Selected links to sites containing information relevant to national strategies for sustainable development.

A second page contains links to sites with information on sustainability in general.

This page provides summary information and contact details (including websites wherever possible) for institutions, organisations, agencies and networks known to be actively involved in the field of National Sustainable Development Strategies:

• Providing information;
• Providing advisory and technical support services, training materials and courses;
• Organising workshops and conferences; and
• Undertaking research and advocacy.

It is not a source of contacts concerned with the much wider field of 'sustainable development' - any internet search for 'sustainable development' will reveal literally thousands of websites concerned with this issue.

Institutions

• International and regional NGOs
  • Earth Council
  • International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
  • International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  • New Economics Foundation
  • Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
  • PACT
  • Stakeholder Forum for our Common Future
  • Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
  • Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future
  • World Conservation Union (IUCN)
  • World Resources Institute (WRI)
• National NGOs
  • Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
  • Development Alternatives, India
  • Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), India
  • Sustainable Development networking Programme, Pakistan (SDNP)
• Development Cooperation Agencies with units or programmes on NSDSs
  • DFID (United Kingdom Department for International Development)
  • GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Germany)
• Inter-governmental organisations
  • International Labour Organisation (ILO)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) (PRSP, HIPC)
  • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Development Assistance Committee (OECD/DAC)
  • UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
  • UN Development Programme (UNDP)
  • UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • UN Food and Agriculture Organisation FAO (TFAP, NFP)
  • World Bank
• Private sector
  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Government departments
  • The Netherlands Department of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment
    (VROM)
  • UK: Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Networks and Information Centres

• Brettonwoods Project
• Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India
• Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF, Latin America)
• Eco-News Africa
• Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM)
• Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)
• Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN), Argentina
• Fundación Futuro Latinamerico (FFLA), Quito
• Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), Poland
• International Network of Green Planners (INGP)
• National Councils for Sustainable Development (NCSDs)
• National Strategies for Sustainable Development of Caribbean Small Island States - From Vision to Action
• Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA)
• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), Budapest
• Southern Africa Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC)
• World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

Training Courses

• APEC Sustainable Development Network
• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
• GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Germany)

• UN Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD)

Conventions

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention to Combat Desertification
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
• Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)

Multilateral agreements

• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• UNDP Biodiversity Planning Support Programme
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• World Heritage Convention

Other sources of materials

• ELDIS
• International Association for Impact Assessment
• Worldwatch Institute
• www.mande.co.uk
• Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and Development