Learning from the Dutch WOP Programme: Water WorX
At the 3rd YOUtility Lunch of the Utility Platform on 3rd of November, Anke Verheij from Water WorX, presented the Dutch Water Operators Programme (WOPs) programme to members of the Utility Platform. The WaterWorX programme at VEI is a long term programme (2017-2030) that brings together all 10 Dutch water utilities and 40 water operators […]
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 […]
Uncomplicated quick help connects
Peer-to-peer conusltation between cities was the topic of an event on 30th of June at the World Urban Forum in Katowice organized by Connective Cities with contributions from GWOPA and the utility platform. One example of fruitful peer to peer consultation on community level is the utility partnership between the Ukrainian utility Lvivvodokanal in Lviv […]
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 […]
Startschuss für den gemeinsamen Aufbau einer African Water and Sanitation Academy (AWASA)
Nachwuchsförderung und die Weiterbildung fachlicher Kompetenzen sind essenziell für einen starken Wassersektor und dessen nachhaltige Expansion. Das neue PartnerAfrika Projekt AWASA bietet eine Chance für GWP und dessen Mitglieder, an dem Aufbau dieser Strukturen teilhaben zu können. German Water Partnership und die African Water Association (AfWA) verbindet eine langjährige Beziehung, die 2019 in einer Kooperation […]
Ebb and Flow: Water, Migration, and Development
The Ebb and Flow: Water, Migration, and Development report examines the link between water and migration, and the implications for economic development. It assesses how rainfall shocks are related to migration relative to other key variables such as age, gender, education, and household size. Also read volume 2 of the report, titled: The Ebb and Flow: Water in the […]
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 […]
Visiting the virtual Zambia Water Forum
On 7th and 8th of June 2021, representatives of Gelsenwasser participated in the Zambia Water Forum and Exhibition (ZWAFE) with their Zambian partner company Lukanga WSSC. The hybrid event with both virtual and physical participants revolved around the topic Innovative Action for Water and Sanitation: leaving no one behind. High-level government officials, such as the Zambian […]
