Addis Abeba , 2010

The 3rd Afican Water Week will be held in Addis Abeba next November.

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The AfricaSan Awards, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on water (AMCOW), are dedicated to recognizing outstanding efforts and achievements in sanitation and hygiene in Africa which result in large-scale, sustainable behaviour changes and tangible impacts. They also aim to raise the profile of sanitation and hygiene by drawing attention to successful approaches, promoting excellence in leadership, innovation and sanitation and hygiene improvements in Africa, and providing incentives for action.

There are 3 award categories:

1) Public Service Award

2) Distinguished Woman Leader in Sanitation and Hygiene

3) Grassroots Champion Award.

This dialogue will present the experiences of the Danida supported DWA-COGTA-SALGA Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) programme initiated in 2000 in three water management areas of South Africa.

This conference brings together over 40 ADB partner organisations, 80 panellists and 500 water decision makers to raise awareness of water issues and solutions in the Asia and Pacific region. ADB will present its Water Operational Framework 2011-2020.

At the conference, there will be 60 presentations from international water resources management (IWRM) specialists from a total of 18 different countries, including Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, India, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Palestine, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Viet Nam.

The 10th World Toilet Summit (WTS) will focus on the innovative designs, trends, and sustainable, market-based sanitation solutions and the huge profits businesses can realize while at the same time helping to eradicate the global sanitation crisis.

The conference will deal with critical concerns relating to drinking water sanitation, hygiene and water resources with a strong public health emphasis, relevant to both the developing and developed worlds. Included is a presentation and discussion on the UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) .

Source: www.waterworld.com

The development of water and sanitation infrastructure has failed to keep up with the millions of Latin Americans migrating to urban areas over the years. Nuno Oscar Branco looks at some of the projects taking place to bring the region up to speed and meet Millenium Development Goals, including desalination development across Peru and Chile.

Latin America is water rich. With 500 million inhabitants or 8% of the world population distributed in 20 countries, the region possesses 31% of the freshwater resource in the world. In comparison, Asia, where 60% of the world population lives, only 28% of the freshwater resource is available.

By Chris Stein, 30th August 2010

source  Inter Press Service News Agency

The 11th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA symposium is set to be held at the Elephant Hills Hotel in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from the 27th to the 29th of October 2010. The conference will provide a forum to discuss and disseminate research findings, debate on water policy and addressing challenges that plague the water sector in Southern and East Africa.

Deadline for early registration :31st august 2010

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