The OneWorld—Cap-Net partnership supports the development of solid practices and knowledge in supporting access entities and governments in the development of Green Climate Fund project proposals and advocacy for sustainable groundwater investments. The new partnership has established three strands of collaboration: With the African Development Bank, Cap-Net is supporting OneWorld Sustainable Investments in developing training …
On 7-9 February 2020 a three-day residential workshop/Training of Trainers for WASH awareness and skill development at regional level was conducted by Cap-Net Lanka in collaboration with World Vision Lanka (WVL). A total of 30 community-based Health Care Workers participated the programme. They were trained on strategies for community empowerment, personal and family sanitation practices, …
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Research activities on the theme of peri-urban water issues in India have been conducted by SaciWATERs (Cap-Net affiliated network), as a research partner in a consortium-based research project ‘H2O-T2S in Urban Fringe Areas’. The study has been led in partnership with the University of Cologne – Germany and Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) – Netherlands. …
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 …