4. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Intensive dialogue
In Stuttgart, participants from seven partnerships and six countries spent two days keenly discussing possible solutions to current issues in municipal water supply. Municipal water utilities are key actors for providing people with water supply and sanitation at the local level. This is why it is important to make water utilities efficient and effective, especially […]
Globale Wasserallianz eröffnet Büro – weitere Stärkung des UN-Standorts Bonn
Die Neuansiedlung des Sekretariats am UN-Campus Bonn ist das Ergebnis einer gemeinsam von BMZ, Auswärtigem Amt, dem Land Nordrhein-Westfalen und der Stadt Bonn getragenen Bewerbung. Bonn setzte sich schließlich gegen Bewerbungen aus Paris, Lissabon und Doha durch. Die Globale Allianz für Wasserbetreiberpartnerschaften wurde 2009 von UN-Habitat gegründet. Ziel der Allianz ist es, Partnerschaften zwischen Wasserversorgungsunternehmen […]
‘We want to be back in dialogue now!’
Ms Michalek-Götz, Lviv has been in the midst of war for almost six weeks. Please tell us briefly what you had agreed with your partner organisations up until the war broke out, how the work went there, and what has been planned and implemented so far. Kristin Michalek-Götz: We started active project work in January 2021. […]
Good preparation builds understanding and trust
In the last quarter of 2021, four new partnerships were launched between utilities from Germany and utilities in Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa and Ukraine. To ensure the partnerships got off to a good start and to further bolster the established partnerships, the utility platform held a total of nine training and networking events in November […]
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 […]
3. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
Overview 70 people from the partnerships, of which there are now seven, took part in order to discuss their partnerships. First off, Ms Barbara Baumbach from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) welcomed the participants in a short opening speech. Heiko Heidemann from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and Silvia […]
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 […]
2. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
On 19 August 2021, the Utility Platform held its second virtual networking event. Forty-five people from four partnerships attended in order to talk about their experiences in the pilot project. After Felix Reifschneider (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) welcomed the participants in a short opening address, Heiko Heidemann (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale […]
Hands-on cooperation gets under way
On 24 June 2021, the quarterly meeting of the Lvivvodokanal utility partnership was held online with all partners in attendance. The aim of the meeting was to obtain an overview of project progress to date. Dr. Kettlitz, coordinator for municipal development cooperation of the Municipality of Gudensberg, accepted our invitation to attend as guest speaker. […]
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 […]
