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Water Operators' Partnerships in Asia  
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Water Operators'  Partnerships (WOPs) are peer support relationships between two or more water or sanitation operators, carried out on a not-for-profit basis in the objective of capacity development. This is one of a series of three impact-oriente...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Water Operators' Partnerships in Asia  
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Water Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) are peer support relationships between two or more water or sanitation operators, carried out on a not-for-profit basis in the objective of capacity development. This is one of a series of three impact-oriented...

Year: 2012, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Proceedings of the Regional Stakeholders' Consultations for The Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN)  
View Details The Mekong Region is now home to some 250 million people. Countries within the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have witnessed rapid economic growth in recent years. The rapid growth has far outstripped the extension of basic services, such as water an...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 85, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Water and Sanitation in an Urbanising World - Brochure  
View Details This brochure is an overview of the Water and Sanitation trust fund and the reason behind its formation. It provides a summary of the projects and knowledge delivered by UN-HABITAT since 2003. It highlights the key conclusions of the evaluation on th...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste  
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The collection of municipal solid waste is a public service that has important impacts on public health and the appearance of towns and cities. Unfortunately many urban administrations seem to be losing the battle of coping with the ever-increasin...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 38, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Reuse of Wastewater and Rain Water Harvesting  
View Details Water is a vital resource for sustainable development. Due to increasing demand linked to population growth, this resource is becoming scarce. The whole country is experiencing this scarcity and the situation is grave in several parts of India, inclu...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Community Participation in Solid Waste Management - In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India  
View Details Individual Health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of drinking water and proper sanitation. There is, therefore, a direct relationship between water, sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafe drinking water, improper dispo...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Addressing Arsenic Problem in Nepal  
View Details Access to safe drinking water is one of the key targets of the United Nations’ millennium development goals and is a crucial foundation for sustainable poverty reduction.
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Faecal Sludge Management - in The Kathmandu Valley  
View Details Pollution of water bodies, mainly the rivers of rapidly growing urban centres, in the developing world is a major environmental concern. Discharge of untreated sewage including faecal sludge generated from on-site sanitation systems, indiscriminate d...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Community Managed Sewerage Scheme in Gwalior  
View Details Individual Health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of drinking water and proper sanitation. There is, therefore, a direct relationship between water, sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafe drinking water, improper dispo...
Year: 2011, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
External Evaluation of UN-HABITAT's Water and Sanitation Trust Fund - Part 1: Synthesis Report  
View Details During the Water and Sanitation Trust Fund's Advisory Board meeting in 2010, the Government of Norway announced its intention to undertake an external evaluation of its support to the Trust Fund. Subsequently, the Governments of Norway, Spain and the...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 82, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste in Developing Countries  
View Details This book is written for developing countries. Since it seeks to encourage the designing of waste collection systems based on local information, the approach is valid in any country. The main focus is on municipal solid waste, which is taken to inclu...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 196, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Improving water operator finances through better practices – experiences from East Africa  
View Details The Fast Track Capacity Building programme implemented by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Uganda under UN-HABITAT’s ‘Water for African Cities’ programme demonstrates that an integrated programme of training and capacity building...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 3, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Annual Report 2009: Water and Sanitation Trust Fund  
View Details In response to an increasing emphasis of UN-HABITAT on documenting results rather than activities, an impact study on the activities supported by the Trust Fund was commissioned in the reporting year. Undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the Water...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 94, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
h2.0 Launch Flyer  
View Details A key weakness in the water and sanitation sector is absence of reliable data – data which can help our understanding of service provision for the poor and provide information to enable consumers, service providers, policy makers and donors to act mo...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative Brochure (2010)  
View Details The rapidly growing urban centres in the Lake Victoria basin are playing an increasingly important role in the economic development of the region. But most of these towns are experiencing unplanned, spontaneous growth. The run-down and often non-exis...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Second Meeting of East African Community Ministers of Water, Ministers of Finance, and Development Partners of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative  
View Details Second Meeting of East African Community Ministers of Water, Ministers of Finance, and Development Partners of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative Entebbe, Uganda 23rd April 2009 . Scaling Up of the Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanita...
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
A practical Method for Rapid Assessment of the Bacterial Quality of Water  
View Details This booklet contains instructions to teach communities how to test drinking water in their villages and detect the presence of E.coli.
Year: 2010, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
Solid Waste Management in the World's Cities : Water and Sanitation in the World's Cities 2010  
View Details In a rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities. This publication provides a fresh perspective and new data on one of the biggest issues in urban development. Using the framework of...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 228, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Sanitation: A human rights imperative  
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A document defining sanitation in human rights terms, describing the value of treating sanitation as a human rights issue and outlining priority actions for governments, international organisations and civil society.

In the UN International ...

