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  ANEW ENGAGE AND INFLUENCE AT HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCES 

Members of ANEW actively participated in the African Sanitation Conference (AfricaSan+5) and the first African Water Week (AWW)  

                   

First African Water Week (AWW)

March 2008

Eight ANEW members attended AWW in March.  ANEW board member, Malick Gaye gave a presentation about effective stakeholders’ roles and partnerships. The conference was a good opportunity to raise the profile of ANEW and a commitment to collaborate with ANEW was included in the Ministerial Declaration. 

Read more about ANEW’s impressions of AWW

Find out more about the week   

                                         

African Sanitation Conference (AfricaSan+5)

February 2008

At AfricaSan, ANEW organized side meetings with the AfDB and AMCOW and presented a statement at the closing ceremony urging governments and their partners in development to commit to attaining the MDG target on sanitation.  32 ministers signed up to the African Ministerial Declaration and committed their aspirations for governments to set aside 0.5% GDP for sanitation and incorporate in to their national plans.

Read the eThekwini (Ministerial) Declaration 

Read Jamillah Mwanjisi’s impressions and more on ANEW’s role at AfriSan

Read ANEW's civil society statement delivered at the closing ceremony

Decent sanitation down the drain

ANEW member, Simphiwe Nojiyeza is a researcher at the Centre for Civil Society within the School of Development Studies of University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban. 

He participated in the South African Water Caucus's Civil Society Sanitation Consultation at AfriSan in February 2008 and co wrote the polemic think piece 'Decent sanitation down the drain' on the state of sanitation in South Africa.

 

Read it here

Maji na Ufanisi, Kenya receives UN Habitat Award

On World Habitat Day, Nairobi based NGO, Maji na Ufanisi, was presented with a National Human Settlement Award from the Minister of Housing in recognition of their contribution to increasing accessibility of water and provision of sanitary facilities in slum areas.

UH Habitat Award
Edward Kairu received the award on behalf of Maji na Ufanisi, the organization which hosts the ANEW secretariat.

Kenyan CSOs form a WATSAN Network

CSOs in Kenya have formed the Kenya water and sanitation Network (KEWASNET) to address the need for a single voice and joint action in the water and sanitation sector.  KEWASNET plans to work with several stakeholders including the government, private sector and similar regional networks.  In the next few months, KEWASNET plans to have a database of WATSAN CSOs in Kenya as well as create platforms for public debates on water and sanitations services. 

Find out more

                                                                                                                                                                     


Water and Sanitation Resource Centre established in Uganda

A  Resource Centre intended to serve as a central information and knowledge management hub for the sector in Uganda has been set up by Network for Water and Sanitation Uganda (NETWAS Uganda) Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET), Uganda Rainwater Association (URWA) and Water Aid.

Find out more 

                                                                                                   


First Ghana Dams Dialogue on Dams and Development

The first Ghana Dams Forum took place In July 2007. The Forum consists of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, National Operators and Private Sector, Local Level Institutions, Dam Affected Communities and Traditional Structures, Local Non- Governmental Organizations and Media and Research Organizations.

Read the Forum Report

Find out more, email Richard Twumus

                                                                                                                                                                  


CONIWAS host 18th MOLE CONFERENCE, Ghana

The theme of the 2007 MOLE conference, attended by  all sector actors Government ministries and agencies, national and local level politicians, organized civil society and citizens from the community, was Bridging the Sanitation Gap to Reach MDGs.  All actors worked on and endorsed the final communiqué, with specific organisations identified to follow up on each action point.

Read the conclusions of the conference (pdf)

                                                                                            

                                                           

CODESEN work on the advocacy action plan

Members of Coordination des Organisations  de la Société Civile pour la Défense de  l’Environnement et le Développement du Bassin du Fleuve Sénégal met in June 2007 to work on principle strategies for the next year. They focused on dams, the knowledge of CODESEN and its national and international partners and to the development of the Senegal river basin. 

Read the activity report (French only)(pdf)

Find out more, contact Aboubacry MBODJ

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