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SDC Water Team Days 23rd and 24th June 2016 in Bern
Shaping SDC’s cooperation for water in the next 15 years!
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Agenda
Thu 23.06.2016 - Shaping SDC’s cooperation for water in the next 15 years!
08.00 Arrival at Stade de Suisse and welcome coffee
08.30 Welcome and introduction
09.30 Orientation from SDC and SECO management: What is the policy of SDC and SECO in the new dispatch and up to 2030?
Plenary discussion with Reto Grüninger (SDC Latin America and Caribbean), Jean-Luc Bernasconi (SDC Humanitarian Aid), Dagmar Vogel (SECO) and Jo-han Gély (SDC GPWI)
10.30 Break
11.00 What are the trends and needs in the different regions to 2030?
Group discussions lead by regional water advisors: CIS countries (Thierry Um-behr), Western Balkans (Frank Wiederkehr), Latin America (Sergio Perez), Africa (Manfred Kaufmann), South Asia (Renate Lefroy, tbc.), Humanitarian Aid (Marc André Bünzli)
12.30 Lunch
14.00 What are the instruments and approaches needed for cooperation in water to 2030?
Part 1 - Presentations of promising instruments and approaches for main-streaming in SDC’s future work
Market place discussions
Round 1:
WASH and local governance (Mohammad Akramul Haque)
The role of municipalities as water service providers (Srecko Bajic)
Systematising policy influencing between SCO and implementers (Julie Bergamin)
Introducing approaches in sectoral policies (Oksana Garnets)
Up-scaling with multilateral funding (Sergio Perez)
Transferring experiences between SDC countries (Cesarina Quintana)
Round 2:
Success factors in up-scaling (Hanna Capeder)
Experiences with water integrity (Tandiwe Erlmann, Jesper Lauridsen, Binayak Das)
National human rights institutions for implementation of SDGs (Amanda Loeffen)
Mapping actual resources – lessons from Chad (Marc André Bünzli)
Business models for basic service provision (Pascal Blunier)
Water sector reform (Tunzhurbek Kudabaev)
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15.30 Break
16.00 What are the instruments and approaches needed for cooperation in water to 2030?
Part 2 - How to generalise or mainstream the instruments and approaches in SDC’s future work?
Group work session
Water and local governance (Sergio Perez)
From introducing appropriate models to achieving country-wide impact (Thierry Umbehr)
Universal and equitable access to WASH services (Manfred Kaufmann)
Water in fragile contexts (Christian Eggs)
Water in Humanitarian Aid (Marc-André Bünzli)
What about water use efficiency, IRWM and water-related ecosystems? (Frank Wiederkehr)
18.00 Wrap-up, next steps
18.45 Joint dinner at Restaurant Alpenblick
Fri 24.06.2016 - Developing the RésEAU
08.00 Arrival and welcome coffee
08.30 Update on the RésEAU
Input by Christian Eggs and Hanna Capeder
09.00 Learning from other networks
Discussion with focal points of other networks (Daniel Maselli, Karin Gross, Felix Fellmann, Nadia Benani, Yvonne Diallo-Sahli, Peter Beez)
10.15 Break
10.45 What values do we want to get out from sharing, learning and networking in the RésEAU?
Joint exercise on visioning and value creating in the RésEAU
12.15 Evaluation
12.30 Exchange with Dominique Favre
13.00 Closure and lunch
14.26 Excursion: Flood mitigation and restoration measures on the Aare River upstream of Berne
Departure at 14:26 from Wankdorf Centre (tram 9)
Return to Bern main station ca. 17.30
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Water Team Days 2016 - Participants
Mohammad Akramul Haque, DASCOH Foundation, Chief Executive Officer, Bangla-desh, [email protected]
I am working as CEO of DASCOH Foundation with academic background in social science and more than 20 years experience in the development sector. DASCOH is an NGO working in Bangladesh that was established by Swiss Red Cross in 1995. Broadly my role is to guide and coach the project teams to implement the project activities as well as facilitate external communication with donors and partners.
Networking and advocacy are also an important part of my work portfolio and also something that I enjoy doing immensely. I am working in DASCOH since 2004 and earlier I worked with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. I am married and have two children. Our daughter is studying at the University while my son shall be completing school in another year. We live in Rajshahi which is famous for mangoes and is situated in North West part of Bangladesh. Meeting people from all walk of life and travelling are dear to me.
Effective and decentralised water governance seems to be the only way to overcome our water problems and for this improving their capacity in WASH governance is where we should begin.
Rose Alabaster, Waterlex, Programme Director Africa Region, Switzerland, [email protected]
ROSE ALABASTER is a water governance expert currently working at WaterLex as the Programme Director Africa Region. Experienced in water and sanitation related programme design, implementation and evaluation. Over 18 years experience in the water sector working with governments, the UN and other development part-ners. Current focus is on promoting water governance; establishing linkages be-tween development and human rights.
A focus on exploring the added value of the human rights framework to improved water governance in SDG implementation - in particular contributions to the shaping of the monitoring framework.
Shakar Arbab, SCO Islamabad Pakistan, National Programme Officer, Pakistan, [email protected]
Working as a National Programme Officer with SCO Pakistan since March 2012. I am primarily responsible for projects related to livelihoods and water governance. Water governance is one of the thematic subjects for our new country strategy and my work focuses on supervising projects with local implementing partners. We are working on access, quality and protection of water as a resource and ensuring integrated water resource management.
Srecko Bajic, Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liaison Officer / National Program Officer Senior, Bosnia and Herzegovina, [email protected]
My current position in the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina is Liaison Officer / National Program Officer. I am responsible for SDC and SECO projects in the domain Local Governance and Municipal Services. The main inter-ventions are related to the improvement of municipal governance in the environ-ment and economy sectors, water supply municipal infrastructure and regional
cooperation in the Western Balkans in the field of municipal services.
I expect a creative exchange that can help me in fine-tuning the strategic orientation and implementation modalities in water related Swiss interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Julie Bergamin, Skat, ApaSan Project, Planning and monitoring manager, Moldova, [email protected]
With a master in international relations, I became passionate about wa-ter&sanitation during my studies and, barely out of university, I was convinced that I would like to dedicate my career in this domain. Since 8 years now, I had the chance to work in different type of institutions (SDC, NGOs, public water utility, consulting company) on the following subjects: public-public partnership, water tariffs, business models for household water treatment and storage, survey design, community based water supply organizations.
