europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/pas/phare/
The PHARE programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Community to assist the applicant countries of central Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union.
On the internet: Purpose and progress of the programme, submission process and download-forms, contacts, calendar, links.

www.bmaa.gv.at/eza/index.html.en
The Federal Republic of Austria has set itself the task of supporting democratic, economic, social and ecological development in Central and Eastern European Countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States and facilitating their integration into the world economy. The Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a central player in Austrian funding activities in the East.

www.bit.ac.at/bit.htm
BIT Vienna - the Bureau for International Research and Technology Co-operation - provides information and assistance relating to a wide range of RTD activities, in particular the Framework Programme of the EU, EUREKA, COST and INTAS. BIT supports companies, universities, independent research institutes and other organisations interested in transnational RTD co-operation. The Secretariat for Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) concentrates on RTD-contacts between Austria and the CEEC, with a focus on the EU accession states, which participate in the Framework Programmes.

europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/home.htm
LIFE is the financial instrument of the EU for the Environment.
LIFE is open to all EU countries, some candidate countries and some third countries.

www.iccwbo.org
ICC is the world business organisation. ICC also provides essential services, foremost among them the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the world's leading arbitral institution. ICC was granted consultative status with the UN and its specialised agencies. On this site specialists provide information on broad issues of trade and investment policy as well as on vital technical and sectoral subjects. These include financial services, information technologies, telecommunications, marketing ethics, the environment, transportation, competition law and intellectual property, amongst others.

http://www.wien.gv.at/meu/
only German
General information on EU funded projects.

www.wwff.gv.at/
The Vienna Business Agency offers an international investment service. Through personal contact and a network of subsidies the main objective of the VBA is to ensure efficient help in all questions of business promotion in Vienna. The site provides EU- and international business service and news about Viennese companies.

www.unesco.org/most/most2.htm
The UNESCO page for city development programmes.

www.energie-cites.org/
Energie-Cités is an association of European local authorities, mainly municipalities. One of the aims of the association is to provide its members with information on the promotion of sustainable local energy policies. The network extends over 20 European countries and includes about 100 municipalities, the majority having between 100,000 and 300,000 inhabitants.

www.ee/baltic21/
Homepage of the Agenda 21 strategies for the Baltic Sea region. Agenda 21 results from a co-operation between national governments, regional and urban networks, bilateral agreements, the economic community environmental protection groups and international finance institutions.

www.ewaonline.de
An independent non-governmental and non-profit making organisation dealing with the management and improvement of the water environment, including wastewater, drinking water and water related waste. The page lists member associations from nearly all Central and Eastern European Countries.
It also contains information about the organisation, its activities (e.g. EU legislation), publications (e.g. a water yearbook), a conference calendar, links.

www.oer.ro/
Orase Energie in Romania - OER (The Romanian "Energy Cities" Network) is a non-governmental organisation, gathering 38 members, important municipalities interested in improving the energy efficiency in public services (district heating, public lighting, water and gas supply, waste collection and storage, local transportation, etc.) and in promoting renewable energy and environment protection.

www.urbanicity.org
Through its electronic media and extensive institutional networks, Urbanicity is a communication channel for local government and urban development.
On this site: News, databases, calendar, a mailing list, links to city homepages world-wide.

www.gtz.de/urbanet/
URBANET is a network of GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) - experts working world-wide as well as associated members and institutions in the field of decentralisation, urban and municipal development. It aims to enhance the capacities of the network members through regional and multi-sector co-operation. At the centre of its activities will be knowledge management, capacity development, human resource management and consulting services.

www.ccc-net.at/
The portal server, which was established on behalf of the Ministry of Economics and the City of Vienna, networks all the relevant service providers and serves both associations, institutions and enterprises as a central communication and information platform. By the means of structuring the existing available information CCC Network has the additional task of meeting the requirements of small and medium sized enterprises for a range of particular services regarding transborder economic activities.

dlh.ccc-net.cc/index.php4
only German
Search for business partners in Vienna.

www.bit.ac.at/cees.htm
The Central and Eastern Europe Secretariat (CEES) was established by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs to encourage Austrian enterprises and institutions to increasingly engage in technology co-operation agreements with countries adjacent to the EU, as well as with other Central and Eastern European Countries (participants in the EU Framework Programme for Research and Development, EUREKA, COST, INCO, in bilateral agreements, etc.).

http://www.europaforum.or.at/
Europaforum Wien is a private institute founded in 1995 to support the City of Vienna regarding the EU integration process, also dealing with the international challenge for the best market location. The site contains project descriptions and publications.

www.iclei.org/
ICLEI is the international environmental agency for local governments. ICLEI serves as an information clearinghouse on sustainable development by providing policy guidance, training and technical assistance, and consultancy services to increase local governments' capacity to address global challenges. Since 1996, when ICLEI and the UN-Habitat signed a memorandum of understanding at the Habitat II conference, ICLEI has been a partner in the UN-Habitat Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme.

www.rec.org
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is a non-advocacy, not-for-profit organisation with a mission to assist in solving environmental problems in Central and Eastern Europe. The Center fulfils its mission through encouraging co-operation among non-governmental organisations, governments and businesses, supporting the free exchange of information and promoting public participation in environmental decision-making. The page also includes a Directory of Funding Sources for Environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, which offers information about 164 different funding institutions

www.stabilitypact.org/
More than 40 partner countries and organisations undertook to strengthen the countries of South Eastern Europe "in their efforts to foster peace, democracy, respect for human rights and economic prosperity in order to achieve stability in the whole region. The site also documents the work and the projects of the three so called Round Tables, where representatives of all participating countries discuss economy as well as environment, gender issues or corruption.

www.antenna.nl/wecf/
International Network of Women for Health, Environment and Sustainable Development.

web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/
The urban development page of Massachusettes Institute of Technology gives detailed instructions how to organise participative urban upgrading. Includes examples, a good booklist, useful contact addresses and lots of interesting pictures. Focus on developing countries.