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Partnership Projects
Bulgaria - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households
Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Bulgaria
Issues: Water, Health, Sanitation
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
Partners: HEAL, ISDE Austria, EcoForum
Issues: environmental health, children's health, indoor air pollution
Duration: 09/2009 - 04/2010
Empowerment & Local Action (ELA)
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas.
Partners: NGOs in several countries
Issues: Energy, Agriculture, Water, Sanitation
Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2010
Germany - Networks for healthy food
Promoting fair, healthy and local food production - co-operation project between Unser Land and WECF members
Partners: Unser Land, ZijActief
Issues: Agriculture and Food
Duration: 02/2006 - 07/2010
International Project Nesting - A healthy Environment for Healthy Children
helping parents to create a safe and healthy environment for their newborns
Partners: Clean Up Greece, Large Familes Association Hungary, WECF France, WECF UK, WECF Netherlands, WECF Germany
Issues: health, chemicals
Duration: 09/2008 - 12/2011
Kyrgyzstan - Decentralised and sustainable wastewater management
Consulting and supporting NGOs in Kyrgyzstan to develop ecolocial sanitation and wastewater management in rural areas
Partners: Habitat for Humanity, Alga, Ulgu, Biom
Issues: Sanitation, Water, Sustainable Development, Agriculture and Food
Duration: 03/2006 - 12/2011
Moldova - 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
Partners: Eco-Tiras, Eco-spectrum, Black Sea Women's Club
Issues: Health, Water, Rights
Duration: 12/2007 - 12/2010
Romania - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households
Partners: Medium et Sanitas Slobozia, EuroTeleorman Association, Femei pentru un Viitor Curat (Women for a Clean Future)
Issues: Water, Health, Sanitation
Duration: 10/2007 - 09/2010
ToNi-Finder
WECF's map for sustainable school Toilets and establishing Nitrate levels in ground, surface and drinking water
Partners: Diverse NGOs
Issues: Sanitation, Water, Chemicals
Duration: 10/2009 - 10/2010
Ukraine - Safe Sanitation, Health and Dignity
Implementation of dry urine diverting toilets and and waste water soil filters for schools and private households
Partners: MAMA-86, Black Sea Womens' Club
Issues: Water, Health, Sanitation
Duration: 10/2007 - 09/2010
Past Projects
Afghanistan - Tapping Resources
WECF and Katachel Afghanistan working on improved sanitation for the Kunduz region
Partners: Katachel Afghanistan
Issues: Poverty, Agriculture, Water, Sanitation
Duration: 01/2005 - 12/2007
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.
Partners: AWHHE
Issues: Health, Agriculture
Duration: 01/2000 - 08/2004
Armenia - Tapping Resources
Poverty elimination, organic farming and improvement of water supply and sanitation in rural areas of Armenia
Partners: AWHHE
Issues: Water, Sanitation, Agriculture, Poverty
Duration: 02/2005 - 12/2007
Belarus - Citizens involvement
Developing multi-stakeholder cooperation in the areas of water, waste and energy efficiency in Belarus
Partners: Ecoproject
Issues: Rights, Water, Sanitation
Duration: 12/2006 - 11/2009
Bulgaria - Water, waste and sanitation in rural areas
Developing a model for sustainable water and waste management for rural areas
Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Institute of Ecological Modernization, WASTE, IRC Netherlands
Issues: Water, sanitation, health, waste, public participation
Duration: 02/2005 - 07/2007
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
Partners: Earth Forever Foundation, Bulgaria / Clean up Greece, Environmental Organization, Greece
Issues: Environmental Health
Duration: 09/2007 - 02/2010
Poland - Women, chemicals and health
Two workshops on Women, Health and Chemicals
Partners: Karat, Social Ecological Institute
Issues: Chemicals, Gender
Duration: 03/2004 - 06/2005
Romania - Rural Development for All
Ecological sanitation and waste-(water) management in rural areas of Romania
Partners: GeoSan, Femei pentru un Viitor Curate (Women for a Clean Environment, FVC) and Foundation Ensemble
Issues: Water, Environment, Sustainable Development, Waste, Public Participation and Sanitation
Duration: 09/2005 - 11/2006
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.
