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Manage & Support Workshop generates momentum Workshop outcomes
25.10.2012
On 2 & 3 of October, 26 RWSN practitioners from 12 countries came to The Hague, and more joined online, to listen and discuss to issues and experience of maintaining and extending rural water services. Presentations gave perspectives from Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, Ukraine, Madagascar, Brazil, Colombia and South Africa. From the discussions the following way forward was proposed:
- Agree on group’s vision and mission,
- Agree on list of topics for discussion with the wider group
- Identify “leaders” for each topic = Identify a core group committed to providing input in the working group,
- Identify key activities and agree collectively,
- Establish a workplan for year 1,
- Increase group membership (outreach strategy),
- Develop ToRs for the group.
You can find the presentations and workshop report here:
New RWSN Publication on Rural Water Supplies Performance Measurement National Monitoring of rural water supplies in Uganda
24.08.2012
If you want to understand what is behind the success story of Uganda's National Monitoring of Rural Water Supplies. This new publication from RWSN is worth a read. It also includes ten golden rules for establishing a national performance monitoring system.
After 2015, MDGs may be replaced by SDGs - Sustainable Development Goals. This needs to contain water What kind of goals will have? Water for all? Water for some? What about rural people? How will sustainable be defined?
16.08.2012
The Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) has initiated a consultative process to develop targets and indicators on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to propose to the UN General Assembly in September 2013.
Costing and Pricing - Cálculo de Custos e Preço
03.08.2012
Publication now available in Portuguese. A publicação já está disponível em Português.
Rural Water for All – the river may be wide but it can be crossed Report on Rural Water Supplies from the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille
05.07.2012
The 6th World Water Forum was a means to an end. At the event, RWSN raised the profile of rural water supplies and supported enabled exchange and learning. We just published our event report, which sets out key challenges as well as vibrant activities and ideas for ensuring that everyone has access to safe drinking water.
World Bank Webinars - thank you
12.06.2012
The 11-part RWSN-World Bank webinar series was a huge success with over 1300 people registering from 69 countries - and 70-100 taking part each week. Presenters from the 6th RWSN Forum re-presented their work online, then 1-2 discussants gave their perspectives on the topic, followed by lively question and answer sessions with the participants.
The RWSN Secretariat would like to thank: Elizabeth Kleemeier and her team at the World Bank for hosting this series and their huge organisational effort behind the scenes; the presenters and discussants for their excellent delivery and quick thinking when answering tough questions; and to everyone who took part.
Please get in touch if you would like to suggest any topics or speakers for a future webinar series.
The recordings, presentations and related material can be found at:
Call for Abstracts: GeoGen2013 Deadline: 1 August 2012
08.06.2012
International Conference - 5 – 7 February 2013
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
GeoGen2013 - Towards sustainable safe drinking water supply in developing countries: The challenges of geogenic contaminants and mitigation measures
How efficient are multi-village schemes? WASHCost Working paper 18: Costs and service per technology in rural water supply
07.06.2012
WASHCost India reports on costs incurred on each type of technology used for supply water in rural Andhra Pradesh. The new working paper challenges the move towards implementing a high number of expensive multi-village water schemes, since research indicates that such schemes provide low levels of services in comparison to other types of water supply technologies. Read the working paper to learn more
Download from: http://www.washcost.info/page/2043
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