Working since 3 years in Moldova for the Water and Sanitation Project (ApaSan), I am mainly responsible for strategic sector planning, project planning and monitoring.
This is my WTDs baptize as I never had the chance to participate before. Looking forward to meeting, dis-cussing, exchanging and learning!
Camacho Bertha, Skat, Backstopper SDC GPWI (Facilitation WTD), Switzerland, [email protected]
My professional background is in Sociology and Development Management and I have almost 20 years of working experience with various International Agencies such as SDC, the European Commission, the German International Cooperation, as well as various International NGOs and Networks. In 2007, I joined Skat Consulting as Knowledge Management and Networking specialist. I have wide experience in the facilitation of Knowledge Communities and Networks and in process manage-
ment. I enjoy supporting organisational learning and strengthening, providing capacity building and training and in the facilitation of workshops and participatory processes. Additionally, I support organisations and projects in participatory processes, such as assessments and result based monitoring and evaluations.
Ben Blumenthal, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Teamleader Governance & Peace, Switzerland, [email protected]
Ben Blumenthal heads the Governance & Peace team of HELVETAS Swiss Interco-operation. The team provides advisory services to HELVETAS programs in 32 coun-tries and advises major public and private external clients worldwide on govern-ance issues and creating effective platforms for interface and dialogue between state and citizen. Ben has more than 20 years of experience in international devel-opment and research with a special focus on public sector management including good governance.
Pascal Blunier, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation /CSD, Co-director Environmental Management Project (SDC Bolivia), Bolivia, [email protected]
I am an environmental Engineer with experience in the Wash sector as well as in management of Natural Resources in Urban Environment, with experience in Latin-America, Africa and Switzerland. I am currently involved as co-director of the Environmental Management Project, a recent initiative of SDC in Bolivia. The project is being co-executed by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, CSD Engineers
SA and AGUATUYA. It aims at developing sustainable services for waste-water and solid waste management in small and medium size cities.
The challenges formulated in the SDGs are big, shifting from coverage to sustainable services provision in the Water sector is a big challenge, it will need goods ideas, good people but also time.
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Thea Bongertman, Simavi-MKAJI, Programme Manager, Tanzania, [email protected]
Multilingual professional, result oriented, manager/advisor who engages people through inspiring leadership style. Switches easily between various cultures. Strong networker. Post Graduate studies Water & Environmental Sanitation at WEDC, Loughbourough University. MSc human geography of developing countries (devel-opment economics, gender & geography) (1993). Working experience in Guinea Bissau, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, Bosnia-Herzagovina, Mali, DR Congo and Lao PDR.
How could SDC Tanzania become more involved in ResEAU and/or (inter)national Water & Sanitation sector developments?
Fanny Boulloud, Antenna Technologies, Programme Coordinator Asia, Switzerland, [email protected]
With a sales and financial background, I have worked as a project manager for the Asian market of a Siemens subsidiary in the production of offshore windmills for the Japanese market. I then took over the role of sales and marketing manager for the social enterprise in Lao PDR, where I managed projects in rural electrification, water supply and irrigation, drinking water thanks to renewables energies. In 2010, I started working in the saving energy sector and managed the promotion of this service among public and private sectors in Lao PDR and the South East Asia region. After a master in Environment Sciences in Geneva University, I joined Antenna
team in 2013 as the drinking water program coordination for Asia and the knowledge capitalisation for Antenna Technologies.
Looking forward to discuss social entreprise innovation and business approach to fight against water pov-erty and scarcity.
Sandra Bruehlmann, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Academic Trainee, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am working since February 2016 as an academic trainee at SDC’s Global Pro-gramme Water. I hold a bachelor degree in Economics of the University of Bern and am pursuing a master degree in International Affairs and Governance with a focus on development cooperation at the University of St. Gallen.
Markus Buerli, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Programme Manager, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am an agronomist and have worked for SDC in different positions. Since 2015 I am with the Global Programme Water Initiatives where I am in charge of different Global Organisations and Initiatives in the WASH sector. In addition I have in my portfolio some projects working with social enterprises in drinking water and sani-tation as well as in water for family agriculture.
Water is categorized as one of the major global risks but it has also a very important potential for collaboration and building peaceful societies. The sharing of experiences and knowledge is key!
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Marc-André Bünzli, Africa Division, Humanitarian Aid SDC, Head Expert group Water and Environmental Sanitation, Switzerland, [email protected]
Marc-André Bünzli holds a Licence of Earth Sciences and a Master’s degree in environmental sciences. Active in humanitarian or development projects since 1995, he has been on missions in Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations High Commis-sioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF and SDC, with a strong programmatic focus on water and sanitation issues but also dealing with security, programming, nego-
tiating, and management issues. He is currently based in the Swiss Humanitarian Aid (SHA) headquarters, where he is heading an Expert Group of 90 Water and Environmental Sanitation specialists within the SHA expert pool as well as advising the Humanitarian Aid domain on all matters related to Water and Sanitation. He is working on a part-time basis for an ambitious mapping program which has produced over 30 sheets of an Hydrogeological Atlas of Chad.
Bring humans back inside the natural cycles until 2030 instead of developing the world in an always more fragmented manner
Georges Burri, SDC, Programme Officer / WES Expert, Jordan, [email protected]
I am collaborating with SDC since thirty years. I was principally acting in humanitari-an project post-disasters. Nevertheless, during the past decade, I was involved in the support of UN agencies and also managing direct SDC actions. Beside SDC’s, I was also working for other Institutions like ICRC, Lux-Development, World Bank, African Bank of Development, as well I deed five years in the private sector in overseas business development projects. My field of expertise covers three differ-
ent domains, the technical management of war surgery hospitals and related (ICRC), reconstruction of public infrastructures and individual houses in actions post-disasters and WES in which I was working in different kind of projects around the water cycle.
Actually, SDC presence in water sector became quite visible through different types of actions. Despite the notable difference of SDC budget engaged compare with other governmental cooperation agencies, SDC is gaining position in niches, mainly due to its institutional flexibility and quite quick adaptation to the milieu of actions. Related to this SDC position, I think that SDC budget reduction is a good opportunity to orient the Swiss support in project management to other agencies, principally to Bretton Woods and UN.
