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
  • Solid Waste and Emergency Response
  • Reduing Mercury from Gold Shops
• Environmental Finance
• Water
• Smart Growth
• Regional Work

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)
• Foundations for Sustainability - Discussion of effective environmental governance as a foundation for sustainability (INECE) Exit
• 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

• Air Quality Management Online Portal
• Transboundary Air Pollution
• International Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)

Toxics and Waste

• Solid Waste and Emergency Response:

  • International Fact Sheets
  • Directory of Waste Resources on the Web
  • World Calendar of Events

• 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

• Implementation tools
• List of Available Publications
• Spanish Publications:
  • Así es el Desarrollo Inteligente
  • Cómo Alcanzar el Desarrollo Inteligente: 100 Políticas Para Su Implementación
  • Cmo Alcanzar el Desarrollo Inteligente, II: 100 Polticas Adicionales Para Su Implementacin

Regional Work

• International Programs in EPA Region 10 (the Pacific Northwest)
• International Programs in EPA Region 2 (serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and 8 Tribal Nations)