Collaboration and Partnering for the Development, Transfer and Application of Environmental Technologies for Contaminated Site Remediation

International cooperation in the field of contaminated sitemanagement has resulted in the formation of collaborations,partnerships and networks. The key benefits of increasedcooperation are in the reduction of duplication in efforts,which is of particular importance to industry, in theco-ordination of contaminated site research, improved synergyand definition of needs, policy development, information dissemination and technology transfer. The paperintroduces and briefly discusses key collaborations, partnerships and networksthroughout the world relating to contaminated site managementand remediation. The key value of these partnerships lies inconnecting and sharing with them. In addition, the work thatthese organizations are involved with provides a usefulindication of important issues in contaminated site remediationat a global level. The experience shared within these groupsshould prove useful to the application of similar problemsin regions where cooperation has been less evident, such asChina and the Asia-Pacific region. This paper has been writtenfor the purpose of providing a resource for workers in the fieldof contaminated site remediation.