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International Climate Show | Lausanne
Feb 13, 2019 | 9:00 am – Feb 14, 2019 | 6:00 pm
The International Climate Show will be held at Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, from February 13 to 14, 2019 and will be the marketplace for technologies and industrial solutions for climate protection and carbon emission reduction. This unmissable event meets an increasing demand in this sector and will give visibility to the new technologies and outcomes that are […]
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Workshop Household Water Filters in Emergency
11. February 2019 | at Eawag in Dübendorf Household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) devices are an essential element within humanitarian emergencies to improve quality of drinking water and achieve health impact. However, evidence that HWTS products are used correctly and consistently in emergency settings is limited. To increase the ability of Humanitarian Agencies […]
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Swiss Youth and Future Prize
SDC and SECO sponsor initiatives run by committed young people! Are you under 35? Are you actively involved in sustainable development in an international development cooperation country?SDC and SECO are looking for innovative projects, initiatives and ideas for projects run by young Swiss people that can help advance sustainable development and fight poverty in developing […]
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Dear SWP Members Please save the date for the annual SWP General Assembly that will take place at the Zürich Water Utility on the 12th June 2019. This will be your opportunity to network and discuss future orientations and actions […]

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MOOC “Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management”

May 1, 2017 | 12:00 am - Dec 31, 2020 | 12:00 am |

Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management on a city-wide scale? Eawag-Sandec will launch the fourth MOOC of the series “Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste for Development” on May 1. The 5-weeks online course […]

35. Aguasan Workshop | Call for Applications

May 13, 2019 | 12:00 am - May 17, 2019 | 11:59 pm |

The 35th AGUASAN Workshop*, will take place May 13th-17th, 2019 in Spiez, Switzerland on the topic of “Advancing the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRTWS) through inclusive business approaches”. Please find more details in the invitation letter and announcement below. Deadline: Applications […]

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Global Water Summit | London

Apr 8, 2019 | 8:00 am - Apr 10, 2019 | 6:00 pm |

The Global Water Summit brings together over 700 senior executives from more than 60 countries to engage in two days of thought-leading debate and high-level networking. By bringing together all the key influencers from across the global water sector, it […]

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SWP Member Projects

Sterilux

SteriLux – medical sterilization devices for remote areas The Steribox pictured below sterilizes medical instruments using 1000 times less water and 100 times less electricity compared to conventional sterilizers. Other assets are its ease of use, cheap consumables and affordable price. Thus it meets well the needs of health centers and smaller hospitals located outside […]

Join the cewas Start-Up Program

Kickstart your own business with the cewas Start-up Programme! The cewas Start-up Programme supports dedicated entrepreneurs to develop their business ideas for a sustainable development of the water and sanitation sector. cewas is a Swiss-based non-profit competence centre combining expertise in sustainable water, sanitation and resource management with business innovation. The cewas Start-up Programme consists […]

Safe Water Programme in Rural Uganda

The principle aim of a water access, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project is to create conditions under which risk of waterborne disease transmission are minimised. However, providing a community or school with safe water that improves health conditions is not a matter of simply installing a new, clean source. It is also necessary that communities realise […]

Construction of Lake Water Treatment Plant Hirsacker-Appital (24’000 m3/d), Horgen, Switzerland

The Government of India has requested ADB to assist in development of an Operations Plan to strengthen execution of rural sanitation agenda in India. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) recently promulgated the Ten Year Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy (2012-2022). Aligning with the Government Planning Commission’s next 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), […]

Youth leadership Program is organized in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Damascus University in Syria, Fez University and the Faculté des science semlalia Marrakech at the University Cadi Ayyad in Morocco, and Birmingham University in the United Kingdom. The program focuses on water and environmental issues with an […]

The project at hand is designed to contribute to the overall aim to sustainably improve the wellbeing and health conditions of the poorest and most vulnerable communities in South Sudan. More specifically the project proposes to increase the beneficiaries’ access to sufficient and clean drinking water, reduce water shortage during dry seasons, and increase their […]

An integrated approach to fight parasitic worms and diarrhoea

Background: The global strategy to control helminthiasis is preventive chemotherapy that is the regular administration of anthelminthic drugs to at-risk populations in a vertical approach. Re-infection after treatment can occur rapidly as long as access to clean water and adequate sanitation has not been improved and hygiene behaviour remains unchanged. Integrated approaches are necessary in […]

The focus of the analytical effort in the CIW Study was to identify, inventory, and categorize the risks as perceived by the countries as they contemplate engaging in regional cooperation over international waters. The case study offers the opportunity for a systematic analysis of perceived risks. In turn, such an analysis also provides the opportunity […]

Events

International Climate Show | Lausanne

News

Workshop Household Water Filters in Emergency

Swiss Youth and Future Prize

SWP General Assembly 2019

MOOC “Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management”

35. Aguasan Workshop | Call for Applications

Global Water Summit | London

SWP Member Projects

Sterilux

Join the cewas Start-Up Program

Safe Water Programme in Rural Uganda

Lake Water Treatment Horgen

Increase the knowledge and capacity of national, state and local government officials to strengthen the implementation of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)

Youth leadership Program

Construction of five Rock Catchments including Hygiene and Sanitation Campaigns in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan

An integrated approach to fight parasitic worms and diarrhoea

Cooperation in International Waters in the Zambezi River Basin