DG Communities est un espace collaboratif pour les professionnels travaillant dans le domaine de la réduction de la pauvreté et du développement durable à travers le monde. Gestion des ressources en eau.
The United Nations GEMS/Water Programme provides scientifically-sound data and information on the state and trends of global inland water quality required as a basis for the sustainable management of the world’s freshwater to support global environmental assessments and decision- making processes
How are humans changing the global water cycle, the associated biogeochemical cycles, and the biological components of the global water system and what are the social feedbacks arising from these changes ?
Gérer efficacement et équitablement est, en matière de gouvernance, un des défis les plus importants auxquels nous devons faire face. Dans les pays les plus prospères, la rareté de l’eau freine la croissance économique et diminue la qualité de vie. Dans les pays les plus pauvres, elle engendre des maladies, ralentit le développement, exacerbe les inégalités et compromet la survie de sociétés tout entières ;
The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance was created during the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (South Africa, 2002) as a response to the ever-increasing water management crisis.
In partnership with the most eminent organisations and individuals in the field IRHA provides lobbying and advocacy platforms for rainwater harvesting. Providing a forum for its members to work together or share experiences for their mutual benefit and thus to help people living in water scarcity, IRHA supports the growth of the rainwater harvesting movement.
Iwwi is a nonprofit scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in agriculture and on the water needs of developing countries. IWMI works with partners in the South to develop tools and methods to help these countries eradicate poverty through more effective management of their water and land resources.
Public-Private Partnerships for Water Supply and Sanitation
This multi-partner initiative focuses on enabling successful PPP’s in water supply and sanitation projects in order to promote overall water sector development. The partners goal is to assist local, national and international private and public actors (including small-scale providers) by proposing formal approaches for good water governance in PPP projects. They have been facilitating the development of new enabling instruments (as available so far) with adequate methodologies :
Policy Principles for the policy making level, developed in Multi-Stakeholder interviews and international and regional dialogues
Implementation Guidelines for the operational level of municipal services, based on case study evaluation and expert input and back-tested in various regions
ToolContainer, an online database providing practitioners with references to supportive tools
Policy Principles for the policy making level, developed in Multi-Stakeholder interviews and international and regional dialogues