In French, English, German, Italian. Tourism information, timetable/schedule, tourism in the Seychelles. Offices in Paris, Los Angeles and other cities..
http://www.air-seychelles.fr/
Has an e-mail directory for individuals, companies, government
organizations, hotels, travel agencies, organizations. The first internet
service provider in the Seychelles. Links to web sites for hotels & travel
orgs., government bodies, company pages, personal pages. http://www.seychelles.net
"COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent
sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural
and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member
states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading
block." Has a business & trade directory by country,
information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road
distances, economic profiles for each country (Seychelles, etc.) Has
the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal
guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/
The Indian Ocean Commission, (with offices in Victoria-Mahe and in Rome),
is a private consortium encouraging tourism in the Seychelles,
the Comoro Islands, Mauritius, Reunion and Madagascar. Has the COI
News. The COI is in partnership with the European Union. Site
in English, French, German and Italian. http://www.atta.com/coi/
Page of the CreoLIST mailing list for creolists and others interested in
creolistics and other contact language issues. The discussion list began
in February 1997. The website has audio
files of Nigerian Pidgin English, Reunion Creole, Seychelles Creole;
A bibliography of works concerning Mauritian
Creole, compiled by Lisa Morken (1999); "A Dual Approach to French
Creole Genesis" by Mikael Parkvall (1995). [KF] http://www.ling.su.se/Creole/
Seychelles Historical and Social Overview, Electoral Commission, 2001 Presidential
Election. The Institute's goals are "the promotion of electoral policies
and practices that will produce free and fair elections, and secondly the
development of programmes which encourage a civic environment conducive to
democratic elections..." Based in Johannesburg. http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/seychelles.htm
Ethnologue - Seychelles
From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 13th
ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996), edited by Barbara
F. Grimes. Provides numbers of speakers by language, dialects, linguistic
affiliation, etc. Seychelles:
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/seyc.html
Currently finishing a MSc degree in Geographical Information Science at
Leicester University, Miles Gabriel recently completed a contract with a
European Union funded Coastal Zone Management project in the Seychelles." I
have been working in Seychelles for the 'Commission de l'Ocean Indien Programme
Regional Environnment,' as an Environmental Consultant." Photo of La
Digue Island. http://mscgis.geog.le.ac.uk/97-meg6/index.html
A nice resource. Create custom maps easily. Maps are about 4 x 4 inches.
In English, French, Spanish. Select a language, choose the country, select
Maps and Satellite Images. Create maps showing administrative boundaries,
cities, roads, rivers, railroads, population, crops, satellite images of
Cold Cloud Duration and Vegetation Index, etc. http://geoweb.fao.org/
Travel, tourism information, in French and English, for Madagascar, Mauritius,
Reunion, Seychelles. Covers hotels, tours, sightseeing, water sports, golf.
Has links to related sites. http://www.starnet.fr/homepages/oceanindien/
A directory of sites about the Seychelles. From the Norwegian Council
for Africa. http://www.africaindex.africainfo.no/africaindex1/countries/seychelles.html
A bibliography of census holdings, mainly population and housing censuses.
