8. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
More than 70 participants from 13 utility partnerships, including 16 German utilities and 13 international utilities from Ukraine, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, and Jordan, came together to exchange experiences and strengthen collaboration. After our map exercise to “connect the WOPs dots” on the world map, participants listened to an interview between Laura Mlynarek, Senior Policy […]
Practice meets partnership: Successful procurement and expert visit of LWG in Comrat
Modern pump technology strengthens Comrat’s sewage system Thanks to close cooperation with German partners, two modern sewage pumps were procured for the main pumping station in Comrat in September 2025. The previously installed pumps were over 15 years old, severely worn and only partially functional. For months, the entire sewage system ran on a single […]
Successful digital workshop strengthens German-Ukrainian operator partnerships
The aim of the event was to appeal particularly to those operators who have had less opportunity to gain experience in professional exchange. Through practical input, open discussions, and exchanges with experienced colleagues, concrete success factors were identified, uncertainties addressed, and new motivation sparked. Common understanding and clear needs Moderator Reinhard Hannesschläger led the workshop […]
Job shadowing of Zambian professionals at Gelsenwasser: a video report
Gelsenwasser and the Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company have been in an operator partnership since 2021. In July 2025, two specialists from the Zambian utility company, Frank Kalumba (engineer) and Mainza Hamwaka (network operations manager), visited Gelsenwasser to gain insights into German water supply processes. These job shadowing programmes, along with trips to Zambia, […]
Sumy water utility enhances laboratory capabilities through operator partnership
For the past three years, the municipal enterprise Miskvodokanal in Sumy has been engaged in a successful international cooperation with the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) in the framework of the Utility Platform project. This ongoing collaboration has significantly strengthened the technical and operational capacity of Miskvodokanal. Through consistent dialogue and exchange with the German partner, the […]
Factsheet: Miyahuna, Jordan and Hamburg Wasser/hanseWasser
The WOP started in 2021 and established a sound cooperation in partnership between Miyahuna, Hamburg Wasser and hanse Wasser in terms of trustful relation.
Factsheet: KASHWASA, KUWASA in Tanzania and HAMBURG WASSER, and Netze BW Wasser
Fact sheet about the water operators partnership (WOP) between KASHWASA, KUWASA in Tanzania and HAMBURG WASSER, and Netze BW Wasser in Germany. The overall project goal is to establish a sound long-lasting cooperation in partnership between KASHWASA, KUWASA, HAMBURG WASSER, and Netze BW Wasser in terms of trust and relation.The concrete goals and targets cover different […]
Solidarity in practice: Visit to PaKo + visit of Ukrainian partners in Oldenburg
After participating in the German-Ukrainian Municipal Partnership Conference in Münster, they worked together on technical topics in Oldenburg, including sewage sludge treatment and remediation using short liners. During the conference, discussions focused on potential synergies in partnerships and Ukraine’s accession to the EU. In a panel discussion on municipal umbrella organisations, Ukraine’s municipal services were […]
Working meeting between the operators EcoService-2022 and BAV
Biowaste management in practice – learning and exchange in a German-Ukrainian utility partnership EcoService-2022 was founded in 2022 by four municipalities in the Poltava oblast as Ukraine’s first waste management association. The founding municipalities received significant support from the ‘Export Initiative Environmental Protection’, which is promoting the development of sustainable waste management in Ukraine on […]
German-Ukrainian municipal partnership conference in June 2025
From 16 to 19 June 2025, the seventh German-Ukrainian Municipal Partnership Conference took place in Münster under the motto “From solidarity to transformation: For Ukraine. For Europe.” Around 650 representatives of municipalities, committed individuals and interested parties from the German-Ukrainian partnership network took part. The conference offered a wide range of opportunities for dialogue, information […]