Hanna Capeder, SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives, Programme Manager, [email protected]
Hanna Capeder has been part of the GPWI team since 2013. She has worked at the headquarters in Bern, and abroad in Uzbekistan (with SDC) and Costa Rica (with IUCN). Hanna holds an MA in Development from The Hague and Dublin Universities and a CAS in management of development projects in Switzerland. Before joining SDC, she has worked with NGOs on various projects in Benin, Costa Rica and
Mozambique, especially in the rural sector.
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Jan Cassin, Forest Trends, Water Initiative Director, United States, [email protected]
Jan is an ecologist with expertise in freshwater systems and watershed science. Her work emphasizes applied research and practice in a wide range of water resource management issues – including integrated watershed management, environmental flows assessment, ecosystem services quantification, wetland and floodplain resto-ration, and innovative financial mechanisms such as water quality trading, wetland
banking, and investments in watershed services (IWS). Jan directs Forest Trends’ work on investments in watershed services, working in six countries with businesses, governments, and communities to implement and scale up natural, or green, infrastructure solutions for water. A particular focus of this work is on devel-oping the knowledge base and practical tools for documenting the performance of green infrastructure in delivering not only water-related services, such as water quality, water supply, and flood mitigation out-comes, but as an essential component in achieving multiple SDGs.
Grégoire Castella, Antenna Foundation, Deputy Director, Switzerland, [email protected]
After completing his PhD in Life Sciences in 2008, Greg got out of the lab and joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He served as a delegate and manager in Ivory Coast, Afghanistan and Colombia. After returning to Switzerland, Greg joined Antenna Technologies, an innovation-for-development foundation, which has successfully brought to the market innovative products to meet the basic
needs of people living at the BOP. Greg and his team are in particular promoting the WATA technology, a local solution to provide safe water to rural areas.
It is time to give the people the means to gain autonomy, regarding the provision of safe water, as well as other essential needs like health, energy access and nutrition.
Binayak Das, Water Integrity Network, Programme coordinator, Germany, [email protected]
Binayak Das joined the Water Integrity Network in 2012. He is the Programme Coordinator for Knowledge, Research and handles country programmes in South and South East Asia. Binayak has experience of about 15 years working on the development sector with a strong expertise on the subjects of water, environment, and sustainable development. Binayak has years of experience working on cross
cutting areas of governance, public policies, integrity and conflict management in South-South East Asia and EU. Previously he has also worked with the IUCN in Bangkok, and with the Centre for Science and Environ-ment in New Delhi. He is an environmental journalist and has reported for the Down To Earth magazine. He has a master’s degree on water management from UNESCO-IHE, Delft. Binayak, is a Panos journalist fellow and author of numerous books, papers and articles on water, environment and sustainable development.
I would like to see that integrity is adequately discussed during the team days and that moving towards 2030, the topic of water integrity is embedded in the policies and practices of various Swiss organizations including SDC.
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Stanislava Dodeva, Embassy of Switzerland, Macedonia, National Programme Officer, Macedonia, [email protected]
I work as a National Programme Officer in the Embassy of Switzerland in the Repub-lic of Macedonia for 12 years.I am managing the water portfolio consisted of around 10 projects, mainly in the field of Integrated Water Resource Management (planning and implementation of Programme of Measures), wastewater treatment and water supply, sustainable management of natural resources and environmental education. I'm involved in creation of project ideas and their development up to the
approval process and later in close monitoing and overall management of the project implementation. I'm also involved in the preparation of strategic documents in the office, like cooperation strategies and regular reports.
If we want to have results at global level, we have to work hard at local level and we have to have a long-term strategy and focused actions!
Christian Eggs, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Berater für Sektorpolitik and RésEAU Focal Point, Switzerland, [email protected]
I’m geographer and environmental scientist from the University of Fribourg and EPF Lausanne with twenty-five years of experience in environmental engineering and international cooperation, working for private firms, public administration and non-profit organizations. I’ve been engaged for over twelve years in Africa, both in fragile contexts and transition countries, in the water & sanitation, transport and
energy sectors. Currently I’m deputy head of the SDC Global Programme Water and focal point, represent-ing the Swiss government in several international partnerships while remaining particularly involved in field operations as well as in Swiss political processes.
The raison d'être of the WTD is always questionable. Let's use these 36 hours to do what we cannot do alone, nor on the internet or in our daily work. Something different.
Tandiwe Erlmann, seecon/ cewas, Project manager, Switzerland, [email protected]
I have a Master of Arts and Science in Sustainable Development from the Universi-ty of Basel. At seecon/ cewas my focus is on integrity and governance issues as well as business development in water and sanitation management. I manage projects, conduct trainings and workshops and I am involved in the development of knowledge management tools like the WIN Integrity Management Toolbox
(http://www.waterintegritynetwork.net/imtoolbox/). Since November last year I also manage the AGUASAN Workshop, which will take place the week after the WTD.
I wish to act as the link between the WTD and the AGUASAN Workshop so that I can hopefully feed expecta-tions of the SDC Community and the results of the WTD into the AGUASAN Workshop.
Francesca Gambazzi, CSD Engineers, Project engineer, Switzerland, [email protected],
Environmental engineer, EPFL, CICR. Watsan. Private consulting. Water and waste management.
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Oksana Garnets, DESPRO, Senior Project Coordinator, Ukraine, [email protected]
I have been working in development since 2000 with UNESCO and UNDP and as manager of the Swiss-Ukrainian Decentralisation Support Project DESPRO financed by SDC since 2008. Current functions are - organization and coordination of all conceptual, quality control and support to the project team, ensuring effective cooperation with national partners, and scaling up project accomplishments into
regional and national sectoral policies.
It would be important to discuss the potential of water sector as a demonstration platform for wider reforms and a driver of socio-economic changes in the target areas.
Johan Gély, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Head GPWI, Switzerland, [email protected]
Johan Gély is head of the Global Programme Water Initiatives since 2014. He has worked at GPWI since 2010. Before he has worked in other positions at SDC, SECO, ACTED and GIZ. He holds degrees in Agronomic Engineering and Business Man-agement.
