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International development - project details

The Institute for Sustainable Futures

The Institute has been engaged by non-government and government agencies in diverse projects. Some of these include:

  • AusAID – Design and implement a monitored trial of composting toilets in Kiritimati, Pacific

  • AusAID – Evaluate and conduct quality assurance for the Philippine/Australia Local Sustainability Program

  • AusAID – Review the Philippines Regional and Municipal Development Program

  • AusAID – Institutional Partnership for enhancing capacity building for local government in the Philippines

  • AusAID – Evaluate the impacts of public enterprise reform and privatisation in the Philippines

  • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – Review progress of City Development Strategies (CDSs) in Vietnam and preparing documentation for further CDSs in the Mekong Region

  • United Nations Development Program – Conduct initial local capacity assessment for planning, budgeting and managing public resources in Vietnam

  • Cities Alliance – Evaluate the impact of CDSs globally in developing countries and develop a monitoring and evaluation framework

  • Asian Development Bank – Institutional Support for Governance Reform at the national level in Nepal

  • ILO – Research the social and employment impacts of decentralisation and privatisation

  • ILO – Research the implications for labour and industrial relations of the privatisation of utilities in the Asia–Pacific region

  • Public Services International – Research the impacts of structural adjustment programs in the Asia–Pacific region

  • World Bank – Prepare City Development Strategies for Halong and Can Tho, Vietnam

  • Adventist Development Relief Agency – Evaluate the ADRA Laos qualitative participatory monitoring system 'Most Significant Change'.

  • World Vision Australia – Evaluate the Andean Permaculture Project in Ecuador and Peru using innovative visually–aided dialogic approaches

  • World Vision Australia, Water Aid Australia – Assess progress toward water and sanitation targets in South East Asia and the Pacific region

  • AidWatch – Study the impacts of water service delivery privatisation in the Asian region

  • International Water Association and WEDC (Loughborough University, UK) – Develop an international demand management framework for use in both developed and developing countries

  • Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan, US AID, Academy for Educational Development – Conduct workshops on innovation in water efficiency including demand forecasting with an end–use basis

  • Ministry of Regional Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources in the Sultanate of Oman – Study water resource management and planning for the Salalah Region in the Sultanate

  • Centre for Sustainability, Green Productivity for Integrated Community Development program, Hanoi, Vietnam, and the Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Asia Fellowship – Investigate how ecological principles can be used to contribute to sustainable communities and rural development models.

 


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