Webinars

​As part of 2018 RésEAU webinar series, the third RésEAU webinar was dedicated to Water Governance and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). This webinar aims to give participants an idea of the different types of arrangements that are feasible under an IWRM approach, by combining practitioner experience with academic thinking.  

During the webinar, Christian Bréthaut from the Institute of Environmental Science of Geneva University and the Geneva Water Hub, presented an overview of current trends and key concepts in water governance. This was followed by a critical reflection by Dr. Isabelle Fauconnier from IUCN, who gave a practitioner's perspective of the challenges linked to water governance and IWRM. These two experts have been available then to answer questions during the second part of the webinar, which was dedicated to a Q&A session.

Presentations

International Water Management Trends-Christian Brethaut.pdf

From Nirvana to Realitiy- Dr. Isabelle Fauconnier.pdf 

Supplementary materials

• "A critical approach to international water management trends" by C. Bréthaut and R. Schweizer. (Link to Google Book; link to e-book for purchase).

As part of 2018 RésEAU webinar series, the second RésEAU webinar focused on a short introduction to the financial and economic analysis of development projects: What is Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and what is the difference to Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)? Why is economic assessment important for development projects, such as the ones SDC undertake? What are the appropriate methodology and the particularities of applying CBA or CEA in the water sector?

During this webinar, Pradeep Itty, Head of Quality Assurance and Poverty Reduction at SDC, presented an overview of the methodology for CBA and CEA in the development sector. This was followed by a presentation by Dr Dominique Guenat from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, who gave practical example of the application of this analysis in the water sector in Zimbabwe. These two experts answered all questions during the second part of the webinar, which was dedicated to a Q&A session. This webinar is of relevance to all who are working on designing, implementing and evaluating development projects, with a particular focus on the water sector.

Webinar recording

Presentations

Economic analysis of the Zimbabwe Handwashing Campaign Webinar of May 31st 2018 by Dr Dominique Guenat

Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses by Pradeep Itty

Supplementary materials

In order to make the most of this webinar, it is strongly recommended that participants take the time to familiarise themselves with the concepts of Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by:

​Water Safety Plans are becoming an increasingly common tool to manage and minimize risks of water supply networks. Whereas many of the urban utilities and service providers around the world currently use WSPs and other tools for risk management, in the rural sector the application of WSP is still in an early phase in most countries. The development and implementation of WSPs is led by World Health Organization. This goes back to 2004, when the WHO Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality recommended that water suppliers develop and implement "Water Safety Plans" (WSPs) in order to systematically assess and manage risks. Since this time, governments and regulators, water suppliers and practitioners have increasingly embraced this approach, but they have also requested further guidance. Therefore, WHO developed and published a series of tools and documents, among them these landmark publications (see Supplementary materials below).

The main presenter, Oliver Schmoll from WHO, gave an overview on the WSP concept and explained its practical application at the example of two projects in Tajikistan. Mathias Leicht (SCO Moldova) and Viacheslav Sorokovskyi (DESPRO, Ukraine) commented on how they see the potential of WSPs from the perspective of their projects. All participants could ask questions that were then discussed by Oliver.

Webinar recording

Supplementary materials