- LTS International Ltd – staff time, office space and legal advice;
- School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia;
- Bates, Wells and Brathwaite Solicitors;
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and we will continue to work with these organisations subject to their continued interest. Alongside these organisations we will seek strategic partnerships with those who share our objectives; whom we can develop mutually beneficial relationships with; who can provide funding or other forms of support and whom we can support to further our objectives.
Operational affiliates
Our national operational affiliates, those who we will work with and support ‘in the field’ will be assessed against a set of criteria we will develop to ensure that they are credible and share some of our key values. Wherever possible, in recognition of our demand driven approach, we will encourage reciprocal organisations in less-developed countries to determine the nature and extent of our partnerships. We already have links with a wide range of NGO’s, government and community based groups in East Africa and India and will publicise them and their work once we have their approval to do so.
International advisors
We see that our future strength and value – our niche, lies in being able to bring evidence of what is really happening ‘on the ground’ and in linking the international community and donors to the reality of water resource management in developing countries. In order to facilitate this we will identify and recruit a team of well placed and reputable voluntary international advisors to work alongside our operational affiliates. Advisors will also include leading figures from water resource management practice and research, to ensure that our own thinking on the issues is up to date and practically relevant.
Strategic partners
It will be important early on to clarify with others working in the sector, issues where there is potential for duplication and wastage of effort and to explore complementarities and potential modalities of working together. We hope to develop strategic partnerships with:
The UK Water Network: represents British organizations with an interest in water and development and works to increase the impact of its members by providing a forum where agencies can exchange information, enhance their analysis and coordinate their advocacy towards the UK Government and other relevant institutions on freshwater issues. The Network was constituted in November 1999 and is affiliated with BOND (the British Overseas NGO’s for Development)
Freshwater Action Network: Freshwater Action Network is a global network of environmental and developmental Non-governmental and Community Based Organisations working to strengthen civil society's participation in international water policy formulation.
WaterAid: WaterAid is an international charity with a mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. WaterAid and its partners use practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people. It also seeks to influence policy at national and international levels.
WWF: is the world's largest independent conservation organisation, with a global network, working in more than 90 countries. It is a challenging, constructive, science-based organisation that addresses issues from the survival of species and habitats to climate change, sustainable business and environmental education
DFID: The Department for International Development (DFID), with a growing budget of £5 billion in 2006-7, is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty.
Water Integrity Network:The Water Integrity Network (WIN), formed in 2006, stimulates anti-corruption activities in the water sector locally, nationally and globally. It promotes solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.
Other organizations may include the International Water Resource Association; Partners for Water and Sanitation; the Environment Agency; Universities and research institutions.