USEFUL LINKS

• General open platform of the EUWI

UN and associated links:

• UN Division for Sustainable Development, including WSSD Plan of Implemenation (ES/EN/FR)
• Millennium Project Task Force 7 on Water and Sanitation
• World Water Assessment Programme for development, capacity building and the environment hosted by Unesco
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
• Human Development Reports

Regional initiatives:

• Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the know-how in the Water Sector
• Portal for Euro-Med water research projects
• Global Water Partnership for the Mediterranean
• African Ministers Conference on Water (AMCOW)
• GLOWA-Volta home page
• Water Framework Directive - a policy framework for water policy in Europe
• Network of Asian River Basin Organizations
• Sistema Iberoamericano de información sobre el AGUA (SIAGUA)

Research projects/activities:

• Barriers and conditions for the involvement of private capital and enterprise in water supply and sanitation in Latin America and Africa: seeking economic, social and environmental sustainability
• International Water History Association
• Traditional Knowledge World Bank - 4000 years of water culture in the fight against desertification
• Mapping and adaptive learning
• Water footprints for countries across the world
• Trade and virtual water - resources from Unesco-IHE
• Thirsty crops report - agriculture is the most important water consumer
• Water footprint and virtual water - resources from the Global Development Research Centre
• Global maps on virtual water from IUCN, the World Conservation Union
• Watersheds of the World
• International Water Management Institute (IMWI)
• International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
• Local governments take part in Integrated Water Resources Management (LOGOWATER)

International Financial Institutions/Regional Banks:

• Water Resources Management at the World Bank
• Water Supply and Sanitation of the World Bank
• Asian Development Bank and Water
• African Development Bank Group and Environment and Natural Resources Management
• Inter-American Development Bank on Water Supply and Sanitation

Community:

• Water Framework Directive - a policy framework for water policy in Europe
• Water Facility for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to support the water-related Millennium Development Goals

Member States:

• International Conference on Freshwater
• Stockholm International Water Institute organising annual Water Weeks
• France and international S&T for sustainable development
• Germany and water cooperation for sustainable development
• Ecological sanitation - GTZ - selected publications and resources
• Poland's Development Cooperation - 2004 report

Other initiatives/projects:

• 4th World Water Forum, Mexico - 16-22 March 2006 - Local action for global challenges
• Global Water Outlook to 2025
  Averting an Impending Crisis presents three alternative future scenarios for global water supply and demand, and food production and consumption, based on the results of the IMPACT computer model. These projections demonstrate the effect of policies and priorities on the world water situation.
• Global Water Partnership
• World Water Council
• World Commission on Dams
• Basins at Risk project with database and analysis on 262 international river basins

Selected other web resources:

• Nan Shui Bei Diao - China's South-North Water Transfer Project
• IRC - International Water and Sanitation Centre
• Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council

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