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Water & Sanitation

Moderated by bosman rene

EU intervention in water and sanitation covers basic infrastructure, support to water and sanitation policy development, capacity building and integrated water resource management. This topic covers a wide range of issues relevant to the sector, such as water and climate change, integrated water resource management, river basins development, sector policies, financing water and sanitation and other challenges.

 

35 groups and 7 articles on Water & Sanitation. 729 capacity4dev.eu members interested in Water & Sanitation.

Articles on Water & Sanitation

Improving Water and Sanitation Conditions for Slum Dwellers in Kenya
September 2 2011 by Coordination Team
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In Kenya, nearly 60% of Nairobi's population live in slums. In the Mukuru slum, in the East of Nairobi, an EU funded project is helping to improve the health status of residents through the provision of water and sanitation facilities.   It is said that "water is life and...
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Article relevant to the topics: Health, Private Sector, Trade & Regional Integration, Urban Development, Water & Sanitation
Building Ownership to Deliver Sustainable Water Aid
November 9 2010 by Coordination Team
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When the children of Inyima in southeast Nigeria began to fall sick and die, villagers were horrified to learn that their own poor hygiene practices had contaminated the community’s drinking water, causing a deadly diarrhoea outbreak. Three years on, Inyima, in Nigeria’s Cross...
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Article relevant to the topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Aid Effectiveness and Results, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Health, Water & Sanitation
The Challenge of Being ‘Backbone-minded’
March 11 2010 by Coordination Team
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How can we bring the principles of the Backbone Strategy on Technical Cooperation Reform into supporting infrastructure programmes? How can we be Backbone-minded? These were the themes of a recent internal session at EuropeAid headquarters. AIDCO Unit E7, which is in charge of...
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness and Results, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Transport, Water & Sanitation
EuropeAid Fills a Gap: Approval of the Sector Governance Approach
May 27 2009 by Coordination Team
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Donors struggle to translate policies on governance to practical actions in the field. One promising avenue for improvement leads donors to pay more careful attention to governance in sectors. To help in this journey, EuropeAid has developed and published a guidance tool for its...
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Article relevant to the topics: Education, Governance & Civil Society, Health, Migration & Asylum, Transport, Water & Sanitation
Somalia: Making Gains in a Fragile Environment
May 26 2009 by Coordination Team
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For almost two decades, a collapsed government and battling warlords have made Somalia a byword for anarchy. But as three European Commission representatives have found, a flexible and innovative approach to development can still reap results in this most difficult of...
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Article relevant to the topics: Aid Effectiveness and Results, Capacity Development & Technical Cooperation Reform, Crisis Situations, Education, Water & Sanitation
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Featured group

Public Group on Water and Sanitation
Created by Robu Anca (72 members)
This is the public group for water and sanitation issues
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Blog posts

World Water Day
Posted March 22 2012 by Robu Anca
To celebrate World Water Day 2012, the European Commission releases the video "More than Water" which shows concrete results of the EU-ACP Water...
Lesotho Water Week 04-06/04/2011
Posted June 15 2011 by Robu Anca
Theme for Water Week: Responding to Global Changes (World Water and Sanitation for Cities in an Urbanizing World)
Picture Album AMMAN Workshop Dead Sea 2011
Posted March 31 2011 by Robu Anca
The course of the workshop First visit: Control Center of Jordan River Waters (Jordan part) Second visit: Water users association...

Group Highlights

Codes of conduct for water sector
(Codes_of_conduct_EN_web.pdf)
Report Amman Workshop 2011
(Jordan__March_2011_regional_water_sector_report_final_april08.doc)

Groups on Water & Sanitation

PPCM Support Team
(24 members)
A group space introducing the support team for Project and Programme Cycle Management.
You are member since March 27 2012
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Tools and Methods Series
(21 members)
This group gathers all methodological publications of the Directorate EuropeAid that have been published in the "Tools and Methods Series"
You are member since March 27 2012
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Public Group on Fragility
(19 members)
A group to discuss improving the way we handle situations of fragility
You are member since February 16 2012
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Public Group on Fighting Hunger, Food Security, Nutrition
(33 members)
Public Group on Fighting Hunger, Food Security, Nutrition
You are member since September 20 2011
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NICHE Mozambique
(1 members)
NICHE Mozambique programme for capacity development in Higher Education
You are member since August 23 2011
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Public Dead Sea Water Group
(3 members)
Fallowing the workshop in Amman in march 2011, we created on demand this group called Dead Sea Water Group
You are member since April 4 2011
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UNIDO and Sustainable Industrial Development
(21 members)
The group is about three main topics: poverty reduction through productive activities; trade capacity-building and energy and environment.
You are member since March 29 2011
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C4D Library
(43 members)
Capacity4dev.eu Library group
You are member since October 8 2010
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Water SWAP issues in Pacific
(14 members)
Exchange share and discuss on Water SWAP issues following the seminar Samoa 13-16/04/2010
You are member since May 4 2010
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