TOP Contacts

The advocacy specialists listed below spend most of their time on advocacy, social mobilisation and communication. Although they are busy people they occasionally answer questions on their areas of expertise.

The Communication Initiative

The Communication Initiative is a partnership of development organisations seeking to support advances in the effectiveness and scale of communication interventions for positive international development. The C.I. strategy includes provision of real-time information on communication and development experiences and thinking, facilitating horizontal linkages between people engaged in communication action, peer commentary on programmes and strategies and taking opportunities to promote strategic thinking on communication and development issues and problems.

Contact person: Warren Feek
5148 Polson Terrace
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada V8Y 2C4
Phone: 1-(250)-658-6372
Fax: 1-(250)-658-1728
E-mail: wfeek@comminit.com

Freshwater Action Network

The 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.
FAN's advocacy efforts are geared towards helping members of the network understand international water policies and to co-operate together across the water sectors for more effective and influential participation in freshwater policy making and implementation.

Contact person: Danielle Morley
Freshwater Action Network
c/o Water Aid
Prince Consort House
27-29 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7UB
Phone: +44 20 7793 4522
Fax: +44 20 7793 4545
E-mail: daniellemorley@wateraid.org.uk

Gender and Water Alliance

The Gender and Water Alliance is a network of 133 organisations and individuals from around the world with an independent steering committee. It is an Associated Programme of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) funded by the governments of the Netherlands and United Kingdom. Because of the pooled experience and skills contained in this network, the GWA offers a mix of information and knowledge sharing activities such as electronic conferencing, a web site, advocacy leaflets and video, annual reports, capacity building and pilot programmes.

Contactperson: Rose Lidonde
Contactperson: Niala Maharaj

GWA
c/o IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
P.O. Box 2869
2601 CW Delft
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 15 219 2943
Fax: +31 15 219 0955
E-mail: R.A.Lidonde@lboro.ac.uk
E-mail: nmaharaj@chello.nl

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

IRC is an independent, non-profit organization by and linked with the Netherlands Government, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Childrens Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council. IRC facilitates the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organizations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and maintain (new mission statement 2002). Using its web site, documentation, publications, IRC advocates change and aims to improve the information and knowledge base of the sector.

Contactperson: Dick de Jong
P.O. Box 2869
2601 CW Delft
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 15 21 929 62
Fax: +31015 21 909 55
E-mail: jong@irc.nl