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Interview with Ratan Budhathoki on monitoring. Read more...
“Monitoring can be used, not just to provide data on access, but also as an effective way of identifying those who do not have access, as well raising awareness of the issues that lead to exclusion from water and sanitation services”, says Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque in her opening statement on 9... Read more...
As part of the commemoration of World Water Day 2013, IRC/Triple-S Uganda paid special attention to functionality of rural water facilities. Together with the Ministry of Water and Environment Rural Water Department, IRC/Triple-S called for increased cooperation among stakeholders as a way of... Read more...
Le monitoring est essentiel à la provision de services durables d'AEPHA et à la pérennité des investissements dans les infrastructures. Le symposium international qui a lieu du 9 au 11 Avril 2013 à Addis-Abeba (Éthiopie), offre une plateforme pour le partage d'expériences et connaissances, la... Read more...
Les gouvernements africains sont exhortés à soutenir un nouveau plan d’action qui pourrait épargner la vie de plus d’un million d’enfants chaque année sur le continent. Read more...
Le Ministère de l’Eau, des Aménagements Hydrauliques et de l’Assainissement continue son travail de structuration. Après la nomination des 13 directeurs régionaux, c’est autour de deux agences de l’eau de voir débarquer de nouveaux directeurs à leurs têtes. Il s’agit des agences du Mouhoun et des... Read more...
Impressions of the second day of the symposium. Read more...
Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer la tenue d’une session supplémentaire à l’attention des participants francophones du symposium, en particulier des points focaux d’AMCOW en Afrique francophone chargés du suivi et de l’évaluation. Cette session se tiendra ce mercredi 10 avril de 16:00 à 18:00 en... Read more...
[caption id="attachment_1638" align="alignleft" width="300"] Thomas Dougherty, Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis au Burkina et Mamounata Belem, Ministre de l'Eau, des Aménagements Hydrauliques et de l'Assainissement (droite)[/caption] La ministre de l’eau, des aménagements hydrauliques et de l’... Read more...
Forage en panne. En théorie, au Rwanda, 87% des habitants ont accès à l'eau potable. Mais si les infrastructures existent bel et bien, nombre d'elles ne fonctionnent pas faute d'entretien. Les communautés que les projets n'ont ni impliquées ni formées ne les prennent pas en charge, surtout quand l'... Read more...
Note: dates have changed from 9-13 September to 25-29 November 2013 This five day course in Amsterdam, The Netherlands gives senior water sector professionals an understanding of the key elements in delivering sustainable rural water services at scale. It provides examples and models from various... Read more...
Addis Ababa – 8 April 2013 . Providing universal access to water and sanitation, the goal of the Ethiopian Government, is a huge effort that is transforming lives and the economy. Behind efforts to improve service delivery – building new communal water systems, repairing broken pumps, encouraging... Read more...
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global multi-stakeholder partnership and membership organisation that works to save lives and improve livelihoods. Read more...
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of professionals and practitioners working to raise standards of knowledge and evidence, technical and professional competence, and practice and policy in rural water supply; and to fulfil the vision of sustainable rural water services for... Read more...
As a Pan African Inter-governmental Agency, Water and Sanitation for Africa complements regional efforts by providing continental leadership in the development of innovative and sustainable approaches, evidence-based policy advice, and advocacy services in the provision of water, sanitation and... Read more...
Piers Cross is the topic leader of Symposium Topic 6: Building coherence in global-regional -national WASH monitoring. Read more...
Harold Lockwood, Aguaconsult and IRC /Triple-S is the topic leader for Symposium Topic 3: Project monitoring: A vicious cycle of donor accountability or a necessary stepping stone to better national WASH sector monitoring? Read more...
Dr Kurian Baby, IRC India Country Director, discussed the issue of water security in India. Read more...
Vibhu Nair, Founder of CEC, made a presentation on change management based on the transformation of Tamil Nadu’s Water Supply and Drainage Board. Read more...
AIDMI’s Mihir Bhatt’s presentation touched upon the absence of disaster mitigation strategies that take into account water access and delivery. Read more...
