The UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment
The UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment, which will hold its sessions at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi from 8 to 10 March 2019 in the lead up to the Fourth Session of the UN...
2nd AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event
The 2nd AfriAlliance Innovation Bridge Event in Cape Town is focused on fostering social innovation related to climate change and water in Africa. This interactive, half-day event will serve as a...
4th Session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly
The UN Environment Assembly, the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, is scheduled to take place 11-15 March 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The 2019 UN Environment Assembly will...
VIA Water Café on World Water Day
On Thursday the 21st of March at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam , 13 of our project owners will showcase their innovations during the second VIA Water Café to be hosted in the...
Bridging the innovation development gap
11 April 2017 It is clear that innovation gaps have been and still are a reality for long, but there is no quick response to them. Participants in this session during the AfriAlliance Launch...
RWSN E-Discussion on Inclusive Rural Water Supply Management Innovation
6 November 2018 We all know that high rural water supply coverage figures tend to obscure serious service and sustainability issues in terms of continuity of water services, equal access to water...
Blog: WaterNet – Strengthening capacity to co-create regional water solutions in a changing environment
25 November 2017 WaterNet’s success as a regional capacity building network is evident in increased capacity for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) within the Southern Africa Development...
Blog: Involving communities in water management and climate change adaptation
16 April 2018 As an NGO working on environment and human rights, we see that there is a global push for large infrastructure under the guise of ‘national development’ and ‘climate adaptation’, with...
Water Market Europe 2019
Water Market Europe 2019 Scope: Food & Drink Edition Water management is one of the greatest challenges facing the Food & Drink sector today, with far-reaching implications for society, as well as the...
AfriAlliance Workshop in Ghana: one step closer to finding solutions
25 September 2017 From 17 to 21 July 2017, the five AfriAlliance partners WE&B, AfWA, BothEnds, IHE Delft and OIEau organised the workshop ‘Identifying the needs and priorities of water managing...
Smart Solutions for Water and Climate
24 March 2017 This session during the AfriAlliance Conference was for the audience to learn about water monitoring and mapping with the help of mobile devices, tools and sensors, as well as how the...
The City Blueprint Approach – Improving Implementation Capacities of Cities and Regions by sharing best practices on Urban Water Cycle Services
23 April 2018 Approximately 80% of the world’s GDP is produced, and 75% of the global energy and material flows are consumed in cities. Cities are highly dependent on other cities and hinterlands to...
African Persepectives Conference +12
African Perspectives on Planning, Design and Construction for Inclusive, Fair and Sustainable Urbanisation The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft (Bouwkunde) has a...
Global Talk: Architect & Activist
Walking the thin line between professional practice and social & environmental outreach There is a constant division of our cities into unequal parts, both in social and spatial terms. Our cities are...
Now available online: the AfriAlliance Handbook on Data Collection
How can you best develop a data collection project, ensure that high quality data is collected and achieve maximum impact? The AfriAlliance Handbook on Data Collection focusses on the development...
The 2018 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development – Taking stock and looking forward
5 July 2018 Once again governments will meet this July at the UN Headquarters in New York for the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), convened under the auspices of the...
Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development 2019
The SDG Global Festival of Action will be attended by leaders from governments, local authorities, international organizations, civil society, the creative industry and the private sector, the...
Launch of the Global Center on Adaptation
17 October 2018 On 16 October 2018, the formal launch of the Global Center on Adaptation took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that “the role of Global Center on...
