Stockholm International Water Institute » sanitation http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Liberia WASH Compact Review Report http://www.siwi.org/publication/liberia-wash-compact-review-report/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/liberia-wash-compact-review-report/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:53:10 +0000 Sanna http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=publication&p=5131 The Liberia WASH Compact was developed as a result of a Joint Mission held in Monrovia in April 2011, supported by the Government of Liberia and the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership. Through the Compact the Government, with the support of development partners and civil society, outlined a series of commitments to ensure equitable and sustainable delivery of water and sanitation services for all Liberians. Commitments were arranged around four key thematic areas, for delivery over a two-year time period.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/liberia-wash-compact-review-report/feed/ 0 Flush and Forget – 2.6 billion People Off Track… http://www.siwi.org/publication/flush-and-forget-%c2%96-2-6-billion-people-off-track/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/flush-and-forget-%c2%96-2-6-billion-people-off-track/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:58:06 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/flush-and-forget-%c2%96-2-6-billion-people-off-track/ Stockholm Water Front No.3 2012 article

Surely an initiative that creates jobs, saves lives, saves the environment and boosts the economy – all at the same time – would be a “no brainer”? Unfortunately not, if it concerns sanitation.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/flush-and-forget-%c2%96-2-6-billion-people-off-track/feed/ 0 The Durban Experience http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-durban-experience/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-durban-experience/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:51:51 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-durban-experience/ South Africa is a water scarce country, ranked as the 30th driest country in the world in terms of water availability. Surface water resources are almost fully exploited. Electricity generation in the country is largely dependent on coal fired power stations and the demand for electricity exceeds the available supply at times.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 4, 2011.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-durban-experience/feed/ 0 The Stockholm Statement and Reflections on the MDG Summit http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:45 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/ The Stockholm Statement – Our Goals Need Water
At the closing session of this year’s World Water Week, participants voted unanimously on a statement to the MDG Review Summit. The Stockholm Statement stipulates that MDGs cannot be achieved without giving more attention to water and sanitation as cross-cutting solutions for achieving the other goals in addition to their status as MDG targets.

Reflections on the MDG Summit
The timing could have been pure coincidence. But just one week after the UN Millennium Development Goal Summit in New York, the UN Human Rights Council recognised the right to water and sanitation as a human right.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-statement-and-reflections-on-the-mdg-summit/feed/ 0 The Stockholm Story – The successful development of a city in an integrated water perspective http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-story-the-successful-development-of-a-city-in-an-integrated-water-perspective/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-story-the-successful-development-of-a-city-in-an-integrated-water-perspective/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:40 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-story-the-successful-development-of-a-city-in-an-integrated-water-perspective/ Responsibility for water system services in a metropolitan area demands more extensive measures than just constructing and operating advanced treatment plants. It is necessary to have a good understanding of the water cycle and waters’ paramount significance in nature and society. Equally important is to take an integrated systems approach to water management in continuous dialogue with stakeholders and professionals in the area.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 3 2010.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-stockholm-story-the-successful-development-of-a-city-in-an-integrated-water-perspective/feed/ 0 The Human Right to Water and Sanitation http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-human-right-to-water-and-sanitation/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-human-right-to-water-and-sanitation/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:38 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-human-right-to-water-and-sanitation/ Access to water and sanitation as human rights has gained growing attention over the last few years at a global level, increasingly engaging the water sector and the international community in discussions regarding its content and implications. Human rights standards help orient policy-making towards focusing on the poorest and most marginalised groups in society and towards ensuring fair and equal access to water. By establishing a legal framework, defining who is responsible for fulfilling the right, and promoting pro-poor and non-discriminatory service provision, human rights standards can effectively strengthen poverty reduction efforts.

This Policy Brief aims to identify basic challenges in implementing the human right to water and sanitation, and to guide decision-makers in some of the priorities that need to be agreed to secure safe, acceptable and accessible water for domestic purposes for everyone.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-human-right-to-water-and-sanitation/feed/ 0 “Water is Imperative to Economic and National Security” http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:28 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/ Safe drinking water is a human right. By providing safe water we address and prevent many water-borne diseases simultaneously which contribute to the economic strength and national security of any country. This is the message that the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Dr. Rita Colwell of the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health will bring to the World Water Week in Stockholm this September.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 2 2010.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/feed/ 0 American Public Health Champion Receives 2010 Stockholm Water Prize http://www.siwi.org/publication/american-public-health-champion-receives-2010-stockholm-water-prize/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/american-public-health-champion-receives-2010-stockholm-water-prize/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:16 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/american-public-health-champion-receives-2010-stockholm-water-prize/ Dr. Rita Colwell, distinguished Professor from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health in the United States, has been named the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Dr. Colwell’s pioneering research on the prevention of water-borne infectious diseases has helped protect the health and lives of millions.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 1 2010.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/american-public-health-champion-receives-2010-stockholm-water-prize/feed/ 0 Promoting Transparency, Integrity and Accountability in the Water and Sanitation Sector in Uganda http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:43 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/ Uganda has placed the fight against corruption high on the development agenda by establishing a range of anti-corruption institutions and strategies. The Uganda National Integrity Survey III, released in 2008 by the Inspectorate of Government, recommended that if Uganda was to make real progress in tackling corruption nationwide, individual sectors would need to undertake sector-specific studies to identify best practice and facilitate scaling-up of anti-corruption efforts. In that year, the Good Governance Sub-Sector Working Group, chaired by the Ministry of Water and Environment, commissioned a Water Integrity Study to establish how citizens in both rural and urban areas, contractors, private operators, local government officials and staff from the main water utility experience integrity in the provision of water services. The study would also facilitate development of an updated action plan to address integrity risks. This note describes the key ingredients to putting in place a nationwide good governance action plan in Uganda’s water sector, the challenges to be overcome and lessons learned to date. The implications for practice are discussed from the perspectives of policy makers, regulators and ombudsmen, development partners, water service providers and civil society actors. This provides guidance for the replication of best practice by stakeholders in other countries and sectors.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/promoting-transparency-integrity-and-accountability-in-the-water-and-sanitation-sector-in-uganda/feed/ 0 Stockholm Water Front No. 2 2010 http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2010/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2010/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:45:39 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2010/ The 20th anniversary of the World Water Week in Stockholm is the main focus in this issue of Water Front Magazine. Professor Malin Falkenmark compares the outcome of the last 20 years of the week and the expectations of the coming 20 years and the importance of safe drinking water for economic and national security are highlighted, which also is the message from this year’s Stockholm Water Prize laureate Dr. Rita Colwell.

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