Rahbar Homidova, International Secretariat for Water Community Mobilization, Hygiene and Sanitation Coordinator, Tajikistan, [email protected]
Hello! My name is Rahbar Homidova and I am from Tajikistan. Since 2008 years, I have been working as a project specialist at the International Secretariat for Water (Canadian NGO). Our organization has been implementing Swiss funded Rural Water Supply and Sanitation project in the Republic of Tajikistan (Northern part - Sughd province). I am involved in baseline survey on social part and hygiene and sanitation, community mobilization and empowerment, active involvement in Rural
Drinking Water registration, activities and their capacity building, in elaboration of educational and training materials on PHAST methodology for rural community, to build up a good relationship and collaboration with relevant Governmental Institutions at all levels. Experience gained within the activities in our project is actively contributing to the water sector in our country. I am married and a mother of 3 boys.
Programs and strategies on sustainable rural drinking water supply, sanitation for all and community devel-opment. Introduction of best practices on water tariff policy, scaling up of models on decentralised water management.
Manfred Kaufmann, Global Programme Water Initiatives, Water Policy Advisor, Africa Ethiopia, [email protected]
As Water Policy Advisor Africa for the Global Programme Water Initiatives I am following up all Africa related activities and projects of GPWI. My project portfolio is diverse and encompasses hydro-diplomacy, water for agriculture, sustainable water and land management, generation and use of hydrometeorological data for better water governance, and water supply and sanitation. I graduated as environ-mental scientist at ETH Zürich and hold a phd in soil science. Before joining SDC I
worked in environmental consulting and in managing North-South research partnerships.
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Florian Klingel, Skat, Backstopper SDC GPWI (Organisation WTD), Switzerland, [email protected]
I am an environmental engineer and have worked since 15 years in WASH and IWRM projects in developing countries. With Skat since 2011, I’m working mainly in SDC mandates. Currently, I am supervising our teams or giving thematic support in WASH projects in Moldova, Kosovo, Tajikistan and Central America. I’m also part of Skat’s backstopping team for the Global Program Water Initiatives, where I’m helping managing the RésEAU.
I have the pleasure of taking care of the organisation of this event. I hope that we can produce some tangi-ble results for “shaping SDC’s cooperation for water in the next years”. And I hope you enjoy the two days!
Peter Koenig, SDC Consultant Economist / Water Resources Specialist, Switzerland, [email protected]
Peter Koenig, Economist / Water Resources Specialist Currently an SDC consultant mostly for Central Asia, I have worked for 30 years for the World Bank in all facets of water, including Integrated Water Resources Man-agement (IWRM), water supply and sanitation in rural as well as urban areas, (small holder) irrigation with water user associations, flood and disaster risk management, institutional development (training, restructuring). As part of the World Bank expe-
rience I spent 10 years with WHO in Geneva, in a WB-WHO Cooperative Program on Environmental Health with focus on water and sanitation. My work spanned the globe, from East Asia to Latin America and from Africa to to the Middle East and North Africa to Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Concluding on clear guide posts step by step for the next 15 years on how to reach the SDGs
Martin Krebs FDFA, Sectoral Foreign Policies Division Deputy Head Environment and Sustainable Development, Switzerland, [email protected]
Martin Krebs is employed with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and has an assignment as Deputy Head of the International Environmental Affairs Section of the Directorate of Political Affairs. He studied law in Bern, Amsterdam, Den Haag and Thessaloníki and is a member of the bar. Before his present assignment he worked in different capacities with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Environment Programme. Being a member of the parliament of the city of Berne, he has a vast experience in local governance. He is a member of the board of administrators of the zoo of Berne. Martin Krebs acts as President of
the Group of Social Democratic Staff of the Federal Administration and of a Staff Union of the Swiss federal administration. He likes rackets and bikes. He is married with a Kenyan and together they care for one boy.
Strengthened local governance is a prerequisite for sound water management.
Tunzhurbek Kudabaev, Swiss Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic National Program Officer for Basic Infrastructure, Kyrgistan, [email protected]
As a National Program Officer, I am responsible for managing the Swiss project portfolios in the Kyrgyz Republic in the following sub-domains: Urban Water and Waste Water and Energy Sector Support. I also ensure inputs from the Swiss Coop-eration into the policy dialogue. These activities include but not limited to regular (quarterly) meetings with the project teams. Through the contractually agreed
progress and financial reports I do systematic checking whether the projects progress according to agreed work plans and carried out in conformity to project objectives. Finally, we participate in an interdonor coordination council on water supply and sanitation. This is a platform for discussion among donors and
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other stakeholders. As a co-charing agency representatives we ensure Swiss inputs into the sector devel-opment agenda and policy.
I would like to extend my understanding regarding the main lines, new elements and new focus of the new Dispatch, not only in water but in adjacent spheres of Climate, Decentralization, DRR, etc.
Dalia Lakiss, SDC National Programme Officer, WASH Lebanon, [email protected]
Dalia Lakiss, Social Worker by education, worked in the humanitarian and devel-opment field since more than 13 years. I was in charge of programs in diverse sectors: Peace Building, Socio-Economic, Socio-Cultural, Protection, Psychosocial, and Education. This has enabled me to work at different levels being local, regional, national and global and to deal with different range of stakeholders: (I)NGOS, UN,
Donors, Municipalities, Ministries, Local authorities, Local communities and Private sector etc. . Since 2 years and a half I am managing the Disaster Risk Reduction and Water domain at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Beirut Office. My main responsibilities consist of assessing the needs, de-signing projects to address these gaps, monitor grants related to these sectors and lobby at the policy level to improve the sectors.
Thinking and planning how to - Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management - must be a key discussion point.
Jesper Elias Lauridsen, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Senior Governance Advisor, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am a Danish political scientist with an additional degree in African Development Studies. For the past 12 years I have worked in 20+ countries in the Global South to promote and support democratic governance and improvement in public services, including Water. In my current position, one of my responsibilities is to coordinate a SDC funded multi-country programme on Water Integrity (Guatemala, Mozam-
bique, Nepal). The programme, which is implemented by Helvetas, in strategic partnership with the Water Integrity Network (WIN), aims to strengthen the capacities and systems of governments to oversee and manage quality water services with integrity and to empower civil society and communities to advocate for improved WASH policies and demand better services
My expectation is to share learnings from our respective programmes and projects and to develop a com-mon understanding on how we contribute to the achievements of SDGs.
