Partnership cooperation on site in Husiatyn (Ukraine) shows success
The operator partnership between Husiatyn (Ukraine) and Baruth/Mark, which has been running for a year now, has already seen four joint work efforts on site in Husiatyn (Ukraine) as well as one job shadowing of Ukrainian colleagues to Baruth.The town of Husiatyn is located in western Ukraine, around 70 km south-east of Ternopil. Since the […]
Wasserversorger wanted!
Wir suchen für die ADB einen deutschen Wasserversorger, um im Rahmen des ADB Programms “Water Organization Partnerships for Resilience (WOP4R)” Wasserbetreiberunternehmen in Nepal zu unterstützen. Worum geht es konkret? Partnerbetreiber Kawasoti Water Supply and Sanitation User’s Organization (Nepal) versorgt die “grüne” Distrikthauptstadt Kawasoti mit 86,821 Einwohnern, gelegen in einer südlichen Provinz Nepals. Der Betreiber erfuhr […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Drinking water supply – a multifaceted form of active cooperation
At the 2024 network meeting of the Utility Platform, colleagues from the partnerships working together in the field of drinking water supply exchanged their experiences and approaches in depth. The focus was on three practical examples that are already having an impact after a short period of cooperation and at the same time highlight different […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Utility partnerships work! Multidimensional!
During the seventh network conference in April 2024, Heiko Heidemann, project manager of the GIZ utility platform, presented what has already been achieved within four and a half years together with representatives from the partnerships. In October 2019, the utility platform was formally initiated with four partnerships at an initial working meeting. However, the coronavirus […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: From waste to recyclables
At the seventh network meeting of the operator platform in April 2024, the representatives from Cërrik and Sarandë in Albania and from Poltava in Ukraine presented their partnerships – both the successes they have already achieved and the challenges they still face. The exchange of experiences was complemented by visits to the RETERRA composting plant […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Why utility partnerships can make a difference
Anne Le Strat, PhD in geopolitics, has been committed to the challenges of water management for many years. As Deputy Mayor of Paris (2001 – 2014), she successfully implemented the remunicipalisation of the water supply with the creation of ‘Eau de Paris’, the largest public water company in France, of which she was CEO. She […]
“It’s just wonderful to see how the exchange goes beyond the programme.”
You work for the Lukanga Water & Sanitation Company in Zambia. What challenges does this company face? Michaela Karolina Braun: Our technical systems are all very old and have reached the end of their technical service life. In addition, we have no redundancies in the system, there are no backup systems. This means that various […]
Reshaping decentralised development cooperation in Germany – also with municipal utilities
The OECD report “Reshaping Decentralised Development Co-operation in Germany” was presented at the “6th OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the SDGs” in Brussels on 20 April 2023. It assesses decentralised development cooperation (DDC) policies, strategies, programmes and financing in Germany, as well as the challenges they face, and provides concrete recommendations on how […]
Equipment and expertise for reconstruction
After forging initial contacts in June 2022 at the leading Munich-based Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies, IFAT, and following an initial visit by a delegation of Ukrainian counterparts to Germany, the solidarity-based utility partnership is continuing to gain momentum. OOWV’s Tammo Janßen, alongside his partner colleagues from Chernihivvodokanal and Miskvodokanal in Sumy, presented the current status of […]
‘We want to be back in dialogue now!’
Ms Michalek-Götz, Lviv has been in the midst of war for almost six weeks. Please tell us briefly what you had agreed with your partner organisations up until the war broke out, how the work went there, and what has been planned and implemented so far. Kristin Michalek-Götz: We started active project work in January 2021. […]
