UNICEF works with a wide range of partners in the area of water and sanitation. Below is selection of some of these, and other institutions, agencies or services active in the sector.
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AusAID Water pages
BPD Water and Sanitation: a world-wide network of partners involving government, donors, business and civil society
DFID Environment, Water and Sanitation pages
EHP: USAID’s Environmental Health Project
EPA: US Enviromental Protection Agency (Office of Water)
EUWI: The EU Water Initiative
FAO: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (Land and Water Development Division)
FRESH: Focusing Resources on Effective School Health site (a joint initiative by UNICEF and partners)
Gender and Water Resource Guide (hosted by UNDP)
GWP: Global Water Partnership
Practical Action formerly ITDG: Intermediate Technology Development Group (publisher of the sectoral journal Waterlines)
IWA: International Water Association
International Office for Water
IRC: International Water and Sanitation Centre. Host of WASH in Schools and publishes the newsletter Notes and News. Host of WASH in Schools and publishes the newsletter Notes and News.
JMP : The website of the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for Water and Sanitation - access a wealth of information on populations' use of improved drinking water and sanitation, and the monitoring of the water and sanitation target of MDG 7.
LSHT&M: The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (host of the WELL Resource Centre)
MWA: Millennium Water Alliance
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs Web Site, Millennium Project, Task Force on Water and Sanitation)
RWSN: Rural Water Supply Network (formerly HTN - hosted by SKAT)
SANDEC: Department for Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries at the Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology
SKAT: Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management (host of RWSN)
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)
UN-DESA: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Division for Sustainable Development)
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme Water Governance site
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme (GEMS/Water Programme, Freshwater)
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (water portal)
UNIFEM: United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNU: United Nations University (International Network on Water, Environment and Health)
WATERAID: UK water NGO
WSP: Water and Sanitation Program (formerly known as the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program)
The Water Page: A comprehensive independent Web site on water resources with a focus on Africa.
WSSCC: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
WEDC: Water, Engineering and Development Centre
WELL: resource centre for promoting environmental health in developing countries (hosted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHT&M)
WHO: World Health Organization (Water, Sanitation and Health)
WMO: World Meteorological Organization (Hydrology and Water Resources Programme)
World Bank (Water Supply and Sanitation)
World Water Council: 4th World Water Forum (Mexico, 2006); 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul 2009)
