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Guidance, methods and frameworks.Oct 26, 2021

Participatory land use planning: Training manual

Reports and papers.Jun 11, 2021

Making waves: Youth engagement in water diplomacy

In relation to this article, a webinar will be organized. Elevating Youth Perspectives in Water Diplomacy, Tuesday 6 April 13.00 14.30 CET. Register here: https://siwi.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UArJf_fATnKV-81eXVtOAw

Reports and papers.Dec 8, 2020

Overview of 12 years of Special Rapporteurs on the Human Rights to water and sanitation: Looking forward to future challenges

The year 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) resolution that recognized the human rights to water and sanitation (HRtWS), and is the last year of the second mandate of the Special Rapporteurs (SRs), spanning 12 years in total.

Guidance, methods and frameworks.Nov 1, 2020

Hydrological impacts of watershed managements

Reports and papers.Oct 5, 2020

Capacity-building needs assessment to enhance financing for water infrastructure projects in Africa

Reports and papers.Jul 1, 2020

Large dams and human rights obligations: The Pancheshwar multipurpose project

The human rights-based approach was proposed as a tool for planning and assessment of dams already two decades ago by the World Commission on Dams. Normative in its nature, this approach can be used as a step-by-step method to lay bare the rightful claims, freedoms, and entitlements of the concerned and enable those responsible—recognising the [ ]

Reports and papers.Jun 24, 2020

Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management: Lessons from the field

The “Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management” project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), piloted the source-to-sea approach in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin, Viet Nam and the Lake Hawassa Sub-Basin, Ethiopia. This brief shares practical learnings gained during the project to support implementation of source-to-sea projects in other [ ]

Guidance, methods and frameworks.Jun 24, 2020

Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management

The Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management Toolkit is a companion to Implementing the Source-to-Sea Approach: A Guide for Practitioners and Source-to-Sea Framework for Marine Litter Prevention: Preventing Plastic Leakage from River Basins developed as a result of piloting the source-to-sea approach in the Vu Gia-Thu Bon River Basin, Viet Nam, and Lake Hawassa Sub Basin, Ethiopia . [ ]

Case studies.Jun 24, 2020

Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management: Vu Gia-Thu Bon river basin

The “Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management” project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), piloted the source-to-sea approach in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin, Viet Nam and the Lake Hawassa Sub-Basin, Ethiopia. This case study highlights the results, learning, and value added by applying the first three steps of [ ]

Case studies.Jun 24, 2020

Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management: Lake Hawassa sub basin

The “Foundations for Source-to-Sea Management” project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), piloted the source-to-sea approach in the Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin, Viet Nam and the Lake Hawassa Sub-Basin, Ethiopia. This case study highlights the results, learning, and value added by applying the first three steps of [ ]

Reports and papers.Jun 16, 2020

People and Planet: Faith in the 2030 Agenda

The Earth’s clock is ticking, and alarm bells are ringing as we enter the United Nations declared ‘Decade of Action’ to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Faith-based development partners and indigenous communities are essential partners in the SDG Agenda and are, in many cases, leading the way. To reach the SDGs, there is an [ ]

Reports and papers.May 4, 2020

Virtual jobs: African Smallholder Farmers and food imports

Every tonne of food imported into Africa could have been grown there. This would provide jobs, save money and increase food security: making countries more resilient. Rethinking food imports could positively impact the livelihoods of African smallholder farmers. Every billion dollars spent on importing food is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of “Virtual Jobs”. These [ ]

Reports and papers.Mar 26, 2020

Water Integrity: Unlocking the Potential of Public Private Partnerships

Achieving SDG 6 by 2030 depends on the water community’s capacity to mobilize private sector investment and innovation, and on its capacity to govern public private partnerships (PPPs). With the water sector being corruption prone, engaging in PPP allows one to unpack management functions and improve governance. Corruption in the water sector has negative social, [ ]

Reports and papers.Mar 26, 2020

Public-Private Partnerships and the risk of corruption in the water sector

Corruption in the water sector has negative social, environmental and financial impacts. It violates people s rights by limiting their access to goods and services to meet their most basic needs; in extreme cases, corruption kills.