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The Africa Water Week 2012 will be held from 14-18 May 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

The 15th meeting will be held in parallel to the Africa Water Week 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

8-10 May, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Three day training on costing sustainable services, 8-10 May, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The meeting will be held in the WaterAid office, 47-49 Durham Street, London, SE11 5JD. Attendance is free but space is limited so please contact Ruth at sancop.uk@gmail.com asap to reserve a place.

Key Concepts and Competencies for Achieving Common Goals

Location: Cape Town, South Africa Stakeholder diealogues have becom a key element for finding solutions to the complex challenges of sustainable development. However, stakeholder dialogues fo not always lead to concrete results.

International Water security conference in Oxford

Motivation: Water security is a defining challenge for society in the 21st century. The ancient struggle to cope with water access and shocks is now magnified by global change to societies, economies and climate at multiple scales. The conference will convene many of the world’s thought leaders from science, policy and enterprise to understand the status of and pathways to water security at multiple scales.

The Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society will conduct a training programme for DEWATS Engineers at the Center for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS) in Kengeri, Bangalore from the 16th – 21st of April 2012.

The Local Development Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is conducting the next session of its e-learning course Governance in Urban Sanitation from 19 March to 25 May 2012.

Are you already experienced in planning and executing sustainable sanitation projects in the context of development cooperation? Would you like to broaden your knowledge in this area and get thorough overview of the locally adjusted technical sanitation solutions as well as current planning-approaches? Would you like to see practical examples of projects and deepen information on selected approaches and technologies? Then this workshop might be of interest for you!

The German Toilet Organization (GTO) in cooperation with WECF (Women in Europe for a Common Future) offers a training course on "Toilets for schools and public buildings in developing countries". The weekend seminar will take place in Iffeldorf, near Munich on 11th and 12th February. It is intended for NGO workers who want to develop their knowledge on sustainable sanitation. The course topics range from technical possibilities and socio-cultural aspects to reuse of human excrements.

The first cewas Forum aims to discuss effective ways to strengthen business development for sustainable sanitation and water management.

In 2012 the Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation will prepare a report on stigmatization in the realization of the rights to water and sanitation to be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2012. In order to benefit from diverse views and perspectives, the Special Rapporteur will organize a public consultation on this issue. The consultation will take place in Geneva on 01 February 2012.

Production, supply and demand

This regional symposium hosted by AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Thailand's Horticultural Research Institute, ASEAN-AVRDC Regional Network (AARNET), and Vegetable Science International Network (VEGINET) aims to foster sustainable vegetable production, improved market access, promotion of vegetable consumption for health and vitality, industry profitability and competitiveness, structural change, and the vegetable industry’s reputation in the region.