Urban Development Links

Water and Sanitation

Business partners for development – water and sanitation cluster
BPD Water and Sanitation is an informal network of partners who seek to demonstrate that strategic partnerships involving business, government and civil society can achieve more at the local level to improve access to safe water and effective sanitation for the poor.
www.bpd-waterandsanitation.org/

DFID Water Knowledge and Research
Provides updates about the progress of DFID's research projects in the water sector, particularly those supported by DFID.
www.dfid-kar-water.net/home.shtml

Gender and water alliance
GWA incorporates the different social relationships and roles of women and men, poor and rich communities, and minority and majority cultures in the different uses of water and water and sanitation services.
www.genderandwater.org/

Global Water Partnership
The Global Water Partnership is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others.
www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP

International Water Association
Connects the broad community of water professionals around the globe - integrating the leading edge of professional thought on research and practice, regulators and the regulated, across national boundaries and across the drinking water, wastewater and stormwater disciplines.
www.iwahq.org.uk/

International Office for Water
Capacity building for better water management
www.oieau.fr/

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
News and information, advice, research and training, on low-cost water supply and sanitation in developing countries.
http://www.irc.nl/

Overseas Development Institute Water Policy Programme
ODI WPP’s mission is to improve poverty reduction and social development through better water sector policy, programmes and projects. Their research and consulting work encompasses a range of issues surrounding pro-poor service delivery, governance and conflict and environmental management.
www.odi.org.uk/wpp/index.html

Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich
PSIRU researches the privatisation and restructuring of public services around the world, with special focus on water, energy, waste management, and healthcare
www.psiru.org/

UNICEF water, environment and Sanitation
UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices.
www.unicef.org/wes/

WaterAid
An international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
www.wateraid.org.uk/

Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor
Works with local partners to identify and deliver sustainable services providing safe water and basic sanitation in low-income urban and peri-urban communities. Focus is on delivering water and sanitation services incorporating social and environmental interventions.
www.wsup.com/index.htm

Water and Sanitation Programme
A broad-based partnership administered by the World Bank. WSP helps the poor gain sustained access to improved water supply and sanitation services
www.wsp.org/english/index.html

Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University
An institution concerned with education, training, research, and consultancy relating to the planning, provision, and management of infrastructure for development. WEDC is devoted to activities that improve the health and well-being of people living in both rural areas and urban communities.
http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
An international organisation that enhances collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector to accelerate the achievement of sustainable water, sanitation and waste management services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor.
www.wsscc.org/

World Bank's Water Help Desk
Because water is so essential to life, the World Bank Group strives to help its member countries ensure that everyone has access to efficient, responsive and sustainable water and sanitation services.
www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/water/

World Health Organisation water and sanitation
Works on aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene where the health burden is high and where interventions could make a major difference and where the present state of knowledge is poor
www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/

World Water Council
WWC’s mission is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the efficient management and use of water in all its dimensions and on an environmentally sustainable basis.
www.worldwatercouncil.org/

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