GIWEH runs a number of training programs in the field of water resources and environmental management. 1. Hands on Training on Water and Environmental Governance. The program welcomes students of undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate levels in environmental, political, social and/or economic disciplines and provides them with an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of water and […]

Within the framework of the support from the Swiss Government to the Chadian Republic, through the implementation of a project by UNOSAT-UNITAR focusing on the cartography of water resources using remote sensing techniques, the Institute of Earth Sciences of Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana, in collaboration with the University of N’Djaména, the Ministry of […]

The sunlight pump is a highly efficient portable solar water pump for small-scale irrigation and domestic water supply. It is an affordable technology that combines environment-friendliness and low maintenance costs with income, productivity and labour-saving benefits. The sunlight pump was developed by professors and students from the Berne University of Applied Sciences in Biel.

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 […]

With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Symphasis Foundation, Antenna has been working with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) to promote hygiene and water treatment in schools that lack clean water. The Safe Water School project covers 30 schools in Kenya, 40 in Bolivia […]

Treaties on international water resources no longer regulate only State-to-State relations. Rather, individuals, communities, and non-governmental organizations — collectively referred to as “non-State actors”— have become subject of these instruments as well. The research pays attention to mechanisms open to individuals at the domestic and international levels, as well as to norms and practice concerning […]

The project’s main objective is to link communities to water supply systems, thus complementing previous projects to improve water supply and sanitation in health facilities and schools. SKAT has the lead on the project, with the Swiss TPH linking the activities to existing health projects by enhancing the promotion of safe drinking water and improved […]

The goal of the project is to supply the new school ‘Ecole mixte Arc-en-Ciel du Haut-Valais’ in Montrouis Haiti (100 children) with clean drinking water with the low-cost Sanakvo-technology by the year 2014. The high-quality and low-cost Sanakvo-water-from-air-technology is well adapted to Haiti, which faces water scarcity due to the destruction of existing water-pipelines and […]

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 […]