WATER GOVERNANCE



UNITED NATIONS  WATER / ONU EAU: http://www.unwater.org/index.html

UNESCO –IHE institute for Water Education: http://www.unesco-ihe.org

Conseil Mondial de l’Eau/World Water Council: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org > The Water Monitoring Alliance Website: is administered from the World Water Conseil: http://www.watermonitoringalliance.org/ > http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/


WATER RIGHTS / DROIT DE L’EAU

Rights for Water: Rights to Water and Sanitation: UN General Assembly: United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation: Resolution 64/292 of 28 March 2008 and Resolution 12/8 of 1 October 2009; UN General Assembly: Resolution A/HRC/15/L.14 of 24 September 2010: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G10/163/09/PDF/G1016309.pdf?OpenElement

The Human Right to Water and Sanitation: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/human_right_to_water.shtml > http://www.unwater.org/

Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/SRWaterIndex.aspx , http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/MDGs.aspx , http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/Overview.aspx , http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx , http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N11/443/65/PDF/N1144365.pdf?OpenElement

Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Position Paper-OHCHR: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Water/Climate_Change_Right_Water_Sanitation.pdf

OHCHR, Private Sector Participation: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/PrivateSector.aspx > http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/148/31/PDF/G1014831.pdf?OpenElement , http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/ContributionsPSP.aspx

UN OHCHR International Human Rights Law: United Nations Human Rights: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: all Human Rights Bodies/Charter-based bodies: OHCHR, Geneva-Switzerland: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/InternationalLaw.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/OtherUnitedNationsBodies.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/rule_of_law/index.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/TransnationalCorporations/Pages/SRSGTransCorpIndex.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/water/consultations.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/SRWaterIndex.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/water/index.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/BusinessIndex.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Globalization/Pages/GlobalizationIndex.aspx >http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/Introduction.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/HRAndClimateChange/Pages/HRClimateChangeIndex.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/HRAndClimateChange/Pages/Study.aspx

UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council: 12 October 2011: 18/1 The Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/HRC/RES/18/1

UN Economic and Social Council, E/C.12/2002/11 20 January 2003, General Comment No 15 (2002) the right to water (art. 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Programs/Right_to_Water/Pdf_doct/General_Comment151.pdf , http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm

The Right to Water: From Concept to Implementation: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/Publications_and_reports/RightToWater_FinalText_Cover.pdf

UN documents addressing the Right to water in World Water Council website: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=1798

Agenda 21, section 2, Chapter 18: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/res_agenda21_18.shtml

UN Millennium Development Goals-MDG: Goal 7, Target 10 on Water Supply and Sanitation: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/Publications_and_reports/FullTextCover_MDG.pdf , http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/environ.shtml , http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/MDGs.aspx

The Rights to Water and Sanitation: http://www.righttowater.info/ , http://www.righttowater.info/ways-to-influence/legal-approaches/ , http://www.righttowater.info/progress-so-far/timeline/

From 1948 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights to 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution on Human Rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation: the Rights to Water and Sanitation in International Law: http://www.righttowater.info/progress-so-far/timeline/

International timeline: http://www.righttowater.info/international-timeline/#


MILESTONES / EVENEMENTS

From Stockholm to Mexico: 1972-2006: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/milestones/index.shtml

UN International Year of Water Cooperation 2013: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/65/154


MONITORING WATER / SUIVI DE L’EAU

The WHO/UNICED, Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation-JMP: is the official United Nations mechanism tasked with monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals-MDG: http://www.wssinfo.org/


DECENNIES DE L’EAU/DECADES WATER

1977 United Nations Water Conference: Mar del Plata: Report of the United Nations Water Conference, Mar del Plata 14-25 March 1977: http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/bibliography/UN/Mar_del_Plata_Report.pdf

UN International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, 1981-1990: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=708 > http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/40/a40r171.htm


UN DECADE FOR ACTION ‘Water for life’ 2005-2015: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/


WATER PARTNERSHIP / PARTENARIAT DE L’EAU

United Nations WATER: http://www.unwater.org/index.html

UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education; Networks & Partnerships: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/Networks-Partnerships > http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/index.shtml

BPD: Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation: http://www.bpdws.org/

