RWSN Information sur la région

In July 2016 RWSN launched formal e-discussion on its Dgroup platform on Groundwater Regulation. Contributions revealed that several countries have developed regulations for groundwater abstractions while some are moving towards enacting regulations for groundwater protection. | »

Remote monitoring of handpumps has been under development for nearly a decade and several systems have been piloted extensively and reaching the point of being deployed on a large scale.

This is a collection of papers and reports on different systems and research teams.

RWSN does not endorse any one system but supports the general concept of using this type of technology to improve the professionalism, sustainability and service quality of rural water services. | »

This study responds to calls within GIZ to extend its considerable expertise in pro-poor regulation, which to date has largely centred on improving access to water services in urban low-income areas. Rights-based global commitments to addressing the persistent access gap between urban and rural areas have prompted a fresh look at the potential role of regulation. Guided by a review of the literature and expert insights, this study examines eight country case studies to explore the question of regulatory oversight for rural water supply services in the context of widely pledged universal service aspirations. Regulation is deliberately interpreted as a set of functions and competencies and a dynamic process involving providers and consumers as active participants. | »

Cette série de fiches d'information résume les activités et les résultats de l'appui de la coopération allemande au développement au gouvernement du Mali. Les 8 aspects couverts sont :

1. La qualité de l’eau: La fourniture d’une eau de qualité : un défi majeur du service public de l’eau potable
2. La formation professionnelle aux métiers de l’eau
3. La régulation du service public de l’eau potable en milieu rural au Mali: Régulation et suivi technique et financier – Des atouts pour une gestion professionnelle de l’eau potable
4. Mécanisme de financement régional : Vers l’autofinancement du secteur AEPA
5. Reformes sectorielles : Comment atteindre les ODD en appliquant une approche en faveur des pauvres au Mali
6. L’exercice de la maitrise d’ouvrage communale: Faciliter le passage à l’échelle grâce au clustering et à l’intercommunalité
7. Plan Stratégique d’Assainissement (PSA) pour les communes rurales du Mali : Le PSA un instrument de planification pour le développement durable de l’assainissement
8. Concept de la chaine d‘assainissement liquide au Mali : La collecte, l’évacuation et le traitement des eaux usées et des boues de vidange – un défi majeur pour les communes maliennes

Aussi disponible en anglais | »

This series of fact sheets summarises activities and findings of support from the German Development Cooperation (BMZ through GIZ) to the Government of Mali.

The 8 aspects covered are:
1. Water quality: Providing a quality water supply: a major challenge for the public drinking water service
2. Vocational training for jobs in the water sector
3. Regulation of the public drinking water service in rural Mali: Regulation, technical and financial monitoring – key attributes for professional drinking water management
4. Regional financing mechanism: Towards a self-financing water and sanitation sector
5. Water and sanitation sector reforms: How to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by adopting
a pro-poor approach in Mali
6. Municipalities in their role as contracting authorities: Scaling up through clustering and intermunicipal cooperation
7. Strategic Sanitation Plan (SSP) for rural municipalities in Mali: The SSP is a planning tool for the sustainable development of sanitation
8. Sanitation chain strategy in Mali: Wastewater and sludge collection, transportation and treatment – a major challenge for Mali’s municipalities

Also available in French | »