Safe water usage and water source protection in the central hilly area of Sri Lanka

Asia, Stories /

Type of Change: Changes in practices and programs’ implementation  Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Safe water usage and water source protection in the central hilly area of Sri Lanka  Cap-Net Lanka conducted a series of awareness programs: ‘Safe water usage and water source protection’ for leaders of water community-based organizations’ (CBOs) in the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya districts. These districts are located […]

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Food tower’ to grow vegetables in rural areas from Bangladesh which have saline water

Asia, Stories /

Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained  Boundary Level: Community Summary/Theme: Developing a climate-adaptive solution called ‘Food tower’ to grow vegetables in rural areas from Bangladesh which have saline water.  Mr. Salah Uddin Titol works at a local NGO called SPACE (Society for People’s Action in Change & Equity) in Bangladesh. He participated in Cap-Net Bangladesh’s ‘Training of Trainers (ToT) on Climate Change, Water and

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WASH and Climate Change: Working with civil society and the local government from Bangladesh

Asia, Stories /

Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained  Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Working with civil society and local government from Bangladesh to enhance awareness on the nexus between WASH and climate change through workshops and campaigns  Cap-Net Bangladesh conducted ‘National Level Training on Climate Change, Water and Health’. Mr. Mahbub Alam, Programme officer at the Association for Social Development in Bangladesh (ASDB), was a

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Argentina: Partnerships to solve solid urban waste challenges

Latin America and the Caribbean, Stories /

Type of Change: Changes in implementation of practices and programs   Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Fostering partnerships with academia and the private sector in Argentina to solve solid urban waste challenges. Development of internationally certified biodegradable and ecological industrial bags.  Urban waste pollution has become an increasing threat in Mendoza, Argentina. Plastics and other solid materials are incorrectly disposed of threatening existing water sources. Arg Cap-Net identified the issue and conducted the ‘Environmental Legal Framework for Waste

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Mesa redonda de expertos: Diálogos sobre el agua para obtener resultados – Bonn 2021

Noticias /

El 17 de mayo, la Alianza Mundial de Asociaciones de Operadores de Agua (GWOPA / ONU-Hábitat) y Cap-Net PNUD organizaron conjuntamente la Mesa Redonda de Expertos sobre “Cambiando el rumbo del desarrollo de capacidades: ¿cómo pasar de las intervenciones individuales al fortalecimiento de capacidades sistémicas? como parte de los Diálogos sobre el agua para obtener

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CB-HYDRONET: Capacitación en estándares de saneamiento sin alcantarillado

Noticias /

Contexto En 2020 Cap-Net desarrolló un curso de capacitación sobre estándares internacionales de saneamiento sin alcantarillado para apoyar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 6.2 y 6.3 de las Naciones Unidas para brindar acceso adecuado a un saneamiento e higiene equitativos y mejorar la calidad del agua. El curso fue parte de una capacitación combinada para

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Expert Roundtable: Water Dialogues for Results – Bonn 2021

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On 17 May the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA/UN-Habitat) and Cap-Net UNDP co-hosted the Expert Roundtable on “Turning the tide on Capacity Development – How to move from individual interventions to systemic capacity strengthening?” as part of the Water Dialogues for Results, Bonn 2021. Under the slogan “Accelerating cross-sectoral SDG 6 implementation”, the German Federal

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