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Since 1984 AGUASAN has regularly brought together water and sanitation experts from around the world to discuss current trends and innovations in the field of water supply and environmental management. AGUASAN also holds annual summer workshops bringing together project field staff, desk officers, researchers, experts and consultants for a week of exchange and reflection on selected development issues. The workshops are intended to foster a mutual learning experience, particularly making participants with a technical background more aware of non-technical aspects of water and sanitation development. Recent themes of AGUASAN workshops include private sectorinvolvement, the household-centred approach and the impact of personal paradigms.

Contact:

Karl Wehrle Pphone: +41 71 228 54 54

East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) of the International Water Association (IWA) is a forum of water services institutions in the East and South African region that promotes a sharing of working experience, appropriate technology and information in the water and sanitation sector. It encourages discussion and communication as a means to concerted action and knowledge multiplication within stakeholders of issues prevalent in the region. Workshops are held every two years to alternate with the World IWA conferences. The 2002 conference was organized at Livingstone, Zambia, with a theme of ‘Institutional Reforms in the Water Sector’. The website features the objectives, constitutional framework, organisational structure and information on future conferences and workshops.

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a partnership between private companies, public service provider agencies, institutions and development agencies towards establishing and supporting local level action for sustainable water management. It was formed in 1996, by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to create awareness about water issues through participatory institutional mechanisms.

The Southern African Programme (SATAC) and the West African Programme (WATAC) are part of the GWP’s regional water partnerships aimed at promoting collaboration, cross sectoral and country participation with an emphasis on the youth. The website lists links to member nations, partner organizations and institutions with an IWRM toolbox, publications and a calendar of events.

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HTN is an international knowledge network of experts from the public and private sector, to put "Water Technology for the Poor" on the international agenda. The key elements of HTN are sector strategies for standardisation; local capacity building in production; quality control and assurance; and sustainable operation and maintenance systems. It documents and disseminates results and lessons learned in the following areas: sector policy, supply chain management and provision of spare parts, operation and maintenance, private sector participation, cost recovery concepts and quality control. A HTN workshop is organised every three years.

Contact:

Erich Baumann Phone: +41 71 228 54 54

The Inter-American Water Resources Network is a network of networks that aims to build and strengthen water resources partnerships and collaboration among the water resources community of the Americas. The IWRN's technical secretariat is located at the Organization of American States. The network facilitates technical cooperation, information and data sharing, opportunities for education, training and partnerships in analyzing and managing water resources. The focus is on water resources management but this site provides some links to urban environmental sanitation in its publications, conferences and workshops, and resource center information.

OneWorld is an Internet community of more than 150 organizations working on sustainable development and human rights worldwide. The partners' listing provides a brief description of each member of the OneWorld Partnership. A number of OneWorld partners work on issues related to urban environmental sanitation including WaterAid and IRC (International Water and Sanitation Centre). OneWorld provides a news service organized by country, region, and themes; guides to topics such as cities; and "think tanks" (including one on water and sanitation). The water and sanitation think tank includes an interactive colloquium, timely information on campaigns, workshops, and training courses, current articles written by journalists, practitioners, and scholars, conference proceedings, and announcements.

The Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) established in the 1980s, sought to coordinate development activities in selected sectors where benefits of regional approaches could be clearly established. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) succeeded the SDCC in 1993. The Water Sector Co-ordination Unit (WSCU) of the SADC has formulated a Regional Strategic Action Plan (RSAP) containing 31 priority interventions to develop a holistic regional strategic approach for integrated water resources management and development.

The website provides an exhaustive summary of ongoing programmes, institutional frameworks for the water sector, reviews of regional water resource situation and a useful abbreviation list.

A international network of organizations of the urban poor who share ideas and experiences, and support one another in gaining access to adequate land, infrastructure and housing. Links to several partner organizations in Africa and Asia are available from this site.

The Union Africaine des Distributeurs d'Eau (UADE) is a consortium of African states to establish principles for improved water exploitation, distribution, and pricing in the region. It aims to enhance water distribution and sanitation management knowledge through coordinated action and to initiate and promote training for this end.

The website has an interactive French language interface providing information on the UADE’s organization and institutional frameworks, scientific and technical committees and definitions of some water and sanitation ‘action’ words.

Contact:

The Managing Director
Water Utility Partnership
05 BP 2642
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Email: info@wupafrica.org
Telephone: +225-21 24 08
Fax: +225-21 75 86 56

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council provides a forum for discussing key issues and promotes collaboration at the country level. The Council meets in a Global Forum once every two years, and operates through working groups, networks and task forces. This web site provides links to working groups, including: country-level collaboration and national sector strategies, community management and partnerships with civil society, the promotion of sanitation, and institutional and management options including decentralization. Links are provided to the networks: Services for the Urban Poor, Operation and Maintenance, Global Applied Research, and Gender Issues.