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COMING SOON! 🎥 Paraguay has vast water resources, but challenges in managing them affected progress to #SDG6 - access to clean water and sanitation. 🌊 Since 2019, we've been working with Instituto Nacional de Estadística-Paraguay and partners to develop a system for sharing data to manage the country’s water resources more effectively. Stay tuned to see how this is improving 🇵🇾 people’s lives and learn more here: https://bit.ly/4cZXgfC #Data4Now #Data4SDGs

In collaboration with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and eight Water and Sanitation Community Forums (WSCFs), and supported by the Water Research Commission (WRC), IWMI’s project on ‘Institutionalizing inclusive community-led planning of water supply in Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Water Services Development Plan (WSDP)’ examined the institutional issues that seem to ignore ordinary community members in South Africa's under-resourced settings. Based on this experience and evidence, the project recommends: 🏛️ Institutionalizing WSCFs in the IDP structure 🔄 Revitalizing the IDP 💧 Promoting active community participation in the water sector. Want to know more? Read this recent article by IWMI’s Barbara Van Koppen, Ngowenani Nohayi, Inga Jacobs-Mata, and Karen Nortje ▶ on.cgiar.org/4bZ6Ait #OneCGIAR

Water, sanitation, and hygiene experts share insights into the challenges of addressing SDG 6 and the skill sets needed from the development workforce. #WorldWaterDay

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What role do you play? Who are the stakeholders responsible? How do we collaborate? These are fundamentalquestions that will hasten realization of this goal. #sustainability #waterandsanitation

🚨Announcement🚨 Invitation to attend the 1st African Water and Sanitation Technical Conference in November 2025 The Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (AWSISA) will be hosting the 1st African Water and Sanitation Technical Conference from 9 to 12 November 2025, at Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa. The conference will be hosted under the theme “Towards Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services" and will be attended by delegates and stakeholders that are involved with water and sanitation from the African continent and beyond. Attendees will include water boards, Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs), academic and research institutions, municipalities, civil society organisations, investors, international water forums and associations, government officials, embassies, suppliers, manufacturers, media, and other key players driving innovation and change in the sector. With South Africa assuming the G20 Chairpersonship in 2025, the AWSISA Conference provides a unique opportunity to spotlight the critical role of sustainable water and sanitation systems in tackling regional and global challenges. The conference will present a platform and opportunity for stakeholders to share ideas that could shape policies, advance technical knowledge, and foster impactful partnerships that will bring about positive and impactful changes in the water and sanitation sector. Why Attend? a. Engage with thought leaders and industry pioneers. b. Participate in groundbreaking discussions on sustainability and innovation. c. Build networks to strengthen water and sanitation services across Africa and beyond. Participation of all relevant and impacted stakeholders is critical to ensure comprehensive participation and discussions that will strengthen the sector and ensure its resilience and sustainability for future generations. Registration and related information will be shared in due course, in all AWSISA channels, including the AWSISA LinkedIn page. Should you require more information, please feel free to join AWSISA LinkedIn or contact Mr Asief Alli on 076 851 7098/aasief@randwater.co.za or Ms Lydia Radebe at: lyradebe@randwater.co.za/ 084 504 4868 for more details. #AWSISA #AWSISAConference #WaterAndSanitation #WaterSustainability #WaterSecurity

We're just a few hours away from the opening of the 3rd Africa Water Supply & Sanitation (WSS) Regulators Conference under the theme: "Adaptive Regulation - Addressing Emergent Issues." 🌍💧   Stay tuned for updates, key insights 24th - 26th September💡as regulators, service providers, policy makers, sector leaders from across Africa and beyond come together to explore innovative approaches to tackle the emerging issues that are rapidly affecting the sector.  

What does a water-secure world look like to you? Submit your photos to the USAID 2024 Water-Secure World Photo Contest now through Friday, August 9th. 📸 Contest entrants may submit up to five high-quality photos that illustrate the value of water resources management and water and sanitation services and hygiene practices as categorized in the U.S. Global Water Strategy: Category 1: Strengthen Water and Sanitation Sector Governance, Financing, Institutions, and Markets Category 2: Increase Equitable Access to Safe, Sustainable, and Climate-Resilient Drinking Water and Sanitation Services and the Adoption of Hygiene Practices Category 3: Improve Climate-Resilient Conservation and Management of Freshwater Resources and Associated Ecosystems Category 4: Anticipate and Reduce Conflict and Fragility Related to Water Eligibility, rules and submission guidelines available at https://lnkd.in/eGHCfj92 If you have any questions or comments, let us know below! #WaterSecureWorld #WASH #WRM

💧 In the face of increased frequency of extreme weather events, natural disasters, public #health crises, and economic pressures, the equitable provision of #water and #sanitation services is now more critical than ever. To advance this mission, Parties to the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health, and other pan-European countries and international and civil society organizations, as well as water and sanitation service providers, recently launched the Equitable Access Score-card 2.0, a thoroughly revised tool designed to help countries create a baseline measure and assess progress in reducing disparities in access to water and sanitation. Since its initial introduction over a decade ago, the original Equitable Access Score-card has been applied in 14 countries and provided valuable insights for targeted policy measures. The revised tool includes newly introduced dimensions, such as the ability to assess the #emergency preparedness and response of water and sanitation service providers, and the explicit #participation and access to information of vulnerable and marginalized groups in processes related to ensuring their access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and #hygiene.  Learn more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/d9uCeUYU Water Convention/Protocol on Water & Health WHO Regional Office for Europe International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute Water Integrity Network (WIN) Sonja Köppel Armin Bigham Ghazani Nataliya Nikiforova Diane Guerrier Représentation permanente de la France auprès de l'ONU à Genève Jérôme Bonnafont Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Burim Bilali Angelika Szűcs European Union

"At the current speed" Who do we want to point the finger at? When you read 'Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024', Goal 6 - report on Clean water and sanitation, it will make you reflect after seeing the words 'At the current speed'. We made many plans for 'accelerating change ' last year. A year later we criticize our own plans by calling it 'At the current speed'.. what happened to the speed plan we had? What happened to the 'working four times faster' approach to achieve SDG 6 on time? Or the concept was just well known around directors, managers, and water experts. Where was the role of the community? I still believe solving the water and sanitation crisis needs everyone’s effort and commitment. It's time to localize water information to the communities for a better future. ➡️ Read more: https://lnkd.in/dMqMEjrH #WaterCrisis #SDGreport United Nations Water WaterAid East Africa Simavi Sanitation and Water for All - a UNICEF-hosted global partnership J. D'Alba Axel Böhm Krystol Carfaro Prof. Dr. Khin-Ni-Ni Thein Colin Herron Ojonugwa Yahaya BURHANI M MUSTAPHA