adelphi has been entrusted with the challenging task to identify activities and devise recommendations of ongoing projects to be continued within the ASEM (Advisory Services in Environmental Management) context. ASEM is a joint programme of the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) focusing on urban and industrial environmental management. In the framework of the new environmental programme of the GTZ in India, several activities of ongoing projects were transferred to the new programme ASEM. Especially the components "Environmental Planning" and "Waste Management" were followed up and focussed within the new programme concept of the GTZ in India.