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Solutions for Water platform – World Water Forum 6th – Marseille 2012
From targets to solutions and commitments, the 6th World Water Forum “Time for Solutions” is advocating a strategic approach to solving key water problems. Whether institutional, technical, legal, financial or communication-related, a solution is a successful answer to a problem and contributes to reaching one of the Forum’s ambitious thematic and regional targets. Commitments can then be sought at all levels and from all kind of stakeholders to strengthen the implementation and follow-up of the target action plans and promising solutions.
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idid send my solution but it is not shown
How can I find back a saved solution?
My solution is neither published nor I am informed whether it is been rejected or accepted or need changes???
Mine was the similar case. Please send an inquiry to solutions[at]worldwaterforum6.org.
You can see my submission at http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/community-led-integrated-waste-and-wastewater-management
Prakash Amatya
prakasha@mos.com.np
Nepal
Water is curios molecule. It’s so important yet has been ignored by its users. Today’s scenario is discouraging. We have insufficient amount of fresh water to quench the thirst of humanity. We have insufficient amount of water to irrigate our lands. The problem is worsening each passing day. Many water forums are busy devising a strategy to establish IWRM. We know it is not an easy task.
I believe technology can help us out of this dilemma. What we badly need at the moment is understanding among the world leaders that international peace is a prerequisite for establishment of IWRM. Smooth transfer of water related technology is only possible if advanced nations stop doubting the abuse of technology by poor countries.
Space technology can help us achieve IWRM.
I am interested in breaking the jinx of non sustainable operations in Urban Water Supply in Africa. i am of the opinion that the urban dwellers of Africa should be able to pay water rates that can make an operator cover its cost and make some fair profits without government subsidy. I often ask, why are GSM operators smiling to the banks, raking billions from the same so called poor who are being shielded by international advocacy from paying for water.
@PRIYANTHI HEMAMALI RAJAPAKSA: Dear Priyanthi; when a member submits a solution it is not published immediately. It undergoes a validation process. This can take two to three weeks as we are receiving many solutions from all over the world. Can you please send us the title of the solution via this email solutions[at]worldwaterforum6.org and we will check its status in our data base and reply you as soon as possible.
@Safwat Abdel-Dayem: once you have saved your solution, you should go to your profile and click on the solutions tab. There you will see the title of your saved solution. You can click on the edit button to complete your solution and the click on the submit button at the bottom of the form.
@Saifullah Khan: Your solution has already been validated and published by the 6th World Water Forum team. Here is the link: http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/to-contribute-to-poverty-reduction-in-pakistan-through-the-achievement-of-water-and-sanitation-mdgs
Thank you very much for your contribution.
@Shahjahan Bhatti & @Adedayo Mark-Adeyemi: Both of you have given very interesting insights. Please carry on the discussion. Thank you;
Hi Bhatti, I am a member of the National sub-committee on IWRM in Nigeria. I think communication is a key element in IWRM. Most people do not have a clear understanding of IWRM because of the way we communicate it. At times when i read the tool kits and other resources, i am tempted to conclude that IWRM is just everything that is right in the Water and Environment at times it confuse me. How do I communicate to the stakeholders outside our field especially the impatient, vote seeking Politician? Nevertheless my own simple definition is “IWRM simply means without you, we are not complete, without your input, we are not doing it right”
Hello,
I have sent my solution in right time but why my solution was not published yet ?
please give suggestions and feedback to me
I am waiting for publishing my solution
looking forward to hearing from you
Thanks
@Adedayo Mark-Adeyemi: may be you can use blogs and social media to communicate about IWRM! We have many solutions on the platform related to IWRM. May be you can start by commenting on them and start a discussion about IWRM? For example:
http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/implementation-of-national-groundwater-monitoring-network-for-integrated-water-resources-management-iwrmcprm
http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/increased-capacity-building-in-the-field-of-water-resources-in-central-asia-by-improvement-of-education-process-in-iwrm
@Kulmani Devkota: Did you receive a confirmation email when you submitted a solution? If yes, your solution is being processed by the 6th World Water Forum team. Once your solution is validated it will be published online. This can take two or three weeks as we are receiving many solutions from all over the world. Please bear with us. Thank you.
On Jan 25 the Mekong River Comission uploaded an INNOVATIVE SOLUTION on decentralization leading to sustainable financing of this transboundary cooperation institution. Until now this solution was neither posted nor information on its faith circulated to the proponent or to the Target Coordinator. Grateful for any feedback.
I give the UTM coordinates for the location of the solutions delivered by FESAN, “Water & Sanitation Community Learning Centres” and “Post earthquake recovery of stabilization wastewater lagoons system of Maule, Chile”, to be displayed more clearly in Google Maps.
The UTM coordinates for both are:
East 255.913.49
North 6.066.481.05
Thank you very much
Guillermo Saavedra
Hello,
I have sent my solution in right time but why my solution was not published yet ?
please give suggestions and feedback to me
I am waiting for publishing my solution
looking forward to hearing from you
Thanks
Hi!
My solution is neither published nor I am informed whether it is been rejected or accepted or need changes!! Where is it?
CL
After this message: nothing has happened:
Your solution “Proposal of implementation of an SPATIAL COVERAGE WATER MONITORING INDEX – SCWMI.” has been taken into account and will be published online shortly.
Thank you for your contribution.
