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No dia 05 de Novembro de 2010, o WASHCost Moçambique apresentou os seus resultados preliminares da pesquisa que foram apreciados pela comunidade do sector de água e saneamento em Moçambique. Read more...
O objectivo deste documento da WASHCost Moçambique é de analisar os valores dos contractos assinados pelo Governo no ano 2009. O segundo objectivo é, apartir da análise dos contratos de 2009 fazer uma previsão de valores a considerar entre 2010 a 2012. Read more...
Background The sampling strategy is a short document team that describes the justification for the choices made concerning sampling. This strategy enables the teams to get approval from their "LA" members and compare across the project. The structure of report follows the administrative structure... Read more...
A estratégia de amostragem é um documento breve da equipa que fundamenta as escolhas feitas em relação à amostra. Esta estratégia permite às equipas obter autorização dos membros da “AA” e compará-la em todo o projecto.A estrutura do relatório segue a estrutura administrativa a partir do nível... Read more...
Amali Raschke explains that in South Africa, the responsibility for water sits traditionally at municipal level (water service provision) and at national level (regulatory function). There is no official role for the province in terms of water. Mpumalanga province, however, has taken up the... Read more...
The Drakenstein Local Municipality in Western Cape started in July 2010 using the Municipal Assistant management software system to get better insight in the operation and maintenance status of their six wastewater plants. It is helping Mr. Ronald Brown the Director of Waste Management in... Read more...
Sahel Solidarité received the Burkinabé Merit Order 2010 for its work in water and sanitation, health, education and environment. The NGO was the only organisation to receive this prestigious award for 2010 Read more...
Updated arrangements for the UN-Water Trust Fund have moved the responsibility for administering the Fund from the rotating UN-Water Chair to a permanent anchoring in the United Nations Office for Project Service (UNOPS). The new arrangements call for an MoU between each of the 27 UN-Water member... Read more...
The World Bank has approved a grant of US$3 million to the Gaza Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) to fund cost overruns in the implementation of a US$ 31 million project to improve access and delivery of water and sanitation services to people in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Emergency Water... Read more...
Many African countries are NOT going to meet the MDGs on water and sanitation. Too often, the water supply systems break down and do not get repaired, as the technologies used are not sound for the local context, too expensive to repair or spare parts are unavailable. The WASHTech project (2011-... Read more...
On 31 January 2011, the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRC) and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in fields of health care, water, sanitation, and other services for the Palestinian people. The MoU represents the Qatar and... Read more...
South Asian ministers have vowed to tackle the “biggest sanitation challenge in the world”. In the Colombo Declaration released on 7 April 2011 at the 4th South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN IV), they promise to set up a national body in each country to “coordinate sanitation and hygiene,... Read more...
IRC has enhanced user options on its new E-Source news and features web pages. You can now actively share interesting articles by email and by using social media. You can also add comments under each article; contribute a short article online, or join on online debate. Read more...
La passation de services entre les directeurs généraux entrant et sortant du Centre Régional pour l'Eau Potable et l'assainissement à faible coût (CREPA) a eu lieu le 17 décembre 2010 au siège de l’institution à Ouagadougou. La cérémonie était présidée par M. Abdoulaye Combari, ministre délégué à l... Read more...
Depuis le 28 janvier 2011, Le CREPA et la SNV ont décidé d’unir leurs forces par la signature d’un accord de partenariat pour la cause des plus démunis. Favoriser l’accès des populations à l’eau et à l’assainissement, tels sont les objectifs que se sont assignés le CREPA et la SNV pour lutter... Read more...
La deuxième édition du forum EurAfric s’est tenue à Bamako, Mali du 25 au 28 janvier 2011, au Centre international de conférence de Bamako, sous le thème « Pôles de compétitivité / Clusters Eau et Energie en Afrique ». Le forum a été initié pour promouvoir le partenariat public-privé dans le... Read more...
Le projet de réduction de l’insécurité alimentaire par l’utilisation des excréta humains hygiénisés comme fertilisants (EcoSan UE3) est à 12 mois de sa mise en œuvre dans le Centre Est et Centre Ouest du Burkina Faso. Partant des objectifs et résultats attendus, l’équipe pluridisciplinaire du... Read more...
Le WSSCC organisera un Forum mondial sur l'assainissement et l'hygiène du 9 au14 octobre 2011 au Mumbai renaissance convention centre, en rassemblant quelque 500 personnes incluant des membres du WSSCC et des professionnels du secteur en Inde pour une semaine de partage et d'apprentissage autour... Read more...
En novembre 2010, WaterAid, avec le soutien du consortium de recherche SHARE, a réuni 16 praticiens et chercheurs ayant une expertise dans l'eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (EAH), la santé, l'équité et l'inclusion, l'éducation et le Genre, pour partager des connaissances et expériences et... Read more...
Lorsqu'on est confronté à un problème difficile, l'une des meilleures façons de déterminer la voie à suivre consiste à demander l'avis de quelqu'un qui a vécu une situation similaire. Cette logique a motivé un groupe de praticiens de l’AEAH extrêmement enthousiastes du Libéria et de la Sierra Leone... Read more...