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WORLDWIDE CONTACT SYSTEM

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Find public directories and organisations that can open a conversation. Check the local organisation and choose the appropriate contact route.

41 routes to investigate

Project matches are suggested approaches, subject to each body's interests.
EducationAustralia

CREATE Foundation

National peak body for children and young people with out-of-home-care experience, with youth advisory and participation programs. Suggested approach: A strong first approach for learning how care-experienced young people could shape supported creative learning, interests and transition-to-adulthood proposals.

How to make contact

Email the published national office at create@create.org.au with a concise organisational partnership enquiry. The contact page explicitly welcomes discussion about partnering; ask which program or state team should review the proposal. Note: CREATE describes its role as systemic advocacy rather than casework or individual care decisions. An organisational enquiry does not grant access to young people or imply willingness to trial a product.

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EducationAustralia

SNAICC – National Voice for our Children

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled peak body for children, young people and families, with early childhood and child-and-family sector work. Suggested approach: A route for asking how a children-and-learning proposal could be discussed with appropriate community-controlled organisations and grounded in family, culture and community priorities.

How to make contact

Use info@snaicc.org.au or the official contact form for a general or sector-related enquiry. Describe the proposal and request direction to the appropriate team or community-controlled route; training@snaicc.org.au is specifically for training enquiries. Note: National sector engagement is not permission to represent a particular Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander nation, share community knowledge or work with local children. Local organisations determine their involvement.

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EducationInternational

FICE International – International Federation of Educative Communities

International network of national sections, organisations and professionals working with children and young people, including those in out-of-home care. Suggested approach: A practical international route for discussing supported creative learning and exchanging care-and-education practice with relevant national sections.

How to make contact

Start with the published international secretariat email fice.inter@gmail.com or its organisational contact form. Ask for the relevant national-section introduction; use the official country member list to identify possible follow-up organisations. Note: The official country member list is a discovery route, not evidence of worldwide coverage. Individual national contact details and external destinations have not all been revalidated; confirm them through the secretariat before follow-up.

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Community networksInternational

Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI)

Federation of national Alzheimer associations, with a public country-filtered member directory and links to association profiles. Suggested approach: An efficient country-by-country discovery route for relevant dementia organisations when exploring personal-context support, accessible demonstrations and local collaboration.

How to make contact

Select a country in the official member directory, open the association's profile, then check its official organisational contact channel. ADI's own contact page also distinguishes questions about its work from individual support requests. Note: Directory membership is not universal country coverage, proof of a local participant or permission to contact people receiving services. Use organisational collaboration channels rather than national support helplines; individual member routes require their own check.

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Community networksInternational

Dementia Alliance International (DAI)

An organisation of people with dementia, with international self-advocacy, human-rights work and an organisational contact form. Suggested approach: A lived-experience-led route for asking whether and how people with dementia would want to help shape personal-context technology and everyday support proposals.

How to make contact

Use the official Contact Us form for an organisational collaboration enquiry. Explain the proposed support use and ask about an appropriate way to discuss it; the sponsor/partner page is a separate route for sponsorship interest. Note: DAI membership is for people medically diagnosed with dementia or mild cognitive impairment. An external project proposer should use the organisational form rather than join as a member or approach peer-support groups to pitch. International eligibility does not establish participation in every country.

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Community networksAustralia

Dementia Australia – product development and research collaboration

Dedicated channels for discussing technology development, potential co-development, research collaboration and involvement of Dementia Advocates. Suggested approach: The clearest specific Australian route for reviewing a dementia-related personal-intelligence proposal and exploring suitable co-design or evaluation.

How to make contact

Use the Product support form for the technology proposal. For a defined research project, use the Research Collaboration Request form or research@dementia.org.au. For lived-experience input, use Work with a Dementia Advocate or advocates@dementia.org.au. These are organisational channels, separate from the support helpline. Note: Dementia Australia explicitly excludes product endorsement, third-party product promotion and financial investment. Assistance depends on capacity; fees may apply and advocate participation is voluntary. Its product co-development terms may require ownership of some or all resulting intellectual property. Research recruitment-only requests follow a separate study-listing route.

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Civic participationAustralia

People with Disability Australia (PWDA) – research and consultancy

Disability-led research and consultancy services, including advisory participation, inclusive research, focus groups and program-development advice. Suggested approach: A direct organisational route for disability-led design of support, accessible personal technology, legal-information access and preparedness proposals.

How to make contact

Email pwd@pwd.org.au, the address explicitly published for research partnerships and consultancy. Specify a research or consultancy enquiry and the advice sought; use this route rather than the individual-advocacy intake form. Note: Consultancy is fee-for-service. Research expectations include co-creation, contribution recognition, remuneration, accessible materials and the ability to withdraw. PWDA says it will not consider partnership proposals within one month of an application deadline. An enquiry does not secure participants or a partnership.

