South Africa • Durban
UKZN
The University of KwaZulu-Natal was formed on 1 January 2004 as a result of the merger between the University of Durban-Westville and the University of Natal. The new university brings together the rich histories of both the former Universities.
VISION:
To be the premier university of African scholarship.
MISSION:
A truly South African university that is academically excellent, …
United Kingdom • Colchester
The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions. Founded in 1964 when it opened its doors to a cohort of just 122 students at Wivenhoe Park in Colchester, the University has grown in both reputation and size, developing a worldwide reputation for top quality teaching and research.
There are now more than 10,000 students, studying at three campuses across Essex. …
United States • New York
UNICEF
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. They have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. That makes them unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
They believe that nurturing and caring …
Kenya • Nairobi
UN-HABITAT
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for …
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Netherlands • Delft
The IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, formerly UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, was established in 2003. It carries out research, education and capacity building activities in the fields of water, environment and infrastructure. UNESCO-IHE continues the work that began in 1957 when IHE first offered a postgraduate diploma course in hydraulic engineering to practising professionals …
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Kenya • Nairobi
UT
Umande is a national trust, which believes that modest resources can significantly achieve water and sanitation goals in financial resources are strategically invested in support of community-managed program.
Vision:
To be the partner of choice in transforming water and sanitation services with urban …
India • Odisha
Udyama is a food security and sustainable rural livelihoods focused action and advocacy oriented organization primarily working in the state of Orissa. Founded in 1997 and registered as a society under Societies Registration Act, 1860,Click here to know about legal status. The organization aims to work towards strengthening food security and livelihoods through restoration and sustainable …
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Germany • Bremerhaven
ttz Bremerhaven
ttz Bremerhaven is an innovative provider of research services and operates in the field of application-oriented research and development worldwide. Under the umbrella of ttz Bremerhaven, an international team of experts is working in the areas of food, environment and health. Founded in 1987, ttz Bremerhaven has experienced a process of continuous development and expansion: Today, they operate …
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Nepal • Kathmandu
TU
Set up in 1959, Tribhuvan University (TU) is a pioneering institution of higher education in Nepal. Named after the late King Tribhuvan, TU is situated in Kirtipur, a small ancient town located five kilometers away from downtown Kathmandu. Following the recent second democratic movement Prime Minister of Nepal has become the Chancellor of the University while Minister of Education is the …
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Netherlands • Delft
TU Delft
TU Delft was founded in 1842 as the Royal Academy by King Willem II. It has been known as the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) since 1986.
TU Delft cooperates nowadays with many other educational and research institutions, both in the Netherlands and abroad. The high quality of the research and teaching is renowned. TU Delft has numerous contacts with governments, trade associations, …
Netherlands • Amsterdam
TNU
The Network University facilitates innovative learning and capacity building for a global network of professionals, students, non-profit organizations, agencies and networks, specializing in creating e-tools for education and networking in the field of …
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Tanzania, United Republic of • Dar es Salaam
TaWaSa.Net
The Tanzania Water and Sanitation Network (TaWaSa.Net ) is a recently formed network of Tanzanian civil society organisations working in the water and sanitation sector. The network was
officially launched by the Minister of Water and Irrigation, Professor Mark Mwandosya, during Maji Week 2008.
