These links are done based on my own personal classification and are still a work in progress. Due to the interconnected nature of the water landscape some organizations may have links in a few different places. If you have suggestions, corrections, or would like me to add something, feel free to leave a comment. Hopefully, this is a useful resource to use when searching for a water question. I see it as a way of bookmarking and categorizing organizations to make future research easier.
United Nations
Aggregator of statistics and information Economic and Social- UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
- UNCTAD (United Nations Trade and Development Programme)
- UN ECA (Economic Commission for Africa)
- UN ESCWA (Economic Commission for West Asia)
- UN ESCAP (Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
- UN DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
- UN-Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)
- UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization)
- UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
- UNITAR (United Nations Training and Development Programme)
- WHO (World Health Organization)
- UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)
- UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme)
- UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees)
- UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
- CBD (Convention on Biodiversity)
- UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)
- UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
- UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
- WMO (World Meteorological Organization)
- UNISDR (The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)
- WFP (World Food Programme)
Multilateral Development Banks
World Bank Asian Development Bank African Development Bank Inter-American Development Bank European Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentThink Tanks
Water Specific- SIWI (Stockholm International Water Institute)
- IWMI (International Water Management Institute)
- Pacific Institute
- UNU-INWEH
- Water Observatory
- CEWAS (international centre for water management services)
- NIVA (Norwegian Institute for Water Research)
Expert Networks
Water Specific- World Water Council
- Global Water Partnership
- International Water Association
- Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
- Asia Pacific Water Forum
- Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation
- Freshwater Action Network
- AIDA – International Association for Water Law
- German WASH Network
- International Water Resource Economics Consortium
- London Water Research Group
- World Economic Forum (this link is directly to their water page)
NGOs and Charities
Water Specific- water.org (WASH)
- Charity : Water (WASH)
- WaterAid (advocacy and WASH)
- Water for People (WASH)
- FEMSA Foundation (conservation and sustainable use)
- WaterLex (human rights and legal)
- ICID (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage)
- ICRISAT (International Crop Research Institute of the Semi-Arid Tropics)
- Imagine H2O (innovation prizes and incubator)
- Aqua Sustentable (website in Spanish)
- Aqua for All (WASH)
- Faunagua (Ecosystems)
- Drinking Water dot org
- WWF (panda not wrestling (only USAmericans will find that funny))
- Oxfam
- IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (WASH)
- The Global Water Initiative (Howard G. Buffett Foundation)
- Greenpeace
- Conservation International (ecosystems)
- EDF (Environment Defence Fund) (ecosystems)
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (WASH)
- IDE-India (sustainable agriculture)
- ELI (Environmental Law Institute)
- ETC-Urban Agriculture
- Centre for Costal Health (Human, animal, and environment health)
- Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (Women’s rights)
- CLEAR (Women’s rights)
- Ceres (Investments in sustainable global economy)
- Ecoagriculture Partners
- Both Ends (Networking for water projects)
Multilateral Initiatives
Intergovernmental Organizations- Millennium Development Goals
- CGIAR (Global Agricultural Research Partnership)
- AMCOW (African Ministers’ Council on Water)
- EUWI (EU Water Initiative)
- European Environment Agency
- EUREAU (European Federation of national associations of water & wastewater services)
- ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development)
- Landscapes for People, Food and Nature
- Delta Alliance
- Global Water System Project
- Cap Net
- CAADP (The Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme)
National Development/Aid Organizations
- AFD (French Development Agency) (This link is to the water and sanitation section)
- ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research)
- CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)(link is to priority themes)GIZ (German Development Agency)
Education Institutions
Sole purpose Research Center- University of East Anglia (Water Security Research Centre)
- Columbia University (The Earth Institute)
- Harvard (Water Security Initiative)
- UFZ (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
- CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research Centre)
- Hard science
- Soft science (I am a soft scientist so no disrespect)
Private Companies
