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External Review of Sida's support to UNDP Water and Ocean Governance Programme - Call for Proposals
We are now accepting proposals for External Review of Sida's support to UNDP Water and Ocean Governance Programme. The External Review, to be carried out from August through October 2016, is to assess progress and provide strategic direction for the future. More information about the assignment and the Terms of Reference can be found here.
Proposals by reviewer(s) interested in undertaking this External Review should be submitted via email to watergovernance@siwi.org no later than 20 June 2016.
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Water Integrity Global Outlook
The Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 (WIGO) publication, released on World Water Day 2016, shows how clean governance in the water sector can fight corruption, benefit diverse stakeholders and make efficient use of investment in water services and infrastructure worldwide. WIGO highlights how institutional fragmentation and corruption undermine resources and services. It demonstrates how integrity and good governance have become international and national priorities and outlines tools and techniques that make improvements achievable. It makes recommendations for action by governments, sector actors, the private sector and civil society bodies.
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Water Integrity Network (WIN), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) launches the report in Stockholm on 7 June. Learn more about the event here.
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Uganda establishes Action Plan to achieve human right to water and sanitation for all
To support the Ugandan government to gain a better understanding of the main challenges to fulfilling the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) in Uganda, WGF took part in the mapping of the legal and policy framework and the implementation and monitoring of the framework.
In a sector inclusive workshop representatives from the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), civil society and other ministries and Uganda’s Human Rights Commission established an Action Plan based on recommendations derived from the mapping. Overseen by the MWE working group the Action Plan and recommendations will serve to spur progress and ensure that it reaches the most vulnerable and unserved groups of the population. Learn more about it here.
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Water utilities in Laos take action for improved integrity
In March 2016, four Laotian water utilities from different provinces participated in a water integrity training, conducted by the UNDP Water Governance Facility together with UN-Habitat within the GoAL WaSH programme. The four parties are now engaging in a scaled up process to improve integrity management across their utility operations. Read more about it here.
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Making sure that WASH project benefits actually last
To ensure that sustainability is embedded from the start in its WASH programming, UNICEF has developed an innovative implementation and monitoring framework for sustainability. WGF was invited to conduct an analysis of this sustainability framework within the Dutch-financed water and sanitation programme implemented in nine West and Central African countries. WGF reviewed a series of Sustainability Compacts and the first Sustainability Checks ever conducted in the region.
The conclusions of the report were shared with UNICEF regional and Headquarter representatives during a review of the programme held in the Côte d´Ivoire’s capital Abidjan in April 2016. Learn more about it here.
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“Accountability for Sustainability” in the Asia-Pacific region
In March 2016, WGF participated in the training workshop on the Enabling Environment for WASH organized in Bangkok for UNICEF WASH professionals from Country Offices in Asia and the Pacific. WGF facilited the session on Accountability and Regulation. The content of the module was based on the Accountability for Sustainability Concept Note and the Reference Guide for Programming. Read more about it here.
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