GWP: Global Water Partnership: http://www.gwp.org


WATER REPORT / RAPPORT SUR L’EAU

UN WWDR : World Water Development Report: is coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme-WWAP, the development of the WWDR is a joint effort of the 26 UN agencies and entities that make up UN-Water and is carried out in partnership with UN-Water Partners, governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/index.shtml

UN WWDR: The United Nations World Water Development Report: released each three years in conjunction with the World Water Forum is the UNs flagship report on water: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/ > http://www.worldwatercouncil.org

Report of First Consultation on Post-2015 Monitoring of Drinking-Water and Sanitation, Berlin-3-5 May 2011: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply an Sanitation-JMP: http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/Report-on-WHO-UNICEF-Berlin-Consultation-May-2011.pdf > http://www.wssinfo.org/documents-links/documents/ > http://www.wssinfo.org/documents-links/documents/?tx_displaycontroller[type]=reference_documents


WORLD WATER FORUM / FORUM MONDIAL DE L’EAU

World Water Forums: 1997 – 2000 – 2003 – 2006 – 2009 - 2012: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=708 > http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/ > http://www.solutionsforwater.org/


Marrakech 1997: 1st World Water Forum: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org


The Hague 2000: 2nd World Water Forum: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org


Kyoto 2003: Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka: 3rd World Water Forum: http://www.worldwatercouncil.org


Mexico 2006: 4th World Water Forum: http://www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx/home/home.asp


Istanbul 2009: 5th World Water Forum: http://www.worldwaterforum5.org/


Marseille 2012: 6th World Water Forum: http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/


WORLD WATER WEEK / SEMAINE MONDIALE DE L’EAU Stockholm International Water Institute-SIWI: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/ > http://www.siwi.org/worldwaterweek


SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL WATER WEEK: Water Leaders Summit: 2009-2010-2011-2012: Water Convention: Business Forum: Lee Kuan Yew Water Price: http://www.siww.com.sg/ > http://www.siww.com.sg/water-leaders-summit > http://www.siww.com.sg/business-forums > http://www.siww.com.sg/all-sponsors-partners > http://www.siww.com.sg/lee-kuan-yew-water-prize 


WORLD WATER DAY / JOURNÉE MONDIALE DE L’EAU site is maintained by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: The Hague-The Netherlands: http://www.worldwaterday.org/ > http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/2005advocacyguide.pdf > http://www.worldwaterday.org/home/previous_years/wwd_2010/events_2010 > http://www.fr.irc.nl/ > http://www.irc.nl/


INTERNATIONAL WATER LINKS

UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health: UNU, United Nations University: the Academic Arm of the United Nations: UNU Headquarters, Tokyo-Japan: http://unu.edu/ > UNU Institutes: http://unu.edu/institutes-and-programmes/institutes > http://unu.edu/institutes-and-programmes/institutes/unu-inweh

IWLP: International Water Law Project: Prof. Gabriel Eckstein’s, Director, Professor of Law, Texas, Wesleyan School of Law; Senior Fellow, Center for Water Law and Policy, Texas Tech University: http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/ > http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/ > Water Law & Policy Resources: http://internationalwaterlaw.org/links/treatywebsites.html > http://internationalwaterlaw.org/links/water-law-policy.html > http://internationalwaterlaw.org/links/pubsandconferences.html > http://internationalwaterlaw.org/admin/bio.html > http://internationalwaterlaw.org/links/othersites.html > http://internationalwaterlaw.org/institutions/transboundary_wmos.html > http://internationalwaterlaw.org/admin/bio.html

WATER AID: International site: Water AID is an international non-governmental organisation, Water Aide London-UK: Water Aid work in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Region an Central America: http://www.wateraid.org/ > Water Aide America-USA, is a 501 © (3) non-profit organization, New York-USA: http://www.wateraidamerica.org/ > UK, Australia Water Point Mapper, is a monitoring tool: http://www.waterpointmapper.org/

The Rights to Water and Sanitation: is a joint initiative between WaterAid, Bread for the World, Freshwater Action Network and Rights and Humanity: http://www.righttowater.info/ > http://www.righttowater.info/ways-to-influence/legal-approaches/ > from 1948 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights to 2010 United Nations General Assembly resolution on Human Rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation: the Rights to water and sanitation in international law: http://www.righttowater.info/progress-so-far/timeline/ > International timeline: http://www.righttowater.info/international-timeline/# > http://www.righttowater.info/wateraids-guide-to-advocacy-work-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-including-practical-ideas-for-action/

