Visit by Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH to the Luapula Water Supply and Sanitation Company in Zambia
In April 2025, a delegation from Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH (SEDD) visited the Luapula Water Supply and Sanitation Company (LpWSC) in Zambia. The mission was a great success and served to inspect the achievements of the existing Water Operator Partnership (WOP), define current challenges and prepare for future partnership development as part of the follow-up phase […]
Kick-off visit of the utility partnership between Zambia and Saxony
In September, a small German delegation travelled to Mansa, Luapula Province, from the EU-funded utility partnership with Zambia implemented through the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA). After the successful conclusion of the contract at the beginning of August, the colleagues from Saxony could now officially start with the technical project work. During the long […]
Women’s power in the water industry
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, male employees of Vodokanals are no longer allowed to leave their country and applications for departure are hardly granted or only with considerable bureaucratic effort. However, the constant contact between Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH and its partners Lvivvodokanal, Ternopilvodokanal, and Nadvirnavodokanal, and the lively exchange about the content […]
A week dedicated to the Water Operators‘ Partnerships (WOPs): from 22 to 26 May 2023
May was an eventful week in the international project activities surrounding Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) in general and the utility partnership of Dresden, Cologne and Berlin with Lviv, Ternopil and Nadvirna in particular. In four cities, project tasks were worked on almost simultaneously, networks were established and strengthened, and the operator partnership was presented. Bonn […]
Intensive and compact knowledge transfer in special times
In late September, the Utility Partnership Ukraine had the opportunity to welcome a delegation of ten people from the partner operators in Lviv, Ternopil and Nadvirna. The partnership faces difficult challenges in its day-to-day project work due to the ongoing war. A visit by the Ukrainian partners to Germany requires not only increased logistics, but […]
From ONLINE to FACE-TO-FACE
Following the launch of the pilot project, the partners at Stadtentwässerung Dresden (SEDD) and Lvivvodokanal worked together exclusively online. The first, long-awaited face-to-face meeting between the international colleagues finally took place at the end of September. The invitation was announced in July with a proposal to combine a visit to Ukraine with participation in the […]
