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Agenda Item #10
Summary conclusions

The summary conclusions were made by Steve Halls. He highlighted a number of keywords that came up numerous times during the day - transparency and reporting initiatives (particularly with local governments); interlinkages, particularly with water energy, waste etc.; capacity building at all levels, niche focus, where IETC's niche clearly lies within the urban and water environments; local action is critical, and partnerships with partner organizations such as ICLEI and others are critical for implementation; innovation in technology and related issues; public participation, gender sensitivity/inclusiveness should be more integrated in IETC's programmes; provision of reliable, accurate, verifiable information of hard and soft technologies is of fundamental importance - along with training, capacity building and training; partnerships with a range of strategic organizations is needed to implement IETC programmes.

Life-cycle thinking also came up several times, and micro/small solutions that are decentralized was emphasized. Monitoring and indicator development was found to be critical.

Agenda Item #11
Close of the meeting

Jacquiline Aloisi de Larderel pointed out that the IAB has been a good forum for the exchange of ideas, and she thanked all the participants for their active contribution to the deliberation. The guidance given to IETC and to UNEP as a whole was gratefully acknowledged.

IAB members were called on to support IETC indifferent ways - strategic, intellectual, networking and financial. She also thanked the IAB members for the complements and encouragement given to the IETC team.

  Table of Contents

  • 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.