Eau FAO/FAO WATER: Development and Management Unit: Natural Resources Management: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/ > http://waterwiki.net/index.php/FAO_Water

COHRE: Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions: is an independent, international, non-governmental, not-for-profit human rights organisation: established in 1994: Rights of Water and Sanitation: International Secretariat in Geneva-Switzerland and Offices in Africa, Latin America and Asia: IRC Strategic framework, 2012-2020: http://www.cohre.org/ > http://www.cohre.org/donors > http://www.cohre.org/node/77

IRC: International Water and Sanitation Centre: IRC is an independent, non-profit organisation: IRC Wash Library: IRC partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America: The Hague-The Netherlands: http://www.fr.irc.nl > http://www.irc.nl/ > http://www.washdoc.info/

ACP Water Facility: African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: ACP is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975: it is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific States, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the ACP EC Partnership Agreement which binds them to the European Union: 48 countries form Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific: ACP headquarters, Brussels-Belgium: the ACP Geneva Office: http://www.acp.int/ > http://www.acp.int/content/secretariat-acp > http://www.acp.int/sites/acpsec.waw.be/files/user_files/user_15/ACP25025%2000_ANG_Rev6.pdf > ACP-EU Water Partnerships; University of Greenwich; it is funded under a contract from the European Commission: http://www.acp-eu-waterpartnerships.org/node/273 First WATER FACILITY, 2004: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/regional-cooperation/water/first-water-facility_en.htm > Second WATER FACILITY, ACP EU WATER FACILITY-10th EDF, 2010: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/regional-cooperation/water/documents/acp_eu_water_facility_pooling_mechanism_guidelines_en.pdf > http://www.acp.int/fr/content/acp-eu-water-facility-stall > http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/acp/regional-cooperation/water/index_en.htm

GWSP: Global Water System Project: research supports global assessments of water and the development of adaptation strategies: the GWSP builds on 25 years of scientific leadership, expertise and the information database of the four global environmental change programmes to create added value results for societal benefits: International Project Office Bonn, Germany: http://www.gwsp.org/ > GWSP: Global Water System Project: International Treaties, Conventions, Commissions, Resolutions, Recommendations & Water Laws: http://www.gwsp.org/51.html > DIVERSITAS an international program of biodiversity science: http://www.diversitas-international.org/ , IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme: http://www.igbp.net/ , IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change: http://www.ihdp.unu.edu/ and WCRP World Climate Research Programme: http://wcrp.wmo.int/wcrp-index.html > http://www.essp.org/ > International Council for Science: http://www.icsu.org/

UN Global Compact the CEO Water Mandate: A framework for Responsible Policy Engagement: is a full Guide on Responsible Business and Water Policy: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/issues/Environment/CEO_Water_Mandate/ > http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/Ceo_water_mandate.pdf > UN Global Compact White Paper on the Right of Water > The Human Right to Water: Emerging Corporate Practice and Stakeholder Expectations: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/Environment/ceo_water_mandate/Water_Mandate_Human_Rights_White_Paper.pdf > http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/Environment/ceo_water_mandate/7th_Working_Conference_Copenhagen_2011/Copenhagen-Morrison_(Human_Rights).pdf > The Right to Water, from concept to implementation, 2006: World Water Council: http://worldwatercouncil.org/fileadmin/wwc/Library/Publications_and_reports/RightToWater_FinalText_Cover.pdf

NESTLE CEO Water : CEO Water Mandate: support for Global principles and goals, Global Compact Principles: UN Nations Millennium Development Goals: Human Rights including labour rights: http://www.nestle.com/CSV/CreatingSharedValueAtNestle/GlobalPrinciplesAndGoals/AllGlobalPrinciplesAndGoals/Pages/CEOWaterMandate.aspx > http://www.nestle.com/CSV/WaterAndEnvironmentalSustainability/Water/Pages/SupplyChainWatershed.aspx > http://www.nestle.com/Common/NestleDocuments/Documents/Creating%20Shared%20Value/Water/water_footprint_report_May_2010.pdf > Water: the global context: http://www.nestle.com/CSV/WaterAndEnvironmentalSustainability/Water/Pages/Water.aspx > http://www.nestle.com/CSV/WaterAndEnvironmentalSustainability/Pages/WaterAndEnvironmentalSustainability.aspx

