ETC Group works to address the socioeconomic and ecological issues surrounding new technologies that could have an impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. We investigate ecological erosion (including the erosion of cultures and human rights); the development of new technologies (especially agricultural but also other technologies that work with genomics and matter); and we monitor global governance issues including corporate concentration and trade in technologies. We operate at the global political level. We work closely with partner civil society organizations (CSOs) and social movements, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
About ETC

Mission of the ETC Group
...or Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Staff
Co-Executive Director Staff |
Co-Executive Director Staff |
Latin America Director Staff |
Finance and Administration Manager Staff |
Europe Director Staff |
Programme Support Staff |
Communications Coordinator staff |
Digital Content and Narrative Lead staff |
Programme Manager Staff |
Administrative and Finance Assistant Staff |
Bookkeeper Staff |
Administrative and Finance Adviser Staff |
Research / Outreach Staff |
Bookkeeper Staff |
Administrative Assistant staff |
Board
President of Board of Trustees |
Executive Committee Member |
Executive Committee Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Support
Researcher |
Researcher |
Founder |
Technical Support |
Graphic Designer and Illustrator |
Research and translation |
ETC Group: A Brief History
How we began: Twenty-five years ago the idea that would become the Rural Advancement Foundation International (and then, in 2001, ETC Group) began with a conversation about seeds. A quarter of a century later, ETC Group is still talking about seeds, but the world has grown more complex: new technologies have developed, economies have globalized, multinational companies have expanded their reach, wealth and capital are concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer giant corporations. Life itself has been manipulated, picked apart, re- assembled – and then patented.