Interview with keynote speakers at the Water Integrity Forum
Daniel Valensuela – OIEau. Daniel Valensuela is a co-convener in one of the Work Streams at the Water Integrity Forum. He has worked with the GWP Secretariat for six years, where he focused on IWRM and partnerships in countries (mainly Africa), and then joined INBO and IOWater, working on institutional reform, IWRM at basin scale, water governance at national, basin and transboundary levels. Here he shares his expectations on the first Water Integrity Forum and his thoughts on water integrity in general.
Written by Moisés de la Cerda, WIN intern for online communication, specifically for the Water Integrity Forum.
WIN on monitoring and why it matters for integrity
Watch the video of Janek Hermann-Friede of the Water Integrity Network on monitoring at the IRC Symposium on WASH Monitoring.
WIN’s Janek Hermann-Friede, who takes care of monitoring and evaluation, attended the IRC Symposium in Ethiopia this month. Monitoring is crucial for transparency and accountability, and Janek explains in this video why and what WIN’s approach is.
via Janek Hermann-Friede of the Water Integrity Network on monitoring.
The Bill of Confusion
A look at the utility invoices sent out to consumers in many cities makes it clear why water is an under-valued resource. The unclear language and confusing acronyms do nothing to educate or inform. Some invoices do not even specify whether they use actual readings or estimates. These pieces of paper seem to be designed to negatively impact the consumers’ trust in the water quality and their willingness to pay.
World Water Day: demanding water integrity together
This blog entry was written by Moisés de la Cerda, WIN intern for online communication, specifically for the Water Integrity Forum.
Today is the World Water Day. “Sin agua no hay vida” (“There is no life without water”) – says Daniel, a minor yet important character in the movie Even the rain, a movie from 2010 about the water war in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He is right: water is life. Water is a human right. But corruption in the water sector still hinders safe and sustainable access to this precious resource. Today is a fitting day to reflect on the importance of improving water integrity for better access to water and sanitation and on the difference that we can make in this fight by joining efforts, in particular as cooperation is a key theme of the water sector this year. It is also an opportunity for WIN to launch our fourth photo competition. This photo competition seeks to explore how cooperation can improve integrity in the water sector and reduce corruption. More information about this event can be found at our website.
Thinking about the role of radio for water integrity on World Radio Day 2013
Written by Alexandra Malmqvist, Communications Coordinator at WIN.
Today, 13th of February, is the World Radio Day. This is actually only the second World Radio Day, following a proclamation by the United Nations for it on 29 September 2011 and the first one taking place in 2012. Why should there be a focus in the development sector on radio as a means of communication? Radio is still one of most pervasive and important medium in some parts of the world and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It has a wide outreach to the main population and especially the rural poor. It’s a medium that, due to its local specificity, can adapt its content to many languages, contexts and events. It’s also partially a social vehicle; people gather together to listen and discuss radio programmes, and sometimes call the radio stations with comments. Radio has the potential to create dialogue and to share messages that, sometimes desperately, need to reach the masses. Broadcasting via radio is cost effective in comparison to other media.
Formation sur l’intégrité de l’eau des journalistes à Dakar, Sénégal
Nous sommes à Dakar, Sénégal, où nous travaillons avec le Forum Civil, pour accroitre les connaissances des journalistes représentants du Réseau des journalistes WASH Afrique de l’Ouest sur le thème de l’intégrité de l’eau.
Le moyen le plus efficace de lutter contre la corruption est de demander le changement nécessaire à l’intégrité et à la transparence. Ceci car la corruption prospère sur le secret, l’indifférence politique et l’apathie du public. Les journalistes sont un facteur clé de partage de l’information et de la demande du changement nécessaire.
À notre retour nous partagerons nos expériences de cet atelier et des expériences de nos différents participants qui viennent de plusieurs pays francophone de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et font partis du Réseau des Journalistes WASH de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
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Transparence et intégrité dans le secteur de l’eau : Quel rôle pour les élus locaux en Afrique
Cet article blog a été écrit par Françoise Ndoume, coordonnatrice de programme de développement des capacités et d’Afrique Francophone au Réseau d’Intégrité de l’Eau (WIN)
Le Réseau pour l’intégrité de l’Eau WIN a participé à la 6ème Conférence des Africités qui s’est tenue du 4 au 8 décembre 2012 à Dakar au Sénégal, et dont la thématique principale portait sur : développer l’Afrique à partir de ses territoires. Durant quatre jours, près de 5000 participants venus des divers horizons, parmi lesquels comptaient des anciens Chefs d’État de l’Afrique du Sud, du Bénin, des Iles du Cap Vert, des élus locaux des quatre coins du Monde, partenaires techniques et financiers, représentants des organisations non gouvernementales etc., se sont penchés sur les problématiques diverses et variées telles que les financements urbains, le rôle des collectivités territoriales dans le développement local, les TIC et la participation citoyenne au service de la gouvernance locale en Afrique dans l’approvisionnement des services de base.
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