Citizens Advice International

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Citizens Advice International (CAI) is an organisation registered in Belgium that was established in 2004. It is an umbrella organisation that represents advice organisations throughout the world. It works at a European level with the European Citizen Action Service. [1] Citizens Advice International aims to promote free advice services [2] and provide support to Citizens Advice organisations throughout the world. [3] Citizens Advice International is not controlled by the British Citizens Advice charity. [4]

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References

  1. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/law/migrated/documents/newsitesfull.pdf
  2. http://www.zbpo.org.pl/page/en/ [ dead link ]
  3. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225906/05_Citizens_Advice_Annual_Report_and_Account_2011-12.pdf
  4. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/corporate/annual-report-201314-web-1-.pdf