Past Projects

Safe water and sanitation for all in Moldova
Mobilizing citizens and authorities from Moldova to respect and realize the right to access to safe water and sanitation for all

Donors:	Foundation Danielle Mitterrand – France Libertés, Milieukontakt International, Church World Service
Partners:	WiSDOM, ORMAX, Renaşterea rurală
Duration:	10/2010 - 02/2012

Natracare Safe School Sanitation Project
Natracare support safe sanitation for girls in Tajikistan

Donors:	Natracare UK
Duration:	06/2010 - 01/2012

Climate change and art in Munich

Donors:	Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health (StMUG - Bayrisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Gesundheit): Bavarian Environment Fund and the Department of Health and Environment of the City of Munich (RGU - Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Landeshauptstadt München)
Partners:	Platform3 http://platform3.de/en
Duration:	02/2011 - 12/2011

Remote Communities in Azerbaijan
Community Approaches to a Better Environment for All and Poverty Reduction in Out of Reach Communities

Donors:	European Commission
Partners:	WECF The Netherlands, EKOT (Ekoloji Taraziig NGO), Azerbaijan and Sustainable Future NGO from Finland
Duration:	11/2009 - 11/2011

Gender Equality
Putting Gender Equality Central; a project to promote a gender and human rights perspective in WECF's activities

Donors:	WECF
Partners:	WECF Netherlands, WECF Germany, WECF France, WECF member organisations
Duration:	09/2008 - 09/2011

Commission for Sustainable Development
WECF facilitates the participation of its members at UN conferences. WECF members present their experiences and recommendations to policy makers during the UN CSD every year

Donors:	Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM); The Netherlands; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), Development Cooperation, TMF programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	Energia, Mama 86, WEDO, Eco Accord, Eco Forum, Bali Focus, Worldview Impact Foundation, Women against Nuclear Power, Women for Peace
Duration:	03/1999 - 08/2011

Aarhus Convention
Information, public participation and access to justice - useful tools for WECF and its members

Donors:	European Commission DG-Environment; Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	European Eco-Forum
Duration:	07/2005 - 07/2011

Georgia: Create local capacity for sustainable development
New EU financed project started in Georgia

Donors:	EU
Partners:	Greens Movement is the lead applicant, and all Georgian WECF partners - Caucasus Environment, Center for Social Development Akhalsikhe, GEBMA, PAROS, RCDA, SEMA and WECF
Duration:	11/2010 - 07/2011

Constructed Wetland in Bulgaria
Constructed Wetland Implementation for On-site Treatment of Domestic Wastewater of a Children´s Home combined with Capacity Building for Professionals

Donors:	Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Partners:	Otterwasser, Germany; Ecoworld, Bulgaria;
Duration:	02/2009 - 04/2011

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Uzbekistan
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Uzbekistan

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	Mehriban
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Democratization of the governance of the Dniester river basin
Local authorities, NGOs and citizen's communities work together in trans-boundary cooperation between Moldova, Transdniestria and Ukraine towards sustainable management of Dniester River Basin

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), European Cooperation, MATRA programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	Eco-Tiras, Eco-spectrum, Black Sea Women's Club
Duration:	12/2007 - 12/2010

WECF Germany: “Umweltgerechtigkeit von Geburt an" (Environmental justice right from the beginning)
A consultative program for deprived families and migrant families in the vicinity of Berlin and Munich

Donors:	German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA); Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	WECF Germany
Duration:	09/2009 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Moldova
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Moldova

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	ECOTOX, WISDOM
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Kazakhstan
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Kazakhstan

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	Public Association Mountain Club Jabagly-Manas
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Kyrgyzstan
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Kyrgyzstan

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	Social Union Agerkech, Rural Women’s NGO “Alga”, BIOM, Central Asian Alliance for Water & Public Fund Mehr-Shavkat, Habitat for Humanity, “ULGU”, UNISON
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Ukraine
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in the Ukraine

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	Regional Public Ecological Organization “Vozrojdenye” (“Revival”) of Tatarbunary
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Tajikistan
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Tajikistan

