Projects

Kyrgyzstan: Creating local capacity for improved rural living standards via sustainable energy and sanitation
Reduce poverty via sustainable development, specifically through improved access to basic resources such as energy and safe sanitation

Donors: European Commission with the additional aid of Natracare and Sjef Jorritsma & Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Partners: KAWS, ALGA, Camp Alatoo

Duration: 01/2011 - 12/2012

Bulgaria: Water safety plan for environmental education for teachers as multipliers for children and young people at the example of rural communities in Bulgaria
Bulgarien: Trinkwassersicherheitskonzept zur Umweltbildung für Lehrkräfte als Multiplikatoren für Kinder und Jugendliche am Beispiel ländlicher Gemeinden in Bulgarien

Donors: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

Partners: EfE, Eco World

Duration: 08/2011 - 11/2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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