Water Governance Facility
Water Governance Facility is a other that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Launching the Women Water Champions Compendium in India
Building women’s validity as knowledgeable water managers is a priority in SIWI’s work, and we as UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility are proud to support UNDP India’s launch of the Women Water Champions (WWC) Compendium.
Armenia takes action to achieve the SDG 6
Until recently Armenia has lacked a clear strategy for implementing the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, to ensure access to water and sanitation for all. With support of the GoAL-WaterS programme a strategy for the implementation of SDG 6 is now in the process of being developed.
New framework for water tariffs in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Many wastewater treatment plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina are not fully functioning because the water utilities are not able to cover the operational costs. To address this, the GoAL-WaterS programme has helped develop a new regulatory framework and tariff setting that will make utilities more financially sustainable. Water supply and wastewater management services in municipalities in […]
A focus on accountability to improve WASH services
By 2030, 80 per cent of the world’s poorest people will live in ‘fragile’ states, where access to water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) tends to be limited. A new report from SIWI and UNICEF looks at what can be done to improve the efficiency and accountability of WASH services in such contexts. In 2030, […]
Comoros takes action to improve integrated water resources management
The Government of Comoros is taking the next step towards the enforcement of integrated water resource management – IWRM. The revised water code will lay the foundations for the equitable use and protection of water resources and will allow for the framing of participative water development and decentralised water management on each of the three Comorian […]
New mechanism to support sustainable use of freshwater and coastal resources
Good governance is essential for balancing the often conflicting demands on freshwater and coastal resources.
Towards a more sustainable sanitation sector in Gaza
To help Palestine improve the efficiency of its sanitation sector, SIWI’s Water Governance Team recently was invited by UNICEF to moderate a multi-stakeholder process on the Gaza strip. The training focused on the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Bottleneck Analysis Tool (WASH BAT), developed by UNICEF with support from SIWI.
Programming for sustainability in water services – a framework
This framework document was written under the collaboration between UNICEF and the UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility through the Accountability for Sustainability programme.