Community Management
Community management is the functional control of systems by communities or their representatives. It can and often does, but does not have to, include elements of community ownership, and involvement in day to day operation and maintenance. It is particularly reliant on clarity of ownership of schemes.
Search for Water-Water is a Basic Human Right
01 Jan 01
This 25-minute video -in Urdu with English subtitles - takes place high up in the beautiful snow-covered mountains in Pakistan and portrays the struggle of men and women to improve their water supply.
Our Water, Our Management
01 Jan 01
The key message of this 25-minute video presentation in English is that communities are capable of managing their own water systems.
Water Management with a Difference
01 Jan 01
This is the story of the people from Nkouandja who took their water supply management into their own hands.
Community Water Management special issue PLA Notes 35
01 Jan 99
IRC and six partners are disseminating results from their four years of experience in a community management research project funded by the Government of the Netherlands.
Water Supplies Managed by Rural Communities: country reports and case studies from Cameroon, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, Nepal and Pakistan
01 Jan 97
This document gives an overview of the water supply and sanitation situation in six countries at the beginning of a four-year research project on the role of community participation in the management of rural water supplies in developing countries.
Technology Transfer in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector: a learning experience from Colombia
01 Jan 97
This document presents experiences from a technology transfer programme for multi-stage filtration (TRANSCOL) carried out in Colombia from 1989 to 1996.
Community Management Today: the role of communities in the management of improved water supply systems
01 Jan 93
Brings together the results of desk research and practical experience of community management from Cameroon, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Pakistan, Uganda and Yemen presented at an international workshop on The Role of Communities in the Management of
Paying the Piper: an overview of community financing of water and sanitation
01 Jan 92
Provides an overview of key issues relating to community financing, cost recovery and sustainability.
A Manual on Community Participation
01 Jan 92
A practical guide which outlines the importance of community participation and its most crucial aspects. It is organized on the basis of a normal water supply project cycle.
