Webinar Series on Rural Water Supply: Tuesdays, April 3 – June 12, 2012

The RWSN Forum, held in Kampala in late 2011, brought together an outstanding group of international experts to share the latest knowledge about providing rural people with safe water.  The 11 webinars in this series will feature Forum speakers re-giving some of the best Forum presentations.

Tuesdays, April 3-June 12, 2012
9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Washington D.C. time (Convert to another time zone)


 
 
April: 3 | 10 | 17 | 24  May: 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 29  June: 5 | 12
 

4/3/2012
Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
Richard C. Carter - Head, Technical Support, WaterAid
A provocative re-examination of community management, minimum basic access, and other common premises underlying many rural water supply programs.

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Myths of the Rural Water Supply Sector
 

 

 

4/10/2012
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Challenges in Latin America for the Next Decade
Glenn Pearce-Oroz - Sr. Regional Team Leader, WSP, Latin American & the Caribbean
Progress, challenges, and lessons learned from the past decade, and targets for the next decade
 
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4/17/2012
Actions to Attract Investment to African Rural Water Supply
Thierry Barbotte - Managing Director, Vergnet Hydro
Political, strategic, technical, and economic actions to reverse declining investment in African rural water supply sector
 
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4/24/2012
Govt. of Finland CoWASH Program in Ethiopia
Arto Souminen - Chief Technical Adviser, Ethiopian CoWASH Programme
 
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5/1/2012
WASH and Equity
Andrew Trevett - Senior Adviser, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF
The challenges of equity, safety, and sustainability
 
 
 
 
 
Rolf Luyendijk
Sr. Statistics and Monitoring Specialist,
Statistics and Monitoring Section, UNICEF
 
 
 
 
 
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5/8/2012
PPPs in Madagascar's Rural Towns
Jonathan Annis - Technical Coordinator, RANO HamPivoatra Project– CARE International Madagascar
Factors behind the successful PPP model in rural Madagascar, and how to replicate the approach in large rural towns
 
 
 
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5/15/2012
Life Cycle Costing Approach
Catarina Fonseca - Project Director, WASHCost, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
Analysis and use of the full costs of sustainable, equitable, and reliable water services
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5/22/2012
Grundfos LifeLink Payment System and Solar Technology
Rasoul Dashtbani Mikkelsen - Funding and Partnership Manager, Grundfos LIFELINK A/S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spencer Ochieng - General Manager, Grundfos LIFELINK (Kenya) Ltd.
An innovative business model for Africa, Asia, and Latin America based on a solar pumps, mobile phones, and mobile banking technologies
 
  
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5/29/2012
Sustainable Groundwater Development for Rural Water Supplies
Sean Furey - Water & Sanitation Specialist based at Skat, in Switzerland, and part of the RWSN Secretariat.
RWSN wants groundwater to be understood and used for the benefit of everyone, in perpetuity. The three sub-themes are ‘Handpump Technology’, ‘Cost Effective Boreholes’ and ‘Cost Effective Groundwater Management’.
 

6/5/2012
Human Right to Water and Sanitation
Catarina de Albuquerque - UN Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation
 
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6/12/2012
Self Supply: Supported Household Investment in Rural Water Supply
Sally Sutton - Hydrogeologist, SWL Consultants
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

André Olschewski - Water, Sanitation and Environmental Management Specialist, RWSN/Skat Foundation
Increasing access through encouraging households to invest in their own supplies
 
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Related content: Sustainable Groundwater Development: use, protect and enhance
 
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