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	WPO “SAFO”, Agency Support Development Process Nau
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA)
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	Agency Support Development Process Nau, AWHHE, BIOM, Central Asian Alliance for Water & Public Fund Mehr-Shavkat, Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Association, Foundation Caucasus Environment, Ecos NGO, ECOTOX, Habitat for Humanity, Katachel e.V., Mehriban, Paros, Public Association Mountain Club Jabagly-Manas, RDCA, Regional Public Ecological Organization “Vozrojdenye” (“Revival”) of Tatarbunary, Rural Women’s NGO “Alga”, SEMA, Social Union Agerkech, Society Development Centre of Akhaltsikhe, The Greens Movement of Georgia/FoE, “ULGU”, UNISON, WISDOM, WPO “SAFO”
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Georgia
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Georgia

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	Society Development Centre of Akhaltsikhe, Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Association, The Greens Movement of Georgia/FoE, Foundation Caucasus Environment, Paros, RDCA, SEMA, Georgia Greens
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Azerbaijan
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Azerbaijan

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	Ecos NGO
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Afghanistan
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Afghanistan.

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	Katachel e. V.
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA) Armenia
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas in Armenia.

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	AWHHE
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2010

Nano in the babyroom
Deploying awareness raising activities among consumers and retailers concerning nanotechnology

Donors:	Nanopodium
Duration:	04/2010 - 11/2010

"Well of knowledge" Educational and Informational Water Center
Ukrainian-German-Polish project started in January 2010

Donors:	Bosch-Batory-Pauci Foundation
Partners:	Ecological Club “Kray”, Dolina Stobrawy
Duration:	01/2010 - 11/2010

Humanitarian Roofing project in Prislop, Romania
Thanks to gifts from private donors in many countries 32 families received sheets for making their roofs water proof

Donors:	private donors
Partners:	WECF Germany, WECF Netherlands
Duration:	04/2008 - 10/2010

ToNi-Finder
WECF's map for sustainable school Toilets and establishing Nitrate levels in ground, surface and drinking water

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), Development Cooperation, DGIS, The Netherlands; European Commission DG-Environment; Fondation Ensemble, France
Partners:	ALGA, ASDP Nau, Association Spektri, CAAW, Earth Forever Foundation, ECotox, Eco World, EuroTeleormann Association, Femei pentru un Viitor Curat (Women for a Clean Future), Fondation Caucasus Environment, Habitat for Humanity Kyrgyzstan, Katakhel, Lore Eco Club, Mama 86, Medium & Sanitas Slobozia, Mehriban, Mountain Club „Jabagly-Manas“, SAFOi Sughd, SEMA, ULGU, Unison, YECT, Young Guards of Nature
Duration:	10/2009 - 10/2010

Abestos and POPs in Kazakhstan
Civil society and sound hazardous waste management, asbestos and POPs, in Kazakhstan

Donors:	European Commission, EuropeAID; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	EcoCenter Kazakhstan, Greenwomen Kazakhstan, University of Kassel, Germany
Duration:	01/2009 - 10/2010

Protocol on Water and Health and Public Participation
Workshop for the Effective Use of the Potential of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Authorities in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union and EU in the Field of Environment and Water

Donors:	German Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
Partners:	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva, Ministry for Environment and Forestry, Romania, Global Water Partnership
Duration:	05/2010 - 10/2010

Romania - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households

Donors:	Fondation Ensemble, France; Royal Netherlands Embassy in Romania
Partners:	Medium et Sanitas Slobozia, EuroTeleorman Association, Femei pentru un Viitor Curat (Women for a Clean Future)
Duration:	10/2007 - 09/2010

Ukraine - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households

Donors:	Fondation Ensemble, France; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	MAMA-86, Black Sea Womens' Club
Duration:	10/2007 - 09/2010

Bulgaria - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households

Donors:	Fondation Ensemble, France
Partners:	Earth Forever Foundation
Duration:	10/2007 - 09/2010

Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households

Donors:	Fondation Ensemble, France, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands (for Ukraine); Royal Netherlands Embassy in Romania; Province Overijssel Netherlands
Partners:	Black Sea Womens' Club, Earth Forever Foundation, EuroTeleorman Association, Femei pentru un Viitor Curat (Women for a Clean Future), MAMA-86, Medium et Sanitas Slobozia
Duration:	10/2007 - 09/2010