The Coca Cola Company WATER: Sustainability: Water: Community Water Programs: http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/community_initiatives.html > Environment CEO Water Mandate: Coca Cola Company, Atlanta-United States: http://www.unglobalcompact.org/issues/Environment/CEO_Water_Mandate/ > http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/water_mandate.html > http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/gri_index.html > http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/citizenship/reporting_policies.html

NWP: Netherlands Water Partnership: is a foundation: Network, Dutch companies, universities, knowledge institutes and government bodies: United Dutch Water Expertise: NWP, Den Haag-The Netherlands: http://www.nwp.nl/ > http://www.nwp.nl/activiteiten/water2020/ > http://www.nwp.nl/en/what_we_do/Country_Platforms/index.php > http://www.nwp.nl/en/about_nwp/organisation.php

EMPREINT SUR L’EAU/WATER FOOTPRINTING: water footprint NETWORK: http://www.empreinte-de-l-eau.org >> relation production – offer de l’eau: « l’empreinte en eau est un indicateur de l’usage direct et indirect de l’eau par le consommateur ou le producteur: l’enpreinte en eau d’un individu, d’une communauté ou d’un commerce est défiie comme le volume total d’eau douce nécessaire pour la production de marchandises et services consomé par l’individu, la communauté ou produit par le commerce. » >> *The Water Footprint Assessment Manual : Setting the Global Standard : Hoekstra, A Y., Chapagain, A, K., Aldaya M M and Melkonnen, M M., 2011, Earthscan Washington DC: http://www.waterfootprint.org/downloads/TheWaterFootprintAssessmentManual.pdf > http://www.waterfootprint.org/ > http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/OverviewPartners

WFN: Water Footprint Network: WFN seven major global players founders: University of Twente, WWF International-the global conservation organization, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Water Neutral Foundation, the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, the International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group) and the Netherlands Water Partnership > WFN, c/o University of Twente, Enschede-The Netherlands: http://www.waterfootprint.org > http://www.waterfootprint.org/index.php?page=files/Glossary > http://www.waterfootprint.org/index.php?page=files/Publications > http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/WaterStat > http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/OverviewPartners >>> http://www.utwente.nl/water/ > http://www.wwf.org/ > http://www.unesco-ihe.org/ > http://www.waterneutral.org/ > http://www.wbcsd.org/home.aspx > http://www1.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/corp_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/home > http://www.nwp.nl/

Twente Water Centre: University of Twente: Water systems and Governance: Enschede-The Netherlands: http://www.utwente.nl/water/ > http://www.utwente.nl/water/lnks/ > http://www.utwente.nl/water/projects/ >>>> Water Events: http://www.utwente.nl/water/events/ > http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/ > http://www.unesco.org/water/water_links/ > http://www.nyulawglobal.org/Globalex/Transboundary_Freshwater_Treaties.htm

UN OHCHR International Human Rights Law: United Nations Human Rights: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: all Human Rights Bodies/Charter-based bodies: OHCHR, Geneva-Switzerland: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/InternationalLaw.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/index.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/OtherUnitedNationsBodies.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/rule_of_law/index.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/TransnationalCorporations/Pages/SRSGTransCorpIndex.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/water/consultations.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/SRWaterIndex.aspx > http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/water/index.htm > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/BusinessIndex.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Globalization/Pages/GlobalizationIndex.aspx >http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/Introduction.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/HRAndClimateChange/Pages/HRClimateChangeIndex.aspx > http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/HRAndClimateChange/Pages/Study.aspx

UNDP WGF SIWI: Water Governance Facility at the Stockholm International Water Institute: is a initiative that was launched by the United Nations Development Programme-UNDP and the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation-SIDA: the programme is a mechanism to implement parts of the UNDP Water Governance Programme: UNDP Water governance Facility at SIWI, Stockholm-Sweden: http://www.watergovernance.org > http://www.siwi.org/ > http://www.watergovernance.org/partners >> What is Governance?: http://www.watergovernance.org/whatiswatergovernance > http://www.watergovernance.org/sa/node.asp?node=864 > http://www.watergovernance.org/resources

