The global GWP Steering Committee, at its meeting in December 2019, decided to create a permanent independent youth seat on the Committee. This will ensure full information and voting rights for a strong youth perspective. Deadline for applications is 20 May – please note that applicants need to be supported by a GWP Partner to …
Cap-Net and ANSI Partner to Support National Adoption of Non-Sewered Sanitation Standards in Africa and Asia. A new partnership between Cap-Net UNDP and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will deliver blended training in 17 countries in Africa and Asia to encourage the national adoption and use of two international non-sewered sanitation standards, ISO 24521 …
We have just launched its newly revamped website and Virtual Campus. We would like to celebrate such an important milestone in our journey with the water community through this photo and art competition. We ask contestants to send us photos and/or artwork that answer the question: How do you visualise ‘water knowledge for all’? All …
The Water ChangeMaker Awards are convened by the Global Water Partnership and Cap-Net being one of the co-owners, these Awards will make visible the teams and organisations who shape water decisions that build climate resilience. The journeys towards such decisions will have involved changing mindsets from inertia to action; speaking truth to power; finding new …
On 6 March 2020 the Caribbean WaterNet/Cap-Net UNDP participated in the Adopt A River Programme Implementation Unit (AARPIU), which falls under the purview of the Water Resources Agency/WASA, hosted its 3rd Annual River Conference in Trinidad and Tobago, under the theme ‘Connecting the dots….Mentoring towards sustainability’. The Adopt A River (AAR) Programme is an initiative to involve …
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On 11 – 12 March 2020, the Malaysian Capacity Development Network for Sustainable Water Management (MyCDNet) and Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) have conducted the Training of Trainers (TOT) on Environmental Compliance Obligations for Sewage Treatment Plant Operations and Introduction to Climate Change, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This TOT had multiple objectives. First …
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On 19-21 February, the Caribbean WaterNet/CapNet-UNDP hosted a Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on Groundwater Management and Integrated Water Resource Management. The training was held in Nassau, The Bahamas and it was the result of the collaboration with The Bahamas Agricultural Health & Food Safety Authority (BAHFSA), the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, University of …
On 24-26 February, the Caribbean WaterNet/CapNet-UNDP hosted a Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on Hydro-Climatic Disasters and Integrated Water Resource Management in Nassau, Bahamas. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Ronald Roopnarine (Caribbean WaterNet/CapNet UNDP), Dr. Mark Wuddivira (FFA, UWI), Dr. Gaius Eudoxie (FFA, UWI), Ms. Simone Lewis (GWP-C), Mr, Ryan Zuniga (CCCCC) and Ms. …
On 2-5 March LA-WETnet facilitated a course on groundwater modelling in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. The course was developed together with a group of partners, the “Latin American network of knowledge centres in the water sector” (RALCEA), the “Conference of Ibero-American Water Directors” (CODIA) and the “Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation” (AECID). Groundwater …
On 19 February 2020, the first of two Caribbean WaterNet/CapNet UNDP training workshops on Groundwater Management in Integrated Water Resource Management took place in The Bahamas. The workshop was held in collaboration with The Bahamas Agricultural Health & Food Safety Authority (BAHFSA), the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, University of the West Indies St. Augustine …
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