Highlights Women for Water Partnership in 2014
With pleasure Women for Water Partnership would like to present the highlights of 2014. The Annual Report 2014 is available, but for those who would like to see in a nutshell what Women for Water Partnership has done the previous year, hereby the highlights of 2014.
In 2014 numerous important achievements were accomplished in our aim to influence the international water scene and to position women as agents of change to realise ‘water for all, for all uses.’
WfWP continued to position women and their organisations as leaders and agents of change for a water secure and equitable future. Another key message of WfWP was the inclusion of a dedicated water goal in the SDG’s. Attending international conferences and participating in partnerships remained two core activities for Women for Water Partnership.
Important events for WfWP include the Stockholm World Water Week, the first Africa Integrity Summit and CSW58, among others. WfWP influenced and or contributed to the gender policies of AMCOW, the process of the Water and Health Protocol and the Ministerial Declaration of the 7th World Water Forum for 2015. WfWP initiated and joined in several activities with its partners, such as the project Women Leadership in Water Cooperation with UN Women and the participation in the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) developing gender disaggregated indicators. In addition WfWP is spearheading the development of a Women for Water Fund.
An additional core activity of WfWP included knowledge sharing and learning on which a lot of emphasis was put during the General Assembly (GA), convening in South Africa, via sharing lessons and case studies. The GA was deliberately organised back-to-back with the Gender, Water and Development conference so the members had the chance to participate in the conference sessions. The study with UNU INWEH reached the last stage and the interim outcomes of the UNU INWEH mapping exercise were validated during the GA. In South Africa additional portraits of women in leading positions in the water sector were produced, increasing awareness on the role of women and serving to inspire others.
Six projects, supported by the WfWP secretariat, were completed in the course of 2014. These projects were implemented by Katosi Women Development Trust in Uganda and Tegemeo Women Group in Tanzania. Access to safe water and sanitation and empowerment of women as agents of change were realised. Capacity building remains one of the key pillars in the projects to ensure sustainability and ownership.
WfWP welcomed a new member, Water Mothers from Myanmar, thereby expanding up to 26 members covering approximately 100 countries worldwide.
Another highlight for WfWP was the General Assembly, which took place after a two-year intermission, due to an austerity period in 2012 and 2013. WfWP representatives took the opportunity to unite and discuss strategic and governance issues, to commemorate the joint achievements over the Water for Life Decade 2005-2015 and carve out the first steps for the next strategic plan. The General Assembly was organised adjacent the Gender, Water and Development conference, which WfWP co-hosted together with the South African
Department of Water and Sanitation, the Water Resource Commission (WRC) and the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW).
At the GA it was decided to revitalise the HUB in Tanzania in 2015 and to develop new HUBS worldwide. The GA decided that all of WfWP’s work will be in line with the future SDG’s. Water should remain the entry point, striving for water for all, for all uses.
The second term of founding president Alice Bouman-Dentener formally ended and she was succeeded by Mariet Verhoef-Cohen in April 2014. Steering Committee member Emma Anakhasyan was re-elected for a second term.
Due to the core funding of SDC the secretariat could be reinstated and stabilised. In June an executive director took office and a new team was established.
WfWP initiated the first steps for a new monitoring system for the partnership as a whole to properly keep track of the progress made in the activities. The system will be piloted in the course of 2015.
The website of WfWP was updated, the content and interface-design as well as the control management panel. A film and project module are added to the website and a social media plan has been designed in 2014.
The original budget of 2014 was € 532,248 including the entire amount of the overflow of the SDC budget 2013. In July it was decided to economise and not spend the budget of 2014 entirely to enable WfWP to have sufficient funding for the first half year of 2015. WfWP spent € 384,665 and the result is €142,768, thus succeeded to create a reserve for 2015.
With pleasure Women for Water Partnership would like to present the highlights of 2014. The Annual Report 2014 is available, but for those who would like to see in a nutshell what Women for Water Partnership has done the previous year, hereby the highlights of 2014.
In 2014 numerous important achievements were accomplished in our aim to influence the international water scene and to position women as agents of change to realise ‘water for all, for all uses.’
WfWP continued to position women and their organisations as leaders and agents of change for a water secure and equitable future. Another key message of WfWP was the inclusion of a dedicated water goal in the SDG’s. Attending international conferences and participating in partnerships remained two core activities for Women for Water Partnership.
Important events for WfWP include the Stockholm World Water Week, the first Africa Integrity Summit and CSW58, among others. WfWP influenced and or contributed to the gender policies of AMCOW, the process of the Water and Health Protocol and the Ministerial Declaration of the 7th World Water Forum for 2015. WfWP initiated and joined in several activities with its partners, such as the project Women Leadership in Water Cooperation with UN Women and the participation in the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) developing gender disaggregated indicators. In addition WfWP is spearheading the development of a Women for Water Fund.
An additional core activity of WfWP included knowledge sharing and learning on which a lot of emphasis was put during the General Assembly (GA), convening in South Africa, via sharing lessons and case studies. The GA was deliberately organised back-to-back with the Gender, Water and Development conference so the members had the chance to participate in the conference sessions. The study with UNU INWEH reached the last stage and the interim outcomes of the UNU INWEH mapping exercise were validated during the GA. In South Africa additional portraits of women in leading positions in the water sector were produced, increasing awareness on the role of women and serving to inspire others.
Six projects, supported by the WfWP secretariat, were completed in the course of 2014. These projects were implemented by Katosi Women Development Trust in Uganda and Tegemeo Women Group in Tanzania. Access to safe water and sanitation and empowerment of women as agents of change were realised. Capacity building remains one of the key pillars in the projects to ensure sustainability and ownership.
WfWP welcomed a new member, Water Mothers from Myanmar, thereby expanding up to 26 members covering approximately 100 countries worldwide.
Another highlight for WfWP was the General Assembly, which took place after a two-year intermission, due to an austerity period in 2012 and 2013. WfWP representatives took the opportunity to unite and discuss strategic and governance issues, to commemorate the joint achievements over the Water for Life Decade 2005-2015 and carve out the first steps for the next strategic plan. The General Assembly was organised adjacent the Gender, Water and Development conference, which WfWP co-hosted together with the South African
Department of Water and Sanitation, the Water Resource Commission (WRC) and the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW).
At the GA it was decided to revitalise the HUB in Tanzania in 2015 and to develop new HUBS worldwide. The GA decided that all of WfWP’s work will be in line with the future SDG’s. Water should remain the entry point, striving for water for all, for all uses.
The second term of founding president Alice Bouman-Dentener formally ended and she was succeeded by Mariet Verhoef-Cohen in April 2014. Steering Committee member Emma Anakhasyan was re-elected for a second term.
Due to the core funding of SDC the secretariat could be reinstated and stabilised. In June an executive director took office and a new team was established.
WfWP initiated the first steps for a new monitoring system for the partnership as a whole to properly keep track of the progress made in the activities. The system will be piloted in the course of 2015.
The website of WfWP was updated, the content and interface-design as well as the control management panel. A film and project module are added to the website and a social media plan has been designed in 2014.
The original budget of 2014 was € 532,248 including the entire amount of the overflow of the SDC budget 2013. In July it was decided to economise and not spend the budget of 2014 entirely to enable WfWP to have sufficient funding for the first half year of 2015. WfWP spent € 384,665 and the result is €142,768, thus succeeded to create a reserve for 2015.
