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Water supply & sanitation
Skat provides advisory services, backstopping, and training on water supply and sanitation issues.
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WASHTech
Implementation: 2013
Skat developed a methodology for the assessment of the applicability of WASH technologies (TAF) in developing countries with focus on SSA. The TAF tool supports the WASH sector to plan and monitor technology introduction processes. The TAF has been tested on 15 WASH technologies in 3 African countries.
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Since 1996, Skat implements a Backstopping Mandate in Water & Sanitation (BSM W&S), which provides SDC’s Water Initiatives division (WIs) the professional services in the area of Water for People and IWRM needed to further the agency’s drive to promote the realization of the MDGs and the sustainable development of the sector beyond 2015.
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ApaSan contributes to improved quality of life and public health of the rural population in Moldova through increased sustainable access to safe drinking water and environmental sanitation (WES). The project fosters the scaling-up of replicable models for decentralized rural WES services delivery and management introduced by SDC over the period 2001-2008.
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The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Support Program (RWSSP) contributes towards improving the health and well-being of communities through sustainable water and sanitation services in line with Kosovo's national sector strategies and legislation.
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AGUASAN is an interdisciplinary Swiss community of practice (CoP) bringing together a wide range of specialists to promote wider and deeper understanding of key issues in water supply and sanitation in developing and transition countries.
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In order to develop the water sector in Kosovo, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and donors initiated the Water Task Force (WTF) project approach. Since July 2009, Skat as backstopping consultant supports the Swiss Coordination Office in Kosovo in the steering and monitoring of the project and provides technical support to the local permanent advisors.
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From the 29th of November to the 2d of December of 2011, the 6th RWSN Forum took place in Kampala, Uganda. Over 480 delegates from 54 countries participated in a series of parallel working sessions and plenary discussions. An exhibition comprising 28 exhibitors from the public sector, private enterprises and NGOs presented different cases, technologies and innovations on rural water supplies. This event, also provided social and networking opportunities.
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Skat was mandated by SDC to carry out a mid-term review of two national and one regional water and sanitation programmes funded by SDC in Central America.
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On the recommendation of SDC, RWSN was chosen to co-ordinate the Target and Solutions Group on Rural Water Supply at the 6th World Water Forum. Skat Foundation, as Secretariat for RWSN, was responsible for leading the target. This involved preparing a Global Action Plan for rural water supply, organising a two-hour session at the WWF6 and reviewing and shortlisting submitted solutions.
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Skat was mandated to assess the performance of Uganda in delivering the Water Supply and Sanitation MDGs based on benchmarking of sub-sector service delivery pathways, past spending and future needs versus commitments. Uganda is one of 30 countries being analysed as part of the Country Status Overviews.
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Skat provided consulting services and supervision for the construction of 34 rural water supply schemes for Rumpi Area Participatory Development Project
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The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) and numerous Non-Government Organisations in Uganda have several years of experience in the promotion of rainwater harvesting for domestic use as well as the piloting of household-led improvements to hand dug wells. In Uganda, it is becoming clear that there are many households able and willing to invest in making improvements to their own water supplies – known as Self Supply.
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Skat provided support to the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) to compile the 2010 Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report (SPR). The report provides a succinct and transparent overview of investments, targets, achievements and outputs for, water and sanitation, as well as the environment and natural resources in Uganda.
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The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has contracted the consortium Hydrophil - Skat to provide monitoring services for the Pungwe Basin Transboundary Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Programme (PP2). The mandate consists in providing advisory services to Sida for the follow- up, monitoring and quality control of the programme focused on results and implementation efficiency.
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Skat assists Caritas Switzerland in the appraisal, planning, implementation, follow-up and quality assurance of village-level water supply, sanitation and hygiene projects through support missions to the field and advisory services from the desk.
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Facilitating the implementation of the Swiss awareness and fund-raising campaign launched in support of the International Year of Sanitation.
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Skat has completed the final evaluation of the GTZ Water Project in Kosovo on behalf of AGEG Consultants
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Skat participated in the sanitation workshop organized by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in September 2008 in France.
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Skat assisted the secretariat within the Ministry of Water and Environement of Uganda in the technical editing and quality assurance of the Uganda Water and Sanitation Sector Performance Report 2008
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It is one of the tasks of the CWG (the Collaborative Working Group on Solid Waste Management in Low- and Middle-income Countries) to address the needs for capacity development and advocacy.
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SKAT was invited to organise a study tour in Switzerland for managers and technical staff of two regional water companies from Kosovo.
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The Water and Sanitation Working Group (GAS), as part of its assistance for research and development of alternative technology options for rural water supply, is supporting the National Water Directorate on the implementation of different pilot projects for testing the development and production of the rope pump in Mozambique. Skat was part of the Technical team in charge of the evaluation of the pilot project for development of rope pumps.
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