Partners: Medium&Sanitas
Issues: Water, Sanitation, Agriculture, Poverty, Sustainability
Duration: 08/2001 - 03/2004
Romania - Support programme for the Roma village Prislop
Supporting the Roma community in their basic needs: health, sanitation, infrastructure and schooling
Partners: Anca Dancanet, Hewlett Packard
Issues: Health, Poverty, Sustainable Development and Environment
Duration: 10/2005 - 12/2007
Ukraine - Co-operation for Sustainable Rural Development
Involving citizens and local authorities in rural Ukraine in improvement of drinking water, sanitation and agriculture
Partners: MAMA-86 Poltava, MAMA-86 Kiev, MAMA-86 Yeremche and MAMA-86 Nishin, Fem-Consult, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg
Issues: Water, Food, Agriculture, Environment, Poverty, Health, Gender, Sustainable Development, Public Participation, Environmental Rights and Sanitation
Duration: 11/2003 - 11/2006
Ukraine - Ecological sanitation solutions
Dry urine-diverting toilets for schools and households
Partners: MAMA-86 Odessa, MAMA-86 Kiev and MAMA-86 Sevastapol
Issues: Sanitation and water
Duration: 01/2005 - 12/2006
Ukraine - Safe Drinking Water
Improving the drinking water conditions through public awareness and participation.
Partners: MAMA-86 Kiev
Issues: Water & Sanitation
Duration: 03/1999 - 12/2003
Uzbekistan - Toxic Pollution in the Aral Sea Region
Research on toxins in the Aral Sea region: many years of DDT and other pesticide use shows up in mothermilk and cord blood.
Partners: University of Groningen, Center Perzent
Issues: Chemicals, food, agriculture, health, gender
Duration: 01/1999 - 01/2000
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Advocacy Projects
Aarhus Convention
Information, public participation and access to justice - useful tools for WECF and its members
Partners: European Eco-Forum
Issues: Gender & Sustainable Development
Duration: 07/2005 - 07/2011
Breast Cancer: Policy and Prevention
Linking Breast cancer and our environment; is chemical exposure the missing link factor in the rise of the breast cancer epidemic?
Partners: WECF NL, WECF Germany, WECF UK
Issues: health, chemicals, gender
Duration: 01/2007 - 12/2010
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
Partners: HEAL, ISDE Austria, EcoForum
Issues: environmental health, children's health, indoor air pollution
Duration: 09/2009 - 04/2010
Civil society and sound hazardous waste management, asbestos and POPs, in Kazakhstan
Partners: EcoCenter Kazakhstan, Greenwomen Kazakhstan, University of Kassel, Germany
Issues: Chemicals and Health
Duration: 01/2009 - 10/2010
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
Partners: Women for Water, energia, MAMA-86 and Wedo
Issues: Gender, Sustainable Development
Duration: 03/1999 - 08/2011
Gender Equality
Putting Gender Equality Central; a project to promote a gender and human rights perspective in WECF's activities
Partners: WECF NL, WECF DE, WECF FR
Issues: gender, rights, health
Duration: 09/2008 - 09/2011
Germany - Networks for healthy food
Promoting fair, healthy and local food production - co-operation project between Unser Land and WECF members
Partners: Unser Land, ZijActief
Issues: Agriculture and Food
Duration: 02/2006 - 07/2010
International Project Nesting - A healthy Environment for Healthy Children
helping parents to create a safe and healthy environment for their newborns
Partners: Clean Up Greece, Large Familes Association Hungary, WECF France, WECF UK, WECF Netherlands, WECF Germany
Issues: health, chemicals
Duration: 09/2008 - 12/2011
Safe Toys Coalition
The “Safe Toys Coalition” aims to protect children’s health by striving for a world free of toxic and unsafe toys
Partners: WECF Germany, WECF France, WECF Netherlands, Eco Accord
Issues: safe toys, safe children's products
Duration: 01/2010 - 01/2013
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
Partners: WECF Germany
Issues: ecological cleaning, prevention of mould
Duration: 09/2009 - 09/2010
Past Projects
3rd World Water Forum - Kyoto
The water and sanitation sector meets every three years at the World Water Forum. WECF took part in Kyoto in 2003 and Mexico City in 2005. It is preparing for Istanbul 2009.
Partners: NVR and Wedo
Issues: Water, Sanitation
Duration: 01/2003 - 12/2003
4th World Water Forum Mexico 2006
The water and sanitation sector meets every three years at the World Water Forum. WECF took part in Kyoto in 2003 and Mexico City in 2005. It is preparing for Istanbul 2009.
Partners: Women for Water, Wedo, IUCN and Gender-Water Alliance
Issues: Water & Sanitation
Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2006
Asbestos in Eastern Europe and the Rotterdam Convention
Asbestos: a silent killer on a global scale
Partners: Eco-Accord Russia, MAMA-86 Harkiev, Green Women Kazahkstan
Issues:
Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2008
Beijing + 10
In 1995 world leaders met in Beijing to commit to strengthening women’s rights and women’s involvement worldwide. WECF organized a conference on Women, Health and the Environment at the NGO-forum.
Partners: Life, WECF Spain, Wedo
Issues: Gender & Sustainable Development
Duration: 02/2005 - 06/2005
Chemikalien im Alltag
Politik, Industrie und Verbraucherinnen können gemeinsam das Risiko durch gesundheitsschädliche Chemikalien in Alltagsprodukten für Frauen, Männer und Kinder verringern.
