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we are now close to releasing the final version of the interactive guidelines.

WEDC's own resources are available to download free of charge. These include 150 books, over 1700 conference papers and hundreds of other key knowledge outputs in water, sanitation and infrastructure. You can purchase printed editions from the online bookshop.

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Registration also provides you with access to a  database of thousands of other sector resources with an ever-growing number of links to live downloadable files.

Source: Munyaradzi Makoni, SciDev.Net, 29 Dec 2009

A project to boost water resources in southern Africa, first announced in 2003, held its first executive meeting [in November 2009].

The project, started by New Partnerships for Development in Africa (NEPAD) [read the original strategic plan] , aims to promote cooperation and knowledge transfer among water research institutions to secure adequate clean water and manage resources for national and regional development.

It was established after the first African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology in 2003 but an expansion of the centres is only now under discussion.

NEPAD Water CoE announces a PhD and Post-doctoral research programme to investigate the challenges in water scarcity in Southern Africa and possible solutions. The research programme focuses on water quality, sanitation and water resources management. Preference will be given to water related projects with a broad application or that addresses problems applicable in many countries.

Newsletter January 2010

In this issue:

• Training River Basin Organisations in IWRM, Indonesia

• Training course on Pollution Management, Kenya

• Interview with a network member, AGW_Net

Water resources, indispensable basis for development, food, and health, become ever scarcer and more polluted.

The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) offers solutions to the water crisis in linking water to other vital resources and viewing the whole water cycle together with human interventions as the basis for sustainable water management. As it is a relatively new concept there is a high demand for experts adequately trained in the concept of IWRM. Next to the technical and managerial knowledge related to water resources these experts should also have knowledge of the practices of project funding and international cooperation.

For bilateral projects between Germany and Arab countries there is a need for experts being familiar with the culture, language and politics of both sides and are skilled in intercultural communication.

The Joint Management Authority announced that the call for proposal on strategic projects for Cross-Boarder Cooperation in the Mediterranean will be launched during the second semester 2010. These projects will involve a minimum of four partners representing four different countries, of which at least one EU Mediterranean Country and one Mediterranean Partner Country.

Their budget range from a minimum of  2 million up to a maximum of  5 million. Budget announced for this call about  37 million.

The Fondation Ensemble has launched a call for proposals for projects that seek to create microenterprises in the areas of water supply and sanitation or infrastructure maintenance.

Two support funds are available
 

The Ecological Sanitation Research group (EcoSanRes) at Stockholm Environment Institute launched the Southern Africa knowledge node on sustainable sanitation (SAKNSS) during the second Africa Water Week. It is one of three nodes in Africa, the two others are in Burkina Faso (CREPA) and Uganda (NETWAS Uganda). “Our aim is to train groups in sustainable sanitation and develop local capacity to respond to demand for information and training in the region, says Madeleine Fogde, EcoSanRes Capacity Development Manager.” Other knowledge nodes have been identified in Central America, Bolivia, China, the Philippines and Nepal [1].

A first draft of the Water Guidelines are available for comments and feedbacks.
Please feel free to introduce your inputs before 31st July 2009. The Water Management sector will thank you!

The E7 Unit of EuropeAid would like to thank all the participants of the 2009 seminar.

Discussions have been very fruitful and contributions and feedbacks will be consolidated in IWRM - SWAP concept note. This concept note can be downoladed from the draf document section of this Working Group. We hope that this discussions with all our partners will continue and that will be enreached with new experiences, points of view and case studies.

Available here the material of the last Seminar in Brussels 24-26 June 09

2-3 April 2009, Johannesburg NEPAD initiative –

World Water Forum Bulletin

available in Turkish,

By Cap-Net - feb 2009

SIWI, in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of South Africa (CSIR)

Integrated Water Resource Management in Latin america
http://www.euwi.net/new/en/latin-america-water-supply-and-sanitation/document/euwi/monography-integrated-water-resource-management

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