Volumes may be borrowed thru interlibrary loan by U.S. libraries. [KF]
Seychelles: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/icc/africa/east/sey.html Main page: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/pcl/icc/
Official site. Covers statistics, economic development, trade, Seychelles
position in the Fund. Documents are in Adobe PDF. [KF] http://www.imf.org/external/country/SYC/index.htm
Basic country data, map, information on the oil and gas industry. By MBendi
Information Services (Pty) Ltd. a business consulting company in Claremont,
South Africa. http://www.mbendi.co.za/cysecy.htm
Has the full text of Bass S.M.J. and Dalal-Clayton D.B. (1995): Small
Island States and Sustainable
Development: Strategic Issues and Experience, (Environmental Planning
Issues No.8),
International Institute for Environment and Development, London. "focuses
on the ecological, economic and social factors which typify small
island states, and lead to their vulnerabilities." Includes case studies
of recent island strategies in Mauritius, the Seychelles, the Caribbean,
St Helena and the Solomon Islands. "the goal of the project is to encourage
the implementation of nssds in all countries by 2005, so as to ensure that
current trends in the loss of environmental resources are effectively reversed
at both global and national levels by 2015." http://www.nssd.net/References/KeyDocs/IIED04.htm
Has a country profile on the Seychelles. Covers the economy, taxation,
mining, environment, labor, culture, tourism, trade contacts, diplomatic
missions, etc. Published by Southern African Marketing Company Ltd (Gaborone,
Botswana) in assoc. with the SADC Secretariat. [KF] http://www.sadcreview.com/
In French. Has full text reports (in Adobe PDF format) on elections in
the Seychelles and other countries.. From the Organisation
internationale de la francophonie (Paris). http://www.francophonie.org/oif/publications/missions.htm
Full text reference book on the history, society, economy, politics, national
security. Part of the Library
of Congress Country/Area Studies Handbooks. One can search
across all countries or any combination of countries and browse the table
of contents for a specific country. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sctoc.html
Statistics on all sectors. Online version of the print government reference
title. Has a list
of other statistical publications. Prepared by the Statistics and Database
Administration Section (MISD). Published by Management & Information Systems
Division, Victoria, Seychelles. http://www.seychelles.net/hendrick/
The Business Authority provides basic information about the Seychelles,
the economy, tourism, trade and investment opportunities, history. http://www.seychelles.net/siba/index.html
A site on marine biodiversity and conservation in the Seychelles. Maintained
by Simon Pittman, a marine biologist from London. . http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/aba60/
"SMB's role has been to ensure a steady flow of essential commodities
at stable prices to the end customer." "...the single largest business
in Seychelles....and is a manufacturer, importer, exporter, retailer." Has
the annual report in .pdf format. http://www.seychelles.net/smb/
Web site for the print newspaper. Has selected articles (currernt and older).
ncludes news on the environment, business, diplomatic news / international
relations, sports. Published by the Information Division, Ministry of Communications,
Victoria, Seychelles. http://www.seychelles-online.com.sc/
In Creole and English. Political Party. Intends to "...begin a peaceful
change of government through a new National Assembly in which the SNP will
have a majority." Has "Proposals for Macro-Economic Review",
party history, candidates' photographs, and the party newsletter, Vizyon.Web
site based in Victoria, Seychelles. [CA] http://www.seychelles.net/snp/ http://www.snpseychelles.sc/
Seychelles People's Progressive Front, SPPF
Site has closed. The country's main political party founded by France Albert RENE. "created in 1978 during the second congress of its precursor, the Seychelles People’s United Party (SPUP)." Based in Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.
Seychelles People's United Party
Site has closed. Publishes a print newspaper, The
People (Victoria,
Seychelles). In English and Creole. Based in Victoria, Seychelles. [KF] l
Magazine founded in 1994. News of Indian Ocean countries, tourism, the economy. Published by James R. Mancham, Seychelles' first President. http://www.seychellesreview.com/
Full text reports from USAID consultants on foreign aid,
African education, African agriculture, trade, health (including HIV/AIDS),
food security, environment, democracy & governance, communications, energy,
housing, humanitarian assistance, population, science, women in development.
http://www.dec.org/
Use the Search the Development
Experience System Documents are in Adobe PDF format. Also locate print documents
which can be purchased.
Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the
Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-s/seychelles.html
The CIA provides information about the geography, people, government,
economy, communications, transport, military and transnational issues. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html
The State Dept. provides up-to-date information for tourists traveling
to the Seychelles. See also the Virtual Presence Post Seychelles. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1015.html
United
States. Department of State. Country Commercial Guides
The "Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the
assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive
look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and
market analysis. http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html
Seychelles -
1998 report, appended to the Mauritius report.
United States. Department of State. Report on Human Rights - Seychelles
Maps, an embassy directory, travel, language information. Site created
by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a keyword search facility for
their very large web site. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Seychelles.html
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