§ Baroness Rawlingsasked Her Majesty's Government:
What were the results of the Department for International Development's second workshop on non-governmental organisations and water. [HL1231]
§ Baroness AmosThis workshop on "Lessons Learnt from NGO Experience in the Water Sector" was held at British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND) offices in London on 21 January 1998, with participants from British NGOs, universities and the Department for International Development.
The purpose of the workshop was to enable information sharing on water-related technical, management and social issues between UK-based development organisations and to disseminate that information to project practitioners through established channels of communication.
Key issues which emerged where it is particularly important for NGOs and donors to learn from each other's experiences were in the areas of community participation, the role of women, project planning and timescale, community contributions and financing, tackling poverty, partnerships and co-operation, technology choices, integration of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, and replication.
178WAThe main output of the workshop is a report which details experiences, both positive and negative, in the field. The report includes details of the above key issues and 30 summaries of NGO projects in the water and sanitation sector and the lessons learnt from them, together with the workshop proceedings and recommended references.