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
Coordinator and Asia Director Staff |
Latin America Director Staff |
Regional Director Staff |
Communications Coordinator staff |
Digital Content and Narrative Lead staff |
Finance and Admin Manager Staff |
Programme Manager Staff |
Researcher Staff |
Finance & Administration Assistant Staff |
Bookkeeper Staff |
Administrative and Finance Officer Staff |
Administrative and Finance Assistant Staff |
Board
Board Member |
Board Member |
President of Board of Trustees |
Executive Committee Member |
Executive Committee Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Board Member |
Support
Researcher |
Programme Manager |
Researcher |
Research / Outreach |
Friends of ETC, USA |
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Programme Support |
Founder |
Research and translation |
ETC Group: A Brief History
How we began: We began as a conversation about seeds in 1977. Four and a half decades later, we are still talking about seeds, but the world has grown infinitely more complex: new technologies have developed, economies have globalized, multinational companies have expanded their reach, and 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.