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3rd Africa Water Week, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-26 November 2010
Organised by: African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW)
Theme: Africa’s Water and Sanitation Challenges and Opportunities to implement the Africa Water Vision and the MDGs.
Registration fee: € 100
To contact the organisers and for more information go to the AMCOW web site
2nd Africa Water Week, Johannesburg, South Africa, 09-13 November 2009
Organised by: African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) and the South Africa Department of Water and Environmental Affairs
Held in conjunction with the 7th regular Session of AMCOW, during which South Africa will assume the Chairmanship of AMCOW.
Main theme: “Carrying forward the commitments of Sharm El Sheik on Water and Sanitation: Sprint to the finish”
Sub-themes:
- Financing water and sanitation infrastructure;
- Closing the sanitation gap;
- Mitigating the impact of climate change;
- Managing Africa’s trans-boundary waters;
- Fast-tracking water services.
About 1,000 delegates from the African continent will attend the 5 day event, which will also include:
- announcement of the AMCOW AfricaSan Awards 2009
- exhibition
Side event: SuSanA special seminar “Organizational co-learning for up scaling sustainable sanitation in Sub-Sahara Africa“, 08 Nov 2009
Contact: Mr. Mohale Mopai, tel no. 012 336 8741, E-mail: mopaim@dwaf.gov.za
