United Nations Centre for
Human Settlements UNCHS (Habitat)

Habitat Agenda, Global Urban observatory, Sustainable cities programme...

Le Programme Solidarité Eau

• Présentation du pSeau
• Programme " Eau potable et assainissement dans les quartiers périurbains et petits centres d'Afrique"
• Sous-programme Bassin du Fleuve Sénégal (BFS - Mali, Mauritanie,Sénégal)
• Contacts

Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries

SANDEC is the Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries at the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG). Its mandate is to assist in developing appropriate and sustainable water and sanitation concepts and technologies adapted to the different physical and socio-economic conditions prevailing in developing countries.

Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology

EAWAG is a multidisciplinary research center studying environmental issues and their relationships to human activities.

Electronic Development and Environment Information System - Waste Homepage

This page offers information on organisational sources (organisations, databases and discussion lists). A number of searches are available, and results are documents available online and bibliographical references.

Information and Advisory Service on Appropriate Technology

ISAT, the Information and Advisory Service on Appropriate Technology is a GATE project. GATE is a service provided by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) in the development, adaptation and dissemination of Appropriate Technology (AT).

ISAT focuses on:

• Appropriate building technology
• Micro-hydropower and other forms of renewable energy
• Locally appropriate land use and resource management
• Smallholders and artisanal processing of food and farm produce
• Anaerobic treatment of organic wastes and sewage

Système francophone d'information, formation et conseil sur les pays en développement

• Suivre et comprendre l'actualité du développement
• Travailler pour le développement : comment coopérer
• Consulter les dossiers sur les pays francophones : le programmeVIGIDOC
• Interroger les banques de données IBISCUS
• Connaître les activités des partenaires du réseau IBISCUS

Since mid-1995, The Together Foundation and UNCHS have been collecting urban solutions submitted by communities around the world. They placed the information into a searchable database, allowing end-users to search for successful cases of improving the living environment by region, country, eco-system, area of impact (solid waste, housing, greening, poverty, reduction, et. al.), partners and keywords.

ICLEI's PURPOSE AND MISSION

• To serve as an international clearinghouse on sustainable development and environmental protection policies, programs, and techniques being implemented at the local level by local institutions.
• To initiate joint projects or campaigns among groups of local governments to research and develop new approaches to address pressing environmental and development problems.
• To organize training programs and publish reports and technical manuals on state of the art environmental management practices.
• To serve as an advocate for local government before national and international governments, agencies and organizations to increase their understanding and support of local environmental protection and sustainable development activities.

List for discussion of all aspects of sustainable wastewater management, including appropriate and affordable collection, treatment and disposal technologies and practices, especially those which encourage conservation, recycling and reuse of resources; as well as issues of planning and regulation.

Réseau d'Information Tiers Monde des centres de documentation pour le développement et la solidarité internationale

• Des bases de données
• Des moyens d'animation
• Des productions documentaires