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Relationships with other organisationsWaterAid recognises that to implement a cohesive strategy of providing water and sanitation to the world's poor, it is important to create effective relationships with other organisations within the sector. Below you will find an outline if some of the organisations we work with and our relationship to them. Asia Development Bank Asia Development BankThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 65 member countries. Its mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their citizens. The Asia Development Bank and WaterAid entered into a knowledge partnership together in response to ADB Water Week 2004's Change Agenda and to strengthen the involvement of civil society in advancing water sector reforms. The main areas of collaboration between ADB and WaterAid are:
Building Partners for DevelopmentBuilding Partners for Development (BPD) Water and Sanitation is an international cross-sector learning network focused on improving access to safe water and effective sanitation in poor communities. BPD's primary aims are:
WaterAid supports this knowledge centre as a Director of the Board and through contributions to individual learning and training activities at a programme level. http://www.bpd-waterandsanitation.org/ Department for International DevelopmentThe Department for International Development (DfID) is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to eradicate extreme poverty. In 2005, WaterAid agreed a six year Programme Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the Department for International Development (DFID). The PPA sets out at a strategic level how WaterAid and DfID will work together to achieve a set of jointly agreed outcomes that will contribute to the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals. Under the PPA, WaterAid receives strategic funding that enables a wide range of activities to take place across the four regions in which we work. The agreed outcomes of the PPA 2005 are:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/DFIDwork/ppas/wateraid-ppa.asp Dutch Ministry for Foreign AffairsWaterAid currently has a five year grant from the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs, running from 2003 through to 2007. Coming under the theme based co-financing budget line, the grant is for core activities enabling WaterAid to develop its programmes in Africa and Asia. WaterAid has had regular meetings with the Dutch government and it is hoped that this partnership will continue beyond 2007 under a new budget line called SALIN. Freshwater Action NetworkFreshwater Action Network (FAN) was established after the second World Water Forum in March 2000 as a freshwater advocacy network. FAN was set up to ensure that southern Civil Society Organisations working on water or sanitation issues are strongly represented at international water policy forums and to ensure their voices are heard during the increasingly political water debates. FAN has been instrumental in supporting and assisting southern Civil Society Organisations to participate in:
During the third World Water Forum, FAN members from Africa decided to have an inception meeting in Kenya to create what is now known as the African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW). The network was created in October 2003 and has been developing steadily since, convening sessions for African Civil Society Organisations during the fourth World Water Forum three years on. WaterAid is a member of FAN’s advisory board and provides financial support to the network. NGO partners in WaterAid country programmes are active members of FAN and ANEW individually and through national NGO networks like UWASNET in Uganda and CONIWAS in Ghana. Global Water PartnershipThe Global Water Partnership (GWP) is a working partnership among all those involved in water management; government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organisations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles. This comprehensive partnership actively identifies critical knowledge needs at global, regional and national levels, helps design programmes for meeting these needs, and serves as a mechanism for alliance building and information exchange on integrated water resources management. WaterAid is a member of the Global Water Partnership and hosts the Ethiopia chapter of the partnership. Partners for Water and SanitationPartners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) works with countries in Africa providing knowledge and expertise to help them supply clean water and adequate sanitation to their population. Set up in response to the Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation, following the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, the partnership is initially focused on Africa where the challenge is greatest. An innovative not-for-profit initiative, the partnership has members from three sectors; government departments, private enterprises ranging from water companies to engineering groups, and NGOs such as WaterAid and Tearfund. This allows the partnership to draw from the widest possible range of expertise to rapidly respond to each unique challenge and to help local African partners develop and strengthen capacity and build truly sustainable solutions. WaterAid is a member of the steering group and supports the PAWS initiative in Nigeria where it complements WaterAid’s programme activities in Benue State. http://www.partnersforwater.org UN International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the years 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'. The primary goal of the 'Water for Life' Decade is to promote international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015. These commitments include the Millennium Development Goal target to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 and to stop unsustainable exploitation of water resources. As Kofi Annan [UN Secretary General] has written: “Water is essential for life. Yet many millions of people around the world face water shortages. Many millions of children die every year from water-borne diseases. And drought regularly afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries. The world needs to respond much better. We need to increase water efficiency... we need to make sanitation a priority... And we must show that water resources need not be a source of conflict. Instead, they can be a catalyst for cooperation. Significant gains have been made. But a major effort is still required. That is why this year marks the beginning of the “Water for Life†Decade... Together, we can provide safe, clean water to all the world’s people. The world’s water resources are our lifeline for survival, and for sustainable development in the 21st century. Together, we must manage them better.†http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/ WASH Collaborative CouncilThe WASH Collaborative Council, formerly known as Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, is the leading international multi-stakeholder network of professionals working in water, sanitation and hygiene. The Council seeks to accelerate the achievement of sustainable sanitation, hygiene and water services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration and coordination of all sector stakeholders, nationally and internationally. The Council achieves this mission through advocacy and awareness raising campaigns, and facilitating concerted action programmes focused on improved sanitation and hygiene service delivery, to be carried out through the Council's extensive membership and network of partners and collaborators. WaterAid supports the work of the Council through engaging in country-level WASH advocacy campaigns and supporting country programme partners in either its role of National Coordinators or as an elected representative on the Council’s steering committee. Water DialoguesThe Water Dialogues are a series of national multi-stakeholder dialogues and research processes that will examine whether and how the private sector can contribute to the delivery of affordable and sustainable water supply and sanitation services, especially to poor communities. Lessons from The Water Dialogues will generate information that can contribute to the development of sector strategies by governments and support for these strategies from international donors. To date, The Water Dialogues have been established in Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa and Uganda. The Water Dialogues differ from previous international multi-stakeholder processes in that most activities take place at the national and sub-national levels, that is, at the level of implementation, where findings can feed directly into existing national sector reform processes. WaterAid has been an active member of this process since its establishment and is a member of the international steering group and provides administrative and financial support to the International Secretariat. The initial scoping study reports can be found at http://www.wateraid.org/psp. Water and Sanitation for the Urban PoorCommitted to making a significant contribution towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals for water and sanitation, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) is an innovative partnership between the private, public and civil society sectors to provide more effective delivery of water supply and basic sanitation services. WSUP was first established on 1 September 2004 via a Memorandum of Understanding and then formally incorporated in the UK on 9 April 2005 as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. Its membership is made up of three businesses, four international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), and one academic institution. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Water Association (IWA) are members with observer status. WaterAid supports this project as a Director of the Board and is in discussions with local partner organisations on the role WSUP might play in supporting the development of local stakeholder-based initiatives. |
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