Organizations established in 2002

Japanese video game content rating organization

thumb|Countries where the UnionPay payment system operates UnionPay (), also known as China UnionPay () or by its abbreviation, CUP or UPI internationally, is a Chinese state-owned financial services corporation headquartered in Shanghai, China. It provides bank card services and a major card scheme in mainland China. Founded on 26 March 2002, China UnionPay is an association for China's banking card industry, operating under the approval of the People's Bank of China (PBOC, central bank of China). It is also an electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) network, and the only interban

non-profit organization responsible for the development of Blender

intergovernmental organization

political UN mission

Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its CS2 team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams.

international organization

nonprofit organization

space-related agency of the Algerian government

film critics association

Officially mandated mission in East Timor

software testing certification board

Japanese employers' organization

American non-governmental organization

American professional wrestling promotion

Foodwatch is a European advocacy group that focuses on protecting consumer rights as they pertain to food quality. The organization was founded in October 2002 in Berlin by former Greenpeace executive director Thilo Bode. , the organization is active in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Austria. Foodwatch International, while handled as a separate unit, is legally a part of the German foodwatch association.

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Hong Kong human rights organisation

international alliance

British fathers' rights advocacy group

suckless.org is a free software community of programmers working on projects with a focus on minimalism, simplicity, clarity, and frugality. The group developed the dwm and wmii window managers, surf, tabbed, and other programs that are said to adhere strictly to the Unix philosophy of "doing one thing and doing it well". The development team follows the "Worse is better" principle and adheres to the KISS principle ("Keep it simple, stupid").

French national institute for preventive archeologic searches

government agency established by the DARPA to achieve "Total Information Awareness"

professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in the United Kingdom

organization

industry group of animation production companies

peace and security policy framework of the African Union

Paraguayan music industry association

Heimssýn (English: World View) is an organisation of Icelandic Eurosceptics who actively campaign against Iceland becoming of a member of the European Union founded in June 2002. It was founded in June 2002. Ragnar Arnalds, former MP and Minister of Finance, served as chairman of the organisation from its foundation until 2009. The current chairman is Jón Bjarnason, former Member of the Althing and Minister of Agriculture, and the vice-chairman is Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir, Member of the Althing for the nationalist Progressive Party. The organization is sponsored by Bændasamtök Íslands, an

Perverted Justice Foundation, Inc., more commonly known as Perverted-Justice (also known as PeeJ), was an American organization based in California and Oregon which investigated, identified, and publicized the conduct of adults who have used chat rooms and other social media in order to solicit online sexual conversations and in-person meetings with minors. Their website serves as an archive of collected data on these investigations, which they make available in order to assist law enforcement and the public in understanding the behavior and child grooming techniques of online hebephiles.

Thai music industry association

awards program for radio amateurs operating from mountainous locations

company

beauty contest

Egyptian human rights organization

thumb|Logo of Súmate Súmate (Spanish for "Join Up") is a Venezuelan volunteer civil association founded in 2002 by María Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz. Súmate describes itself as a vote-monitoring group; it has also been described as an election-monitoring group.

non-profit organization in the USA

organization based in Estonia

extra-parliamentary left-wing political movement in Sweden

organization

Western Counterterrorist Intelligence Center

American nonprofit organization

European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international nonprofit (vzw) organisation registered in Belgium. It operates from Worting House, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

thumb|Temple of Bel rendering NEWPALMYRA (also known as the New Palmyra Project) is an effort to reconstruct the ancient city of Palmyra as an immersive virtual environment, based on archaeological and other clues. The project was started from photos taken by Bassel Khartabil, who had been taking care of Palmyra since 2005. He began building 3D models of the ancient city, with support from Al Aous Publishers. In 2012, Khartabil was arrested by the Assad regime, and the original project and open source files were lost. Barry Threw took over as director of the project, renamed it #NEWPALMYRA, br

group that maintains and publishes the Zigbee and Matter standard

organization

Russian private nonprofit organization

Inter-religious building in Bern, Switzerland

advocacy group