Renate Lefroy, DEZA/Abteilung Südasien Programmbeauftragte, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am an agronomist from ETH in Zurich with a PhD in biology. In my current position as Programme Manager in the South Asia Division of SDC in Berne, water issues and programmes are gaining increasing importance in the division portfolio espe-cially in combination with governance issues and community development or combined with agricultural initiatives.
The theme of the current Water Team Days for me is spot on and I am very much looking forward to the exchange during this year’s Water Team Days.
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Amanda Loeffen, Waterlex General Manager, Switzerland, [email protected]
As General Manager of WaterLex International Secretariat, I am involved in all of our programmes, ranging from water governance research, to mapping country legal and policy frameworks, and capacity building in the human rights based ap-proach to water management and law reform. It all involves solutions to more sustainable water governance. Previously I was based in New Zealand where I was heavily involved in the changes to water management policies and resource man-
agement through a community funded water project for irrigation and hydro generation. I lead the project management team to research and establish environmental consent. A large part of this role was stake-holder engagement and developing community consultation methodology. My original discipline was science and business orientated, as I studied chemistry and then an MBA in finance. I have worked in busi-ness development in many different resources, water being the key one in the last eight years.
The human right to water is undoubtedly the most important factor in bridging all the other human rights, such as the right to a safe and healthy life, healthy environment, food and work.
Christoph Lüthi, Eawag-Sandec, Head of Dept. Sandec, Switzerland, [email protected]
I specialize in assessing technologies that are appropriate for scaling in poor com-munities. In the past decade I have carried out applied research on urban infra-structure planning and delivery; contextualized sanitation solutions; servicing unplanned urban and peri-urban areas; multi-stakeholder planning and program-ming.
Sara Marks, Eawag/Sandec, Group Leader - Water Supply & Treatment, Switzer-land, [email protected]
I conduct field-based research on water supply, health, and development using interdisciplinary methods to inform policy and practice. At Sandec my group's current projects focus on: (1) developing monitoring and evaluation strategies applicable to SDG Target 6.1, (2) evaluating the sustainability of rural water supply programs globally, and (3) testing interventions which interrupt routes of exposure to faecal contamination in the household environment. I was trained as a chemist and environmental engineer in the United States.
I am looking forward to sharing experiences from our projects in Nepal, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Zimba-bwe - especially related to testing M&E strategies relevant to the SDGs.
Jacqueline Matoro, SDC Health Advisor, Tanzania, [email protected]
Jacqueline Matoro, Health Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Coopera-tion, Tanzania I am a public health specialist with a background in sociology and development and I am currently working with SDC in Tanzania as Health Advisor since 13 years ago. I am responsible for project management, planning, monitoring and evaluation of an
SDC project on WASH in health facilities. My role as a health advisor involves doing policy dialogue at differ-ent levels.
My expectation is to learn, share experiences and expand the network for further collaboration.
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Edi Medilanski, SECO, Switzerland, [email protected]
Edi Medilanski is an environmentalist (ETHZ) with experience in international cooperation and applied research in the water and sanitation sector, especially in China, East and North Africa. He is currently working in the Infrastructure Financing Division of SECO and in particular with Egypt. He is interested in improving measures to deliver better quality and sustainability of water and sanitation ser-vices. These measures include a transparent water quality monitoring, a continu-ous corporate development of water companies and an effective policy dialogue to improve the legal framework and financial sustainability of water services.
How to better show the improvement and sustainability of water and sanitation services in our projects?
Regula Meierhofer, Eawag Group Leader, Safe Water Promotion, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am group leader of the group „Safe Water Promotion“ at EAWAG Sandec, since October 2014. The Safe Water Promotion Group is assessing new technologies for household water treatment and safe water storage. We are assessing technology performance in the field, while integrating socio-psychological aspects of sustaina-ble application as well as market related factors. We have much experience in water quality assessment in remote field settings and implementing household surveys using digital monitoring tools. Between 2001 and 2014, also at Sandec, I
managed projects for the development, evaluation and implementation of different methods for household water treatment in low income areas including an international program for the promotion of solar water disinfection in more than 30 countries. Before this, I worked for 5 years in development cooperation, mainly in Nepal. I have a degree in environmental science from ETH Zürich.
I am interested to learn more about SDC’s planned water activities for the next 15 years and find areas for potential exchange and collaboration.
Murat Mirzaev, International Secretariat for Water, Deputy Head of the Project, Uzbekistan, [email protected]
20 years of experience in development cooperation in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, including 15 years within SDC. Good knowledge of political and operational envi-ronment, portfolio development and operations management
A long commitment is a key to get a real value.
Agnès Montangero, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Team Leader Water & Infrastructure, Switzerland, [email protected]
Since 2010, Agnes Montangero has been leading the water & infrastructure sector of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, a Swiss NGO implementing 40 water projects in 20 countries. An environmental engineer, Agnes has been working in the water and sanitation sector for 15 years in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Prior to working for HELVETAS, she conducted research at the Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), mainly on the topics of fecal sludge man-
agement and environmental sanitation planning. Additionally, Agnes worked for Skat, an independent Swiss organization working in development and humanitarian aid, as a water and environmental sanitation spe-cialist.
Exchanging experiences, lessons learned and tools on project implementation, for example related to sus-
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tainable management of WASH services, success factors for scaling up...
François Münger, SDC/Geneva Water Hub Special Envoy for Water, Manager of the GWH, Switzerland, [email protected]
Since March 2015, with the title of Swiss Special Envoy for water, I have the re-sponsibility of the creation launching and development of the Geneva Water Hub (which is also the Secretariat of the High Level Panel on Water and Peace). I have left in December 2014 the direction of the Global Program Water Initiatives of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation that I have created and developed
with my colleagues during eight years. I hold a MSc in mineralogy and geophysics (University of Lausanne), MSc. in hydrogeology (UniNE ) and an European MSc. in environmental engineering with spec.in biotech-nology (EPFL), as well as a CAS in geological hazards (UniGE). I've worked as scientific researcher for the EPFL in charge of an international project of energy storage in aquifers, as director of a dams & deep bore-holes project in Africa, as chief of SDC water Program in Central America and as a senior water specialist of World Bank in HQ.
