Coordinators have presented the southern and western networks and their objectives at the 8th ordinary session of the Executive Committee (EXCO) of the African Ministers Council on Water and European Union water initiative african group meeting. ( 26-30th July 2010)
Briefing Note 2 - Decentralisation and use of cost data in WASHCost project countries 2009
The future of water, sanitation and hygiene in low-income countries: Innovation, adaptation and engagement in a changing world.
6-8 July 2011, Loughborough University, UK
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of WEDC in 2011, we are very pleased to announce that the 35th WEDC International Conference will be held at Loughborough University, UK, from 6th to 8th July 2011. The Call for Papers will be published by 31 July 2010.
16 August 2010 – The United Nations today unveiled a decade-long push to raise awareness and mobilize action to fight desertification, which threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 100 countries.
The General Assembly designated 2010-2020 as the Decade in 2007 to heighten public awareness of the threat posed by desertification, land degradation and drought to sustainable development.
Ls deux premiers jours seront consacres au debat scientifique ( 24-25 Octobre) alors que le dernier permettrait plutot le dialogue politique.
Bien qu'en preparation, les thèmatiques proposées devraient etre :
1. Climat et hydrologie
2. Des écosystèmes complexes et changeants
3. Variabilité de lac et mouvements de population
4. De nouveaux espaces agro-pastoraux
5. Une pêche mal contrôlée
6. Questions pour l'avenir
Pour plus d'information http://www.passages-forum.fr/ rubrique Manifestations a venir
Poster FOSS4G 2010:
XI CONFERENCIA DE DIRECTORES IBEROAMERICANOS DEL AGUA
(CODIA)
http://www.siagua.org/archivos_adjuntos/documentos/Agenda_XI_Codia_Editado.pdf
The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand. It explains how people buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Please check also the website:
http://storyofstuff.org/bottledwater/
Darou Ngaraf - 26 July 2010 available on Allafrica.com
Kalla Niang, 12, is highly self assured and energetic. She is busily preparing herself for high school, an opportunity that, until recently, would not have been available to her. She lives in the village of Darou Ngaraf in northern Senegal.
Like many girls in rural Senegal, Kalla and her sisters are responsible for many daily chores, including drawing water from a communal well that is located far from their village.
"My sisters and I had to rise before dawn to fetch water, and we were very often late for school," she said. "We always arrived very tired because drawing and carrying water is not easy."
Lack of energy and time for an education was not the only danger that Kalla and the other villagers faced by not having access to a reliable source of water. Drawing water from unregulated sources of water put them at risk of diarrhoea and malaria.
By Grace Azubuike- 30 July 2010
Cape Town — The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), has said that its Vision 2025 targets the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), relating to water and sanitation.
Article available on AllAfrica.com