The World
Bank and the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) are hosting a weekly webinar
series on the water sector. The webinar series is open to anyone who has access
to the internet via a smartphone, tablet or a computer. 11 webinars were
scheduled and 6 have been conducted so far. The topics that have been covered
are
- Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
- Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Challenges in Latin America
for the Next Decade: Lessons from the International Seminar “Cusco+10”
- Actions to Attract Investment to African
Rural Water Supply
- Govt.of Finland CoWASH Program in Ethiopia
- WASH and Equity
- PPPs in Madagascar’s Rural Towns
The session
recordings and presentations are available at http://water.worldbank.org/node/84117
Several interesting topics have been lined up for the
forthcoming talks as well. See table below:
Date
|
Topic
|
Speaker/s
|
5/15/2012
|
Life Cycle Costing
Approach
|
Catarina Fonseca - Project
Director, WASHCost, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Analysis and
use of the full costs of sustainable, equitable, and reliable water services
|
5/22/2012
|
Grundfos LifeLink Payment
System and Solar Technology
|
Rasoul Dashtbani Mikkelsen - Funding and Partnership
Manager, Grundfos LIFELINK A/S
Spencer Ochieng
- General Manager, Grundfos LIFELINK (Kenya) Ltd.
An innovative
business model for Africa, Asia, and Latin America based on a solar pumps,
mobile phones, and mobile banking technologies
|
5/29/2012
|
Sustainable Groundwater
Development for Rural Water Supplies
|
Sean Furey - Water & Sanitation Specialist based at
Skat, in Switzerland, and part of the RWSN Secretariat.
RWSN wants groundwater to be understood and used for the benefit of everyone, in perpetuity. The three sub-themes are ‘Handpump Technology’, ‘Cost Effective Boreholes’ and ‘Cost Effective Groundwater Management’. |
6/5/2012
|
Human Right to Water and
Sanitation
|
Catarina de Albuquerque - UN Special Rapporteur on the
right to safe drinking water and sanitation
|
6/12/2012
|
Self Supply: Supported
Household Investment in Rural Water Supply
|
Sally Sutton - Hydrogeologist, SWL Consultants
André
Olschewski - Water, Sanitation and Environmental Management Specialist,
RWSN/Skat Foundation
Increasing
access through encouraging households to invest in their own supplies
|
For those
who are interested, the webinars offer not only useful information about
various issues within the water sector across the globe but also offer
opportunities to network and build contacts within the industry. Personally, I
have also found interesting insights from the question and answer sessions after
the presentations and also the periodic micro-surveys that are conducted such
as the one featured in the screenshot below:
If you’re
interested in participating, register at http://water.worldbank.org/node/84117
and don’t forget to schedule it into your calendars. Do drop me a line if you
happen to join after reading this blog. Will be delighted to make your
acquaintance. See you there!
