Cap-Net@10 event at the World Water Week
06 Sep 2012
On 28 August, Cap-Net held an event at the World Water Week in Stockholm to celebrate its 10th birthday. Mr Bert Diphoorn, who has been involved with the global since its inception, spoke at the event and took participants through a history of Cap-Net, dating back from 1996 when the idea to have the network was first formalised at a UNDP conference on water sector capacity development. The network was later launched in 2002 and hosted by IHE (now UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education). 10 years later Cap-Net is a robust network made up of 22 capacity development networks from the developing world as well as international partners and thematic networks.
The event was officiated by the South Africa Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi. She echoed messages from Rio+20, that development should be inclusive and as such emphasised that capacity development should reach out to the grass roots and address the living conditions of the poor.
A book on Cap-Net’s 10 years was launched at the event. The book gives a bird’s eye view of the global network’s milestones in developing capacity in water management across the developing world. It also goes further to give some insights on Cap-Net plans to address the new challenges that have emerged in the water sector.
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Hong obtained his PhD in Resource Management and Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Technology from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He was also a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) scholarship recipient for his MSc in Urban Environmental Management in Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Hong has been and still a member of Water Watch Penang which is a network member of MyCBNet for the past 7 years. During the past 7 years, Hong has held the position of Vice President, committee member, and facilitator. Hong has been actively involved in monthly river and water education activities for schools, ToT for Teachers in River Monitoring activities and World Water Day celebration. In addition to that, Hong has been part of the successful first national ‘Negalitres’ Water Demand Management pilot project with partnership from the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) of Penang, Malaysia. The project involved installation of rainwater harvesting tanks, water saving equipments, water demand management and awareness workshops with an objective of at least 30% reduction in water consumption in condominium units. Hong’s main responsibility in Cap-Net will be in identifying, soliciting and editing information for the Cap-Net web site on capacity development for sustainable water management. More specifically, Hong will bring up to date the various sections of the site and recommend improvements on its look and feel. This assignment will include liaison with partner networks and international partners to ensure that their information and data are properly reflected on the Cap-Net site. Hong will also spend a proportion of time to assist and get acquainted with the work of the global network to be put to use for the development of the network. He loves travelling and learning new cultures. He is also fluent in Malay and Indonesian language as well as conversational Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. We look forward to an exciting time again with Hong who is big fan of Manchester United Football Club. Hong can be contacted at hong@cap-net.org |
