Category: Announcement

  • GroFutures at the Association of Tanzanian Water Suppliers (ATAWAS)
    GroFutures at the Association of Tanzanian Water Suppliers (ATAWAS)

    Professor Japhet Kashaigili presented recent research from the GroFutures Site Observatory in Tanzania (Makutapora) at the 4th Annual Conference (AWAC 2016) of the Association of Tanzanian Water Suppliers (ATAWAS) held on 8th and 9thNovember 2016 in Dodoma, Tanzania. Under the theme of “Knowledge, Capacity and Learning in the Water and Sanitation Sector,” the development of…

  • Policy: Devolution & Water Services in Kenya

    from Gro for GooD newsletter 2 Johanna Koehler, Gro for GooD researcher (University of Oxford) reports from Kenya’s Third Annual Devolution Conference, April 2016 Devolution is here to last! This message was delivered loud and clear at the Third Annual Devolution Conference in Kenya, organised by the Council of Governors. In three years this conference…

  • Hidden Crisis team reveal themselves in Edinburgh
    Hidden Crisis team reveal themselves in Edinburgh

    reposted from: https://upgro-hidden-crisis.org/2016/12/07/2nd-project-workshop-meeting-edinburgh-21-24-nov-2016/ Overview and aims of the workshop Since our last project workshop, held in Addis Ababa Ethiopia in September 2015, the first main survey phase of the project (to survey the functionality and performance of a sub-sample of water points and committees) has been completed within each of the three countries, alongside a rapid…

  • From Tyneside to Abidjan: UPGro @ 7th RWSN Forum
    From Tyneside to Abidjan: UPGro @ 7th RWSN Forum

    Pictured: Prof. Richard Carter on the UPGro stand at the 7th RWSN Forum I had the pleasure of recently attending the 7th RWSN Forum, held from 29th November to 2nd December 2016 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.  The conference is only every five years so I am fortunate that it fell during the third year of…

  • UPGro at the RWSN Forum

    Groundwater is critical to rural water supply – for many uses and in many parts of the world, not just in Africa. Therefore understanding of aquifers and how to use them sustainably is essential to tackling rural poverty. So that is why we will be at the 7th RWSN Forum next week in Abidjan, Cote…

  • Quelques astuces pour une exploitation des eaux souterraines réussie: séminaire sponsorisé au 7ème Forum du RWSN, Abidjan

    Originally posted on Rural Water Supply Network – blog: Vous exploitez des nappes phréatiques pour améliorer la desserte en eau des zones rurales? Venez participer à cette journée de séminaire et découvrir comment utiliser les eaux souterraines pour établir des systèmes salubres et durables d’approvisionnement en eau. Nous y aborderons nombre de sujets liés à…

  • Invitation to the The Walker Institute “Big Event”

    We are delighted to invite you to The Walker Institutes ‘Big Event’ at the University of Reading on Wednesday 14 December 2016.  An occasion not to be missed, the event will showcase creative and entertaining approaches to communicating about climate change challenges.  This is an opportunity to network with Walker Institute researchers and our partners…

  • Join Future Climate for Africa at COP22

    Join our sibling research programme, Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) at the COP22 conference in Morocco: At this event, South SouthSouthNorth and our partners, the Met Office, bring together a diverse panel of experts to discuss how Africa can increase its climate resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extremes. This event will look at…

  • Tips for Groundwater Success: A Sponsored Seminar at the 7th RWSN Forum, Abidjan

    Are you involved in groundwater development for rural water services? Come along to this one day seminar to learn more about how to develop groundwater for safe and sustainable water supplies. We will be discussing many aspects of groundwater development, from data and information that can help us understand groundwater resources, to technologies in borehole…

  • This is why there is a handpump in the car park – and what it has in common with a jet engine
    This is why there is a handpump in the car park – and what it has in common with a jet engine

    On 17th September, the mystery surrounding the Samrat handpump which has been installed in the car park of Oxford University’s School of Geography and the Environment was revealed. Learn more about the pump’s research purpose at www.oxwater.uk/oxford-smart-handpump.html or download the presentation below. handpumpcarpark_17oct2016_final