Children's Environmental Health Award 2010: "Protecting children's health in a changing environment"
Working towards the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Parma, Italy, 10-12 March 2010

Donors:	Ministries of Environment of Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Partners:	HEAL, ISDE Austria, EcoForum
Duration:	09/2009 - 04/2010

Belarus - Citizens involvement
Developing multi-stakeholder cooperation in the areas of water, waste and energy efficiency in Belarus

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), European Cooperation, MATRA programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	Ecoproject
Duration:	12/2006 - 03/2010

Bulgaria / Greece – WECF Project Healthy Schools
School children are given the opportunity to learn about their environment and possible ways to improve and protect it by developing their own ideas.

Donors:	European Commission DG-Environment
Partners:	Earth Forever Foundation, Bulgaria, Clean up Greece
Duration:	09/2007 - 02/2010

Samen voor een Gezond Leefmilieu
‘Together for a healthy environment - advocacy for enhancing substances policy and reduce health risks’

Donors:	Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	EcoCentre, Kazakhstan, Eco Accord, Russia, Greenwoman, Kazakhstan, Journalists for children and women, Macedonia, Friends of the Earth, Bulgaria, AWHHE Armenia
Duration:	01/2009 - 12/2009

Poland: Between the Rivers Bug and Narew
WECF and SIE are developing local partnerships in order to manage and cultivate 15 rural Masovian communities along the river Bug sustainable.

Donors:	European Commission, DG Environment; Stefan Batory Foundation,Poland; Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation (FWPN), Germany, Poland
Partners:	Social Ecological Institute Warsaw (SIE), Unser Land
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2009

Support of climate protection via sustainable energy by training and capacity building of local partner NGOs in Caucasus and Central Asia and networking between them
„Förderung des Klimaschutzes durch nachhaltige Energie mittels Training, Kapazitätsausbau und Vernetzung lokaler NRO-Partner im Kaukasus und in Zentralasien“

Donors:	German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety / gtz
Partners:	Armenian Women for Health and a Healthy Environment (AWHHE), The Green Movement of Georgia, Social Development Center Akhaltsikhe, RCDA – Rural Centre Development Agency, SEMA, Kaukasus Environment, EKOT, Ecological Movement "BIOM", Public Foundation "Camp Alatoo", Foundation „Habitat for Humanity“ Kyrgyzstan, Public Association "Ulgu", Civic Environmental Foundation "UNISON", Mountain Club Jabagly Manas, Eco Museum Karaganda, Little Earth, ASPD NAU, SAFO, Mehriban
Duration:	10/2008 - 03/2009

Eliminating toxic chemicals globally
Working to ensure that by 2020 all consumer products are free of hazardous chemicals

Donors:	Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	AWHHE, EcoAccord, MAMA-86 Harkiev, WEN
Duration:	01/2006 - 12/2008

International Year of Sanitation
Safe and affordable sustainable sanitation at the top of the European political agenda during the International Year of Sanitation 2008

Donors:	European Commission, DG Environment; Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands
Partners:	MAMA-86, Black Sea Women's Club, AWHHE, Mehriban, Earth Forever Foundation, Global Water Partnership, European Water Partnership, Coalition Clean Baltic, KIWA water research
Duration:	01/2008 - 12/2008

Kyrgyzstan - Decentralised and Sustainable Wastewater Management
Consulting and supporting NGOs in Kyrgyzstan to develop ecolocial sanitation and wastewater management in rural areas

Donors:	German Ministry of Environment (BMU)
Partners:	Habitat for Humanity, Alga, ULGU, BIOM
Duration:	03/2006 - 12/2008

Towards a sustainable rural Overijssel
Naar een Duurzaam Platteland

Donors:	Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	Oons Ambacht
Duration:	01/2007 - 06/2008

Tapping Our Ressources - Sustainable Development and Poverty Elimination
Safe Drinking Water, Safe Sanitation, Safe Food

