The Swedish Water House (SWH) was established in 2003 by the Swedish Government with the overall objective to support international policy development and cooperation in the water and development field by generating knowledge, disseminating it and building partnerships. Therefore SWH annually organises a range of seminars and workshops focusing on various topics in the field of water and development.

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.

The WWF is a global organisation acting locally through a network of over 90 offices in over 40 countries around the world with varying degrees of autonomy; WWF France operates as part of this network. The WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of our planet’s natural environment, and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

The first World Toilet Expo & Forum was held in Shanghai in 2005, and thereafter in Bangkok in 2006. It is organized by the World Toilet Organization and is held annually. It features innovative and practical solutions from leading industry names and works towards improving sanitation both for urban and rural areas and encourage corporate participants to provide holistic solutions.

Women in Europe for a Common Future - WECF was created in 1994 following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, to give women a stronger voice in sustainable development and environmental policy, with the aim of balancing environmental, health and economic perspectives. WECF strives for a healthy environment for all.

Water Aid is a leading independent not-for-profit profit organisation that works to help the world’s poorest people gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. WaterAid is headquartered in London, with independent alliance members around the world, of which WaterAid Australia is one.

WaterAid America is a leading independent not-for-profit organisation that works to help the world’s poorest people gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. WaterAid is headquartered in London, with independent alliance members around the world, of which WaterAid America is one.

Water For People was founded in February 1991 as an international not-for-profit organisation. Water For People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs.

Water Advocates is a US-based not-for-profit advocacy group that focuses solely on increasing American public and private-citizen support for safe drinking water and adequate sanitation internationally, through both private and public funding. Water Advocates does not seek funding for itself from the general public, but urges American individuals and institutions to increase their support for well-designed, accountable water projects through channels of their own choosing.

Triangle Génération Humanitaire is an International Solidarity Organisation founded in 1994. Triangle provides concrete solutions to alleviate the suffering of populations living in unacceptable circumstances. It fights poverty and defends social integration. It offers support to victims of conflict, natural catastrophes and other events causing precarious living conditions. Triangle’s action, integrating emergency and development, is characterized by a global, comprehensive approach to humanitarian assistance.

Toilettes Du Monde, is an association, whose objective is the promotion of ecological purification (resource preservation and the return of nutriments into the biological cycle). Toilettes Du Monde has two main activities: promotion of ecological purification within disadvantaged populations  and the promotion of ecological purification (or éco-assainissement) in France.

Solidaritätsdienst-international is a not-for profit organisation that champions solidarity, justice and peace in the world, and advocates the conservation of natural resources. Solidaritätsdienst-international was founded in 1990, as the legal successor to the Solidarity Committee of the German Democratic Republic. It is politically and philosophically independent and currently has over 300 members.

The mission of GCI is to respond to the combined challenges of security, poverty and environmental degradation to ensure a sustainable and secure future. To achieve this, GCI promotes through dialogue and co-operation legal and behavioural norms that ensure basic changes in the values and actions of government, the private sector and civil society; contributes to prevention and resolution of conflicts arising from environmental degradation; and provides assistance to people affected by the environmental consequences of wars and man made calamities.

On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) started an international ecosan program in May 2001. The aims of the GTZ ecosan program are to establish ecological sanitation concepts as an internationally recognised alternative approach to sanitation and to improve the sustainability of water and sanitation projects in developing countries.

The German NGO Forum on Environment and Development was founded in 1992 after the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. It coordinates activities of German NGOs in international policy processes on sustainable development. It lobbies both at national and international level to implement the decisions passed in Rio and tries to do whatever is possible to eradicate poverty world-wide and to protect the environment.

The EcoSanRes (Ecological Sanitation Research) Programme aims to develop and promote sustainable sanitation in the developing world through capacity development and knowledge management as a contribution to equity, health, poverty alleviation, and improved environmental quality. EcoSanRes is funded by Sida and is a member of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and the African Sanitation Knowledge Network (ASKNet).

Solidarité Eau Europe (SEE - Solidarity Water Europe, SWE)  is an international non-governmental organisation created in 1998, at the joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the International Secretariat for Water with the support of the French Committee of Water Agencies. SWE’s mission is to contribute to access to water and sanitation for all populations of Europe, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, and to mobilise all stakeholders to apply the principles of integrated water resource management at local level.

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an independent international research institute, which has been engaged in environment and development issues at local, national, regional and global policy levels for more than 20 years. Its goal is to bring about change for sustainable development by bridging science and policy. SEI does this by providing integrated analysis that supports decision makers.

Ingénieurs Sans Frontières is a federation of 38 established associations in 70 schools of French engineers. The federation works to embed sustainable development principles into the engineering educational process. 900 young engineers participate every year through the network in development projects.

The Grüne Liga was founded on the 18th of November, 1989 in the German Democratic Republic as a network of ecological movements. The Grüne Liga umbrella covers a wide range of members ranging from small well connected but independent groups, primarily interested in nature protection and educational, to large projects sponsored by private enterprises and the state.   

In France and abroad, Eau Vive calls for access to water for all, lobbying for water to be recognized as a human right, for decentralized cooperation to be strengthened and for the international community to take action. In addition, Eau Vive works alongside rural communities in Africa, to provide better access to water and to implement actions in the fields of health, education, training and agricultural production.

Earth Day Network’s mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilise it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a healthy, sustainable environment. EDN pursue this mission through a combination of education, public policy, and consumer activism campaigns. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world.

