EPA provides technical assistance to its partner countries and to multilateral organizations through training courses, technology transfer, sharing of environmental data and information, and environmental education initiatives.

Categories on this page:

• Good Governance
• Technology Transfer
• International Import and Export
• Air Quality
• Toxics and Waste
  • Reduing Mercury from Gold Shops
• Environmental Finance
• Water
• Smart Growth

Good Governance

• Public Participation Guide: Tools for effective public particpation
• Environmental Impact Assessment Technical Review Guidelines (on mining, tourism, and energy - available in English and Spanish)
• Judicial Training Modules on Environmental Law (from UNEP) Exit

Technology Transfer

• Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
• Contaminated Site Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) Exit

International Import and Export

• EPA Requirements for Importers and Exporters
• The Border Center Exit
• Import and Export of Pesticides
• Import and Export of Hazardous Waste

Air Quality

• Introduction to Managing Air Quality (for International Audiences)
• Transboundary Air Pollution
• International Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

Toxics and Waste

• International Waste Resources
  • Directory of Waste Resources on the Web
  • World Calendar of Events
• Sustainable Materials Management

Reducing Mercury from Gold Shops:

• Tools to Reduce Mercury from Gold Mining and Gold Shops 

Environmental Finance

• International Environmental Finance Tools

Water

• Online Introduction to the Clean Water Act, translated into Spanish (PDF)
• EPA Programs
  • Online Training in Watershed Management
  • Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads
  • Drinking Water Contaminants
  • Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU)
• Vessels and Marine Discharge
• Vessel General Permit Fact Sheet (PDF, 2 pages, in various languages)
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Russian
• Interactive games (for children)
  • The Water Cycle
  • Thirstin's Question and Answer Game:
• International Programs
  • Water Safety Portal  Exit (from the World Health Organization and International Water Association)
  • International Wetland Restoration Links
  • World Water Monitoring Day
  • International Coral Reef Initiative
  • World Health Organization Efforts on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water

Smart Growth

• About Smart Growth
• Examples of Smart Growth Communities and Projects
• Partnership for Sustainable Communities
• Smart Growth Tools
• Smart Growth Publications
• Spanish Publications:
  • Así es el Desarrollo Inteligente
  • Cómo Alcanzar el Desarrollo Inteligente:
    • 100 Políticas Para Su Implementación
    • 100 Polticas Adicionales Para Su Implementacin