Playboy models and vegetarians Monica Harris and Victoria Eisermann shared a tub in Trafalgar Square today to mark World Water Day. Photo: PETA Animal rights activists around the world bathed naked to promote veganism on World Water Day 2011. Activists from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of... Read more...
La participation du secteur privé dans le domaine des services d’eau et d’assainissement a fait l’objet d’analyses d’une grande diversité. Ces travaux ont été essentiellement menés au cours de la période 1990-2000, pendant laquelle les réformes d’ajustement structurel ont ouvert … Read more...
April 13thseven South Asian leaders signed the “Colombo Declaration” by which they agreed to improve the access to sanitation in their countries. One of the main commitments stated in the declaration calls for adherence to the values of participation and accountability. Whereas the declaration is... Read more...
The Environmental Practice at Frost & Sullivan , a Global Growth Partnership Company, is hosting an Analyst Briefing titled 'Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in Middle East and North Africa: Mounting Demand, Major Challenges and Opportunities', on April 19th, 2011. Frost & Sullivan will... Read more...
A campaign called "Thirsting for Justice" was launched the 22th of March, World Water Day which calls on European governments to put pressure on Israel to respect international law and Palestinian right access to water and sanitation. Behind this campaign launched, is the Emergency Water Sanitation... Read more...
In 2011, the World Bank’s Knowledge Council selected urbanisation as one of the Knowledge Platforms eligible for three year seed funding by the Bank. The Global Urbanization Knowledge Platform is a collaborative partnership between researchers, policymakers, the private-sector, and knowledge... Read more...
To mark World Water Day, 22 March 2011, World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement making it easier for the U.S. Government and World Bank to work together to address global water challenges. [youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... Read more...
Under-five child mortality from diarrhoeal diseases, which was 1.7 million in 2005, is expected to fall to just over half a million by 2030 and around 130,000 in 2060, a new study [1] predicts. Read more...
[caption id="attachment_5121" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="With this photo on Facebook local resident Akshay Arora asks the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to "kindly send some one and get it clean this Toilet/Urinal". One day later on 7 April 2011, MCD replied: "Your complaint... Read more...
On Friday April 8th, 2011 the Agency for Community Empowerment Participation and Transformation (ACEPT) organized a two-day intensive training in Henai town in Malen chiefdom, Pujehun district, for 30 traditional leaders assembled from towns and villages. The facilitators came from Pujehun District... Read more...