Second Annual Networks Meeting Concluding Remarks

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Second Annual Networks MeetingConcluding Remarks

• Presentations on
• Project concept and implementation
• Networking for good practices
• Current situation
• Group discussions and presentation of results by
  sub-sectors

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PROJECT IMPLMENTATION
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Networking for good practices

• Issues merge water and sanitation, little
  cooperation
• Creation of an organizational framework ensuring
  close networking partnerships
• Why network? learning, justification of
  initiatives, relationship
• Information exchange hierarchy of networks,
  centralized data base, research
• Mitigating environmental emissions requires
  comprehensive measures (both management and
  technology)
• Sustainability of the networks

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Current situation

• Sub-sector Networks
• Expanding in air pollution, some countries/cities
  and categories
• Members to support in some particular activities
  (e.g., post-doc, baseline data)
• Training programs and graduate education
  component
• Baseline data
• Draft version of 5 countries and to cover other 3
  countries
• Utilizing regional and local organizations
• Enhancing availability of data with some
  incentives for local organizations to set up data
  
• Gender situation
• Completed in some cities
• Sub-sectors to be cross-cutting of gender aspects
• Womens poor representation in UEM practices and
  policies

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Group discussion

• Water and sanitation sector
• Training needs
• Local training with ratio of nominations
• Topics relating to on-going interventions (e.g.,
  relocated communities), team monitoring
• Networks become trainers (training-of-trainers)
• Networking and communications
• Status of proposals should be informed
• Sub-website and e-group
• Facilitating partners be informed
• Good practices
• Send 2-page on good practices
• Water supply in PP and Ecosan in PH
• Future
• National level trainings
• Regional water seminar
• Specific topics - monitoring

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Group discussion

• Solid waste sector
• Training needs
• Topics technology, public participation,
  household wastes
• Sharing with national associations such as SWAPP
• Networking and communications
• Optimize use of electronic
• Decentralized
• Video production
• Update partners websites
• Internal networking (in-country)
• Good practices
• ?
• Future
• Formation of association
• Facilitating partners division of monitoring
  activities

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Group discussion

• Air pollution
• Training needs
• Technical, awareness and policy
• Topics technology and management incl. good
  practices
• Different sessions of one training large/small
  groups
• Networking and communications
• Who are stakeholders (potential members)
• Sustainability promotion, directory, meetings
  with dissemination, sharing of success, etc.
• Simple brochure for promotion
• Local network meetings?
• Facilitating partners with responsibilities and
  for 3 sectors
• Good practices
• ?
• Future
• Mapping of resources
• Cleaning house