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation, TMF programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	AWHHE, Katachel e.V., MAMA-86, Ukraine
Duration:	01/2005 - 12/2007

Afghanistan - Tapping Resources
WECF and Katachel Afghanistan working on improved sanitation for the Kunduz region

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation, TMF programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	Katachel e.V.
Duration:	01/2005 - 12/2007

Support Programme for the Roma Village Prislop
Supporting the Roma community in their basic needs: health, sanitation, infrastructure and schooling

Donors:	Hewlett Packard
Partners:	WECF Germany
Duration:	10/2005 - 12/2007

Armenia Tapping Resources
Poverty elimination, organic farming and improvement of water supply and sanitation in rural areas of Armenia

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation, TMF programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	AWHHE
Duration:	02/2005 - 12/2007

Bulgaria - Water, Waste and Sanitation in Rural Areas
Developing a model for sustainable water and waste management for rural areas

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Development Cooperation, TMF programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	Earth Forever Foundation, Institute of Ecological Modernization, IRC Netherlands, WASTE
Duration:	02/2005 - 07/2007

Chemikalien im Alltag
Politik, Industrie und Verbraucherinnen können gemeinsam das Risiko durch gesundheitsschädliche Chemikalien in Alltagsprodukten für Frauen, Männer und Kinder verringern.

Donors:	Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners:	BUND, Deutscher Hausfrauenbund, EWMD, Greenpeace, EEB
Duration:	08/2005 - 02/2007

EU - Fact Sheet Common Agricultural Policy
Information on organic farming, conventional agriculture and policies in the EU.

Donors:	European Commission, DG Environment, Netherlands Ministry of Environment
Partners:	WECF Spain
Duration:	01/2006 - 12/2006

Eco-Efficiency and Sustainable Development
Women promoting the environmental pillar of the Lisbon Strategy and the EU SDS

Donors:	European Commission, DG Environment; Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	WEN, EEB, HEAL
Duration:	03/2006 - 12/2006

Ukraine - Co-operation for Sustainable Rural Development
Involving citizens and local authorities in rural Ukraine in improvement of drinking water, sanitation and agriculture

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Cooperation, MATRA programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	MAMA-86 Poltava, MAMA-86 Kiev, MAMA-86 Yeremche and MAMA-86 Nishin, Fem-Consult, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg
Duration:	11/2003 - 11/2006

Local Climate Change Action - Germany
Moving climate protection closer to the people

Donors:	European Commission, DG Environment; Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	Green City
Duration:	08/2006 - 11/2006

Ukraine - Ecological Sanitation Solutions
Dry urine-diverting toilets for schools and households

Donors:	Fondation Ensemble, France
Partners:	MAMA-86 Odessa, MAMA-86 Kiev and MAMA-86 Sevastapol
Duration:	09/2005 - 08/2006

Romania - Rural Development for All
Ecological sanitation and waste-(water) management in rural areas of Romania

Donors:	Fondation Ensemble, France
Partners:	GeoSan, Femei pentru un Viitor Curate (Women for a Clean Environment, FVC)
Duration:	09/2005 - 08/2006

Armenia - Healthy Food for Pregnant Women
Improving the health of newborn babies and pregnant women in Armenia; Growing organic Amaranth for the maternity clinic of Yerevan

Donors:	Fred Foundation, The Netherlands; Haëlla Foundation, The Netherlands
Partners:	AWHHE
Duration:	01/2000 - 08/2004

Romania - Safe Drinking Water
Developing a participatory democracy, creating a network of local environmental NGOs and implementing effective and reproducible small-scale projects for safe drinking water solutions.

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Cooperation, MATRA programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	Medium & Sanitas
Duration:	01/2002 - 01/2004

Ukraine - Safe Drinking Water
Improving the drinking water conditions through public awareness and participation.

Donors:	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Cooperation, MATRA programme, The Netherlands
Partners:	MAMA-86 Kiev
Duration:	03/1999 - 12/2003

Our Toxic Free Future
Working towards a Toxic Free Future - getting ready for action

Donors:	Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), The Netherlands
Partners:	Tiye, ZijActief
Duration:	03/2003 - 06/2003