One coherent, constructive and dynamic strong voice and reference in the Water domain at the Global and national level.
Sharon Murinda, SDC Programme Officer, Zimbabwe, [email protected]
I am Sharon Murinda currently working for the SDC Southern Africa Regional Coop-eration Office. I have an MSc in Integrated Water Resources Management. My fields of expertise are WASH and Integrated Water Management. I have more than 10 years working experience. I’ve been working for the Swiss Agency for Develop-ment and Cooperation in Harare as a Program Officer since 2013
Sophie Nguyen Khoa Man, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Senior advisor Water for Food Switzerland, [email protected]
Interdisciplinary background in natural resources management and socio-economic development including a PhD at Imperial College London. Twenty years of experi-ence in water resources management at national, regional and international levels mainly in South and South East Asia, Africa and to a lesser extent in South Pacific and Latin America. International researcher at IWMI (International Water Man-agement Institute), joint-researcher with the WorldFish Center and Associate Director of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. Thematic Leader at
the World Water Council and Regional Coordinator for the preparation of the World Water Forum in Mar-seille, France (2012). Consultancy e.g. to produce an e-learning module on Water Management and Gov-ernance for the University of London.
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Olivier Normand, International Secretariat for Water Associate General Secre-tary/Project Director, Tadjikistan/Uzbekistan, [email protected]
Initially a lawyer and a political scientist (I hold a master in law and a diploma of Science Po Paris) specialised in public opinion polls and surveys I moved 30 years ago to the development field thinking that I would be more useful there than just helping a president to be re-elected or a deputy to regain her/his constituency. I am still extremely interested in all political aspects and love debating about it. I worked primarily in Africa (Gabon, Burundi, Senegal, Ivory Coast) and Asia (Thailand, Viet Nam, Singapore, Hong Kong) using my marketing abilities and the knowledge I had acquired on public opinion. Then I moved, like many, to the Central & Eastern
European Countries (Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Moldova) and the CIS (Russia, Ukraine and finally Tajikistan and Uzbekistan). I am not a specialist of water but I learn every day with the help of the whole water com-munity who has been kind enough to welcome nicely a non-specialist in its circle.
John Nyachieo, SDC Programme Officer, WASH Kenya, [email protected]
I have a master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Dares- salaam and have a WASH sector experience of 20 years. I have worked for the government, NGOs, and the private sector in Kenya and my areas of expertise include; Water resources investigations, WASH infrastructure development and WASH sector policy development. In addition, I have supported development of several WASH projects in the Arid and Semi-Arid and peri-urban areas to improve access to WASH services. Currently, am working as a programme officer - Food security facilitating implementation of resilience projects in the ASAL areas of
northern Kenya and Somalia. The resilience capacity building involves improving the Absorptive, adaptive and transformative capacities of the targeted communities.
My expectations for SDC in the next 15 years: focus on water resources management to mitigate against the adverse impacts of climate change; support initiatives for the development of legislative, regulatory and policy frameworks to improve WASH service delivery in the rural areas.
André Olschewski, Skat, Rural Water Supply Network Water & Environmental Sanitation Expert, Switzerland, [email protected]
My professional backgroud is Rural Engineer with post graduate studies in Spatial planning, business engineering and organisational development with more than 20 years of practical working experiences. My SDC related work portfolio includes Project manager of DESPRO (governance, public services) in Ukraine, technical support in the sphere of WASH and strategic planning for ApaSan in Moldova and backstopping of Water Trust Funds (e.g. at AfDB). I am also part of the Backstopping team for SDC's GPWI with focus on Water Economics. Additionally I act as Thematic
coordinator for Accelerating Self-supply in the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) and do research and provide consultancy in the area of WASH, institutional development and business development e.g. in the SmartCentreGroup.
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Sergio Perez Leon, SDC - Division Latin America and Caribbean, Program Manager, Water, Climate Change, Switzerland, [email protected]
Hi, I’m Sergio, from Colombia, living and working in Switzerland for the last 4 years. I support the work of SDC’s Regional Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbe-an (LAC) in issues related to water supply and sanitation, integrated water resource management, and adaptation to climate change. Our programs focus mainly in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti and Cuba. We also contribute to initiatives that cover the whole of the LAC region, such as our collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and their trust fund AquaFund, where we try
and influence the way IDB approaches their water-related operations. Before, I worked for SDC in Colombia on a public-private development project on water footprint. I am a civil engineer with an MBA and studies in international affairs. I am married and the proud father of two children (Emilio, aged 5, and Candelaria, aged 2 and a half).
I am looking forward to exchange ideas and work together with all participants to the WTD, so that by the end of the workshop we all have a common understanding and a shared view on how will the Swiss Cooper-ation contribute to the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development Goal # 6.
Stephanie Piers de Raveschoot, SDC – Tashkent SCO JPO, Uzbekistan, [email protected]
Holding a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences (EPFL, CH) and a Specialised Masters in International Project Management (ESCP, Fr.), I have worked the last 6 years alternatively for an engineering office in Switzerland as a hydraulics / civil engineer, for a French NGO in Haiti as a WASH programme officer, and in Lesotho for a French consulting office as a hydraulics engineer. Currently a JPO (programme
de relève de la DDC), based in Tashkent until next year, I wish to keep my specialisation within the SDC (if all goes well !).
Between the new SDG Goal 6, and the new orientation for the future of the SDC in general (incl. the New Dispatch and the budget cuts), this is a very crucial period for defining the Swiss presence abroad, and SDC’s development work in particular. I believe this will call for more efficient and innovative approaches to our water-related activities, and to new thoughts on cooperation with other development agencies and the private sector.
Fernando Pililao, SDC Senior Program Officer for AguaSan, Mozambique, [email protected]
I am a Senior Program Officer working for SDC - Maputo Mozambique, since 2006. I have been contributing for the Mozambique Swiss Cooperation Strategy in the trengthening of local governance, through promoting decentralization in one essential service area, namely Water and Sanitation (WatSan). I am responsible to contribute to the conceptualization, design and the implementation of this compo-
nent of the “local Governance” program and for advocating the Swiss position in the respective fora, moni-toring specific Swiss funded activities in this area and advising the Coof on relevant development in the WatSan sector.
I would like to share a presentation on opportunities, challenges and commitments of AguaSan actors in Mozambique toward AguaSan SDG 2030.
