5. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
Overview The Utility Platform’s fifth network meeting took place from 29 to 30 November 2022 again in a virtual format and with an intentionally wide range of topics. On both days of the event, participants were able to choose between strengthening their soft skills, such as their advisory expertise or capacity for communicating results in […]
Measurements and discussions in an intensive phase of working in partnership
The first visits to Germany and Jordan within our utility partnership involved information gathering and getting to know each other. Now that we have been working together for a year, and on the basis of the information we have gathered together, the upcoming visits will mainly focus on the specific local conditions and opportunities for […]
Energy consumption is a key point of cooperation
In 2021, a new German-Jordanian utility partnership was formed between Miyahuna LLC Water Company, Hamburg Wasser, Netze BW, and hanseWasser. This partnership focuses on optimising waterworks processes, water quality management and the energy-efficient operation of wastewater treatment plants. hanseWasser Bremen GmbH focuses primarily on the energy consumption of the wastewater treatment plant. Since 2015, the […]
4. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
Overview At Stuttgart’s Impact Hub, a co-working space and event venue, more than 60 practitioners from seven partnerships met on May 30 and 31, 2022, to network across partnerships, identify success strategies for operator partnerships, and discuss emerging issues within the partnerships. The following BMZ-funded partnerships were represented at the network meeting: In addition, two […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
First Fact-Finding Mission to Jordan
In the partnership between Miyahuna, HAMBURG WASSER and hanseWasser, various work packages in the areas of drinking water treatment, wastewater and sludge treatment, and water quality and indicator systems, have been jointly defined in Amman. From 16 to 21 October 2021, HAMBURG WASSER employees visited their partner utility Miyahuna in Amman. After the initial discussions […]
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 […]
1. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: An overview
Bonn, 10 November 2020. The experts from the municipal utlities in Germany, Ukraine, Jordan, Morocco and Zambia that are participating in the project were delighted to attend the first network meeting, which was held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the meeting, they discussed the work in the international partnerships with their colleagues. In […]