CHANCE 2: Sustain: urban Chances-City Growth and the Sustainability Challenge: is a research project funded by the 7th Framework Programme: Project co-ordinator, EADI-European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes: http://www.chance2sustain.eu > http://www.chance2sustain.eu/4.0.html > http://www.chance2sustain.eu/10.0.html > Chance 2 Sustain Publication: Liliana Miranda, Michaela Horddijk, Rommy K Torres Molina: Water Governance Key Approaches: An Analytical Framework: Literature Review No 4 – September 2011:http://www.chance2sustain.eu/33.0.html >> Project partners: http://www.chance2sustain.eu/index.php?id=13

WIC: Water Innovation Centre: IISD, International Institute for Sustainable Development: WIC promotes IWRM-Integrated Water Resources Management Organization, NGOs-: The Water Innovation Centre, c/o International Institute for Sustainable Development-IISD, Winnipeg, Manitoba-Canada; Geneva Office, Geneva-Switzerland; Ottawa Office, Ottawa, Ontario-Canada: http://www.iisd.org/wic/ > http://www.iwrm.org/ > http://www.iisd.org/ > http://www.iisd.ca/ > http://www.iisd.ca/email/water-L.htm > http://www.iisd.ca/process/weblinks.htm

UN ESA DSD AOFW water: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/resources/res_majoagreconvover.shtml > http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_wat/wat_documents.shtml > http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_wat/wat_meetwork.shtml

WCRP: World Climate Research Programme: Water, Energy and Climate: WCRP c/o World Meteorological Organization: WCRP, Geneva-Switzerland: http://www.wcrp-climate.org/ > http://www.wcrp-climate.org/waterclim.shtml

Columbia Water Center: Earth Institute, Columbia University: http://water.columbia.edu/

GWC: Global Water Challenge: nonprofit 501 (c)(3) coalition in water and sanitation sector: strategic alliance with the Global Environment & Technology Foundation: GWC, Washington, DC-USA: http://www.globalwaterchallenge.org > http://www.globalwaterchallenge.org/partners/partners.php > http://www.getf.org/ > Better World Fund, Initiative, GWC Global Water Challenge: http://www.betterworldfund.org/initiatives.htm

GEFT: Global Environment & Technology Foundation: is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization-sustainable development through partnerships and targeted action-. GEFT supports the program of the Global Environment Facility-GEF international water portfolio [estimated $13 billion] which operates in over 120 countries: Partnership developed and managed by GEFT, include: WADA-Water & Development Alliance: partnership between The Coca-Cola Company and the USAID ; RAIN: The Replenish Africa Initiative: signature community initiative of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation: GETF, Arlington, VA-USA: http://www.getf.org/ > http://www.getf.org/our-services/partnership-development/ > http://www.getf.org/our-projects-partnerships/wada/ > http://www.getf.org/our-projects-partnerships/rain/ > http://www.getf.org/our-projects-partnerships/the-coca-cola-company/ > http://www.getf.org/our-projects-partnerships/undp/

WEPA: Water Environment Partnership in Asia: good governance in water environment management: WEPA Secretariat, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies > Freshwater Resources Management Project: http://www.wepa-db.net/ > http://www.wepa-db.net/about.htm > http://www.iges.or.jp/en/index.html > IGES Affiliated Organisations: IGES is hosting intergovernmental programme and network: IPCC-Task Force on national Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/ >> APN Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research: http://www.apn-gcr.org/ >> IGES-Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology: http://www.jise.jp/en_profile.html

WBCSD global water tool links: Global Water Tool 2011: for companies and organizations: http://www.wbcsd.org/work-program/sector-projects/water/global-water-tool.aspx > Global Water Tool for oil and gas: IPIECA, The global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, Global Water Tool for oil and gas WBCSD: http://www.ipieca.org/publication/global-water-tool-oil-and-gas

ComDev Water: Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund: ComDev, IFC / World Bank: http://commdev.org/ > http://commdev.org/section/topics/water_communities > http://commdev.org/section/intnl_standards > http://commdev.org/section/glossary > http://commdev.org/section/topics

SLB: Schlumberger: Water Services: SLB in 80 countries, oil & gas: http://www.slb.com >  http://www.slb.com/services/additional/water.aspx > http://www.slb.com/services/additional/water/resources.aspx > http://www.slb.com/hse/global_citizenship.aspx > http://www.slb.com/contact_us/geographical.aspx