TaWaSa.Net was formed in order to increasing sharing between civil society organisations, promote …
Spain • Terrassa
SWMG
The AquaSost Group promotes and experiments with new technologies and methods aiming for sustainability in water resources management. For us, an integral vision of the water cycle is essential to study water and sanitation, it helps to face the challenges raised by climate change. We continually take part in teaching activities as well as in training and formation classes in the Universitat …
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Bangladesh • Adabor, Dhaka
SPACE
Society for People’s Action in Change and Equity (SPACE) is a Not for Profit NGO founded in the middle of 2004. It aims at bringing about sustainable socio-economic changes of the target people (Poor and extreme poor people (Children, adolescent, women and men) from all castes with especial focus to outcastes, socially excluded and ethnic minority groups; culturally bound occupational people, …
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India • Haryana
A group of known experts in various fields particularly health, Social Work & Community service got together in the early nineties. They had an eager mind to help the society particularly in rural areas of the state of Haryana focused on the rural poor women & children. The Area which were recognized for intervention are Health, Literacy, Skill Development & Income Generation, Environment, Social …
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Bangladesh • Khagrachari Hill District
RLT
RLT (in English Rebuild Lasting Together) is a local development NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) working in Khagrachari Hill District, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
RLT began with the collaboration of a group of indigenous, local, energetic, educated social workers; with the aim of promoting the socio-economic, educational and cultural status of the poor and vulnerable people in …
United Kingdom • Oxfam
Oxfam is a global movement of people working with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
Oxfam is a vibrant global movement of passionate, dedicated people fighting poverty together. Doing amazing work, together. People power drives everything we do. From saving lives and developing projects that put poor people in charge of their lives and livelihoods, to campaigning for change that …
United States • New York
ACD
ACD is the professional organization comprised of the individuals and organizations participating in the movement to create L3Cs (Low-profit Limited Liability Companies). ACD provides professional training, support, educational materials, certification and assistance to those who have formed L3Cs, those considering their formation, professionals working in the field, economic development …
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India • Kolkata
EKWMA
The East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority, an authority formed under the State Legislation in 2006 as per the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006. The authority is constituted with the Secretaries of different Departments of State Govt. as well as other Govt. officials and three representatives from NGOs under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Government of West …
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Austria • Vienna
BOKU
The Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control at the Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment of BOKU University (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, or Universität für Bodenkultur Wien) is active active in education, applied science and research for water quality management. The institute is emphasising an integrated approach, the topics …
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Netherlands • The Hague
WASTE
WASTE works towards sustainable improvement of the urban poor's living conditions and the urban environment in general. Our multi-year, multi-country programmes and projects have a focus on bottom-up development in relation to recycling, solid waste management, ecological sanitation and knowledge sharing. WASTE, located in the Netherlands, teams up with organisations in Africa, Asia, Latin …
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Sweden • STOCKHOLM
SWH
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About us
Swedish Water House (SWH) provides meeting places for innovative thinking on emerging issues, knowledge dissemination and multidisciplinary policy development concerning the global water situation.
SWH annually organises a range of seminars and workshops focusing on various topics in the field of water and development. In addition SWH …
Sweden • Stockholm
SIDA
Sida works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living …
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Norway • Oslo
SuSan Design
Sustainable Sanitation Design is a business oriented foundation that aims to: Deliver innovative service concepts and products to form a sanitation value chain assuring low income countries with quality sanitation systems. We seek to develop scalable implementation strategies of sanitation services based on local entrepreneurship, management incentives and value creation through the …
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India • New Delhi
ENVIS's (Environmental Information System) mission is to provide access to and enhance the use of environment related information in India as well as the rest of the world, advancing understanding of different environment related issues and indirectly serving the needs of public and private decision making.
ENVIS is a network that unites around hundred organizations in India, known as ENVIS …
India • New Delhi
Sulabh
The Sulabh International Social Service Organisation is the only nationally and internationally acclaimed agengy working in the sanitation sector.
VISION of the NGO
A healthy and hygienic India, free of the practice of defecation in the open and faecal pollution of environment. A society free of untouchability, social discrimination and prevalence of the sub-human practice of manual …
Ethiopia • Maputo
WSP - Africa
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe and sustainable access to water and sanitation services.
They work directly with client governments at the local and national level in 25 countries through regional offices in Africa, East and South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and …
South Africa • Gezina
WRC
The WRC was established in terms of the Water Research Act (Act No 34 of 1971), following a period of serious water shortage. It was deemed to be of national importance to generate new knowledge and to promote the country’s water research purposefully, owing to the view held that water would be one of South Africa’s most limiting factors in the 21st century
The strategic direction of the …
Sweden and Kenya • Stockholm and Nairobi
SEI
SEI is an independent international research institute with offices in Sweden, the UK, Estonia, the US, Thailand and Kenya. We have been engaged in environment and development issues at local, national, regional and global policy levels for more than 25 years. Our goal is to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by providing integrative …
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Philippines • Libertad, Misamis Oriental
WAND
The WAND Foundation provides social development programmes with an emphasis on biodiversity, the environmental and agricultural sectors, and rural entrepreneurship for local communities in the Philippines. In collaboration with Science for Humanity, WAND aims to explore the use of treated household waste as fertilizer for crops and vegetation.
