Home: Netherlands

Description: The Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) is a space for collaborative monitoring of implementation of international (and national) commitments made by governments towards the creation of an inclusive information society.

It focuses on monitoring progress made towards implementing the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action agenda and other international and national commitments related to information and communications. It also provides analytical overviews of institutions involved in implementation. GISWatch aims to make governments and international organisations accountable for meeting the commitments they make through contributing to building a strong and sustainable global civil society policy advocacy network.

Geographical focus: Worldwide

Web site language: English, French

URL: http://www.giswatch.org/

Home: Netherlands

Description: Milieukontakt international is an organization of committed professionals with a huge network of individuals, organizations and institutions working for a better environment throughout the world.
Our strategy can be defined in three phrases: building capacities, involving citizens and solving environmental problems. We provide training, coaching, support and advise for organization working for sustainability. We stimulate and support the involvement and empowerment of citizens and develop processes of participative strategy development and decision making. And finally, we connect these activities to solutions for environmental problems. All three elements can be found in the majority of our projects.

Geographical focus: Central Eastern Europe, The Balkans, The Caucasus

Web site language: English, Dutch

URL: http://milieukontakt.net/en/

Home: USA

Description: To engage in the developing and disseminating of information regarding hazards to human health and threats to the environment with particular emphasis on hazards or threats which are associated with occupying, purchasing, insuring, selling or owning residential, commercial or industrial property; testing methodologies and procedures to detect such hazards and threats; and programs and measures which mitigate or eliminate such hazards or threats.

Geographical focus: Worldwide

Web site language: English

URL: http://www.enviro-ed.org/index.html

Home: Switzerland

Description: A branch of IUCN global aiming to foster and fortify a European network of excellence in environmental research, policy and best practice, with the aim to contribute to IUCN’s global mission, support the integration of biodiversity conservation into economic development and to support innovative initiatives for the multifunctional, sustainable use of natural resources.

Geographical focus: Europe and North and Central Asia

Website language: English

URL: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/europe/

Home: Albania

Description: a non-governmental, non-profit organization promoting environmental sustainability in Albania.

Geographical focus: Albania

Website language: English and Albanian

URL: http://www.iep-al.org

Home: UK, Belgium, Finland

Description: IEEP is an independent not for profit institute dedicated to advancing an environmentally sustainable Europe through policy analysis, development and dissemination.

Geographical focus: Europe

Website language: English

URL: http://www.ieep.eu/