IWA Specialist Group Water treatment and management in developing countries Open meeting 8 September

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IWA Specialist GroupWater treatment and
management in developing countriesOpen
meeting8 September 2008 1245 1415
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Update

• Group name
• Management committee
• Scope and activities

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Update Group name

• Old name Water and Waste Technologies and
  Management Strategies in developing Countries
• Options for voting
• Water management in low middle income countries
• Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Development in Low
  Middle income countries
• Water Treatment Management in Developing
  Countries

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Update Group name

• Water and Waste Technologies and Management
  Strategies in developing Countries 3.15
• Water management in low middle income countries
  - 14.49
• Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Development in Low
  Middle income countries - 12.6
• Water Treatment Management in Developing
  Countries - 69.30

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Update Management committee

• Focus on active representation in developing
  countries through regional representatives
• Co chairs Dr. Markus Starkl, Prof. Hamanth Kasan
• Regional Representatives
• Latin America Ayesha Irani, Panama (Central
  America and Caribbean) and R.A. Reategu, Peru
  (South America)
• Africa Region Chandu Patel, South Africa with
  Fernando Nhantumbo, Mozambique
• East Asia Zulkifli Yusop, Malaysia
• South Asia, China, Pacific, Central Asia still
  looking for representatives

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Update Scope and activities of the group

• Strong bottom up focus Members from developing
  countries shall propose topics for the group
• Regional representatives shall facilitate this
  process and steer the groups regional activities
• Joint contribution to global issues

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Update Scope and activities of the group

• General focus on water supply and sanitation and
  its impact on wider river basin management
• Goal of putting stronger focus on management
  aspects rather than on technology aspects

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Update Scope and activities of the group

• Survey among members in Autumn 2007
• About 50 responses
• What type of activities should the SG offer?
• How could you support these activities?

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Activities that should be offered

• Exchange / online discussion 16
• Conferences 12
• Provision of information on WSS technologies for
  dev. Countries 8
• Workshops/ seminars 7
• 3-1 Online information center, Provision of
  information on management strategies / policies
  in dev. Countries, continiuing education (new
  technologies),Information on publications and
  events,contacts/links between organisations,networ
  k activities, training material / working
  guidelines, Awareness raising activities,informat
  ion on expert availability, newsletter

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Support by members

• Most Exchange of experience/information
• 5 help to organize conferences
• 4 contribution to publications
• 3 review of papers
• 1 development of training material

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Call for active participation