Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Clean Water & Sanitation


Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. At the current time, more than 2 billion people are living with the risk of reduced access to freshwater resources and by 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. Drought in specific afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition. Fortunately, there has been great progress made in the past decade regarding drinking sources and sanitation, whereby over 90% of the world’s population now has access to improved sources of drinking water.

To improve sanitation and access to drinking water, there needs to be increased investment in management of freshwater ecosystems and sanitation facilities on a local level in several developing countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Arab Towns Development Fund

ATDF 1979 Kaifan Kuwait F f

Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences

AUASS 1998 Sharjah United Arab Emirates D y

Arab Water Council

AWC 2004 Cairo Egypt D

Arab Water Network for Capacity Building

Awarenet Beirut Lebanon F

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer

ARGE ALP 1972 Innsbruck Austria E

Archbishop of Sydney's Anglican Aid

Sydney NSW Australia G f

Architects Regional Council Asia

ARCASIA 1979 Singapore Singapore F

Arctic Contaminants Action Program

ACAP 2006 Tromsø Norway K g

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

AMAP 1991 Tromsø Norway E gy

Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission

ARHC 2010 Ottawa ON Canada E g

ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution

2002 T g

ASEAN CSR Network

2010 Singapore Singapore F

ASEAN Membrane Science and Technology Society

AMSTS 2002 Johor Bahru Malaysia D

ASEAN Power Grid

Nonthaburi Thailand E g

Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources

ANSAB 1992 Kathmandu Nepal F

Asia Network of Organics Recycling

ANOR 2002 Tokyo Japan F

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society

AOGS 2003 Singapore Singapore D

Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources

APHW 2002 Kyoto Japan D

Asia Water Council

AWC 2016 Daejeon Korea Rep D y

Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

APN 1996 Kobe Japan F g

Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate

APPCDC 2005 F g

Asia-Pacific Spa and Wellness Coalition

APSWC 2006 Singapore Singapore D

Asia-Pacific Water Forum

APWF 2006 Tokyo Japan F

Asian Clean Fuels Association

ACFA 2000 Singapore Singapore D

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

FORUM-ASIA 1991 Bangkok Thailand F

Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

AFPPD 1981 Tokyo Japan F y

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

AIIB 2014 Beijing China F g

Asian Institute of Technology

AIT 1967 Pathum Thani Thailand F j

Asian Institute of Technology Alumni Association

AITAA 1969 Pathum Thani Thailand E j

Asian Network of Analytical Chemistry

ANAC 1984 Saga Japan F

Asian Network on Debris Flow

ANDF Chengdu China J

Asian-Eurasian Human Rights Forum

Delhi India G

Asociación Andina de Empresas e Instituciones de Servicio de Agua Potable y Saneamiento

ANDESAPA 1986 Quito Ecuador D

Asociación de Entes Reguladores de Agua y Saneamiento de las Americas

ADERASA 2001 Asunción Paraguay D g

Asociación Española para el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

AEDIDH 2004 Luarca Spain G

Asociación Iberoamericana de las Tecnologias del Agua y Riego

IBEROAQUA 2008 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Botánica

ALB 1986 Havana Cuba D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Desalación y Reúso del Agua

ALADYR 2010 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Operadores de Agua y Saneamiento

ALOAS 2010 D

Asociación Latinoamericana de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo

ALASEHT 1977 D

Asociación Latinoamericana para la Producción Animal

ALPA 1966 Calgary AB Canada D

Asociación Medioambiental Internacional de Gestores del Olor

AMIGO Bilbao Spain D

ASPAFRIQUE-JICS-HFFUN

1990 New York NY USA G

Assist International

1990 Scotts Valley CA USA G

Association africaine de microbiologie et d'hygiène alimentaire

AAMHA 1984 Sousse Tunisia D

Association des Echanges Méditerranéens pour l'eau, la forêt, l'énergie, et le développement durable des territoires

AEM 2000 Paris France D

Association Européenne des Concessionnaires d'Autoroutes et d'Ouvrages à Péage

ASECAP 1973 Brussels Belgium F

Association for Aid and Relief - Japan

AAR 1979 Tokyo Japan G

Association for Emergency Aid and Solidarity Development Cooperation

WADI 1992 Frankfurt-Main Germany G

Association for Emissions Control by Catalyst

AECC 1985 Brussels Belgium D

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