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L’Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement - 2iE, basé à Ouagadougou a été créé en 2006 par la fusion de l’Ecole d'Ingénieurs de l'Equipement Rural (EIER) et de École des Techniciens de l'Hydraulique et de l'Equipement Rural (ETSHER). Il offre des formations supérieures en... Read more...
Eau Vive travaille depuis presque trente ans avec les communautés villageoises ouest-africaines, encourageant l’initiative locale, la mobilisation et la responsabilité des acteurs locaux dans les processus de développement. Read more...
La Représentation du CREPA au Burkina a pour mission de promouvoir et favoriser l’accès à l’eau potable et l’assainissement de manière durable et à moindre coût aux populations à faible revenu vivant en milieu rural, périurbain et urbain, afin d’améliorer leurs conditions de vie, leur environnement... Read more...
John Sauer has started as Assistant Director Thought Leadership at Water For People (USA). Read more...
The Delhi Jal Board (city water board) has approved levying sewerage development charges on those premises which do not have a DJB water connection, or have a cut-off connection, but discharge sewage into its sewer system. The monthly levy will be in the range of 150 to 2,500 Indian rupees [US$ 3... Read more...
The Karnataka state Legislative Assembly has extended the deadline making it mandatory for citizens in Greater Bangalore to install rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems. The extension, as drawn up in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill 2011, was approved unanimously by the... Read more...
The GIZ agency, German International Cooperation agency, was founded in 2011 by combining the expertise of the German Development Service (DED), the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and InWEnt. Read more...
Image via Wikipedia Kurdistan Ministry of Municipality and Tourism sealed Monday a contract for construction of drinking water project for Amedi area within Dohuk province. The minister, Samir Abdullah Mustafa, singed the contract priced at 90,000,000 U.S. Dollars with the Lebanese Ster Group and... Read more...
In Burkina Faso, WaterAid contributes to the implementation of sustainable systems of water supply and latrine construction and works actively to influence government policy to defend the interests of the most vulnerable. Read more...
L’eau et l’environnement sont devenus une préoccupation prioritaire de développement durable en Algérie ou le nombre de la population a augmenté et, avec, ses besoins en ce précieux liquide vital. Pour cette raison, l’Ecole nationale supérieure d’hydraulique consacre une partie … Read more...
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ( NABARD ) has approved a INR 1.27 billion (US$ 28 million) project to tackle the drinking water problem in Mahendragarh district of Haryana state. The project will supply water to 64 water-starved villages and 34 dhanies (clusters) at a rate... Read more...
Those of you genuinely interested in action research on WASH governance, accountability, transparency and giving citizens a voice are cordially invited to join our learning and sharing platforms. Read more...
Visualizing.org and Circle of Blue have launched an international contest, which offers a US$ 5,000 cash prize to creative teams of designers, data experts and visualizers who present new ways to visualise data on urban water and sanitation. The competition closes on 18 March and winners will be... Read more...
IRC' s Southern Africa Regional Programme is building a partnership with the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA) Water and Sanitation Focal Point Network (FPN). Following consultations with UCLGA in the IRC offices in the Hague, the IRC Southern Africa Regional Programme... Read more...
Les travaux du Colloque international sur les ressources en eau et le développement durable s’ouvrent demain à Alger et seront clôturés le 23 février en cours. Les participants à cette rencontre débattron sà propos de la gestion, de l’utilisation rationnelle et de la protection de l’eau et de l’... Read more...
Denis ZOUNGRANA est enseignant-chercheur à la Fondation 2iE (Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement) localisée à Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso. Il est chargé des cours d’approvisionnement en eau potable. Ces cours intègrent aussi bien la gestion de la demande que la... Read more...
In a recent article in Capacity.org on lessons from WASH multi- stakeholder partnerships from 12 countries in Africa, two SNV authors use three IRC materials on sector learning in the six resources they list. Read more...
Jan-Willem Rosenboom joined The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Senior Programme Officer, Demand-led Sanitation in December 2010. Read more...
Successful multi-stakeholder efforts that have transformed disagreements over water into collaborative partnerships have shaped human history and often contributed to the rise of great civilisations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt and the pre-Columbian cultures of Latin America. This is why, in 2009,... Read more...
Due to his impending retirement, Aat van der Wel has transferred his duties as Managing Director of WASTE to Jacqueline Barendse as of 1 February 2011. Read more...