The German WASH-Network
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Welcome to the German WASH Network website. The triad “WA-S-H” stands for water, sanitation and hygiene. Recently eighteen German non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in emergency- and transitional aid, and in international development cooperation formed the German WASH Network. Together we want to contribute towards solving one of the biggest problems of the 21st Century: Globally 900 million people have no access to clean drinking water and 2,6 billion have to live without basic sanitation. This is unacceptable. Although one of the primary aims of the network is joint advocacy and public relations it is also an effort to further professionalisation through the continuous exchange of knowledge and through improved integration of emergency- and transitional aid and development cooperation. |
The WASH Network developed a contribution for the Bonn2011 Conference – “The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for a green economy”. This high-level conference took place between November 16-18 in Bonn. The German Government intends the conference’s results to be a contribution to the Rio+20 process, the next big global summit on environment- and development issues, which will be held in Rio next year. A wide range of stakeholders from government, business and civil society sought to find new approaches and get initiatives into motion in order to create safe access to water, energy and food for everyone. The WASH Network used the opportunity offered by the conference to introduce themselves to international expert circles and to anchor the topics water, sanitation and hygiene firmly on the agenda of Rio+20. Click here to find more information on the network’s contribution to the Bonn2011 conference Official website of the conference: www.water-energy-food.org |
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Email: info[at]washnet.de | Phone: 030 41 93 43 45 | Fax: 030 41 93 43 77 |