Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Co-partner (Waste & Recycle) IES2009, was created jointly by the Nehru Foundation for Development (NFD) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI in recognition of the importance of Environmental Education (EE) in India’s overall environment and development strategy. The result of a unique partnership between government and a non-governmental institution, CEE was established as a Centre of Excellence in EE in 1984.  

Today, CEE works for a wide range of sectors, target groups and geographical areas. CEE sees a major opportunity in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-14) to further contribute towards sustainable development.

CEE has been designated the Nodal Agency for implementation of the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development in India by the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the UNESCO Focal Point for India

The achievements of Waste and Resource Management (WaRM) Group, CEE was to design, execute and setup a full-fledged common biomedical waste treatment facility, envisaged to be one of the most eco-friendly units in India. WaRM is also spearheading the move with the MoEF to nominate CEE as a national member of International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), which will give it voting rights and influence policy globally to make waste management an eco-friendly activity as opposed to the extremely harmful, eco-unfriendly approach. Within the country too, CEE has taken up the issue along with several other organizations and as part of the Alliance for Waste Management (AWM), is promoting eco-friendly technologies and influencing business houses as well as government and private agencies.

ASEM – GTZ: GTZ, founded in 1975, is one of the world’s largest service organisations for development cooperation.  GTZ works chiefly on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and, increasingly, for other German ministries as well.

Environment is one of the most important areas in the Indo-German bilateral relations, especially in areas where Germany has comparative advantage with focus on knowledge transfer, technology transfer, exchange of experiences and demonstration projects. The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of India (MoEF) decided to work in a structure called Advisory Services in Environment Management to enhance the environmental activities in India.

The current aim of Indo-German Cooperation during 2009 to 2012 with the focal area as Environmental Management is to make common contributions to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and implementation of the international environmental conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCD, UNCBD) with focus on strengthening India’s developmental efforts, intensifying partnerships between India and Germany, establishing linkages and partnerships between German and Indian institutions and sustainable urban and industrial development by working towards de-linking economic growth from resource consumption.

The HAWA project is a GTZ supported project under the ASEM programme. It is implemented in close cooperation with Karnataka Government and relevant institutions. This project is executed under the consultancy of ERM GmbH, aims at planning a complete system for collection, transport, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous solid waste, including co- processing options and financial implications.

The Indian Water Works Association (IWWA) is a voluntary body of professionals concerned and connected with water supply for municipal, industrial, agricultural uses and treatment and disposal of wastewater. IWWA focuses basically on the entire "Water Cycle" encompassing the environmental, social, institutional and financing issues.

IWWA was founded in 1968 with headquarters at Mumbai. IWWA has 27 Centres spread across the country and is very active in conducting different activities in the areas of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment and Disposal. IWWA has a membership of more than 6500 plus professionals spread all over the country and abroad.

The Objective of IWWA is to stimulate and promote the development of Science, Technology, Economics, Environment, Ecology and Social Sciences in managing the Water; both fresh and waste water. It provides a common platform for the persons and organizations working in this sector to exchange views, share ideas, disseminate information and knowledge about new and appropriate technologies for improving and upgrading the services.

IWWA is now in its thirties and have accumulated good experience in the promotion and transfer of knowledge in Water and Waste Water management Science & Technology and handling the related issues. It serves to promote programmes to accelerate and enhance sustainable growth of Water and Waste Water systems in INDIA.
At the International level, it has relations with other similar Associations such as:

International Water Association (IWA)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Japan Water Works Association (JWWA)
Global Water Partnership (GWP)
World Water Council (WWC)
India Water Partnership (IWP)