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India • Trichy
SCOPE
Society for Community Organization and People’s Education (SCOPE) is a voluntary agency established and registered under the PUBLIC TRUST ACT on the 7th day of February 1986. A team of dedicated development workers with a versatile experience in the field for more than 10 years form the core of the organisation. SCOPE has been started with an intention to help the rural folk who have been …
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United Kingdom • Bath
Sanitation First (formerly "Wherever the Need") has been operating since 1997 as an international development charity, working closely with communities to build sustainable futures in some of the poorest parts of the world. Their focus is the provision of eco-sanitation and clean water, understanding that this is the key to improved health that, in turn, unlocks opportunities and potential for …
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Switzerland • Wolhusen
Seecon gmbh
Seecon develops, manages and participates in innovative projects in Switzerland, Europe, as well as in various countries in Asia and Africa. Together with their clients and partners, they develop focused and effective solutions under a process-oriented framework and following a learning-oriented approach. Their customers are national, provincial and regional government bodies, private companies, …
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Netherlands • The Hague
WfWP
Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) is a worldwide strategic alliance of local, national and international women’s organisations and networks, active in the areas of sustainable development, water & sanitation, poverty and gender. WfWP consists of 24 women’s networks with subsidiaries in approximately 100 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, the EECCA region and Western …
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The Netherlands • Germany • France • Georgia • Switzerland • Munich
WECF
Working for a Healthy Environment for All
We are a nonprofit network dedicated to a gender just and healthy planet for all. Our international network consists of over 150 women’s and civil society organisations implementing projects in 50 countries. We believe that a sustainable future and environment needs holistic solutions reflecting the lives of people on the ground. We believe in …
Pakistan • Islamabad
Social AID works through strengthening people by building partnerships and capacities of the vulnerable, poorest of the poor and marginalized. Social AID is an independent, humanitarian, environment and participatory development, registered not-for-profit agency, working through representative offices and independent NGO partners, with volunteers, supporters and …
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Bangladesh • Dhanmondi, Dhaka
WBB Trust
Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose goal is to improve public health and the environment through research, material development, advocacy, media work, capacity building of NGOs, and networking.
Specifically, they seek to improve health, personal and national economy, and the environment by promoting non-motorized transport and public transit …
Netherlands • The Hague
SNV
SNV is a global development partner deeply rooted in the African and Asian countries where we operate. With 60 years of experience and a team of approximately 1,600 people, we strengthen capacities and catalyse partnerships that transform agri-food, energy and water systems. Working on the core themes of gender equality and social inclusion, climate adaptation and mitigation, and strong …
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Sweden • Bredaryd
The family business Separett was founded in 1976 and is today one of the world’s leading manufacturer of urine separating toilets. Separett is based deep in the evergreen forests of Småland; this region is the entrepreneurial and logistic hub of Southern Sweden. Development and manufacturing is performed by knowledgeable staff in modern …
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Singapore • Singapore
WTO
Founded on 19 November 2001, World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non-profit that is working towards a world with a clean, safe toilet and sanitation for everyone, everywhere, at all times. Our mission is to continue to build the global sanitation movement through collaborative action that inspires and drives demand for sanitation, and provides innovative solutions to achieve sustainable …
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India • Orchha
Friends of Orchha is a non-profit organisation working in Madhya Pradesh, India on creating livelihoods linked to tourism, preserving the environment of heritage sites like Orchha and promoting cultural exchange between visitors and locals. Interaction with a group of women from a poor neighbourhood of Orchha was the spark that led to the creation of Orchha Home-stay, a social enterprise that …
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India • Surat
SV NIT
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute Of Technology, Surat is one of the 17 Regional Engineering Colleges that were established as joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat. It was established in June 1961 with facilities to run Bachelor's Degree Programmes in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering disciplines. It is now changed to National Institute of …
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Mexico • Tepoztlan
Sarar Transformación , based in Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico, is an international multidisciplinary consulting group primarily focusing in recent years on the development and promotion of ecological sanitation systems - ecosan.
