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| Provides information concerning national efforts towards SD as well as general information about CSD and SD on a global level | |
| Official homepage of the United Nations Environmental Programme | |
| Official UN website for the Johannesburg Summit 2002 | |
| Commission´s website featuring a presentation of the EU environmental and development services and activities | |
| Website provides a lot of environmental data, indicators, country information | |
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OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
Several sites on sustainable development |
| Global Vision - Communicating Sustainability | |
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IISD – International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winipeg, Ottawa, Geneva |
Website contains information about almost all policy fields; interesting information concerning environmental issues and SD in OECD countries |
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IIED - International Institute for Environment and Development, London, Edinburgh, Dakar |
Research institute providing expertise in researching and achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional and global levels |
| Independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues | |
| Concerned with development and environment in the South and the North, with a special emphasis on sustainable management of natural resources. | |
| Pan-European think tank aiming to explore sustainable development options for European societies | |
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IEEP - Institute for European Environmental Policy, London, Brussels |
Independent, not for profit organisation dedicated to the analysis and development of European environmental policy; other issues: transport, agriculture, fisheries, regional development |
| German research institute active in the area of applied sustainability research | |
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CESSE - Centre for Economic and Social Studies for the Environment, Brussels |
Research institute which devotes its activities to the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of economic-environmental interactions |
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ProSus - Program for Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society, Oslo |
Research programme established by The Research Council of Norway; principal goal is to produce knowledge for the realisation of a sustainable society |
| Important research institute investigating the human impact on the environment on a global level | |
| Resource and network site providing links and information concerning national sustainable development strategies all over the world; run by the IIED | |
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WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva |
Coalition of 150 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development |
| Nachhaltigkeitsrat | German Council for Sustainable Development |
| Dialog zur deutschen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie | |
| Kolleg für Management und Gestaltung Nachhaltiger Entwicklung | Interdisciplinary network of scientist at the Humboldt University Berlin |
| Internet platform containing downloads, links and information; monthly changing issue | |
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sustainability.at - Research Focus Managing Sustainability, Vienna |
University institute focusing especially on the Evaluation of Sustainable Development |
| Environnement en général et développement durable | The French government site on Evironment and Sustainable Development |
| ETD - Entreprises Territoires et Développement | Institution providing advice and coordination concerning local development methodologies |
| Sustainable Mediterranean | |
| Aachener Stiftung | |
| Sustainable Development International | |
| Sustainability Webring | |
| Agora 21 |
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ICLEI – International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Freiburg |
International environmental agency for local governments; aim is to build and serve a worldwide network of local governments to achieve sustainable development |
| OECD - Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme | |
| ENSURE - European Network on Sustainable Urban and Rural Development | |
| EuroIDEES - European Association for Local Economic Development, Employment and Solidarity | |
| AEIDL - European Association for Information on Local Development | |
| EBN - European Business and Innovation Centre Network | |
| EDGE - Entrepreneurship Development Group Europe | |
| EURADA - European Association of Development Agencies |
| Website provides methodological, project and guideline information | |
| OECD`s Public Management Unit provides information, reports and guidelines about programme evaluation | |
| Commission´s evaluation site providing key documents, important links and project reports | |
| Independent unit within the World Bank; website contains information about country and sector evaluation | |
| Goal is to promote theory, practice and utilization of high quality evaluation especially within the European countries | |
| Devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation | |
| Promotes and improves the theory, practice understanding and utilisation of evaluation and its contribution to public knowledge | |
| German Evaluation Society | |
| Swiss Evaluation Society | |
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INTEVAL - International Research Group on Policy and Programme Evaluation |
Research group/network dealing with evaluation issues; its present membership covers more than 20 countries; website provides some information concerning evaluation |
| Offers assistance to administrations for evaluations, auditing and managemen | |
| News service focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation methods | |
| WebRing that links Monitoring & Evaluation-related sites of donor agencies, counterpart agencies, researchers, consultants and independent evaluation experts from different countries |
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ICLEI - Local Authorities' Self Assessment of Local Agenda (LASALA) |
Project carrying out a tele-guided, concerted self-assessment of Local Agenda 21 |
| Framework and visualisation of SD indicators; website contains handbook and downloads | |
| International company providing services in the fields of Economic, Environmental, Social and RTD/Innovation policy | |
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Universität Saarland - Lehrstuhl für Soziologie, Saarbrücken |
German university institute with focus on evaluation research (among others) |
| Project site; PoleStar aims to develop and apply appropriate methods, concepts and data for sustainability planning; also provides software tools | |
| Research programme on strategic planning and related issues at national to local levels | |
| Project of ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics about SD and integrated Assessment | |
| Comprehensive tool which enables project planners to establish processes of participatory planning and to initiate implementation of activities contributing to sustainable development |
| Resource website providing a lot of information about different indicator projects | |
| UNEP - Earthwatch | Catalyst for all environmental monitoring and assessment activities throughout the entire UN system |
| Global environmental assessment process conducted by UNEP; website contains reports and data | |
| Website provides indicators, data and reprts to different environmental themes | |
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IISD - Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives |
This website provides an overview of initiatives on sustainable development indicators being carried out at the international, national and provincial/territorial/state levels |
| Framework and visualisation of SD indicators; website contains handbook and downloads | |
| Indicators, framework and methodology of the CSD | |
| Website about the MIPS indicator | |
| IFEN | Sustainable Development indicators for France |
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Pastille - Promoting Action for Sustainability Through Indicators at the Local Level in Europe |
European research project to examine the processes of indicator development on the local level in different European countries |
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CESSE - Centre for Economic and Social Studies for the Environment, Brussels |
Website contains a bibliography about SD indicators |
| Environmental assessment tools and methodologies including computer models, impact evaluation methodologies, GIS, and environmental and social assessment techniques utilises by SEI | |
| Multi-annual project of the Statistical Office of the European Commission (EUROSTAT); aim is to calculate and present priority pressure indicators for all 15 EU Member States | |
| Established with the mission of developing globally applicable guidelines for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social performance, initially for corporations and eventually for any business, governmental, or NGO | |
| Private consulting firm dedicated to promoting sustainable communities; website provides information about SD indicators, database and training |
| Research programme on strategic planning and related issues at national to local levels |
Last update: 15.10.03