Water and sanitation

Report of national stakeholder consultations on water in the post-2015 development agenda

23 May 2013

This report published by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) summarizes findings from 22 national consultations that it organized between February and May 2013. The consultations aimed to: identify country needs; obtain a deeper qualitative understanding of national priorities; and compliment the online global thematic consultation on water. The broad topics covered included water resources and wastewater management, as well as quality and water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

Fourth World Water Development Report: Managing water under uncertainty and risk

02 January 2013

The United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR), released every three years in conjunction with the World Water Forum, is the UN’s flagship report on water. The fourth edition, published in March 2012, seeks to offer leaders in government, the private sector and civil society tools and response options to address current and future challenges related to the pressures driving demand for water and affecting its availability.

Global Campus for water and development underway

10 November 2012

Plans are underway for the establishment of a Global Campus for Water and Development based at the UNESCO Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE) in 2013. The objective is to close the gap in the broad field of specialist capacity needed in the field of water worldwide by providing more education at a regional level to young talented people via partners and in the future also in collaboration with regional UNESCO-IHE institutes.

SNV Practice Brief: Sustainable Water Services and the Poor in Small Towns

01 June 2012

One of the arguments commonly advanced against commercialisation of basic services is that this will take place at the expense of the poor. While this risk is acknowledged, the experiences discussed in the latest Practice Brief from SNV Netherlands Development Organisation confirm that poorer groups in small towns and peri-urban areas - who are disproportionately affected by inadequate services - can benefit from socially responsible commercialisation. 

SNV Practice Brief: Supporting domestic accountability

25 November 2011

Accountability can be an abstract concept, but it comes alive for ordinary citizens if it involves looking at whether (and how) funding for services is distributed and spent at the local level. This Practice Brief is the first of a new series prepared by practitioners working with the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation. It helps to shed some light on what support organisations can do to amplify the voice of local stakeholders in demanding greater accountability from governments and service providers.

Interview: Changing the sanitation mindset

12 September 2011

Abadh Kishore Mishra, Regional director, Regional Monitoring and Supervision Office of the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage in Surkhet, Nepal
 

Water and sanitation in Nepal’s Midwestern Region
 

In the past, efforts to improve access to sanitation in Nepal’s Midwestern Development Region were hampered by fragmentation and by the rigid mindset of some development agencies. This changed when the country’s Regional Monitoring and Supervision Office at the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage stepped in.