“Kinderhilfe Sambia” is a not-for-profit organisation based in Berlin with 63 members. Their mission is to help build a world in which people can live together in an equitable fashion without poverty or polluting the environment. They aim to achieve this through a number of construction projects involving local communities in Zambia.

The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an American charity that uses law, science and the support of 1.3 million members and online activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. NRDC was founded in 1970 by a group of law students and attorneys at the forefront of the environmental movement and today employs more than 300 people.

„Dreikönigsaktion“ (DKA) is the relief organisation of the catholic youth organisation in Austria („Katholische Jungschar“). Since 1955 the old tradition of going carol-singing was revived as a symbol of solidarity with people in developing countries. Each year 85.000 girls and boys dress up as the Magi and roam from house to house announcing the Nativity and at the same time collecting money for people in need.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision-makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. A bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change.

The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) is a not-for-profit international development organisation headquartered in Bremen, Germany with regional offices in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam . It began its work in 1977, starting with its first project, “Technology Transfer of Biogas India-Ethiopia.” Since then it has been active in the delivery of basic needs services across the developing world, from India, to Indonesia and Southern Africa.

The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur – BOKU) sees itself as a research establishment for ecological and economic sustainability. Its task is it, to secure the basis of life for future generations through the knowledge provided by the variety of its specialist fields: national sciences, technology and economics.

Berliner Wassertisch is a local Berlin network compromising of representatives from various groups, initiatives and interested parties, all of whom have the common interest: “water belongs to us all – water is a human right”.  

Berlin 21 e.V.  is a non-profit organisation which is engaged in sustainability in Berlin and is acting in between politics, economy and civil society. Berlin 21’s goal is it to put the lifestyle of sustainability in the centre of society’s interest. Therefore it makes efforts on the development of new ideas in the field of sustainability and supports promising innovative projects and learning processes.

The Australian Toilet Organisation was founded in 2001 and is the Australian chapter of the World Toilet Organization. It is a global network of like-minded folk working to improve toilets and sanitation across the globe. As the Australian Chapter of the World Toilet Organization, the Australian Toilet Organisation is a voluntary, not-for-profit group of toileteers who want to change the world by improving toilets and sanitation.  

The ASA-Program and its partners organise three-month work and study stays for young people from Germany and other European countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and South Eastern Europe. It promotes exchange and learning about the world through personal experience.

The African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene aims to place sanitation and hygiene at the top of the development agenda in Africa and is part of a continent-wide process to assess progress, challenges, and lessons towards achieving the sanitation Millennium Goals. The AfricanSan Conference was organized under the auspices of AMCOW and its partners.  

UN-Water is a mechanism to strengthen co-ordination and coherence among all UN bodies dealing with water-related issues, from health to farming, environment to energy, food to climate, and sanitation to disasters. Set up in 2003, UN-Water consists of 26 members, including UNICEF, WHO, WSSCC, UNDP, UN-Habitat, UNEP and FAO. In 2008 it proclaimed the Internationale Year of Sanitation and helped to launch the "Where would you hide?"-exhibition. UN-Water is not another UN agency; it adds value to existing UN programmes and projects and fosters more co-operation and information-sharing among existing UN agencies and outside partners. UN-Water is responsible for organizing the annual United Nations World Water Day (22 March) and the Decade on Water 2005 - 2015.

"UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. They have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality.  That makes them unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young. "

The "World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global not-for-profit organisation committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTO is also one of the few organisations to focus on toilets instead of water, which receives more attention and resources under the common subject of sanitation. Founded in 2001 with 15 members, it now has 182 member organisations in 56 countries working towards the elimination of the toilet taboo and the delivery of sustainable sanitation. WTO has also declared its founding day of November 19 as "World Toilet Day" and this is now being celebrated by members all over the world. Thus increasing awareness and generating local action for better sanitation."

The “Swiss Campaign for the International Year of Sanitation (IYS)” is a joint initiative of seven Swiss partners from the private and public sector. The activities of the Swiss Campaign for the IYS are being coordinated by Skat, a consulting company and foundation, active in international aid work.

Latrine du Togo is an NGO composed completely of volunteers. Since 1991 Latrine du Togo has improved sanitary education and constructed latrines in partnership with schools in Sokodé. Over 240 latrines have been built to date.

The Japan Water Forum (JWF) serves as the secretariat for the “A Future for Water-Related Aid Activities” study group, which aims to build capacity for NGOs in Japan and is one of the various NGO study groups sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The study group focuses on sanitation and hygiene, bringing together a diverse range of NGOs who specialise in school education, public health and rural development, as well as water supply and sanitation. The JWF was set up in Japan, Tokyo, as a successor to the secretariat of the 3rd World Water Forum.

"The EcoSan Club was funded as a non profit association in 2002 by a group of people active in research & development as well as planning & consultancy in the field of sanitation.
The underlying aim is the realisation of ecological concepts to close material cycles in settlements. In addition to the main activities of the association - promotion of EcoSan principles, international networking, provision of information - the number of planning and consultancy projects was increasing."

Coalition Eau (Water Coalition) is a new player on the French water scene, and it brings together NGOs actively involved in water and sanitation issues. The coalition’s main objective is to maximise their influence by actiung collaboratively to get the sector’s voice heard. This new collective work space will help to strengthen mobilisation and dialogue between NGOs involved in the field.

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s escalating water crisis. SIWI manages projects, synthesis research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues. SIWI serves as a platform for knowledge sharing and networking between the scientific, business, policy and civil society communities. SIWI builds professional capacity and understanding of the links between water-society-environment-economy.