Country: Germany

BonnNetz supports Kherson with relief supplies

On Friday, 21 June, Lord Mayor Katja Dörner and BonnNetz Managing Director Urs Reitis met at the House of Networks to inspect the many relief supplies that BonnNetz has procured for Kherson. The material collected in BonnNetz’s central warehouse is to be transported to Ukraine as soon as possible. Independently of the cooperation agreed by […]

The EcoService2022 waste management association in Ukraine is aiming high

As part of the utility partnership between the Bergischer Abfallwirtschaftsverband (BAV) and the Ukrainian waste management association EcoService2022, 500 additional waste containers have been delivered to the Ukrainian region of Poltava. The delivery is part of an ambitious plan to introduce an effective waste management system and separate waste collection in the four Ukrainian municipalities […]

Outcome Report 5: South African Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and German Water Operators Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband and Wupperverband

The Water Operator Partnership (WOP) between Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in South Africa, Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) and Wupperverband (WV) in Germany was funded under the pilot phase of the German Utility Platform for Strengthening Partnerships of Municipal Utilities Worldwide. The project kicked off in February 2022 and built on an existing twinning arrangement between […]

Outcome Report 4: Zambian Water Operator Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company and German Operators Gelsenwasser, Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband

The Water Operator Partnership (WOP) between Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (LgWSC) in Zambia, Gelsenwasser (GW) and Emschergenossenschaft and Lippeverband (EGLV) in Germany was funded under the pilot phase of the German Utility Platform for Strengthening Partnerships of Municipal Utilities Worldwide. The project was formalised in January 2021 through the contract between GIZ […]

Outcome Report 2: Ukrainian Water Operators in Lviv, Ternopil and Nadvirna and German Operators Stadtentwässerung Dresden, SteB Köln and Berliner Wasserbetriebe

The utility partnership started in July 2019, initially with three German partners and Lvivvodokanal as well as the Ukrainian water and wastewater association ‘Ukrovodokanalecologiya’ on the Ukrainian side. Nadvirnavodokanal and Ternopilvodokanal were included at the end of 2021. In the meantime, almost all planned results have been achieved, despite difficult circumstances (COVID-19, outbreak of war […]

Outcome Report 1: Water Operator Partnership Jordan Water Company “Miyahuna”, German Operators HAMBURG WASSER and hanseWasser Bremen

This WOP project is one of nine international WOPs, three solid waste operator partnerships and 16 solidarity operator partnerships with Ukraine supported under the pilot project until June 2024. This report summarizes the design and implementation of the project and identifies the main outcomes derived from the partnership in each work package. It should be […]

Joint job training at the Radevormwald wastewater treatment plant

The cooperation between the Wupperverband, the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) and the South African Water and Wastewater Management Department of the Buffalo City Municipality (BCMM), which has been in place since 2022, continues to gather pace. As part of the second practical exchange, a joint work training session was held from April 15 to 19 with […]

7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview

Overview How can utility partnerships make a difference in achieving the sustainability goals of the 2030 Agenda? What was achieved in the pilot phase of the Utility Platform? What will the follow-up phase look like? These questions were the focus of the seventh networking event of the Utility Platform and were answered impressively. Almost 100 […]