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22 Nov 2020 WASHINGTON, United States

Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership Describes Water Crisis Solutions

The 2020 Annual Report of the Global Water Security Partnership (GWSP) describes activities and impacts achieved for the twelve months through June 2020.The partnership acknowledges that COVID-19 had a significant impact on its activities and that resources were redirected to helping partners contend with both short- and long-term effects of the pandemic from March 2020...

10 Nov 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

African Finance Ministers Discuss Water And Sanitation Investment

World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has described discussions between health, water and finance ministers as among the most important meetings of the year. Ghebreyesus, addressing Africa’s finance ministers at a 4 November "Sanitation and Water for All" virtual meeting, told the ministers that “Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene is critical to preventing both pandemics and local outbreaks...

19 Oct 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

New Hand Hygiene For All Initiative

On Global Handwashing Day, 15 October, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore introduced the new Hand Hygiene For All Initiative, saing that “hand hygiene is everyone’s business” and that it must become a priority as a vital first line of defense, especially against the COVID-19 virus.Through this initiative, WHO, UNICEF, and other partners are urging global leaders to ensure that handwashing is both possible and promoted in homes, schools, healthcare facilities, care homes, workplaces and in public areas...

29 Jul 2020 PRETORIA, South Africa

Focus On Water Infrastructure Should Be Central To South Africa's COVID Recovery Strategy

Post-COVID recovery in South Africa should involve investment in water infrastructure at the core to creating jobs, according to a policy brief by research organisation Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS).“Having a robust and resilient water and sanitation system will enhance the capacity of the country to respond to various challenges, including those presented by future pandemics similar to Covid-19", according to authors Shakespear Mudombi and Gaylor Montmasson-Clair...

9 Jun 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Improve Water Supply, Decrease Ocean Plastic

A new report from the United Nations’ High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (HLP) suggests that improving water supply, especially in developing nations, would have a significant positive effect on the amount of plastic waste dumped in oceans.The problem of extensive plastic waste in oceans, largely exposed in recent years, has led to widespread efforts to clean up what is already there...

12 Oct 2019 DURBAN

Water Operator Partnerships In Asia And Africa Supported By New Initiative

OFID (the OPEC Fund for International Development) and GWOPA (the Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance) have entered, following a first collaboration for 10 African Water Operator Partnerships (WOP) in 2013-2015, in a new Agreement to help five water and sanitation utilities in Africa and Asia, to implement Short Term Action Plans and develop Medium Term Sustainability Improvement Plans (SIP) through WOPs...

28 Sep 2019 DAR ES SALAAM

World Bank Grant Supports Tanzania Solar Pumping Expansion

The Tanzania government has signed an agreement for a grant with the World Bank amounting to $4.5 million (equivalent to Sh10.35 billion) to improve water supply through improved solar pumping systems. The project, under the Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches (GPBRA), will be implemented in 165 villages...

3 Jun 2019 BANGKOK, Thailand

Asia Pacific Region Unlikely To Hit Any SDG Target By 2030

None of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be met by Asian countries by the 2030 target date, according to a new UN report.The claim came at the launch of a 2019 SDG Progress Report at the 75th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) May 27...

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24 Feb 2019 BERN, Switzerland

"Blue Peace": Financing Peace Through Water

A collaboration under the banner of the Blue Peace Movement, and in consultation with the Swiss Development Corporation, Geneva Water Hub and the United Nations Capital Development Fund among others, proposes a new approach to financing transboundary and multisector water projects.The Blue Peace Movement arises from the recommendations of the Global High-Level Panel for Water and Peace in its assessment, “A Matter of Survival” (2017)...

20 Feb 2019 NEW YORK NY, United States

GEF Funding Seeks To Address The Hidden Mercury Cost Of Gold

A new $180 Million USD Global Environment Facility (GEF) program, supported by United Nations (UN) agencies is designed to cut harmful mercury emissions, associated with gold mining, to water and the environment, and improve conditions for artisanal miners across eight countries.The five-year program, launched February 18, is a partnership between GEF, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Conservation International (CI) and the governments of Burkina Faso, Colombia, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mongolia, the Philippines and Peru...

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20 Aug 2018 LAGOS, Nigeria

Lagos State Looks To PPP For Water Supply

The Water Corporation of Lagos, Nigeria has denied that the government plans to privatize water supply in Lagos State. The Corporation's Managing Director Muninu Badmus said August 17 that while a public-private-partnership (PPP) model was under consideration, but no contract has been awarded as the initiative was still in the bidding stage...

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