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Agua Latina
Technical water magazine for Latin America
Cap-Net
Cap-Net is an International network for capacity building in integrated water resources management.
CCAMLR
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Freshwater Action Network - FAN
Global network of environmental and developmental NGO and community based organisations working to strengthen civil society's participation in international water policy formulation.
International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage - IPTRID
IPTRID is an internationally funded programme aimed at promoting technology and research in irrigation and drainage in and by developing countries. The Programme is hosted and managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
International Secretariat for Water (ISW)
International NGO established to assist with the implementation of the principles set forth in the Montreal Charter on Drinking Water and Sanitation adopted in Montreal in June 1990.
International Water and Sanitation Centre - IRC
IRC facilitates the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and maintain.
Ramsar
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
STREAM - Support to Regional Aquatic Resources Management
The regional STREAM Initiative founded by NACA, DFID, FAO, VSO and AusAID aims to offer support to the livelihoods of poor peoples who manage aquatic resources (via management of aquaculture or capture of fish or aquatic resources). It will be hosted in Bangkok by the Secretariat of the Network of Aquaculture Centres for Asia-Pacific and will pilot in Vietnam and Cambodia in year one expanding to cover up to 15 Asia Pacific countries.
The Nature Conservancy’s Freshwater Initiative (FWI)
The goal of The Nature Conservancy’s Freshwater Initiative is to dramatically increase freshwater conservation in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Water Observatory
A site dedicated to providing information and resources to citizens, policy makers, the media, activist and movements working locally and globally on the right to water. It is a project of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (US).
WaterAid
WaterAid is an UK's organization dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
WaterWeb Consortium
The organization has a global focus with initial participants from North, Central & South America and Europe.
World Commission on Dams
Report provided by the International Rivers Network.
World Water Council
The World Water Forum hosts discussions with people from various fields and regions, including water experts, decision makers and NGOs, with the objective of finding new solutions to the urgent water problems of the world.
World Water Day
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water.
 
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Rios Vivos (Live Rivers) supports not only issues related to the Prata River Basin but, also, acts and articulate in the Amazonian Basin in Brazilian and Bolivian territory. The Coalition has several members from Latin American countries and is a reference for civil society.

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Selected news
Economy and Financial Affairs /Water & Oceans - Thu Jul 17 2008
Indonesian NGOs consolidate advocacy strategy on ADB's Integrated Citarum Water Resource Management Project
On July 8-9, 2008, Indonesian NGOs held a two day workshop in Bandung, West Java on the ADB’s pipeline Integrated Citarum Water Resource Management (ICWRM) Project. The occasion marked the launch of the Peoples Alliance for Citarum (Aliansi Rakyat untuk Citarum-ARUM).
Source: Bank Information Center

Water & Oceans - Mon Oct 29 2007
Towards the 5th World Water Forum
The International Steering Committee of the 5th World Water Forum and the Programme, Political Process and Communication Committees will hold their third series of meetings in Istanbul on 4-6 November 2007. This will also be the occasion to gather the thematic and regional coordinators for the first time in order to determine how to involve a wider constituency of organisations to represent contrasting perspectives.
Source: Green Cross

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