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Events

29.05.2013 - 31.05.2013

Developing Capacity from Rio to Reality: Who's taking the lead? 5th Delft Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Development • Delft, The Netherlands

01.07.2013 - 05.07.2013

36th WEDC International Conference Delivering Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in an Uncertain Environment • Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya

01.09.2013 - 06.09.2013

World Water Week 2013 • Stockholm, Sweden

News • Announcements

24.05.2013

New RWSN Publication: Human Right to Water: What does it mean in Practice? World Bank – RWSN Webinar with the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Ms Catarina de Albuquerque

We have just published an edited transcript of the World Bank-RWSN webinar on the Human Right to Water. It should enable rural water supply professionals and practitioners to understand more about what the human right to water means in practice. | »

21.05.2013

RWSN and RAIN Foundation establish new a Rainwater Harvesting community Le RWSN et la fondation RAIN ont établi une nouvelle communauté « Collecte de l’Eau de Pluie »

We are happy to announce the establishment of a new sub-community on Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) managed by the RAIN Foundation (www.rainfoundation.org) . This community is one of the activities within a global program on "Rainwater Harvesting for Food Security" funded by IFAD, focusing on enabling an institutional and policy environment for Rainwater Harvesting. Supporting the mobilisation and strengthening of a range of existing networks towards collective action, is one of the program's main objectives. ==== Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer la mise en place d’une nouvelles sous communauté sur la collecte de l’eau de pluie (“Rainwater Harvesting”), gérée par la fondation RAIN (www.rainfoundation.org). Cette communauté est l’une des activités au sein d’un programme global « Collecte de l’Eau de Pluie pour la Sécurité Alimentaire » financé par le FIDA, visant à permettre l’émergence d’un environnement institutionnel et politique pour la collecte de l’eau de pluie. Appuyer la mobilisation et le renforcement d’un ensemble de réseaux existants pour l’action collective est un des principaux objectifs du programme. | »

20.05.2013

New! Become a RWSN Member Organisation Nouveau! Devenez une organisation membre du RWSN

We are delighted to announce that it is now possible to join as a ‘Member Organisations’ of RWSN. RWSN is a network of individuals and organisations that are committed to improving water services for the rural poor everywhere in the world. Being a Member Organisation of RWSN is a commitment to sharing knowledge and good practices, and to uphold the statements set out in the RWSN Vision and 2011 Kampala Commitments. Go to "join us" on the left to find out more Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer qu’il est désormais possible de joindre le réseau en tant qu’organisation membre du RWSN. Le RWSN est un réseau d’individus et d’organisations qui s’impliquent pour améliorer les services d’eau pour les pauvres en milieu rural partout dans le monde. Etre une organisation membre du RWSN est un engagement à partager du savoir et des bonnes pratiques, ainsi qu’à respecter les éléments définis dans la Vision du RWSN et les engagements de 2011 de Kampala. Allez à "join us" à gauche pour en savoir plus | »

17.04.2013

Survey of Manual Drilling - Results Published Professionalising Manual Drilling

An online survey on manual drilling ran for six weeks from the 14th February 2013. A total of 50 people from 40 different organisations, working in over 25 countries responded to the survey. The majority of responses (over 40%) were from the private sector, followed by NGOs. Over 85% of the respondents would like to join a community of practice on manual drilling. This community has been launched on: http://dgroups.org/rwsn/groundwater/handdrilling | »

25.02.2013

RWSN Newsletter/Bulletin Trimestriel February/Février 2013

Find out the latest news about Rural Water Supplies. Découvrez les dernières nouvelles sur les approvisionnements en eau en milieu rural. | »

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