Sarar Transformation's mission is to stimulate the transformation of the conventional modes of thinking and acting in relation to water and sanitation to more natural and …
Netherlands • CW Delft
Sanitation Updaptes is a news feed on sanitation that is maintained by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and by USAID’s Environmental Health knowledge management activity and the Hygiene Improvement Project. It was originally set up to promote the 2008 International Year of Sanitation and continues to provide news, information and resources in support of achieving the goal of …
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Germany • Frankfurt am Main
Saniblog started off as an open blog in November 2007 to celebrate the International Year of Sanitation in 2008. The initial motivation was to have a platform for sanitation-related news as there were no other blogs covering this special topic way back in 2007. Saniblog has since turned into a company that offers consultancy on water, sanitation and IT issues. The blog itself remains online and …
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Nepal • Kathmandu
FON Nepal
Friends of Nature (FON) is a non-profitable, non-government organization working in the field of biodiversity and environment management to act within the educational, capacity building, research, advocacy and implementation of the management tool. It has been working since 2001, in various fields of environment and its …
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Netherlands • AN Leusden
RUAF
The RUAF Foundation is an international network of seven regional resource centres and one global resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security. In 1996 the international Support Group on Urban Agriculture (SGUA) took the initiative to set up a Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), in response to the expressed need of organisations and local governments in the …
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Zimbabwe • Harare
Practical Action is a development charity that works with poor communities to help them choose and use technology to improve their lives for today and generations to come. Their vision is that of a world free of poverty and injustice in which technology is used to the benefit of …
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Bangladesh • Dhaka-1217
PSTC
Population Services and Training Center (PSTC) has been working with Action Aid Bangladesh (AAB) since 2001 under REFLECT program and started working on a very new, innovative and challenging area of Occupational Health on pilot basis from July 2005. PSTC became Development Partner (DA) of AAB in January 2006 and continue the project; titled "Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility on …
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United Kingdom • Nairobi, Kenya
Plan is a Child Centred Community Development organisation: they work with children, their families, communities, organisations and local governments to bring about positive change. Plan's work is linked to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which spells out the human rights of all …
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Norway • Aas
UMB
The Norwegian University for Life Sciences UMB is recognised as an international centre of knowledge, focused on higher education and research within environmental- and biosciences. The main focus is in the fields of biology, food, environment and natural resources sciences.
UMB has a leading position in science and capacity building regarding sustainable sanitation in Europe. The university …
United Kingdom • London N15 4NP
The GGI promotes organic, compost based, no-dig gardening and farming. We believe in a strong link between healthy soil and human health. Over the years, the organisation has conducted experiments and growing trials to further their knowledge of how to grow the most nutritious and wholesome food. Our pioneering methods suggest we are growing food with more beneficial nutrients than anything …
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Zambia • Lusaka
NECOS
Network for the Environmental Concerns and Solutions (NECOS) is a local Community based Non
Profit and Non Governmental Organisation founded in 2003 and registered under the law of
Zambia in March 2004. NECOS has it’s secretariat in one of the peri urban areas of Lusaka, in
Madimba community (informal …
United States • Houston
NHN
Nature Healing Nature is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization bringing three profoundly important programs to the world. As they take their work into the world, this organization offers an avenue for their donors, benefactors, and partners to help others help …
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Germany • Freiburg
ICLEI
ICLEI is a global association of over 1,200 local governments that represents the interests of local authorities in national and international policy processes concerned with matters of sustainable development. It is also a movement driving positive change on a global scale through programmes and campaigns for local sustainability. Finally, ICLEI functions as a resource centre offering …
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India • Bhubaneswar
LGNet
Local Governance Network is a non-profit initiative that addresses the changing needs of cities by building a sustainable network amongst local Governments, companies, academics, civil society, individuals and International Governments based on knowledge products. LGNet assits their members/partners in shaping public governance and dialogue, influencing policy and practice in public services, …
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Bolivia • La Paz
LWB
Land and Water Bolivia Ltda. consultants has a philosophy which supports sustainable development of rural communities and urban populations founded on a technical focus employing community management. The development process supported by LWB seeks to support an integral improvement in the living conditions and achieve socially just economic growth, employing the rational use of natural resources. …
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Germany • Weimar
KW
KNOTEN WEIMAR brings partners concerned with environmental protection together, in transfer and educational projects. They combine needs and offers as a junction in a network of international contacts. KNOTEN WEIMAR finds the appropriate methods for different project conditions worldwide. They tap into funding possibilities for the concerned project …
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Armenia • Yerevan
JINJ Ltd. is a private consulting engineering organisation established in 1990.
