Type of Organization: Non-governmental organization
Year of Establishment: 2005
Country: India
Contact Details:
Head Office – New Delhi
ICLEI South Asia Secretariat
Ground Floor, NSIC-STP Complex
NSIC Bhawan, Okhla Industrial Estate,
New Delhi – 110020, India
Tel: +91-11-4106 7220
Fax: +91-11-4106 7221
Southern Center- Hyderabad
Door No. 6-3-596/47/2
Sri Venkata Ramana Colony
Behind Care Hospital
Khairatabad
Hyderabad – 500 004
Andhra Pradesh
Tel: +91 – 40 – 40034004/5/6/8
Fax: +91- 40 – 40034011
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.iclei.org/sa
Vision: To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling cities and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
Mission: ICLEI’s mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions.
Major Functions:
Share expertise with local governments on sustainable development
Collaborate with local, state and national governments to support local governments and forge alliances in their areas of interest
Voice city issues at carious state, national and international events and for a
Initiate interaction among cities to learn from each others’ experiences
Mobilize funds, technical solutions and expertise to local bodies
Work with non-government organizations, developers, manufacturers, industries, etc.
Working Areas: Sustainable Development, climate change, water and air pollution, waste management, energy, sustainable transportation, disaster management, environmental management systems, urban environment
Members: 50 members (cities and organizations)
BANGLADESH: Barisal, Dhaka, Rajshahi
BHUTAN: Phuentsholing, Thimphu
INDIA: Ahmedabad, All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG), Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandrapur Municipal, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gandhi Nagar, Greater Visakhapatnam, Guntur
Gurgaon, Guwahati, Gwalior, Howrah Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jamnagar, Kalyan Dombivali, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Pune, Rajahmundry, Rajkot, Shimla, Surat, Tenali, Thane, Tiruchirappalli, Tirupati, Vadodara, Vijayawada, Visakhapatanam
NEPAL: Hetauda, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN), Pokhara
SRI LANKA: Kandy, Kurunegala, Matale
Current Development Partners:
International: British Council; British High Commission; Centre for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, University of Colorado, Denver; Cities Development Initiative for Asia; Department for International Development (DFID); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), European Commission; German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development; German Federal Ministry of the Environment Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); ISEAL Alliance; Rockefeller Foundation; The Renewable Energy& Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP); UN Habitat; United States Agency for International Development (USAID); United States Department of State through the Asia Pacific Partnership; WISIONS of Sustainability
National: Bureau of Energy Efficiency; Centre for Good Governance; Environmental and Planning Coordination Organization; India Water Partnership; Indian Heritage Cities Network Foundation; Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited; Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India; Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India; Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils; National Institute of Urban Affairs; Shakti Foundation; State Government of Rajasthan; State Government of Tamil Nadu;
WWF India
