World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
UN-Habitat's Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos on Monday announced the launch of a new Global Consultation on Wastewater Management and Water Quality for the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
A water operators’ partnership (WOP) is a collaboration between two or more water or sanitation operators, conducted on a not-for-profit basis, in the aim of developing their capacity. These partnerships are being used as a way of helping the world’s public operators to sustainably deliver adequate water and sanitation for all.
A water operators’ partnership (WOP) is a collaboration between two or more water or sanitation operators, conducted on a not-for-profit basis, in the aim of developing their capacity. These partnerships are being used as a way of helping the world’s public operators to sustainably deliver adequate water and sanitation for all.
A water operators’ partnership (WOP) is a collaboration between two or more water or sanitation operators, conducted on a not-for-profit basis, in the aim of developing their capacity. These partnerships are being used as a way of helping the world’s public operators to sustainably deliver adequate water and sanitation for all. This is one of a new set of Case Studies on WOPs in Africa, which follows a set of three Cases on WOPs in Asia published in 2012.
UN-Habitat last Wednesday joined the government of Tanzania and other United Nations agencies in celebrating the 67th United Nations Day at Karimjee grounds in Dar es Salaam.
UN-Water, the Stockholm International Water Institute and their global partners have made an impassioned plea for water and sanitation to be provided to all by 2030.
A capacity building programme for Rwanda, as part of the second phase of Lake Victoria Water Initiative, was officially launched at a Stakeholders Workshop in Kigali on August 11th, 2011.
The capacity building program, to be implemented by UN-HABITAT will provide technical assistance and training to the East African Community and the five East African Countries to ensure the effective implementation and long term sustainability of the second phase of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation, which is being funded by the African Development Bank.
More than 2,500 participants have registered to take part in the 21st edition of the World Water Week that kicked off on Monday in Sweden.
Right from the start, the message that came out from the event taking place at the Stockholm International Water Institute is that the relationship between water and cities has never been stronger.
Eleven towns in the Lake Victoria Basin are now able to provide improved urban management and basic services following the recent completion of an integrated programme of training and capacity building which targeted municipal councils, service providers, NGOs, Multi-Stakeholder Forums and Community-Based Organizations.