Partners: Deutscher Hausfrauenbund, EWMD, BUND, Greenpeace, EEB
Issues: Safe Chemicals, Environment & Gender
Duration: 08/2005 - 02/2007
Children's Environmental Action Plan for Europe
Aiming to implement the European strategy for healthy citizens through a healthy environment.
Partners: European Eco-Forum, HEAL
Issues: Chemicals, Environment, Health
Duration: 08/2006 - 12/2006
Children's Environmental Health - Budapest 2004
Children's environmental health was the focus of the 4. Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Budapest from 22. - 25. of June. WECF and Ecoforum took an acitve part in the outcome.
Partners: Large Families Association, Clean Air Action Hungary
Issues: Chemicals, Health and Environment
Duration: 05/2004 - 11/2004
Countdown to Copenhagen
WECF present at Copenhagen Climate Summit, December 2009
Partners:
Issues: nuclear energy, biofuels, sustainable energy
Duration: 11/2009 - 12/2009
Eliminating toxic chemicals globally
Working to ensure that by 2020 all consumer products are free of hazardous chemicals
Partners: AWHHE, WEN, EcoAccord, MAMA-86 Harkiev
Issues: Chemicals, Health, Gender
Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2008
EU - Eco-efficiency and sustainable development
WECF project 'Eco-efficiency and sustainable development'
Partners: WEN, EEB, HEAL
Issues: Health, Environment and Sustainable Development
Duration: 03/2006 - 12/2006
EU - Fact Sheet Common Agricultural Policy
Information on organic farming, conventional agriculture and policies in the EU.
Partners: WECF Spain
Issues: Environment
Duration: 01/2006 - 12/2006
EU - Fact Sheet Natura 2000
Information on the EU development Natura 2000
Partners: WECF Spain
Issues: Environment
Duration: 01/2006 - 08/2006
Germany - Local Climate Change Action
Moving climate protection closer to the people
Partners: Green City
Issues: Energy & Climate Change
Duration: 08/2006 - 11/2006
Greece - REACH Youth Event
REACH youth event Athens
Partners: CleanupGreece
Issues: Health, Chemicals, Public Participation, Sustainable Development
Duration: 04/2005 - 04/2005
Hungary - Our Common Future
WECF network conference in Budapest 2004 - 100 European women's leaders build capacity on participation in policy making
Partners: all WECF members
Issues: Health, Chemicals, Environment, Sustainable Development, Gender, Agriculture and Food
Duration: 03/2004 - 06/2004
International Year of Sanitation
A lack of safe sanitary facilities, causing water pollution and disease is still a daily practice for 20 to 23 million Europeans within the European Union. WECF's work has put safe and affordable sustainable sanitation on the top of the European political agenda during the International Year of Sanitation 2008
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
Issues:
Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2008
Nuclear is not a solution to Climate Change
Nuclear industry is a threat to our health, our environment and human right
Partners: Unison Kazakhstan, Black Sea Women's Club, Eco...Russia (olga), WISE, Genanet cc, Umweltinstitut Muenchen, Greenpeace, Foe, International Forum of Globalisation
Issues:
Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2009
Poland - Women, chemicals and health
Two workshops on Women, Health and Chemicals
Partners: Karat, Social Ecological Institute
Issues: Chemicals, Gender
Duration: 03/2004 - 06/2005
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.
Partners: Social Ecological Institute Warsaw, Unser Land
Issues: Agriculture and Food
Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2009
REACH - Eliminating toxic chemicals in the EU
Working to ensure that by 2020 all consumer products are free of hazardous chemicals
Partners: WEN, Deutscher Hausfrauenbund, EWMD, BUND, Greenpeace, EEB, ZijActief
Issues: Chemicals, Health, Environment
Duration: 01/2004 - 12/2006
The Netherlands - Our Toxic Free Future
Working towards a Toxic Free Future - getting ready for action.
Partners: Tiye, ZijActief
Issues: Health, Chemicals, Gender and the Environment
Duration: 03/2003 - 06/2003
Women as the Voice for the Right to a Healthy Environment
WECF took part in the UNECE "Environment for Europe" Conference from October 10 - 12, 2007 in Belgrade, Serbia. And held its own network meeting in Belgrade.
Partners: Environmental Ambassadors, UNEP, all WECF members
Issues: Environment, sustainable development, gender, public participation and environmental rights.
Duration: 05/2007 - 10/2007
World Summit on Sustainable Development
World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002 - pushing the gender issue.
Partners: Wedo, Life, NVR, AWHHE and MAMA-86
Issues: Gender & Sustainable Development
Duration: 01/2002 - 12/2002
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