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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.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.

Reports and papers.Mar 17, 2020

Water Tariffing: What’s at stake?

The fastest pathway to long-term sustainability, even prosperity, of the water utilities sector is establishing good performance in the present-day. Good governance, and financial governance as part of this, is key to unlocking the water utility sector’s potential to become a sustainable and modern service industry.

Reports and papers.Dec 22, 2019

World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) – External Evaluation Report 2019

The overall vision of the WOCAT (World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies) network is to improve land resources and ecosystems and people’s livelihoods by sharing, enhancing, and using knowledge on Sustainable Land Management (SLM). WOCAT has since its launch generated an array of outputs that need to be reviewed in terms of quality, relevance [ ]

Policy publications.Dec 2, 2019

Managing the forest water nexus: Opportunities for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Policy publications.Dec 2, 2019

Implementing the Paris Agreement through Water Solutions

Policy publications.Oct 29, 2019

Water and Faith World Water Week 2019 Engagement Summary

During the 2019 World Water Week, Swedish Water House’s Cluster Group on Water and Faith in partnership with the Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches convened the now 4th annual Water and Faith Showcase and Network Meeting involving 68 different participating institutions and organizations.

Reports and papers.Aug 22, 2019

Mapping financial mechanisms for enhanced rainfed agriculture in Africa

Enhanced rainfed agriculture is particularly important in Africa, where 95% of agricultural production depends on rainwater and crop yields are amongst the lowest in the world. The main barrier to accelerating enhanced rainfed agriculture is investment. Financing for enhanced rainfed agriculture in Africa is relatively unexplored and access to credits for agricultural activities is limited [ ]

Reports and papers.Jul 13, 2019

Water for productive and multifunctional landscapes

How do hydrological flows affect the productivity of landscapes and what hydrological aspects need to be considered when restoring landscapes for sustainable production? Through numerous examples, the SIWI Swedish Water House Cluster Group on Water in the Landscape analysed the governance arrangements and management approaches, practices and technologies that would enable long-term sustainable landscapes.

Policy publications.Jul 4, 2019

Connecting the SDGs through resilient water management

The 2030 Agenda is a complex and intertwined framework with a diverse set of goals and targets. One trait that is common to most of the SDGs’ goals and targets, is their dependence upon sustainable water resources. Sustainable water resources form the basis of a resilient, thriving society. We will not deliver on the 2030 [ ]

Policy publications.Jul 3, 2019

Water diplomacy: Facilitating dialogues

Water diplomacy is an approach that enables a variety of stakeholders to assess ways to contribute to finding solutions for joint management of shared freshwater resources. It is a dynamic process that seeks to develop reasonable, sustainable and peaceful solutions to water management while promoting or informing cooperation and collaboration among riparian stakeholders. Water diplomacy [ ]