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Technology and dataAustralia

Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association (ARATA)

Assistive-technology association with a public practitioner directory covering expert technology users, allied health professionals, educators, advisers and suppliers. Suggested approach: A practical route to relevant technical and accessibility expertise for everyday support, creative-learning access and portable demonstrations across age groups.

How to make contact

Search the official practitioner directory by locality, profession and age-group experience to identify relevant professional services. For association-level introductions or an initial project discussion, use office@arata.org.au, published on its Contact Us page. Note: The directory concerns professional expertise and services; listings are maintained by members. It is not a list of willing research participants or an endorsement of this project. Individual availability, current details and any professional fees require follow-up.

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Technology and dataAustralia

Assistive Technology Suppliers Australia (ATSA)

Assistive-technology supplier industry body with a public member directory, product categories and community-accessible industry events. Suggested approach: Useful for identifying equipment and accessibility providers, or asking about appropriate demonstration and supplier-development settings for Verse Box and support technology.

How to make contact

Use the member directory to identify relevant businesses, including communication aids, electronic devices and home automation. For an association-level enquiry use info@atsa.org.au or the official Contact ATSA form; ask about the appropriate supplier or event route. Note: ATSA is an industry and supplier route rather than a substitute for disability-led co-design. Supplier listings do not establish research interest, accessible suitability, funding or product endorsement. Commercial and event participation terms need separate discussion.

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CooperationOceania

Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO)

Pacific civil-society umbrella network with an official country-by-country directory of national NGO coordinating bodies. A practical route to locally relevant community organisations for P4A Oceania and GAJRA. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: national umbrella routes can put a specific local civic or community proposal before organisations already working in the relevant place.

How to make contact

Choose a relevant National Liaison Unit in the official member directory, follow its organisational website/contact, and request one suitable local introduction or consideration of a short invitation for circulation. Note: Directory inclusion does not establish present officer details, independence or interest. Confirm the selected organisation's current contact on its own site before sending; no blanket circulation or country coverage is assumed.

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Community networksOceania

Pacific Disability Forum

Regional disability network offering an official member directory and a public organisational enquiry route. Relevant to accessible participation, whole-of-life tools and visitor experiences. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: it offers a relevant route for asking whether accessibility and participant-directed uses of the additional Aura and Verse Box projects merit a local discussion.

How to make contact

Use its contact form or published general email infor@pacificdisability.org; ask for the appropriate membership or country-organisation route. Consult the member directory for a specific place. Note: No clinical benefit, endorsement, participant access or English proficiency is established. A regional introduction does not replace the chosen member organisation's decision about involvement.

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Culture and knowledgeInternational

Local Contexts

Indigenous cultural and data-governance initiative with public support channels and guidance for community-specific labels, attribution and protocols. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: its tools are relevant when Native Nations or tourism pages need community-chosen attribution and control over cultural material.

How to make contact

Use the official support form or support@localcontexts.org for a focused enquiry about community-led attribution, permissions and suitable Hub resources. Note: This is a governance and technical-support route, not authority to represent a nation or permission to reuse knowledge. Decisions and agreements remain with the relevant communities.

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Civic participationOceania

Engagement Institute (formerly IAP2 Australasia)

Participation-practitioner association with a current public contact route for membership, events and engagement resources. Suitable for feedback on P4A's civic invitation methods. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: participation practitioners can assess how a specific civic invitation can be locally shaped and presented through suitable professional channels.

How to make contact

Use the current contact form or info@engagementinstitute.org.au. Request routing to an appropriate practitioner discussion, event or resource contact. Note: A professional association route does not imply political endorsement, access to residents, or approval by Indigenous communities. Use the current brand and contact rather than the old IAP2 address.

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LivelihoodsAustralia

Ecotourism Australia

Sustainable-tourism organisation with an explicit partnership/collaboration enquiry option and a linked guide to certified operators and experiences. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: nature- and culture-based operators are a relevant audience for a locally grounded visitor-learning or community-benefit proposal.

How to make contact

Choose 'Partnership or collaboration' in the official enquiry form, or use eco@ecotourism.org.au. Ask which operator or professional channel is appropriate for a concise Aura Tourism proposal. Note: An enquiry does not confer certification, endorsement or permission to contact all listed operators. Any pilot, commercial arrangement and cultural content require the relevant parties' agreement.

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Culture and knowledgeAustralia

Independent Indigenous Tourism Operators of Queensland (IITOQ)

Queensland Indigenous tourism operator network whose official contact page explicitly invites partner enquiries and links a member directory. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: this is a specific operator-led route for testing whether Aura Tourism or related community interpretation is useful in a Queensland Indigenous tourism setting.

