Organisations

Organisations are a wide range of organisations engaged in, or connected in some way, to global development research. Most of the organisations in our datasets have published documents available in the data.


Please note: currently there are no organisations in the BRIDGE dataset. Organisational websites are recorded as “documents”.

Field Name Description
metadata_url Web-accessible uri for this object
object_id Unique idenitfier of this organisation
object_type The type of asset, in this case “Organisation”
title Name of organisation

Additional Fields

Field Name Description  
acronym Acronym of organisation  
alternative_acronym Alternative acronym of organisation  
alternative_name Alternative name of organisation  
category_region_array Regions in which the organisation operates
  • archived: “false” or “true” (shows whether region has been archived)
  • metadata_url
  • object_id
  • object_name: Region name
  • object_type: “region”
category_theme_array Thematic categories which apply to the organisation
  • archived: “false” or “true” (shows whether theme has been archived)
  • level: position in the hierarchy, starting at 1, the top level
  • object_id
  • object_name: Theme name
  • object_type: “theme”
category_theme_path A human-readable list of the theme names, delimited with a .  
country_focus Countries in which the organisation works  
 country_focus_array Countries in which the organisation works
  • alternative name
  • iso_two_letter_code: ISO code for this country
  • metadata_url
  • object_id
  • object_name: Country name
  • object_type: “country”
date_created Date the object was added to our collection Date is in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
date_updated Date the object was last modified Date is in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
description Description of the organisation  
keyword Subject keywords that relate to the organisation  
location_country Country in which the organisation is based  
name Name of organisation  
organisation_type Primary function or role of the organisation in relation to international development. View a list of types  
organisation_url Website of the organisation  
site Name of the collection to which this document belongs  
timestamp Indicates when record was indexed in the API Used to determine updates to the index for synchronisation.Timestamp is in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
website_url The URL for the organisation on the Eldis/Bridge website  Either Eldis or Bridge