PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS

The DA Group recognises that large-scale impact is possible only through strategic partnerships and alliances.  We operate through three broad multiplication channels essential to proliferate its work: Community Partnerships, Business Networks and Policy Alliances.

Over the last 20 years, the organisation has built its ability to work with various stakeholders in the sustainable development paradigm including local communities, panchayati raj institutions, urban local bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), governments, academia, private sector, financial institutions, bilateral and multilateral agencies.  The list below illustrates the range of our clients and collaborators.

1.   STRATEGIC PARTNERS

• CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development, INDIA

• Department for International Development (DFID), UK

• Holcim Foundation

• International Development Research Centre (IDRC), CANADA

• Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

• Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India

• Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland

• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

2.   NATIONAL COLLABORATORS

a.   Government – Central

• Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC)

• Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

• Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART)

• Ministry of Information Technology

• Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES)

• Ministry of Rural Development

• Ministry of Social Justice

• National Wasteland Development Board (NWDB)

• Planning Commission, Government of India

b.   Government – States

c.   Academic and Research Institutions

• Birla Institution of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani

• Indira Gandhi Institute for Development  Research (IGIDR)

• Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta

• Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bangalore

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi

• National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad

• School of Planning & Architecture (SPA), Delhi

• Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun

d.   Business Associations and Corporations

• Balarpur Paper Industries

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

• Coca Cola India Private Limited

• Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI)

• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

• Godrej Boyce

• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC)

• Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)

• Ion Exchange Limited

• Mawana Sugar Works

• PowerGrid Corporation of India

• Rio-Tinto India Private Limited

• Shriram Foods & Fertilizers Limited

• Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

• Tata Chemicals Limited

• Tata Iron & Steel Company (TISCO)

• Vam Organic Chemicals Limited (VOCL)

 e.   Financial Institutions

• Housing & Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO)

• Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS)

• ICICI Limited

• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

• Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure & Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL)

f.   Non-Governmental Organisations

• Over 3000 large and grassroots NGOs, voluntary organisations and community groups

3.   INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS

     Multilateral Agencies

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Asia Pacific Development Cooperation (APDC)

• The World Bank

• United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS)

• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

• United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

• World Commission on Environment  and Development (WCED)

• World Food Programme (WFP)

      Bilateral Agencies / Governments

• Canadian International Development  Agency (CIDA)

• DGIS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands

• European Commission

• Finnish International Development Agency (FINNIDA)

• German Appropriate Technology Exchange (GATE)

• Royal Norwegian Embassy (NORAD)

• Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

      Foundations

• Friedrich Naumann Foundation

• Fondation Ensemble

• MacArthur Foundation

• The Ford Foundation

• The Rockefeller Foundation

• The Shell Foundation

      Academic and Research Institutions

• International Council for Scientific Unions (ICSU)

• Lund University, Sweden

• Open University, The Netherlands

• Oxford Centre for Disaster Studies, UK

• The Woods Hole Research Centre, USA

• Wuppertal Institute, Germany

      Business Corporations

• DASAG, Switzerland

• Hydra Form, South Africa

• Met-Chem, Canada

• Microsoft

• United Distillers, United Kingdom

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

     NGOs and Networks

• BCAS, Bangladesh

• basin

• basin - South Asia

• Climate Action Network

• Environment  Liaison Centre International (ELCI)

• International Institute for Environment  and Development (IIED), London

• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada

• Regional and International Networking Group (RING)

• Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan

• SKAT, Switzerland

• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden

• Television Trust for Environment (TVE), UK

• The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)  International

    CLEAN-India NGO Partners

• http://www.cleanindia.org/cities.htm