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The Water Footprint Assessment online Tool
Civil Society, Framework, Civil SocietyThe Water Footprint Assessment Tool The Water Footprint Assessment (WFA) Tool is a free online web application assisting users in water footprint quantification, sustainability assessment and response formulation. The Beta version of the tool will be released in July 2012 and version 1.0 in December 2012. The WFA Tool can be used by companies, governments, NGOs, investors, consultants,...
The Water Footprint Assessment Manual
Civil Society, Framework, Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Ashok K. Chapagain, Maite M. Aldaya and Mesfin M. Mekonnen The manual breaks new ground by presenting a scientifically rigorous method for companies to understand their dependency and impact on global water resources. It also offers guidance on response strategies that conserve water for industry, communities, and nature. It offers a complete and up-to-date...
Guide to Gender Sensitive Indicators
DonorThe aim of this Guide is to promote conceptual and methodological understanding of indicators, with special emphasis on gender-sensitive indicators and offer suggestions and guidance for use of gender-sensitive indicators, with a particular focus on projects with an end-user focus. Annex 1 Definitions of key terms Annex 2 Criteria for the selection of indicators Annex 3 Examples of Region/...
List of participants - Corruption Risk Assessment in Water Sector Conference February 2012
Asia and the Pacific, Corruption, Event Material, UNDP ProducedThis document contains a list of participants who took part in the conference, entitled 'Assessing the Integrity in the Water Sector of the Republic of Tajikistan' held in Dushanbe, on the 14-15th of February 2012 .
Recommendations for the water sector in Tajikistan
Asia and the Pacific, Corruption, Event Material, UNDP ProducedInteragency Action Plan for the Implementation of Report Recommendations on 'Corruption Risk Assessment in Water Sector', Urban Water Supply Section, presented on the workshop 'Assessing the integrity in the water sector in Tajikistan' organized by the Tajikistan UNDP country office in Dushanbe (14-15 Feb. 2012).
Integrity Risk of Water Sector in Republic of Tajikistan
Asia and the Pacific, Corruption, Report, UNDP ProducedThis report provides an overview of the risk of corruption in the drinking water and irrigation sectors of the Republic of Tajikistan. Information and data used in the report were obtained as a result of research commissioned within the framework of UNDP project “Sector Integrity Vulnerability Risk Assessment in Water Sector of the Republic of Tajikistan”. Qualitative and quantitative methods...
Workshop agenda - Assessing integrity in the water sector in Tajikistan
Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Corruption, Event Material, UNDP ProducedAgenda for the workshop 'Assessing the integrity in the water sector in Tajikistan' organized by the Tajikistan UNDP country office in Dushanbe (14-15 Feb. 2012). On the first day, the report 'Sector Integrity Vulnerability Risk Assessment in the Water Sector of the Republic of Tajikistan' was presented and its findings approved. On the second day, the information-base for scaling up...
Dumping on women : gender and privatisation of waste management
Africa, Book, Governance and Gender, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankThis book is based on research conducted in the South African municipalities of Thabazimbi, Sol Plaatje and Johannesburg. The aim of the research was to find out how privatization of waste management services affected men and women differently and if privatization makes it harder for municipalities to promote equity between women and men. The Introduction explains the research and some of the key...
ScienceDirect.com - Cities - Designing good urban governance indicators: The importance of citizen participation and its evaluation in Greater Vancouver
Article / Working Paper, Academic/Think TankThose developing good urban governance indicators face at least four major challenges: concept definition, measure choice, sample choice and indicator evaluation. While data collection and manipulation are often of primary concern, normative considerations are at least equally important insofar as they establish which indicators best represent ‘good’ urban governance and the standards by which...
Governance of Public Policies in Decentralised Contexts - The Multi-Level Approach
Local Governance and Decentralization, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe ability of sub national governments to “better spend”, by identifying relevant paths for territorial competitiveness and effective delivery of public services, is largely enshrined in their institutional background. Rather than isolated actors, sub national authorities and central governments are “mutually dependent”. In this context, and for a majority of OECD member and non-member...