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Added by Jaap Pels Global on March 16, 2010 at 17:22 — No Comments

The 200 jargon words and their alternatives

Source: http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1716341



Document with 250 words-version: Words-to-avoid-2010.pdf



Across-the-piece - everyone working together

Actioned - do

Advocate - support

Agencies - groups

Ambassador -… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on March 12, 2010 at 9:30 — No Comments

Knowledge Management Explained in Five Disciplines

Source: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7f885P/www.greenchameleon.com/gc/blog_detail/knowledge_management_explained_in_five_disciplines/



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Added by Jaap Pels Global on March 11, 2010 at 21:30 — No Comments

WASH United

There is hardly a societal activity that reaches more people than football. In Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, national teams are the pride of nations and their star players national celebrities and role models for millions, above all for children and adolescents. In 2010, with the first World Cup to take place in Africa, football stars will be more in the spotlight and stronger role models than ever before.



WASH United takes advantage of the burgeoning football fever across the… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on March 11, 2010 at 21:00 — No Comments

MyWASH tools

Below the inventory of agile web-based / web-connected user interfaces / components supporting MyWASH. Inspired by Getting real. PS: the list below is alive; version December 2009



Starting point for MyWASH: the WASH development sector is populated with people from various organizational degree, ranging form one-staff companies up to big hierarchies / bureaucracies. People discourse… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on March 10, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments

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WSA signs up with Malaysian company for technical support on sanitation

Water 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”.

Kiribati’s North Tarawa declared first open defecation free island in the Pacific

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North Tarawa in Kiribati is the first island in the Pacific to be declared open defecation free, thanks to the “Kiriwatsan I Project”. The Ministry of Public Works is implementing this project with technical support from UNICEF and funding from the European Union. In March 2013, North Tarawa adopted the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach following a training of trainers course conducted by Dr Kamal Kar.

Megan Richie is SNV's new WASH Director

In March 2013, SNV appointed Megan Richie as Managing Director for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). She leads SNV's global initiatives in the WASH sector. Prior to her appointment as Managing Director, Ms Richie served as Country Director for SNV in Lao PDR.

Brian Arbogast new WASH Director at Gates Foundation

Brian Arbogast is the new director of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He started work at the foundation on 13 May 2013. He takes over from Dr. Frank Rijsberman who acted as director until May 2012.

A central role for government in monitoring sustainable WASH services

Governments are not only investing more in national monitoring systems, but their leadership in country monitoring is also now generally accepted. With this acceptance, however, come expectations about good governance and transparency. Monitoring is politics: agendas and power influence what is monitored and how the results are used. National systems, too, go beyond WASH sector monitoring and should include data from donors and NGOs as well.

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