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USEFUL LINKS United
Nations Environmental Programme
http://www.unesco.org/water/about.shtml The
UNESCO Water Portal is intended to enhance access to information related
to freshwater available on the World Wide Web. The
site provides links to the current UNESCO and UNESCO-led programmes on
freshwater and will serve as an interactive point for sharing, browsing
and searching websites of water-related organizations, government bodies
and NGOs, including a range of categories such as water links, water
events, learning modules and other on-line resources. http://www.wsscc.org/index2.cfm?CFID=41327&CFTOKEN=23282218 The
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is a leading
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, by enhancing collaboration among
developing countries and external support agencies and through concerted
action programmes. The
mission of the Council is "to accelerate the achievement of
sustainable water, sanitation and waste management services to all people,
with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration
among developing countries and external support agencies and through
concerted action programmes". http://www.waterportal-americas.org WWAP,
together with other partners, is developing the World Water Portal, to
provide seamless access to a wide body of water information to
decision-makers, water managers, technicians and the public at large.
Before going global, a prototype water portal has been developed for the
Americas to test ways of sharing information among local, national and
regional water organization. http://www.wsscc.org/load.cfm?edit_id=34 World
Water Day Message By Sir Richard Jolly, Chair Of The WSSCC
“World
Water Day - celebrated each year on 22 March – provides us with an
opportunity to recognize the centrality and importance of water to our
daily lives, to our environment and to the sustainable development of
nations..." http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/partners/index.shtml The
WWAP is a UN-wide programme seeks to develop the tools and skills needed
to achieve a better understanding of those basic processes, management
practices and policies that will help improve the supply and quality of
global freshwater resources. This
link lists partner org information. Global
Water Partnership. The final report of the World Panel on Financing Water
Infrastructure, chaired by Michel Camdessus, is now available and
downloadable from this website. World
Water Council http://www.unicef.org/programme/wes WHO
water programme – Protection of Human Environment World
Health Organisation Dr.
Rusudan Lomidze - www.womenaid.org/environment/rusudan-lomidze
Guest
lecturer First Georgian World Environment Day Annual Lecture 2002 and
renown Georgian phyto-therapeutist. |
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