Water is Life
Together with the City of Dresden (capital of Germany’s federal state of Saxony), which is twinned with Brazzaville in the Congo, Engagement Global’s Service Agency Communities in One World hosted the Fifth Conference of Partnerships Between German and African Municipalities from 20 to 22 September 2022. Among others, two utility partnerships active on the continent […]
Wastewater treatment increasingly important in times of climate crisis
Kerstin Krömer, Asset Manager of the German water utility “Oldenburg-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV)” presented projects and experiences of the OOWV for municipal wastewater treatment at the 2nd YOUtility Lunch of the utility platform on 22nd of September. She presented to the 23 participants from German and international water utilities how OOWV treats municipal wastewater in pilot […]
4. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Video impressions
More than 60 representatives of seven partnerships met live and in person at the Impact Hub in Stuttgart, a co-working space and event venue, on 30 and 31 May. The participants from Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine, Zambia and Germany met to network beyond the partnerships, identify formulas for successful water operator partnerships, and exchange […]
‘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. […]
Ukraine: Our solidarity is with the people
It is with deep concern that we observe the latest developments and we are worried about the massive consequences of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The war threatens people’s lives, destroys their livelihoods and causes terrible suffering. Development achievements will be seriously harmed. Our solidarity is with the Ukrainian people. There are over 70 partnerships between […]
Everyone benefits from working together in partnership!
On 26 January, around 50 delegates from municipal utilities, municipalities and public authorities met online for the second round of ‘Local Meets Global’. This time, the focus was on southern Germany, and the interplay between municipalities and utilities in the context of development cooperation. The conference was supported by the Baden-Württemberg Association of Cities and […]
Good preparation builds understanding and trust
In the last quarter of 2021, four new partnerships were launched between utilities from Germany and utilities in Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa and Ukraine. To ensure the partnerships got off to a good start and to further bolster the established partnerships, the utility platform held a total of nine training and networking events in November […]
Invitation: Exchange and networking
The participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences in international partnership work and exchange ideas on various technical topics beyond their own partnerships. In addition, we would like to introduce a new partnership and integrate it into the existing network. In September 2021, the Märkischer Abwasser- und Wasserzweckverband (MAWV) and Luapula (Zambia) joined […]
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water Project for Ghana
The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water Project was launched to ensure access to low-cost sanitation and water facilities, particularly in lower-income communities in the metropolitan region, and to reduce the cost of a toilet from US$600 to about US$50. For more than 230,000 inhabitants, the hygiene and health situation has thus been […]
Tackling challenges together – municipal utilities in development cooperation
The 15th Federal Conference of Municipal Development Cooperation (BUKO) took place from 14 to 16 June 2021 in Bonn under the title “Together. Fair. Global. Sustainable. 2030 Agenda – Municipalities Shape the Future.” The conference was organised on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) by Engagement Global/the Service Agency Communities in […]
