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Water and Environmental Sanitation Network

National Level Directory on Water and Enviornmental Sanitation
[Date:10th June 2009 Source:WES-Net India]
In Collaboration with WASH Institute, WES-Net India is publishing a national level Water and Sanitation Directory. Members of WES-Net India and other practioners can submit their profile in an prescribed application form (use link to download the application form) on or before 10th July 2009. In case, you need any further details, please contact WES-Net India Secretariat (011-46558484).

Download: Application Form


SACOSAN III- Delhi Declaration
[Date:November 2008 Source:SACOSAN III Secretariat, New Delhi]
South Asia Ministerial Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN III) has ended successfully. Over 1200 participants from South Asia region were participated in the conference and 60 technical papers were presented in 10 thematic sessions. SACOSAN III came up with very effective declaration (Delhi Declaration) including access to sanitation and drinking water is a basic right. For more details, please visit SACOSAN III official website

http://www.ddws.nic.in/infosacosan/ppt/Delhi%20Declaration%207.pdf.


Clean India Photo - Contest 2008
[Date:05/06/08 Source:WES-Net India]

Chronicling the sanitation saga through the camera, photojournalists from across the country have put the spotlight of attention on various aspects of cleanliness, water waste management and environment through a unique photo-contest that testifies the aphorism : "A photograph can speak more than thousand words".

1st Prize Winner 2nd Prize Winner 3rd Prize Winner

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Solution Exchange for WES-Net

Current topic of Discussion is:

  • "Research on Correlation Between Water and Climate Change - experiences." From Mr. B.R. Neupane, UNESCO, New Delhi
    Please provide your inputs on or before 22nd July 2009.
  • "Use of R.O System in Provinding Safe Drinking Water - Experiences." From Ms. Latha Bhaskar, ATREE, Thiruvananthapuram
    Please provide your inputs on or before 10th July 2009.


WES Advisory Service – “Ask a Question”

This initiative aims to provide appropriate solutions to the issues around water and environment that the general public and practitioners are looking for. more>>

We seek your advice to the following questions:

Please send your advice to the above questions to WES-Net India or use the link “respond to question” on the website to do so.


New Press Releases..

  • The WaterLoo Challenge 2009
    [Date: 29/07/08 Source: Vikram Rajola, LIFE, Singapore]

    The Lien Institute For the Environment (LIFE), Singapore aims to promote innovative and cost-effective solutions to post-disaster water and sanitation problems. In order to address this urgent need, it has instituted the WaterLoo Challenge on the theme of “Emergency Water Supply & Sanitation Provision”. LIFE invites proposals relating to improving water supply and sanitation in the aftermath of a disaster. Proposed solutions should be relevant to rural and coastal areas emphasizing point-of-use or onsite facilities, using novel technologies, systems or practices for solving the problem. The Challenge carries cash awards and other incentives up to US Dollar 50,000; with the first prize being an amount of US$ 15,000.

    For more information about the Challenge, please visit:http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/CEE/life/waterloochallenge2009.html
  • Survey on WASH Sectors Emergency Response Capacity
    [Date: 21-07-08 Source: Colin Hadkiss, WASH]

    The global WASH cluster is looking at the sector's emergency response capacity to identify the gaps in order to improve overall performance of the emergency WASH response. If you had participated in evaluations of WASH projects dealing with emergency response, kindly provide your views by participating in this on-line survey which would take 10 minutes. The deadline for the survey is 31 August 2008. If you have any questions at all please contact; johncosgrave@gmail.com or jmccluskey@unicef.org.

    The online survey form in English can be found at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/washsurvey-en.


 
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