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International Organizations
3R Knowledge Hub The principle of reducing waste, reusing and recycling resources and products is often called the "3R".3RKH is the Knowledge Hub where information and resources related to implement such activities are;
CIDA-AIT Partnership SEA-UEMA Project School of Environment, Resources and Development Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120 Thailand Tel: +66-2-524-5777; Fax: +66-2-524-8338 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://www.sea-uema.ait.ac.th The SEA-UEMA Project is a partnership between the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Asian Institute of Technology. Its goal is to contribute to the improvements of urban environmental conditions in Southeast Asia. It seeks to attain improved implementation and sharing of sound urban environmental management policies and practices. The focus of the project is on three key urban environmental sub-sectors, water and sanitation, solid waste and air pollution, with poverty reduction and gender equality as the two crosscutting themes. The projects two key components are UEM Graduate Education, and UEM Applications and Networks.
Collaborative Working Group for Low and Middle Income Countries Skat Foundation Vadianstrasse 42 CH-9000 St. Gallen Switzerland Phone: +41 71 228 54 54 Fax: +41 71 228 54 55 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Collaborative Working Group (CWG) is an informal network whose principal activity is to ensure exchange of information between the partners on key SWM issues, and to provide the opportunity for common actions to improve sector performance and learning on sustainable SWM. German Development Service (DED) 11th Floor PDCP Bank Centre Building V.A Rufino cor. L.P. Leviste Sts. Salcedo Village, Makati City Telephone: 02-812 5640 / 02-840 3890 Fax: 02-894 1486 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://ph.ded.de/ DED is a Personnel Service and was founded in 1963 by the Federal Republic of Germany. DED is present in 45 countries with almost 1,000 professionals. DED started in the Philippines in 1991; more than 30 professionals are currently assigned in the Philippines. Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) 1100 Wayne Avenue- Suite 700 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Tel: 1-800-GO-SWANA Fax: 301-589-7068 Website: http://www.swana.org For over 40 years, SWANA, The Solid Waste Association of North America, has been the leading professional association in the solid waste management field. SWANA’s mission is "to advance the practice of environmentally and economically sound management of municipal solid waste." SWANA serves over 8,000 members and thousands more industry professionals with technical conferences, certifications, publications and a large offering of technical. Local Organizations National Solid Waste Management Commission Department of Environment and Natural resources Environmental Management Bureau Visayas Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines Tel(02) 920-2252, 920-2279 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://www.emb.gov.ph/nswmc The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) is the major agency tasked to implement Republic Act 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. The law, signed in January 26, 2001, calls for the institutionalization of a national program that will manage the control, transfer, transport, processing and disposal of solid waste in the country. Chaired by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Commission will prescribe policies to effectively achieve the objectives of RA 9003. It will oversee the implementation of appropriate solid waste management plans by end-users and local governments as mandated by law. Ayala Foundation, Inc. 10th Floor Ayala Wing, BPI Building 6768 Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas Makati City, Philippines T (632) 752-1101 to 02 F (632) 813-4487 or (632) 813-4488 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: http://www.ayalafoundation.org The Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) is a nonstock, nonprofit organization that serves as the socio-cultural development arm of the Ayala Group of Companies (AGC). Through various social development and cultural programs, the Foundation works to fulfill the needs of the whole person, firmly believing in the human being as less of an object of charity than a cause for celebration. Philippine Green Building Council UG-9 Cityland 8, # 98 Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue Makati City 1200 Philippines Tel/Fax: (02)830-0051 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it http://www.philgbc.org The Philippine Green Building Council is a national non-stock, non-profit organization that promotes the sharing of knowledge on green building practices to the building industry to ensure a sustainable environment. The Council shall promote the transformation of design, construction and management methods of the building industry into practices that are safe, healthy and environmentally and socially responsible that improves the quality of life. The Council shall also form an alliance of building and construction industry leaders from both the public and private sectors that will jointly develop a nationally accepted green building rating standard. Center for Advanced Philippine Studies 120-A K-8th Street East Kamias, Quezon City Philippines 1102 Tel: +632-4339042 Fax: +632-4345954 Website: http://www.caps.ph The Center for Advanced Philippines Studies (CAPS) believes in the pursuit of new knowledge in addressing present challenges. In developing countries like the Philippines, poverty, waste management, and sanitation are some of the most pressing problems. CAPS is engaged in innovative urban environmental management researches and projects most especially in the field integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM) and sustainable sanitation in relation to poverty alleviation.
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