications (ragced.org/page/publications): newsletter, methodology guides.
Partnering with Talanton for Impact Investing in East Africa (ragced.org/stories/partnering-with-talanton-for-impact-investing-in-east-africa): presentation of the Talanton Impact Fund.
RAGCED LATAM in Action (ragced.org/stories/ragced-latam-in-action-empowering-communities-through-economic-development): Latin American regional chapter.
Dakshinpatha: Empowering Communities through Rotary (ragced.org/stories/dakshinpatha-empowering-communities-through-rotary): South Asia regional chapter.

Foundation linked to RAGCED¶

Economic Development & Empowerment Foundation (empowermentfdn.org): a 501(c)(3) foundation linked to RAGCED, a vehicle for tax-deductible donations and an investor in Talanton.

Other RAGs¶

WASH-RAG (wash-rag.org): water, sanitation, hygiene.
ESRAG (esrag.org): environmental sustainability.
RAGFP: Rotary Action Group for Peace (rotaryactiongroupforpeace.org): peace, post-conflict.
DNA-RAG: Disaster Network Assistance (dna-rag.com): disaster response. Twin book: Rotary Club Guide: Autonomous Disaster Response.
RAG Refugees, Forced Displacement and Migration (ragforrefugees.org): refugee and displaced populations.

Official list of RAGs¶

Rotary Action Groups official list (via my.rotary.org): the official list of RAGs recognized by the RI Board of Directors, to consult when you need specific expertise.

3. International CED standards¶

Microfinance and financial inclusion¶

CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (cgap.org): the global reference on microfinance. Notes, reports, Global Findex statistics.
Cerise+SPTF: Social Performance Task Force (cerise-sptf.org): Universal Standards for Social Performance Management, SPI4. Social performance standards for MFIs.
Client Protection Pathway (cerise-sptf.org/cpp-pathway): the new client protection framework for microfinance (incorporates the historical Smart Campaign).
MixMarket / MFR (mfr.org): microfinance ratings and data.
GSMA Mobile Money (gsma.com/mobilemoney): the global reference on mobile money.

Decent work and vocational training¶

ILO (ilo.org): website of the International Labour Organization.
ITC-ILO: International Training Centre of the ILO (itcilo.org): training for development practitioners, based in Turin.
Decent Work Country Programmes (via ilo.org): national Decent Work frameworks, country by country.
Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) (ILO): an accessible entrepreneurship methodology, license available.

Value chains and industrial development¶

UNIDO (unido.org): industrial development and small-business programs.
ValueLinks Manual (GIZ, downloadable): the reference methodology for value chains, adopted by UNIDO.
UNCDF (uncdf.org): financial inclusion, local development.

Cooperatives¶

International Co-operative Alliance (ica.coop): the seven cooperative principles, global network.
OHADA: Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa) (ohada.org): the Uniform Act on Cooperative Societies (AUSCOOP), free to download, applicable in 17 African states.
WOCCU: World Council of Credit Unions (woccu.org): financial cooperatives (COOPEC, credit unions).

Sustainable Development Goals¶

SDGs: United Nations (sdgs.un.org): the Sustainable Development Goals, global framework 2015-2030.
National SDG tracker (varies by country): national SDG implementation plans.

Humanitarian standards (for post-crisis CED projects, linked to the disaster guide)¶

Sphere Standards (spherestandards.org): the reference handbook.
Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (MERS) (via spherestandards.org): post-disaster economic standards.

4. Databases and analysis tools¶

World Bank Open Data (data.worldbank.org): macroeconomic and social data, by country.
Global Findex (via the World Bank): global survey of financial inclusion (published every 3 years).
UN Data (data.un.org): UN statistics portal.
UNDP Human Development Reports (hdr.undp.org): HDI, inequality by country.
CEPAL / ECLAC Stats: Latin America.
African Development Bank Open Data: Africa.
Asian Development Bank Open Data: Asia-Pacific.

Microfinance¶

MIX Market archives / Findev Gateway: historical data on MFIs worldwide.
Global Findex Database: financial inclusion by country (World Bank).

Labor and employment¶

ILOSTAT (ilostat.ilo.org): statistics on employment, unemployment and decent work, by country.

Poverty¶

Multidimensional Poverty Index (OPHI / UNDP): multidimensional poverty.
Poverty Probability Index (PPI, povertyindex.org): a tool for measuring household poverty in microfinance and CED projects.

Agriculture and supply chains¶

FAOSTAT (fao.org/faostat): global agricultural statistics.
IFPRI Data Portal (ifpri.org): data on agricultural and food policy.

Mapping and coordination¶

OCHA Financial Tracking Service (fts.unocha.org): humanitarian funding flows.
ReliefWeb (reliefweb.int): humanitarian reports by country and by crisis.
OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap.org): free collaborative mapping.
Google My Maps (google.com/mymaps): free collaborative maps.

5. Online training¶

Rotary training¶

Rotary Learning Center (via my.rotary.org): courses on grants, leadership and communication. Includes the GMS.

External CED training¶

CGAP Learning: online courses on microfinance and financial inclusion.
ITC-ILO: Delta e-Campus (itcilo.org): ILO online courses on decent work, entrepreneurship, value chains and cooperatives. Some free, some paid.
edX / Coursera: development MOOCs: open university courses (Harvard, MIT, partner universities) on microfinance, economic development and social entrepreneurship.
World Bank Open Learning Campus (wbg.edcast.com): online courses on development.
SPI4: Cerise+SPTF Training (cerise-sptf.org): training on the Universal Standards for SPM.

6. Case studies and reports¶

Documented CED projects¶

Rotary Showcase (via my.rotary.org): filter by the CED Area of Focus for examples of Rotary projects.
RAGCED Stories (ragced.org/stories): RAGCED project experience reports.
Oikocredit publications (oikocredit.coop/publications): studies and annual reports.

Impact evaluations in microfinance¶

3ie: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ieimpact.org): rigorous evaluations.
J-PAL: Poverty Action Lab (povertyactionlab.org): randomized evaluations, microfinance included.

Key sector reports¶

State of the Microfinance Industry (various annual sector reports: MFR, responsAbility, SPTF).
Global Monitoring Reports (World Bank).
World Employment and Social Outlook (ILO, annual).

7. Media and CED news watch¶

Newsletters to follow¶

RAGCED Newsletter: sign up via ragced.org.
CGAP Newsletter: microfinance news.
ILO country newsletters (by region).
Nextbillion (nextbillion.net): blog on inclusive development and social enterprise.
Devex (devex.com): international development news (partly paid subscription).
ImpactAlpha (impactalpha.com): impact investing news.

Podcasts¶

Rotary Podcasts: via rotary.org.
CGAP Podcast: via cgap.org.
Nextbillion Podcast: interviews with inclusive development practitioners.

8. Annual resource check¶

To be done by the CED coordinator once a year.

Item	Checked	Date	By
Active MyRotary account for every CED committee member	☐
Access to the Grant Center tested	☐
GMS up to date for the club's signatories	☐
RAGCED links checked, recent documents downloaded	☐
Current TRF resources (Terms and Conditions, M&E Plan Supplement) downloaded	☐
Database access renewed	☐
Key newsletter subscriptions active	☐
Resource directory updated in the digital and paper kit	☐

9. Reminder: sources change¶

The internet keeps moving. URLs go out of date, organizations restructure, platforms change names. The CED coordinator keeps this appendix as a living document, not a frozen snapshot. An annual check takes 2 to 3 hours and keeps the club's document kit in good shape for the next five years.

Appendix D: Online Resources. Rotary Club Guide: Community Economic Development