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Cesarina Quintana Garcia de Paredes, SDC Global Programmes Water Initiatives HUB Lima, Senior National Program Officer, Perú, [email protected]
I work for SDC since 2001; I am economist with experience in rural development and international cooperation. I follow up the SDC water projects (wash rural and payment for watersheds). I am very committed with the WASH a policy dialog and political influence and WATER global agenda in Latin America. One of my great experiences in SDC is to testify the process from pilot project and to become in a
scaling up, ownership and policy influence program. There are still important WASH gaps in Latin America where I am very pleased to facilitate the liaison among the water actors (public, private and civil society) in order to find practical and scaling up solutions to reduce the gaps and promote the implementation of public policies for the sustainable approach and institutional strengthening.
Exchange approaches; discuss about the role of international cooperation on the implementation of the global 2030 agenda taking account the different continent contexts.
Yasmina Rais El Fenni, Cap-Net UNDP, Capacity Development Analyst, Thailand, [email protected]
Yasmina Rais El Fenni holds a masters in Public Administration and Economics from the University of Roskilde, Denmark. She specialized in economics, with a strong focus on gender issues. Previously, Yasmina worked for UNOPS headquarters in Knowledge Management, coordinating training for all personnel and developing toolkits in various sectors ranging from finance to project management. After this, she worked for UNDP for over 2 years, gaining a strong grasp of human resource management, recruitment and career development. Before joining Cap-Net, Yas-
mina relocated to South Africa from Denmark, where she was project coordinator for an organization dealing with children with Aids. She put her fundraising and donor relations experience to the test, raising significant amounts of funds throughout the continent. Yasmina’s main passion is gender, seeking to build capacity in programmes to ensure gender equality through knowledge sharing and awareness.
Nathalie Rizzotti, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Water Policy Advisor Switzerland [email protected]
I am working since 2 years for SDC and the global programme water. I have been involved in the Human right to water and sanitation, the UNECE Water convention amongst other and following part of the advocacy work for a water goal in the 2030 agenda. The success and the agreement on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development has changed the actual paradigm and we managed to get a dedicated
integrated goal on water including aspects of the whole water cycle; moreover water is key in the agenda. I hope that it will help to improve the fragmentation in the water community. As the business is not finished and implementation and follow-up and review will be key to reach this new ambition; I am now involved in the work that Switzerland does regarding the global water architecture to reach this ambition including monitoring and a reflexion on needed institutional structure at the global level.
The WTD is an important moment to meet and network but also to exchange on common challenges and experiences and to bring the water community together. Water management is key to reach a sustainable development and water security, the next 15 years will be crucial.
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Diana Rojas Orjuela, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Senior National Pro-gramme Officer Colombia, [email protected]
Environmental Engineer and Master's degree: Procedures for Environmental Quality Improvement. Fields of expertise: water management, climate change adaptation, public – private partnerships for development and policy advocacy. Water econom-ic tools, such as water footprint application within corporate water stewardship strategies. 12 years of work experience in Mesoamerica (México to Panama) and
Colombia, among NGOs and international organizations: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and SDC’s Global Program Water Initiatives (GPWI). Strongly values good working relations and multi-cultural environments.
Expectations: exchange with colleagues from different geographic backgrounds and experience on water management entry points. Special interest in strategies to bring to the table reluctant or indifferent ac-tors/sectors
Violette Ruppanner, Strategos/Swiss Bluetec Bridge, Partner/Manager, Switzer-land, [email protected]
I am an economist by training and a specialising generalist by choice. I can draw from a rich and varied career spanning 25 years in government, IGO, NGO and the private sector, where I have acquired a wide-ranging knowhow and experience in project design, management and execution, business planning and development as well as change facilitation and organisational governance. A partner with Strategos
SA since 2011, I am joining the SDC Water Team Days 2016 in my capacity as Manager of the Swiss Bluetec Bridge. Privately, I love reading, hiking (skiing and snowshoeing in winter), going to the theatre and watch-ing movies. I live with a companion and don’t have children.
I am looking forward to building links to and synergies with other SDC partners with a view to contribute to the realisation of SDG 6.
Roland Schertenleib, W+S Consult Director, Switzerland, [email protected]
Roland Schertenleib is very renowned water and sanitation expert with more than 40 years of experience in consulting, research and education for development cooperation in the water sector. Most recently, he has been the key resource person for defining SDC’s position and key messages to influence the processes and outcomes of the Post-2015 Processes and Working Groups.
Roger Schmid, Skat, [email protected]
My professional background is in rural & environmental engineering with more than 20 years of experience in strategy development and program management as well as design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of global initiatives, programs and projects in the fields of rural infrastructure development, water and environmental sanitation, mobility and transport, and soil‐water man-agement. I have been engaged in development and disaster relief interventions as
program manager, consultant and infrastructure specialist in a large range of countries. I’m working at Skat since 14 years where, among many other things, I'm in charge of the Backstopping Mandate for Water in support to SDC’s Global Programme Water Initiatives (GPWI).
I’m keen to grasp better SDC’s vision on water for the coming 15 years in order to “ground” it in next week’s AGUASAN Workshop on implementing the SDG Water Goal in practice.
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Viacheslav Sorokovskyi, DESPRO, Decentralisation/Public Services expert Ukraine, [email protected]
Hi, my name is Viacheslav Sorokovskyi, 44 years old, I live and work in Ukraine. Since 2002 I have been working for international technical assistance, for the last 9 years I am working for Skat on the Swiss funded project. I am interested in the issues of local self-government, public administration, public services provision, including water supply.
Considering the emerging issue of access to drinking water supply in my country I am looking forward to find joint solutions, especially through proper introduction of SDGs.
Andreas Steiner, SDC Global Programm Water Initatives, Program Manag-er/Program Assistant, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am working, since 2010, in various positions at SDC’s Global Programme Water. Currently I am both a program manager and a program assistant (finances & con-tracts), and I am engaged in communication activities of the Global Programme Water. My professional background is in finances and administration and I currently hold a bachelor degree in geography.
Looking forward to meet SDC colleagues and exchange on visions on SDC’s coopera-tion for water in the Sustainable Development Goals era.
