Workshop: Strengthening Operational Planning in Operator Partnerships
Thank you to the nearly 40 participants who joined our workshop on operational planning and monitoring, and who provided valuable feedback to help us further refine our template. On 17 March 2026, members of the Utility Platform came together to strengthen how results are planned and tracked within operator partnerships. An input by Mohan Dhamotharan set the scene for a practical exchange, followed by group work using our adapted operational planning template. A key question emerged during the session: What is operational planning for? Operational planning provides a structured framework […]
Sustainable infrastructure through knowledge transfer: insights from the exchange in Amman
As part of the operator partnership, Hamburg Wasser and hanseWasser have been working together with their Jordanian partner Miyahuna in Amman for five years on the targeted optimisation of operational processes in the water and wastewater sector. Another milestone in this collaboration was a five-day technical exchange from 24 to 31 January 2026. Technical specialists […]
Factsheet of the Utility Platform
The Utlility Platform in brief: background, objectives, approach, including its special approch in the Ukraine.
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.
Looking back at IFAT Munich 2024
Today three months ago the Utility Platform attended IFAT Munich: the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. With almost 150,000 visitors from almost 170 countries and regions, it brings together the most important international industry representatives from politics, business and science and offers exciting ideas and innovative solutions for […]
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 […]
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 […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: Drinking water supply – a multifaceted form of active cooperation
At the 2024 network meeting of the Utility Platform, colleagues from the partnerships working together in the field of drinking water supply exchanged their experiences and approaches in depth. The focus was on three practical examples that are already having an impact after a short period of cooperation and at the same time highlight different […]
Utility partnerships: The key to a water-secure future
Today still, more than two billion people across the globe do not have access to a safe supply of water. Moreover, many municipalities in the Global South are without an operational sanitation system. To help close these global supply gaps, municipal water supply and sanitation companies in Germany, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Ukraine, […]
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 […]