How to make contact

Use the official contact form or the published partner route admin@iitoq.com.au; general reception is Reception@iitoq.com.au. Request an interested operator introduction. Note: Each operator and relevant community determines cultural access, content and scope. IITOQ contact does not grant broad cultural permission or establish that the proposal is wanted.

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Culture and knowledgeInternational

World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA)

Tourist-guide association network with an official association directory and regional representatives who offer public contact and referral routes. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: resident guides and guide associations offer a practical route to discussing place-based interpretation, cultural exchange and useful AI tools.

How to make contact

Choose a country or regional representative on the official map and use the published contact buttons. If the region is absent, write to area-reps@wftga.org for routing; consult the full-member association directory. Note: The professional network does not cover every country or culture. Membership does not establish English proficiency or authority to speak for local or Indigenous communities.

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EducationAustralia

Australian Library and Information Association — Digital Literacy Group

National library-sector special-interest group discussing digital technology, information verification, user education and AI, with published convenor contact links. Suggested approach: Inferred fit: this provides a precise professional audience for considering a small digital-literacy demonstration involving Verse Box, Aura or GAJRA materials.

How to make contact

Use the published co-convenor email links on the official group page, or ask ALIA National Office through its public Contact Us page to route a focused enquiry to the Digital Literacy Group. Note: A professional discussion does not establish a library host, approval to involve children, or access to patrons. Any activity requires the relevant library's own assessment and agreement.

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LivelihoodsAustralia

Employee Ownership Australia

Employee ownership association that explicitly invites conversations about projects, with co-operative resources and an expert panel. Suggested approach: Explore employee ownership and practical governance for community-scale enterprises.

How to make contact

Use info@employeeownership.com.au or the official contact form. Ask about worker ownership and governance for a Ready SET Co-op or community computing proposal; formal professional advice may be referred to an expert at a negotiated fee. Note: This is an initial project discussion route; professional advice may involve negotiated fees.

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LivelihoodsAustralia

Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM)

National co-operative and mutual peak body, with a public member directory spanning sectors including care, energy, housing and education. Suggested approach: Connect community ownership and mutual benefit proposals to relevant co-operatives.

How to make contact

Browse the member directory to identify a relevant organisation. For a peak-body enquiry, ICA publishes info@bccm.coop as BCCM’s main organisational address. Ask who could discuss community ownership, a Ready SET Co-op or member-led care; a directory listing is not an introduction. Note: Membership and directory inclusion do not establish interest in this proposal or access to members.

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Law and rightsAustralia

Australasian Legal Technology Alliance (ALTA)

Legal technology industry network supporting Australian innovation, with company and advocate participation routes. Suggested approach: Find legal technology practitioners who can discuss usable jurisdiction-specific information.

How to make contact

Use the official Contact us form with a short legal-information-engine demonstration and a request for a relevant practitioner or event introduction. Ask which participation route fits the project’s stage; current membership terms and any fees need checking. Note: An industry enquiry is not legal advice, legal validation or an endorsement.

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Law and rightsInternational

Free Access to Law Movement – member-institute discovery

Voluntary international association of legal-information institutes and organisations working on public access to law, described by member IALS. Suggested approach: Locate jurisdiction-specific information publishers for source and accessibility discussions.

How to make contact

Follow the official IALS page’s WorldLII member/declaration link to identify a jurisdiction’s legal-information institute, then verify that institute’s own organisational contact. Ask about source provenance, reuse conditions and local legal-information practice. IALS is a member, not presented here as the network secretariat. Note: Individual member contacts have not all been rechecked; data reuse and legal practice conditions remain source-specific.

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LivelihoodsAustralia

Social Enterprise Australia

National social enterprise peak body connecting sector development, collaboration, strategy and member networks. Suggested approach: Find suitable enterprise networks for practical community benefit and ownership proposals.

How to make contact

Use the official contact page or hello@socialenterpriseaustralia.org.au, published on the sector’s Understorey profile and by the Department of Social Services. Ask for the relevant local or sector network to discuss a small community enterprise proposal; funding eligibility is a separate question. Note: This is a network enquiry, not a claim of funding availability, membership acceptance or project eligibility.

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Technology and dataInternational

ACM SIGCHI – local and thematic chapters

Human–computer interaction chapter directory, with geographic groups and themes including human-centred AI, extended reality and arts in HCI. Suggested approach: Discuss accessible interaction, XR demonstrations and human-centred AI with relevant practitioners.

