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News update on EUWI during World Water Week 2011

The EU Water Initiative (EUWI) recently highlighted some of its main achievements from the last 12 months to an international audience of some 2,000+ water sector professionals attending World Water Week (WWW) in Stockholm from 21 – 26 August. In particular, some of the EUWI’s successes e.g. strengthening political commitment to support the water sector in EU Member States and in developing countries, promoting water governance and capacity building, gained specific mention.

Southeast European Green Market Development

Held annually since 2004 in the city of Sofia in Bulgaria, the SE European EE & RES Congress and Exhibition is the premier event in the Region, providing a unique opportunity for the industry professionals to discuss renewable energy and energy efficient technologies, implementation, manufacturing developments and strategies, financing, latest trends, government policies and various business opportunities.

AWG Briefing Note on Aid Effectiveness published online

High-level political declarations have called for accelerated progress to meet the water and sanitation targets. However, such global commitments need to translate into concrete results at the country level. Recent assessments show that enormous challenges still exist for recipient countries to access and make effective use of aid.

Note de synthèse GTA sur l'efficacité de l'aide publiée en ligne

Les déclarations politiques de haut niveau réclament l’accélération du progrès vers les cibles en matière d’eau et d’assainissement. Or, les engagements mondiaux doivent se traduire par des résultats concrets au niveau national. Des évaluations récentes ont montré que les pays bénéficiaires ont toujours de grandes difficultés pour accéder à l’aide et pour l’utiliser de façon efficace.

Recent AWG publications available online

Publications on EU aid to water and sanitation and the effectiveness of this aid, produced by the Africa Working Group during 2010 and 2011, can now be found under documents on the EUWI AWG website.

The publications are the following:

Improving Aid Effectiveness for Water and Sanitation in Africa - policy brief

Green Energy and Waste Management Sectors in SE Europe enjoy a great interest!

Green Energy and Waste Management Sectors in SE Europe enjoy a great interest!

17 January 2011

 

European Federation of Waste Management & Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council support South-East Europe Development

European Federation of Waste Management & Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council support South-East Europe Development

Umweltcluster Bayern - partner of the South-East European Conference & Exhibition on Waste Management & Recycling 2011

10 December 2010

By Via Expo, Sofia, Bulgaria

Caroline Jackson to join the Waste Management forum as a speaker

11 December 2010

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