NRDC and the National Consumer Law Center’s Water Affordability Advocacy Toolkit aims to help address these challenges. It offers a menu of state- and local-level policy solutions that directly address household-level affordability for people served by centralized drinking water or wastewater systems. The Toolkit is informed by the experiences and insights of advocates, activists, and… [Read More]
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A Free Communication Toolkit on Gender and Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most urgent global challenges. However, the climate scientists are clear, there is still action possible to avoid the worst effects of global warming if they act now. Gender: Five reasons why climate policy needs to change, and how Only when gender is integrated in climate policy, meaning in all… [Read More]
A Free Handbook in Entrepreneurship: How to Start an Eco-friendly Small-scale Business
This handbook sets forth a structure for the development of economically profi table, socially responsible and eco-friendly small-scale business initiatives. The handbook focuses upon students in formal and non-formal education, but since it builds upon a methodology for the development of small-scale business in the local community it can also be used for groups of… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit on Positive Discipline: with particular emphasis on South and Central Asia
The Toolkit on Positive Discipline produced by Save the Children Sweden and developed by a regional group of experienced people working to end physical and humiliating punishment, equips anyone who is involved with children – professionals, parents, teachers and care-givers – with precise tools and concrete activities to raise disciplined children without using physical and… [Read More]
A Free SVRI Forum Toolkit on Being Heard Project
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) hosts the leading global event in the world on sexual and intimate partner violence – the SVRI Forum. The SVRI has noted an increase in the number of presentations on sexual violence in childhood since the Forum began in 2009. This increase is reflected in the number of initiatives… [Read More]
A Free Training Guide: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has developed this Training Guide in response. It seeks to provide basic information on a rights-based approach to disability, on the fundamental elements of the Convention and its Optional Protocol, and on the processes and issues underlying their ratification, implementation and monitoring. Consequently,… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Protection of Persons with Disabilities
This toolkit is primarily intended for use by Handicap International staff and key partners. Any dissemination beyond its original objective should take place in consultation with Handicap International Sri Lanka. Objectives Raising awareness of protection framework and basic principles; Increasing understanding of particular protection risks faced by Persons with Disabilities; Providing guidance on identification, assessment,… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices: Invasive Alien Species
Invasive alien species are recognised as one of the leading threats to biodiversity and also impose enormous costs on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and other human enterprises, as well as on human health. Rapidly accelerating human trade, tourism, transport, and travel over the past century have dramatically enhanced the spread of invasive species, allowing them to… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for the Economic Analysis of Invasive Species
The aim of this toolkit is to provide a clear, user-friendly guide to the application of economic approaches and tools to invasive species. It addresses the issues associated with identifying the factors which cause the spread of invasives, incorporating consideration of invasive species into economic planning and policy-making, and identifying economic tools and measures to… [Read More]
Free Toolkit for a Sustainable Health Workforce in the WHO European Region
The toolkit supports Towards a sustainable health workforce in the WHO European Region: framework for action, which aims to achieve a sustainable health workforce in the WHO European Region. The overall goal of the framework is to accelerate progress towards achieving the population health objectives of the European health policy framework, Health 2020, and longer-term… [Read More]
A Free Guide for Children and Young Advocates: Child-Led Mobilisation
World Vision is committed to creating spaces and opportunities for children and young people to participate in shaping programmes, practices and policy. This guide supports children and young people in crafting their own voices and spaces as part of the efforts to end violence against children. This guide has been written to support children and… [Read More]
A Free Guide on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition in Emergencies
This guide represents core activities along the continuum of care (life-cycle approach) for reproductive health issues, pregnancy, childbirth, maternal and newborn health and child health, which will save lives. WV resources and models, along with interagency protocols and guidelines, are referenced to support the implementation of the key technical actions. The emergency guide aims to… [Read More]
A Free Monitoring the Improvement of Water Security Toolkit
Monitoring the Improvement of Water Security is the sixth in a series of six toolkits from the Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP). The toolkit describes monitoring as a process of continuous assessment. It involves collecting data on the current situation (baseline) and on changes that are brought about through activities, projects and policies, or caused by… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Health Professional Advocates: Addressing the Health Workforce Crisis
The Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI) is the civil-society led advocacy network of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA). HWAI’s purpose is to advocate for the policies and sustained investments necessary to develop and empower a health workforce capable of delivering on health goals. HWAI operates with the firm conviction that everyone has the right… [Read More]
A Free Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health
This handbook provides tools to increase the technical capacity needed for monitoring and evaluating human resources for health. It brings together an analytical framework with strategy options for improving the health workforce information and evidence base, as well as country experiences to highlight approaches that have worked. This publication is the result of a collaborative… [Read More]
A Free Disability Inclusive Development Toolkit
Disability inclusion is part of a wider movement for inclusive development that strives for the active participation and representation of all people regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, race, class, religion, sexuality or any other characteristic. Disability-inclusive development is part of this social justice movement that challenges unjust systems and exclusive policies, relations and practice. Disability… [Read More]
Free Toolkit for Integrated Vector Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes. It is an extension of earlier guidance and teaching material published by the World Health Organization (WHO): Handbook for integrated vector management, Monitoring and evaluation indicators for integrated vector… [Read More]
A Free Resource Guide on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management
With this Resource Guide, UNDP, GWA, IRC, Cap-Net and GWP seek to assist water professionals, politicians, gender specialists and others in their efforts to provide improved access to water for poor women, children and men all over the world. This new edition has been greatly expanded and improved. It includes sub-sector overviews, additional resources and… [Read More]
A Free Guide for Practitioners: Community Environment Action Planning
The guide has been designed for practitioners who are involved in environmental planning at community level and who want to do things better. It provides a quick and hands-on toolkit that is easy to use and which can help introduce simple but effective tools for participation within institutions that aim to become more accountable. Some… [Read More]
