Extra sessions and events
In addition to the scheduled three-day symposium programme, we will host evening sessions as well as on Monday and Friday during the day. A closed meeting with the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), chaired by African Union Commission, will also take place on Friday, 12 April 2012.
Ethiopia’s National WASH Inventory (NWI) seminar: lessons learned and maximising value”
On Monday 8, 2013 April the Ministry of Water and Energy of the Government of Ethiopia will host the seminar “Ethiopia’s National WASH Inventory (NWI): lessons learned and maximising value”, in the Hilton Addis Ababa Hotel, from 09:00 to 17:00 hrs.
Demo space: upgrade your monitoring
For registered symposium participants, there will be an opportunity to visit the technology “Demo space: upgrade your monitoring”, Hilton Addis Ababa Hotel, in the evenings of Monday 8, Tuesday 9, and Thursday 11 April 2013.
Practical guidance for implementing the rights to water and sanitation: a handbook
This session is lead by Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation, and will take place on Tuesday 9 April 2013 from 18:00 – 19:00 hrs.
African Ministers’ Council on Water: African monitoring & evaluation steering committee meeting
On Friday 12 April 2013 there will be the African Ministers’ Council on Water: African monitoring & evaluation steering committee meeting, chaired by the African Union Commission. This is a closed meeting.
Seminar 'Moving towards a service delivery approach'
For participants of the Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between 9 - 11 April 2013, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and the Institute of Development Studies organise the seminar 'Moving towards a service delivery approach: Introducing the concepts of service delivery, life-cycle costs approach and tracking progress'. The aim of this one-day event is to introduce the key concepts of service delivery including the life-cycle costs approach, and look at the trends and shifts in the water and sanitation sector while focusing on infrastructure to service delivery.
WASH Beyond the household: a framework for monitoring WASH in extra-household settings
Interested in learning about WASH services in schools, hospitals, public buildings, and markets? Come and take part in the presentations and debates. In this extra session, participants will discuss the challenges for aggregating and standardising monitoring for extra-household settings. This additional morning session will take place on Friday 12 April, 2013 from 09:00 - 13:00 hrs.
Pre-launch: context-specific validation and introduction of WASH technologies for sustainable services
Come and be part of the pre-launch 'context-specific validation and introduction of WASH technologies for sustainable services' organised by WASHTech on Friday 12 April 2013 and learn how the "Technology Applicability Framework" and the "Technology Introduction Process" can help you achieve sustainable WASH services.
Effectively monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage
Join the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina for an introductory workshop on the basics of a new “Toolkit for monitoring and evaluating household water treatment and safe storage programmes”, published in 2012. This session will take place on Friday 12 April, from 13:30-16:30 hrs.
How can we engage in monitoring past High Level Meeting (HLM) commitments and preparing for the 2014 HLM?
Sanitation & Water for All (SWA) will share an update on the main achievements since the commitments tabled at the High Level Meetings (HLM). SWA will share plans for the launch of the global report on commitments and exchange ideas around how to prepare for the 2014 HLM, including the roll-out of national media campaigns and launch of the country preparation process.
Speakers: Darren Saywell, Vice-chair of SWA Steering Committee will be joined by SWA Steering Committee representatives for Africa and members of the SWA Secretariat.
Tuesday 9 April 2013, 18:00 to 19:30
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