About IIED

The International Institute for Environment and Development is an international policy research institute and NGO working for more sustainable and equitable global development. It is based in London but works globally through a wide range of long-standing relationships with partners across the world. For more information, visit www.iied.org

	Do you think we need to do more to ensure environmental considerations are integrated in development decisions? Do you have problems in finding the right approaches (tools, methods and tactics) to help you? Do you have experience of using such approaches? Would you like to help us develop a Guide to Approaches from the Users' perspective? Then this website is for you.

Participants in Country Workshop held at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 8th November 2007

The challenge to mainstream/integrate environment into development has never been more urgent.

In response, in 2007, IIED launched the User Guide Project focusing on approaches (tools, methods and tactics) for integrating/mainstreaming environment in development decision-making. The focus is on those approaches (both formal and informal) which directly help to shape policies, plans and decisions.

The project is steered by an International Stakeholders Panel.

An initial phase of country surveys was completed in April 2008. The surveys were, led by partner organisations, to gather user perspectives on environmental mainstreaming or integration and tools they use and value, and why; and which ones they avoid.

IIED is currently developing a short Guide to Environmental Mainstreaming focusing on contextual and institutional challenges – issues that emerged during the surveys as of critical concern to users.