Local
Community, Private Sector, Government, Non-Government and Academic Entities:
Decisions concerning environment and development are increasingly taken at local
levels. Change occurs when local decision-makers are educated and actively
involved in the process of developing solutions to issues that affect their own
areas. We seek to address these decision-makers first through participation --
actively involving them in the identification, design and implementation of
environment and development initiatives -- and second through local language
publications, regional print and electronic media, and global systems such as
the World Wide Web.
Practitioners, Researchers & Official Policy Makers: This professional community is the consumer of traditional policy papers and refereed publications. Despite the growing importance of local audiences, the professional community involved in environment and development remains highly influential. We produce high quality, professional documents targeted at this community. These documents are published through refereed journals, Institute publications (including associated journals such as Water Nepal) and, where appropriate, as books. In addition, as much use as possible is made of the World Wide Web as a dissemination tool.
The Private Sector: Private capital flows and private sector commercial activities are fundamental factors shaping environment and development issues. As with local audiences, we seek to address private sector audiences first through participatory approaches and second through targeted publications. Where private sector activities are compatible with environment and socially equitable development objectives, we actively involve them in the identification, design and implementation of Institute initiatives. In addition, private sector audiences are addressed through products targeted at industry publications, associations and other forums for private sector communication.
Students: Educating the next generation is of fundamental importance to the sustainability of efforts to address environment and development concerns. Development of an internship program to involve upper level students in Institute activities has been a core strategy to address this audience. In addition, wherever possible, written and multi-media products are developed on the basis of project results to address students at all levels.
The General Public: Despite the rapidly growing ease of communication, large sections of the general public in both higher income and lower income regions remain poorly informed regarding environment and socially equitable development issues. Wherever possible we will address this large audience through publications in the print and electronic media.