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Running MyWASH.org (2010 week 3)

To be done:

- review text about etc



Done:

- Invited AKVO staff

- Invited Olomoda Ibrahim (Niger river bulletin)

- Invited Jean de la Harpe to start networking around local governments (UCLGA?) in Africa

- Invited authors Km4Dev journal to join / invite others.

- Invited participants in local… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on January 18, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments

Running MyWASH.org (2010 week 2)

Activities for the MyWASH social network this week Jan 11, 2010:

- Invited selected people

- Invited WRM (water resource management - integrated / local / adapting) to have dialogue on MyWASH

-- They have a two-pager as starter

-- They think about Arena, Audience, Alliance and Agenda ....

- Playing around with lay-out modules | looking at KM4Dev site for this

- Discussion with Peter McIntyre on purpose (… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on January 15, 2010 at 8:38 — No Comments

Rethinking Hydro‐Philanthropy: Smart Money for Transformative Impact

By Edward D Breslin, CEO, Water For People



Conclusion

People without improved water and sanitation services are not helped by bad programming, simplistic giving and a focus on short‐term results that counts beneficiaries immediately after implementation. Philanthropists can make a dramatic non‐financial contribution to people without safe water and hygienic sanitation by simply asking harder questions about how sustainability will be programmed for and measured, demanding… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on January 14, 2010 at 14:00 — No Comments

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The tricky business of what is considered “evidence” in WASH

Judging by the number of posts on Twitter, evidence for decision making seems to be a hot topic at the moment not only in the WASH sector but more broadly in the development realm. DFID, the British bilateral cooperation agency has published the latest “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – evidence paper”. I agree generally with the broad lines of the conclusions about what we still need to know to do our jobs in the sector better, but it was with utter disbelief that I read what is considered “evidence” in the report and what is discarded as not being “sufficient evidence”.

Seminar on Multiple Use Water Services in the context of Dutch policy and practice

This seminar will bring together the expertise of Dutch organisations on multiple use water services (MUS) in the context of Dutch policy and practice. It will include experiences from arid to humid environments, relating to policy development, capacity building, water infrastructure development, water resources management, sanitation and re-use of waste and wastewater, especially from East Africa.

International Conference on Water, Wastewater

Organised by the Civil Engineering Department of Bangalore University. Topics include: Planning for Sustainable Water Solutions; Water Quality & Health; Water Management & Policy; and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies.

WASH Conference 2014

The theme for this week-long event is "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Everyone, Everywhere", with sub-themes: Equitable access, universal services; Achieving health outcomes with WASH; and Sustaining services and outcomes. 

WSA signs up with Malaysian company for technical support on sanitation

Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indah Water for technical know-how and consultancy services in sewerage management in African countries. WSA selected the Malaysian company “to be in a technical committee formed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to propose immediate, medium- and long-term solutions for sanitation services in WSA member countries”.

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