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OUR MANDATE

The International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) is a branch of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE). Its main function is to promote the application of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) in developing countries and countries in transition. Currently IETC focuses on waste management issues.

What are ESTs ?
(environmentally sound technologies)

Sustainable assessment of technologies (SAT)

The challenges of waste management

Former focal areas: water, disaster, urban

COMING UP

16 to 18 May: ISWM project in Vietnam

IETC will organize a training workshop and stakeholder consultation meeting as part of the integrated solid waste management (ISWM) project that it implements in Danang, Vietnam. read more ...

21 to 23 May: ISWM Project in Cambodia

IETC will organize a training workshop and stakeholder consultation meeting as part of the integrated solid waste management (ISWM) project that it implements in Kampot, Cambodia. read more ...

June: Iraqi marshlands world heritage site project

IETC will hold the second drafting workshop for world heritage nomination file for the Iraqi marshlands in Amman, Jordan. read more ...

More announcements...

IETC HIGHLIGHTS

International expert mission to the Tohoku region

In collaboration with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), UNEP's International Environmental Technology Centre and Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch organized an international mission to the Japanese region of Tohoku to exchange experience on managing post-disaster debris. The mission visited Tohuku from 27 February to 2 March 2012. read more ...

Converting waste plastics into fuel

UNEP IETC has undertaken a three-year project on converting waste plastics into fuel, in Thailand, India and the Philippines. read more ...

IETC CONTACTS

UNEP IETC

2-110 Ryokuchi koen
Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0036
Japan

Tel: +81-6-6915-4581

Fax: +81-6-6915-0304

Email: ietc@unep.org

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LATEST NEWS

16 to 20 April: GPWM / ISWM Asia Pacific workshop in Osaka, Japan

An Asia-Pacific workshop on Global Partnership on Waste Management (GPWM) and integrated solid waste management (ISWM) was held at IETC's offices in Osaka, Japan. read more ...

19 March: Launch of the website for the global partnership on waste management

IETC, as secretariat host, is pleased to announce the launch of the website for the Global Partnership on Waste Management (GPWM) as well as the first issue of the GPWM's newsletter. read more ...

15 may: IETC has a new website and a newsletter!

IETC is pleased to present its new website and newsletter. read more ...

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