How to make contact

Use the city/country directory or relevant thematic chapter’s published contact. Ask about a short demonstration or discussion of accessible personal intelligence and XR. The directory publishes sigchi-vp-chapters@acm.org for chapter matters; check the chosen chapter’s current details before approaching it. Note: Directory availability is not willingness to host a demonstration or involve research participants.

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CooperationInternational

IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology – chapters

International chapter network concerned with technology’s social effects, with official local-group websites and chapter contact routes. Suggested approach: Find local conversations about community technology, responsible AI and cooperation.

How to make contact

Choose a local chapter website from the official list and verify its current organisational route. The page supplies ssitchaptercommittee@gmail.com for chapter coordination. Ask whether a local discussion of community data authority, responsible AI or shared benefit would fit a chapter activity. Note: The network’s geographic scope does not establish a participant or English-language access in any particular country.

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CooperationAustralia

Queensland council and state international links

Officially documented sister-city, friendship and state relationships across 15 councils, with source evidence and responsible-team contact routes.

How to make contact

Choose a Queensland place and an agreement, then ask the council or state team whether an appropriate counterpart organisation could receive a relevant introduction. The register distinguishes formal sister links from other agreements and labels records needing confirmation.

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Law and rightsInternational

Grassroots Justice Network

An organisation directory for discovering legal empowerment groups. Listings are crowdsourced and require verification.

How to make contact

Use the organisation listing to identify its own public website or appropriate organisational enquiry route. Do not harvest member personal details.

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Disaster resilienceInternational

GNDR

A directory of civil society organisations working on disaster reduction and community resilience, with routes to national focal points.

How to make contact

Find an organisation or national focal point, verify its current public contact route, then enquire about an introduction or appropriate circulation.

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Technology and dataInternational

Association for Progressive Communications

A network of organisations working on community technology, communications, digital rights and local capability.

How to make contact

Follow the Members route from APC's own site and approach a relevant organisation through its published contact channel.

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Technology and dataInternational

Internet Society chapters

A chapter directory with public websites and contact emails for local Internet-related work.

How to make contact

Choose the relevant chapter, check its website and published organisational contact, and ask about community technology connections.

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Culture and knowledgeAsia

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact

A regional network of Indigenous peoples' organisations. Its own public site provides a route to the regional organisation.

How to make contact

Ask the regional organisation or an identified member's own public contact how to make a relevant invitation available.

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Culture and knowledgeAfrica

Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee

An African network of Indigenous peoples' organisations with a public member-organisation map.

How to make contact

Use the member map or published regional contact to identify an appropriate organisational introduction.

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Culture and knowledgeInternational

Global Voices and Rising Voices

Public routes into a community of writers, translators and participatory media practitioners, including work with underrepresented language communities.

How to make contact

Follow contributor, Rising Voices or partnership routes and approach the appropriate published organisational contact.

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Culture and knowledgeInternational

Wikimedia affiliates and user groups

A directory of geographic, thematic and language-related affiliates, including groups with established contact people.

How to make contact

Read the relevant group page and use its stated contact or discussion channel for a suitable introduction.

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CooperationInternational

URI Cooperation Circles

A searchable directory of community-led groups working across cultures, faiths and traditions.

How to make contact

Search by region, country or subject, read the group's own description, and use its published contact route.

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CooperationInternational

WFUNA national associations

A public directory of national United Nations Associations and organisational contact routes.

How to make contact

Identify a relevant national association and approach its published office contact about circulation or a conversation.

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Community networksInternational

Rotary and Rotaract clubs

An entry route to service clubs, local organisers and the connected Rotary and Rotaract networks.

How to make contact

Use the club-finding routes and a club's own public contact details to ask about an appropriate introduction or circulation.

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Community networksInternational

Toastmasters club finder

A club finder with routes to message club officers and identify meetings suitable for English communication.

How to make contact

Select a relevant open club, confirm its meeting language, and enquire through its listed officer-contact route.

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Community networksInternational

Servas groups

A directory of national and regional Servas group websites and social pages where provided.

How to make contact

Use the relevant group's own published contact route to enquire about English-speaking residents and suitable introductions.

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EducationInternational

TESOL affiliate associations

An affiliate directory connecting national and regional English-language teaching associations.

How to make contact

Follow an association's own website and contact its organising committee about a relevant invitation or introduction.

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EducationInternational

IATEFL teaching associations

An entry route to national and regional teaching associations within IATEFL's associate network.

How to make contact

Identify the appropriate association, verify its own contact details and ask about a relevant circulation or introduction.

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LivelihoodsInternational

Co-operative and local trade networks

Use the ICA member directory as one research route to co-operative organisations. Find local trade and professional groups separately for the particular place.

How to make contact

Identify a relevant organisation, verify its own public contact and local relevance, and ask about community capability or practical introductions.

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