The company implements activity in the fields of water supply, wastewater removal, irrigation, as well as water resources protection and management. It carries out scientific activities and provides engineering, technical, consulting and training …
Italy • Firenze
IRIDRA is an engineering firm composed by an interdisciplinary group of experts (two biologists, one environmental chemist, one mechanical engineer and one environmental engineer). IRIDRA realises any activities of analysis, planning and designing for eco-sustainable management of water …
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Sri Lanka • Colombo
IWMI
IWMI is one of 15 international research centers supported by the network of 60 governments, private foundations and international and regional organizations collectively known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It is a non-profit organisation with a staff of 350 and offices in over 10 countries across Asia and Africa and Headquarters in Colombo, Sri …
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United Kingdom • London
IWA
The International Water Association is the network of water professionals striving for a world in which water is wisely, sustainably and equitably managed. Drawing exceptional professionals from more than 140 countries, the membership of the International Water Association (IWA) brings together scientists, researchers, technology companies, water and wastewater utilities, and wider stakeholders …
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Netherlands • The Hague
Established in 1968, IRC is an international think-and-do tank that works with governments, NGOs, entrepreneurs and people around the world to find long-term solutions to the global crisis in water, sanitation and hygiene services. For more information please visit …
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Switzerland • Genève
IRHA
The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) was created in Geneva in November 2002 following recomendations formulated during the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg two months earlier. The mandate called for federation and unification of the disparate rainwater harvesting (RWH) movement around the world.
In partnership with the most eminent organisations and …
Switzerland • Wolhusen
IEES
THE IEES provides a common forum for diverse persons and groups involved in ecological engineering projects. These include traditional engineers, marine biologists, ecological economists, development workers, and many others. The IEES is a non-profit organisation which seeks to promote contacts between scientists and eco-engineers from different countries and coordinate their activities, improve …
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Mexico • Mexico D.F.
INNSZ
The National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ, INNSZ) is one of the National Institutes of Health under the Ministry of Health. It is one of the most prestigious medical institutions and scientific assistance in Mexico.
At its inception, the Institute was planned as a medical model of care that activities serve as a basis for education and research, thinking …
Peru • Lima
CENCA
El Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano – CENCA es un organismo especializado en temas de planificación, mejoramiento del hábitat, género y medio ambiente. Apoya y promociona iniciativas económicas y prácticas sociales, solidarias y sostenibles. Contribuye en el desarrollo de capacidades de dirigentes, funcionarios y en su actividad prioriza el trabajo con organizaciones sociales y gobiernos …
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Zimbabwe • Harare
IWSD
The IWSD was born out of the Training Centre for Water and Sanitation (TCWS) a project of the UNDP-World Bank Programme hosted at the University of Zimbabwe. The institute delivers its objectives through four focus areas of activity namely: Training, research, consulting and advisory services and information …
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Germany • Karlsruhe
ITAS
ITAS creates and communicates knowledge on the impacts of human action and their evaluation in view of the development and use of new technologies. Its work focuses on environmental, economic, social and political-institutional issues. Alternative options for action and design are developed and assessed. In this way ITAS supports politics, science, business and the general public in future …
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India • Mumbai
IWWA
The Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) is a voluntary body of professionals concerned and connected with water supply for municipal, industrial, agricultural uses and treatment and disposal of wastewater. IWWA focuses basically on the entire "Water Cycle" encompassing the environmental, social, institutional and financing …
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Germany • Hamburg
TUHH
The Institute of Wastewater Management and Water is a research institute of the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH).
The main fields of research of this institute are the development and optimisation of techniques and procedures for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater. Specific projects in this area are the development of concepts including sewage concepts with …
Finland • Tampere
GDTF
The Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland is a registered Finnish association founded in 2002 to promote the use of dry toilets. Their mission is to introduce functioning dry toilets together with controlled management of toilet waste and to make people aware of the benefits of dry …
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Japan • Tokyo
JWF
Japan Water Forum (JWF) is an international nonprofit organization.
Our vision is of a world where everyone enjoys the lasting benefits and values of safe water.
We promote an understanding of the fundamental impact of water on everyone's lives leading to decisive action to address the water issues on the planet.
During the past five years since the creation of the JWF Fund, it has supported …
Japan • Kobe
GDRC
The Global Development Research Center is an independent nonprofit think tank that carries out initiatives in education, research and practice, in the spheres of environment, urban, community and information, and at scales that are effective.
GDRC aims to bring together disparate knowledge resources on a three pronged approach: Research and development at the global level, Education and Training …
Germany • Frankfurt am Main
KfW
KfW Bankengruppe gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the Länder (federal states), it offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business …
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