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EUROCLIMA - Scientific Component.

General Presentation of the different scientific activities undertaken by the EUROCLIMA programme.

PhD Poster - 26  March 2010

Abstract: In the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) one of the targets is to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. There is a lack of understanding about how and where the governmental and international cooperation efforts should be put in order to improve the access level to Water Supply and Sanitation services (WSS). The final objective of this PhD is to better understand the relationships and key variables involved in an improved WSS management.

Objective

Find spatial-temporal trends and patterns between environmental, governance and human pressure variables that affect the level of WSS and thus, the human development of a country.

Community-based development in water and sanitation projects : supporting community-driven development in developing member countries. Manila, Philippines, Asian Development Bank. - ix, 94 p. : 9 tab. - Bibliography: p. 29-33. - ISBN 978-971-561-858-8

The objective of this study is to undertake a comparative analysis among community-based development (CBD) and/or community-driven development (CDD) projects, and between CBD and/or CDD and non-CBD and non-CDD projects in water supply and sanitation (WSS) to determine differences and similarities in achieving outcomes and effects

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Towards the realization of free basic sanitation : evaluation, review and recommendations. (WRC report ; no. TT 422/09). Pretoria, South Africa, Water Research Commission. - xviii, 91 p. : 16 fig., 8 tab. – 30 ref. - ISBN 978-1-77005-900-9

The aim of this study was to assess the experience of municipalities in the implementation of FBSan services and to develop economic and financial models for sustainable FBSan service. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made for improving the delivery of FBSan services to poor.

http://www.wrc.org.za/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/Research%20Reports/TT%20422-09%20Water%20Policy.pdf

Este trabajo se desarrolla con el fin de proporcionar información y evaluar la viabilidad de los datos de Observación de la Tierra para la realización de un seguimiento de la evolución de la lámina de agua y del estado de la vegetación. En concreto, se propone caracterizar la evolución multitemporal anual e inter-anual de la lámina de agua, la vegetación acuática y la cobertura vegetal del Lago Chad, reconocer las zonas mayormente influenciadas y afectadas de la superficie del lago, e identificar el tipo de correlación que puede existir en torno a las dinámicas de estas variables para el caso de estudio seleccionado.

The global climate is changing - drinking-water and sanitation services have to prepare for the impact.

The vision 2030 study of DFID and WHO set out to increase our understanding of how anticipated climate change may affect drinking-water and sanitation services and what can be done to optimize resilience of technologies, infrastructure and services. Five broad policy-relevant conclusions are reached. This booklet summarizes the study - a CD ROM with the full reports will become available by the end of 2009.

Water : An increasingly precious resource 

Sanitation : A matter of dignity

Contents

Foreword                                                     

List of acronyms                                           

The purpose of this training material is to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the application of integrated water resources management (IWRM) for sustainable management and development of water resources. The training is particularly targeted at the staff of river basin organisations (RBOs).

Training Material

Technical notes on the Manual Drilling in Africa

UNICEF,  Practica and Entrepises Works/VITA have developed a toolkit for African countries wishing  to embark on the professionalisation of the manual drilling

There is a series of five technical notes available online:

As the previous booklets on Sanitation  and Water, this document gives examples of how different financial mechanisms are being used to finance water, sanitation projects and small local businesses that contribute to reaching MDG-7.

This handbook is written primarily for basin managers and government officials who need to take decisions related to water management.

Together, they have to put in place management systems that will mitigate the impacts of natural hazards, supply water for productive purposes (agriculture, industry, energy, transport, tourism, fishing, etc.), supply water for social purposes (health and domestic services) and protect the environment. They must, therefore, manage conflicts on water resource issues between many different users. The handbook is also aimed at non-governmental actors who are involved in basin activities. It provides guidance for integrated water resources management that can be applied in basins regardless of the context (developed or developing countries, humid or arid conditions) or the current state of water governance.

Link to the handbook

Guidance on IWRM and water resources management