Francisco Fernando Sumbane, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Project Manager PROGOAS, Mozambique, [email protected]
My name is Francisco Sumbane and I’m from Mozambique. For the moment, I’ve been working as a Project Manager for 7 years. HELVETAS has been implementing the Governance, Water and Sanitation Program (PROGOAS), Phase III in Nampula and Cabo Delgado Province, north region of Mozambique. The project is co-financing by SDC (80%) and HELVETAS (20%). I am involved in guidance and tech-nical assistance to stakeholders, update the project strategic approaches, develop-
ing linkages with provincial and district stakeholders and capacity building of the water and sanitation. I am a father of two boys. I like reading and football. The official language in my country is Portuguese.
Marc Sylvestre, International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, Program Manager, Switzerland, [email protected]
I am an experienced humanitarian aid worker, with over eight years of field experi-ence acquired mostly in Kazakhstan, Lebanon and Haiti. I am very familiar with project cycle management, including financial planning and monitoring, as well as field-based needs assessment and research: skills that I have applied both at donor and international/ local NGO level. I also have an extensive knowledge of issues linked to donor compliance, standardization of humanitarian
project management tools, coordination of multi-stakeholder projects and liaising with a wide range of humanitarian actors (EU Delegations, embassies, UN agencies, international and local NGOs).
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Thierry Umbehr, SDC/SCO Tashkent Regional Water, DRR Advisor Uzbekistan, [email protected]
Thierry UMBEHR, SDC Regional Advisor for Water & DRR, Central Asia, Uzbekistan. I am based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan since 2012 and my main duties are advising the Swiss funded water programme in Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyz-stan), supporting the Cooperation offices’ staff in technical issues and representing SDC in water related platforms. I am dealing with projects in the field of IWRM, integrated watershed management, irrigation, WASH and DRR. I contribute to
improving the knowledge management within the Swiss funded projects and partners and animate the Sub‐RésEAU Central Asia. I hold a diploma in Environmental and Survey Engineering EPF, have previously work-ing in Switzerland, Moldova and France and spend most of my time travelling in the Region, as well as with my wife and our three children.
Making the RésEau a common platform for knowledge and expertise sharing.
Frank Wiederkehr, Embassy of Switzerland, Skopje, Macedonia Regional Advisor for Water & Environment, Macedonia, [email protected]
I am based in Skopje, Macedonia since 2013. As a Regional Advisor for Water & Environment I am supporting the Cooperation offices’ in the Western Balkans in the implementation of their respective projects and activities wherever demand arises. I am working, among others, on topics such as capacity building in the water sector, water and wastewater infrastructure, river basin management planning, nature conservation and environmental protection. I further contribute to improving the knowledge exchange and management within the Swiss funded projects and part-ners and try to animate the Sub‐RésEAU Western Balkan. I hold a Master’s degree
in Natural Science as well as in Development Studies, both from ETH Zurich. Previously I have been working in Mongolia, Switzerland and Peru.
I am looking forward to a fruitful and enriching exchange among colleagues as well as hoping to meet new faces and contribute to strengthening the RésEau.
Douma Yeya, Helvetas, HSI/PHRASEA Expert in Local Governance, Niger, [email protected]
I’m Douma YEYA, from Niger. I work for HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation (in the Rural Hydraulic Program, funded by SDC), as Local Governance Expert in Dosso’s region. As such, I support decentralized communities (at local and regional levels) to plan, implement and manage investments financed by PHRASEA in WASH sector. It is very motivating to work with local actors (municipalities, government technical services) very mobilized to improve access of populations to safe water and basic
sanitation. But the lack of own resources limit the commitment of the majority of these municipalities.
In my country, the SDC has very a positive image, as a serious partner, whose actions meet the real needs of populations. The following testimony of a traditional chief reflects this perception: "Switzerland Cooperation comes even in the most remote villages to apprehend real problems of the populations and help to solve them." My expectation: For the next 15 years, I hope that the SDC will work more on economic access of rural populations to clean water, notably through political dialogue.
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Bekhruz Yodgorov, Oxfam BG office in Tajikistan Network/Partnership Project Officer Tajikistan, [email protected]
My major roles and responsibilities are developing partnership and networking of stakeholders in Tajikistan. Also I am Partnership Leads focal point for MECIS region. The Water Team Days will provide me opportunity to meet with policy makers, researchers, consultants and other water and sanitation specialists with a back-ground in the various sectors.
As the focus of the WTD will be on the assessment and development of practical tools for shaping the MDG period and the new SDGs framework, I would like to share with participants our approaches and activities under the WASH Program in Tajikistan.
Erika Zarate, Torres Good Stuff International, Switzerland, [email protected]
Expert in sustainable water management, water footprint assessments, water for agriculture, water for sustainable livelihoods. Several years of experience in coop-eration projects.
It is fundamental to discuss and offer clear methods/indicators that could support the water for food projects in evaluating their sustainability from the water point of view.
Christian Zurbrügg, Eawag, Senior Researcher, Switzerland, [email protected]
In 1998, I joined the Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (Sandec), which is now Department Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Devel-opment, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) as a tenure track researcher on solid waste management in developing countries. In 2004 I took over the responsibility as head of department Sandec. Since August 2015 I am a member of the Eawag directorate. My research interests are in the interdisciplinary approach of upgrading infrastructure and services in urban areas of low and middle income countries - with a special focus on sanitation, solid waste
and water. I have led several international programs and projects and published many scientific articles and book chapters on appropriate technology and enabling environments in low income settings. I also serve on many international committees, task forces and juries.
Governance is clearly crucial for improvements and sustainable development. BUT do not forget that it also needs technical expertise. Observation from the field is that this is severely lacking.
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Directions to the Dinner
Thursday 23.06.2014, 18.45 at Restaurant Alpenblick, Kasernenstrasse 29 The restaurant is about 15 minutes by foot from the venue at Stade de Suisse. To return to the city centre, the tram stop “Breitenrain” can be used (tram 9).
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Contacts
Christian Eggs, RésEAU Focal Point: [email protected]
Hanna Capeder, RésEAU Focal Point: [email protected]
Florian Klingel, WTD organisation, [email protected]
Bertha Camacho, WTD facilitation, [email protected]
Report
Reports and documentation will be available on the SDC Water blog:
https://www.shareweb.ch/site/Water/blog/default.aspx or www.sdc-water.ch