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La mobilisation du financement est un enjeu sensible pour le développement et la gestion des services AEPHA (Eau, assainissement et hygiène) pour tous. Deux sessions complémentaires ont abordé ce sujet dans le 6ème Forum Mondiale de l’eau – Marseille 2012 … Read more...
Robert Marten an Associate of the Rockefeller Foundation presented the results of the Foundation’s Multiple Use Services (MUS) search. This exercise meant to explore the policy, technical and other barriers that limit the scaling of MUS. In addition, it, also closely looked at how to make the MUS... Read more...
Indonesia’s commitment to the MDGs and a World Bank report on the negative economic impacts of poor sanitation placed urban sanitation firmly on the Indonesian government agenda from 2006 onwards. Read more...
O esforço que as pessoas empreendem para contornar as dificuldades da modernidade é notável, principalmente em relação a aspectos relacionados com o saneamento nas cidades moçambicanas. A foto documenta que, para além da falta de meios financeiros, ainda se pode ser criativo, inventando e... Read more...
This webinar presents the results of a study into post-construction support and goes into the broader discussion on the role of post-construction support on rural water supplies. Read more...
La question est au cœur du 6e Forum mondial de l’eau à Marseille. L’eau est à toutes les sauces cette semaine à Marseille où la cité phocéenne accueille en effet jusqu’au samedi 17 mars 2012 le 6e Forum mondial de l’eau (FME), le plus grand rassemblement au monde d’experts sur la question. Venus de... Read more...
Ghana is focusing on using a decentralized approach to monitoring rural water services declares the Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Clement Bugase at the 6 th World Water Forum. Read more...
Nearly 2.2 million people die every year because of WASH-related factors, causing CSOs at the World Water Forum to that conclude that this is recipe for a humanitarian crisis. Read more...
Les ministres et chefs de délégations réunis à Marseille, en France, le 13 mars 2012 à la conférence ministérielle du 6ème Forum mondial de l’eau, « le temps des solutions », sommes déterminés à relever les défis de l’eau à … Read more...
Le projet WashTech au Burkina a entamé sa deuxième année de mise en œuvre. Activité maîtresse de cette année : l’évaluation de l’introduction des technologies grâce à l’outil « Technology Assessment Framework (TAF) », et le suivi documentation des changements opérés par l’usage de cet outil. Afin... Read more...
Financing water and sanitation improvements for the very poor remains a major challenge over large areas of the globe. In a dynamic session at the World Water Forum in Marseille participants were asked to choose the best solution from 6 proposed by IRC and WSUP in their paper 6 Key Solutions for... Read more...
Yves Chartier, who worked for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WSH) at the World Health Organization, died in a tragic accident in the Jura mountains on 8 January 2012. Mr. Chartier was WHO’s face for matters of medical waste management, and for water and sanitation in health care centres and schools. Read more...
A l'Eau l'Afrique, A l'Eau le Monde !, au Bénin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Sénégal et Togo se sont tenu, 6 forums nationaux de l'eau, en marge desquels ont été organisés des événements artistiques et culturels. Avec le soutien de Safoul Productions, des concerts et des manifestations culturelles... Read more...
O filme foi feito no distrito de Mecufi, em 2010, aquando da pesquisa do Projecto WASHcost. Neste filme fica a se saber como os pesquisadores interagiam com as autoridades e comunidades rurais. Read more...
Créé il y a 10 ans par son altesse royale Roi du Maroc, le prix Hassan II constitue l’une des distinctions les plus importantes du monde dans le domaine de l’eau. Parmi les 33 candidatures de 21 pays différents, l’Observatoire du … Read more...
“We will complement each other and create a win-win situation through this collaboration”, said IRC Director Nico Terra when signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Akvo Foundation on 13 March at the 6 th World Water Forum in Marseilles. Read more...
The 6th World Water Forum opened in Marseille with the welcome news that the world had attained the MDG target of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water way ahead of the 2015 deadline. However, another 800 million people in the world are yet to share in that success. Read more...
Dans le cadre de la mise en place de l’initiative Triple-S au Burkina ( Services durables à l’échelle ), l’IRC et Eau Vive se sont rencontrés dans la région du Sahel. Cette visite a également permis aux représentants des deux organisations de rencontrer l’Association des Usagers de l’Eau- AUE du... Read more...
« Nous sommes conscients qu’il y a beaucoup de choses à faire en matière de communication, surtout lorsque des incidents surviennent la nuit sur notre réseau. On essaie d’améliorer la communication. L’engagement est pris d’informer le public », a dit … Read more...
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