From Ahmed Fahmi, UNESCO, New Delhi
Posted 29 June 2007
I work with the Science unit in UNESCO as the programme specialist for Science and Technology for South Asia. We are in the process of conducting a multi-stakeholder conference in Pakistan to get together experts and practitioners on water management and sanitation issues. The participants will consist of representatives from NGOs, associations, teachers, students, and others groups working with rural people. The group will discuss the experiences and results in popularisation of the following issues in different countries over the last few years:
- Safe drinking water sources.
- Arsenic problem and its mitigation
- Sustainable use of ground water
- Water salinity
- Conservation of water
- Safe water during flood, during droughts
- Storage/handling of water
- Purification of water (depending on impurities, with locally available methods)
- Recycling/avoiding wastage
- Mainstreaming gender issues in water
This meeting will provide inputs for a training to be held later at Lahore, Pakistan around 6-9 November 2007 titled “Training of trainers for women in creating and managing networks on water for poverty alleviation in rural areas.”
Prior to organizing the meeting, I seek the help of the Solution Exchange Water Community in the following:
- Suggestions from members on the likely course content for a training of trainers for women on creating and managing networks on water for poverty alleviation. Members may elaborate the specific subjects that could be covered from the above-listed broad areas.
- Training methodology that should be used to conduct the above training of trainers.
Your contributions will be provided to the participants in preparation for the conference. We are also to mention this in their responseslooking for participants from India with an expertise in designing such training programmes, and members may want
Please see attachment below for the responses.