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About UNEP
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United Nations Environment Programme
Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
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International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)
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IETC promotes and implements environmentally sound technologies (ESTs), including management systems, for disaster prevention, production and consumption and water and sanitation.
Since 2004, IETC has been focusing on:

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Disaster Management Sustainable Production and Consumption Water and Sanitation
 
Highlights

bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Consultation Workshop on Waste Management Partnership in Geneva, Switzerland, on 30 November – 1 December 2009 (November 2009)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online – "Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource – Compendium of Technologies" (October 2009) (PDF 5.2MB)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Regional Training Workshop on Integrated Solid Waste Management in Osaka, Japan, on 5-8 October 2009 (October 2009)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Climate Change – It’s Not Just C02 (September 2009)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Urgent need to become more strategic" (August 2009)
bullet Vacancy Announcement – Administrative Officer (P3)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Challenge of alien invasive species" (July 2009)
bullet Marshlands Project: Induction Training on World Heritage Nomination Process of the Marshlands of Mesopotamia in Iraq (June 2009)
bullet Marshlands Project: Kick-off Meeting for UNEP-UNESCO Joint Project "Natural Cultural Management of the Iraqi Marshlands as World Heritage" (June 2009)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online – "Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan – Training Manual Vol. 1: Waste Characterization and Quantification with Projections for Future" (June 2009) (PDF 884KB)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online – "Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan – Training Manual Vol. 2: Assessment of Current Waste Management System and Gaps therein" (June 2009) (PDF 294KB)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online – "Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan – Training Manual Vol. 3: Targets and Issues of Concern for ISWM" (June 2009) (PDF 301KB)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online – "Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan – Training Manual Vol. 4: ISWM Plan" (June 2009) (PDF 3.6MB)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Pokemon Cards and Climate Change – a New Link" (May 2009)
bullet Vacancy Announcement – Associate Programme Officer (L2)
bullet Vacancy Announcement – Project Officer (L3)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Our 'blue' forests have a vast role" (April 2009)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Global Green New Deal" (March 2009)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Future Food–Make it a Green Revolution with a Capital G" (February 2009)
bullet UNEP Executive Director: Asahi Newspaper Column – "Action on the global mercury pollution" (January 2009)
bullet Marshlands Project: Environmental awareness campaign reaches women in the marshland villages (April - August 2008)
bullet Marshlands Project: Location Maps for Support for Environmental Management of the Iraqi Marshlands Project (December 2008)
bullet Water and Sanitation: Publication online – "Every Drop Counts: Environmentally Sound Technologies for Urban and Domestic Water Use Efficiency" (November 2008)
bullet Vacancy Announcement – Team Assistant (G4)
bullet Marshlands Project: Evaluation Meeting for Support for Environmental Management of the Iraqi Marshlands Project (September 2008)
bullet Vacancy Announcement – Administrative Clerk (G4)
bullet Marshlands Project: UNEP's Iraqi Marshlands Project receives 2007 UN 21 Award Commendation (June 2008)
bullet Marshlands Project: Marshlands Project: New Japanese web site of the Iraqi Marshlands Project has opened (May 2008)
bullet Procurement Opportunity: RE-TENDER - Supply, installation and commissioning of Waste Management Systems for "Demonstrating Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for Building Waste Reduction in Indonesia (DEBRI)" (May 2008)
bullet Marshlands Project: Training Course on Sustainable Management of the Iraqi Marshlands (Phase III) (April 2008)
bullet Procurement Opportunity: Supply, installation and commissioning of Waste Management Systems for "Demonstrating Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for Building Waste Reduction in Indonesia (DEBRI)" (April 2008)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online - "Resource Augmentation by Tapping Renewable Resources and by Utilizing Waste in Viet Nam" (February 2008) (PDF 646KB)
bullet Marshlands Project: Document online - "Completion Report on Drinking Water and Sanitation Pilot Projects and EST Assessment of Selected Options" (January 2008) (PDF 4.6MB)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online - "E-Waste Vol. 1: Inventory Assessment Manual" (December 2007) (PDF 1.7MB)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online - "E-Waste Vol. 2: E-waste Management Manual (December 2007) (PDF 2.2MB) "
bullet Marshlands Project: 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit: Open Event: Water Resources and Environment in Euphrates-Tigris River Basin, Beppu City, Oita, Japan (Sunday, 2 December 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Marshlands Project: New Arabic web site of the Iraqi Marshlands Project has opened (November 2007)
bullet Sustainable Production and Consumption: Publication online - "Training Module: Closing an Open Dumpsite and Shifting from Open Dumping to Controlled Dumping and to Sanitary Land Filling (2005) (PDF 4MB)"
bullet DEBRI Project: New web-site for the DEBRI Project has opened (October 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: New web-site of the Iraqi Marshlands Project has opened (August 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Environmental awareness campaign reaches women in the marshland villages (June 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Evaluation Meeting for Support for Environmental Management of the Iraqi Marshlands Project (Phase II-A) (April 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Technical Meeting of Government of Iraq and UNEP Support for Environmental Management of Iraqi Marshlands (April 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Water Quality Monitoring Programme (April 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Constructed Wetland for sanitation is in operation at Al-Chibayish, Thi-Qar Governorate (March 2007)
bullet Marshlands Project: Report on Press Conference & Courtesy Visit, Tokyo (7 December 2006)
bullet Marshlands Project: Report on UNEP International Workshop on Sustainable Management of the Iraqi Marshlands, Kyoto (8 December 2006)
bullet Marshlands Project: Report on Training Course on Drinking Water Provision with Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) and Water Quality Management of the Iraqi Marshlands, Japan (6-15 December 2006)
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  • Major Projects
  • DEBRI Project
  • DEBRI Project
  • Iraqi Marshlands Project
  • Iraqi Marshlands Project
  • IETC's Tools
  • Environmentally Sound Technology Information System
  • ESTIS facilitates creation and management of websites on the Internet, sharing and searching of information across multiple ESTIS websites, publishing of information by non-web designers and decentralized management of content.
  • WiseWater
  • WiseWater is a spreadsheet application for projecting reductions in Water Consumption Patterns after application of Environmentally Sound Technologies. It is included as part of the publication "Every Drop Counts: Environmentally Sound Technologies for Urban and Domestic Water Use Efficiency".
  • Pamolare
  • PAMOLARE is an environmental modelling tool to forecast the changes in water quality leading to the eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs.
    The versatility of PAMOLARE allows for its use in decision making process as well as for training purposes.