Year: 2010, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance Newsletter (Issue 2, July 2010)  
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  • A message from the Programme Manager
  • Secretariat News
  • Water Operators’ Partnerships around the world: News from Asia, Latin America, Africa and South East Europe
  • Featuring a Water Operato...
Year: 2010, Periodicity: Monthly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
The Mekong Region Water and Sanitation Initiative (MEK-WATSAN) - Assessment Report for the Roll Out Phase 1  
View Details The Mekong Region Water and Sanitation (MEK-WATSAN) Initiative was formulated in response to the GMS initiative as a collaborative effort between UN-HABITAT, the Governments of the Greater Mekong Sub-region and ADB. The objective of the MEK-WATSAN In...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 294, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation books for Lower Primary  
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Tomi has a Tummy Ache
Tomi disregards all advice he has been given about drinking clean, boiled water. He regrets it immediately as suffers terribly. Find out w...

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 16, Type of publication: Book
UN-HABITAT Events at World Water Week  
View Details This is a century of urban transition. Today, well over 50 percent of the world€ iss population already lives in cities. It is estimated that by 2020, nearly 60 per cent of the world€€sss population will live in urban areas, the growth predominantly ...
Year: 2009, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
The Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance Brochure  
View Details Getting water and sanitation access to those who need it places heavy demands on utilities. Efficiency and financial viability are essential, but utilities also need to be serviceoriented, transparent, accountable, and technically competent. In the d...
Year: 2009, , Type of publication: Promotional Material Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation books for Upper Primary  
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The Magic Waterman

Everyone thinks that Mzee Marende is a witch because he always has enough water, even to spare, when other people do not have water t...

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 16, Type of publication: Book
Water for African Cities Programme Phase II  
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The Water for African Cities Programme is part of the wider efforts of UN-HABITAT to contribute towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal targets of halving the number of people without access to safe water and sanitation by 2015.

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 36, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
The UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation Trust Fund Annual Report 2008  
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Although sanitation has been hailed as “the most important medical advance since 1840”, over 2.5 billion people – most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – lack access to basic sanitation. The world is not on track to meet the 2015 Mille...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 40, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Constructed Wetlands Manual  
View Details A general guide to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of constructed wetlands for the treatment of domestic wastewater as well as introduction to the design of constructed wetland for sludge drying.
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 90, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Review of Existing Concepts of Water Governance and an Analysis of Pro-Poor Approaches in UN-HABITAT Interventions - Part 1  
View Details The purpose of this extensive review (Part I) is to provide the basis for defining a pro-poor water and sanitation governance framework and the tools required to improve UN-HABITAT efforts in favour of adequate water supply and sanitation services fo...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 74, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Manual on the right to water and sanitation  
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The Manual on the Right to Water and Sanitation is designed to assist policy makers and practitioners in i...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 178, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Strategic Plan for the UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation Trust Fund 2008-2012  
View Details The Strategic Plan’s purpose is to guide Trust Fund work in addressing challenges of the internationally agreed-to water and sanitation goals and UN-Habitat mandates, including the overall goals of shelter for all and sustainable human settlement dev...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 58, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management  
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It is crystal clear that, in addition to clean air, the well-being of our planet also requires that water, wastewater and the resulting biosolids (sludge) need to be managed more seriously, and in a focused, coordinated and cooperative manner.

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 632, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
How to Set Up and Manage a Town-Level Multistakeholder Forum: A Step-by-Step Guide  
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There is no one best way to set up and manage a town-level multistakeholder forum. The composition of the multistakeholder forum and issues to be addressed will differ from one town to another. This Step-by-Step Guide has been developed with the...

Year: 2008, Number of pages: 56, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Tackling a global crisis: International Year of Sanitation 2008  
View Details On 20th December 2006, the UN General assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The proposal was brought into the General Assembly by 48 Countries at the recommendation of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 36, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Hacia la solución de una crisis mundial: Año Internacional del Saneamiento 2008  
View Details El 20 de diciembre de 2006, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas declaró que 2008 sería el Año Internacional del Saneamiento. Por recomendación de la Junta Asesora sobre Agua y Saneamiento del Secretario General de la Naciones Unidas, 48 país...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 36, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Comment faire face à une crise mondiale : l’Année internationale de l’assainissement 2008  
View Details Le 20 décembre 2006, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a proclamé l’année 2008 Année internationale de l’assainissement (AIA). Le projet lui en avait été présenté par 48 pays, sur la recommandation du Conseil consultatif sur l’eau et l’assainiss...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 36, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Lake Victoria Region Water and Sanitation Initiative  
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The rapidly growing urban centres in the Lake Victoria basin are playing an increasingly important role in the economic development of the region. But most of these towns are experiencing unplanned, spontaneous growth. The run-down and often non-e...

Year: 2008, Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT and The Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme - Strategy Document  
View Details UN-HABITAT is one of the key partners of the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP). KENSUP was initiated in 2001 by the Government of Kenya (GoK), and it is complemented and supplemented by UN-HABITAT through cooperation outlined in a Memorandum of...
Year: 2008, Number of pages: 75, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Water and Sanitation Trust Fund Annual Report 2006  
View Details Meeting the challenge of halving the number of people who lack access to safe water and adequate sanitation by 2015 will take a concerted effort and a great deal of determination and commitment. It will require the unprecedented generosity and compas...
Year: 2006, Number of pages: 72, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
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