Valuable insights into the daily work in the field of water supply
Would online meetings replace the necessity of hands-on exchange? Definitely not! To this end, GIZ Jordan contacted HAMBURG WASSER during their last mission in Amman to organise a practice-oriented study tour for 8 colleagues from Jordan Water Company “Miyahuna”, Amman and Yarmouk Water Company, Irbid. Accompanied by 4 colleagues from GIZ Jordan, the group visited […]
Island drinking water from the freshwater lens
Oldenburg. Climate change, drought, water demands – the challenges facing water management in northwest Germany are not particularly different from those in southern Africa, for example. That is why the Oldenburg East Frisian Water Association (OOWV) 2022, together with the Wupperverband (Wuppertal), has started an international cooperation with the metropolitan community of Buffalo City Metropolitan […]
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 […]
First delivery to Ukraine
This week, the first transport with urgently needed material started to our partners in Ukraine. Among them was a camera truck for the inspection of damaged sewers as well as laboratory equipment, which was brought on its way to Sumy. For our colleagues in Chernihiv, three drinking water pumps as well as suitable piping and […]
6. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
Overview How can utilities in the partner countries operate more effectively and efficiently to meet the freshwater and wastewater needs of the population and cover their costs? This question was the focus of the 6th Utility Platform networking event in Berlin on May 25 and 26, 2023. The networking event followed the 5th Global WOPs […]
6. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Video impressions
On 25-26 May 2023, the 6th Networking Event of the UtilityPlatform took place in Berlin. More than 70 participants, representing nine water operator partnerships WOPs from Jordan, SouthAfrica, Zambia, Tanzania, Ukraine and Germany, came together to connect with each other, share knowledge and experience, and explore new development opportunities for their utilities. Over the course […]
Reshaping decentralised development cooperation in Germany – also with municipal utilities
The OECD report “Reshaping Decentralised Development Co-operation in Germany” was presented at the “6th OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the SDGs” in Brussels on 20 April 2023. It assesses decentralised development cooperation (DDC) policies, strategies, programmes and financing in Germany, as well as the challenges they face, and provides concrete recommendations on how […]
SKEW Dossier 6-2023: Gemeinsam für eine nachhaltige Zukunft
Über 400 Kommunen in Deutschland und verschiedenen afrikanischen Ländern setzen sich in Partnerschaften für eine nachhaltige Zukunft ein. Ihre Themen decken das gesamte Spektrum der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele ab – von Anpassung an den Klimawandel bis zur Inklusion. Anhand von acht konkreten Beispielen wird diese Vielfalt in dieser Publikation beleuchtet. Auf Seite 16ff erklären im Gespräch mit […]
Knowledge exchange and environmental education
Within our utility partnership, five of our South African colleagues visited the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer-Wasserverband (OOWV) and the Wupperverband during a one-week visit in early March 2023. Although they missed their connecting flight in Frankfurt, the group happily arrived in rainy Bremen with a delay of 3 hours and was impressed how organized the Germans are. On […]