IHTEC Partners & Affiliations

IHTEC is honoured to have been granted NGO Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2005.

The ECOSOC role means that IHTEC can request the use of UN logos. IHTEC supports the current 'UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development' and 'UN Water For Life' programs. Also "A Culture of Peace and non-violence for the children of the world."

The Phi Delta Kappa International chapter at the University of Hawaii actively supports and promotes the introduction of the Hawaii School Peace Gardens (HSPG) initiative throughout the state.  IHTEC founder and president Julia Morton-Marr is currently the International Programs Liason co-ordinator for PDK Hawaii.  Please visit the HSPG page on this website for further information.

IHTEC representative Andrea Mendez Brandam will be representing IHTEC and her Argentina based Noticias Positivas project at the United Nations Rio + 20 conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro from June 20 to June 22, 2012.

IHTEC representative Andrea Mendez  Brandam has been promoting IHTEC for several years to countries throughout South America and Central America on her Buenos Aires based radio programs.  Follow this Noticias Positivas link for current information on this project.

IHTEC is a partner with Science for Peace and is an active participant in the Science for Peace/Canadian Pugwash Group 'Global Issues Project' (GIP).  This project has organized a series of international academic conferences and roundtables on major global commons issues since 1980. IHTEC has been involved in these events since 1996. For more information contact Professor Emiritus Derek Paul, University of Toronto, and Professor Emiritus Helmut Burkhardt, Ryserson University.  For the list of papers and other documents go to Science for Peace, or visit the Environment and Security section of the Canadian Pugwash website.