The 6th World Water Forum team
Water is the resource that will determine the wealth, welfare, and stability of many countries in the twenty-first century. We need a new approach to managing water that will overcome the conflicts that emerge when the interactions among natural, societal, and political forces are overlooked. At the heart of these conflicts are complex water networks.
In managing them, science alone is insufficient but neither is policy-making that doesn’t take SCIENCE into account. Solutions will only emerge if a negotiated or diplomatic approach—that blends science, policy, and politics—is used to manage water networks. We need show how open and constantly changing water networks can be managed successfully using collaborative adaptive techniques to build informed agreements among disciplinary experts, water users with conflicting interests, and governmental bodies with countervailing claims.
In America a good example of this model is the modern water management in Mexico and Brazil, Mexico has CONAGUA(political arm) + IMTA (Scientific and Technology Arm).
Other countries leave the memory management in shed file of the consultancies, therefore the Public knowledge and information on water are not updated. It is urgent to link these two arms and integrate into a single model of politics, science and technology, and the conflicting interests of users. We are at the time of the solutions, not trials advenisos water managers.
I am still awaiting publication of the solution titled “Towards Mainstream Sustainable livelihood by way of Optimal Use of Water for Food Security through medhbandhan (field bunding) under MGNREGS in Tribal District, Mandla (Madhya Pradesh)”.
Notification of its acceptance was received immediately.
Vivek sharma
@izavadsky: Dear sir, your solution has been validated and published: http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/decentralising-selected-core-functions-for-financial-sustainability-of-a-transboundary-river-basin-organisation-the-mekong-river-commission
@guillermo saavedra; Dear Guillermo, thank you for the coordinates, but we cannot include it due to technical reasons. Can you please give us the name of the city? It would be easier for us. Thank you.
@Liang-Cheng Chang: Can you please tell us the title of your solution so that we can verify? Thank you.
@carmen lucia midaglia: Dear Carmen, we have already sent you an email with reference to your solution. Thank you.
@ Dr Vivek Sharma: Your solution has been published and validated: http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/towards-mainstream-sustainable-livelihood-by-way-of-optimal-use-of-water-for-food-security-through-medhbandhan-field-bunding-under-mgnregs-in-tribal-district-mandla-madhya-pradesh-2
Hi,
the title of my solution is “The Risk Analysis of Irrigation Water Supply under Climate Change”.
Thank you very much!
Pour moi, la solution c’est l’implication de la jeunesse et la femme dans le processus d’obtention de l’eau potable
@Liang-Cheng Chang; are you sure you submitted your solution or is this the exact title? I cannot find your solution in our data base. Can you please send me the exact title or resubmit the solution on http://www.solutionsforwater.org/submit-a-solution?
@doston: Merci pour votre commentaire. N’hésitez pas à soumettre une solution sur http://www.solutionsforwater.org/submit-a-solution !
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for confirming that our paper (solution) titled ” Good Governance and HRD: Case Studies of User Managed Safe Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Projects in India” , has been validated and that it will be first published online. May I please know the status now. Where can I see the online paper as stated above. I will be grateful if you could also kindly send me a letter inviting me to present this paper in the forum. I propose to personally present the paper and look forward to comments from the distinguished delegates. I also would like to request you to kindly consider partial financial support so that I can ask for the rest of the funds from our own institute or any other source. You may perhaps like to consider reimbursement of air fares of Indian rupees 50,000/- or 800 Euros or offer me free accommodation at any decent place. In fact , I have no particular choice of accommodation. Anything that is secure and moderate is Ok with me. I look forward to hearing from you.
With kind regards, P. Durgaprasad
Professor & Head
Centre for Post Graduate Studies (CPGS)
National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500 030 (INDIA)
My E-mail ID is: durganird@gmail.com,
My Mobile Telephone Number is: 009848992613;
My Fax Number is: 91-040-24008522 and My Lanline Telephone Number is: 91-040-24008442.
My Residential Landline Telephone Number is: 91-040-23394388
Will we be notified when our solutions are published? “Building coalitions across thematic boundaries” was submitted three weeks ago, but I can’t find it with the advanced search option, or from the map.
Thanks for all your work and time on this.
@Durgaprasad: Dear Durgaprasad, your solution is already published since 21st of January 2012. Here is the link: http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/good-governance-and-hrd-case-studies-of-user-managed-safe-rural-drinking-water-and-sanitation-projects-in-india! The selection of solutions to be presented in a session or a conference depends on the coordinators. If they haven’t contacted you, that means your solution was not selected for presentation. Thank your for your contribution.
@dewoldt: Dear Dave, we can’t find your solution in our data base. Can you please submit it again? Thanks.
Greetings Water Lovers
The World water Forum is meeting this week…very timely for the presentation of a wonderful global solar powered sidewalk located drinking water solution using no plastic bottles.
Kindly see our recently approved solution at the following location: http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions/water-u-can-trust-a-sustainable-new-sidewalk-located-solar-powered-toxin-free-drinking-water-street-vending-dispensers-svd
@watersvd: Thank you for sharing this link with us. And yes, the 6th World Water Forum begins tomorrow! Hope to see you during the forum.
where can i actually read peoples solutions? i thought this was supposed to be a forum, a forum allows me to see everyones work openly and together we can derive what are the best options and ideas. But seriously, someone please direct me to the page where i can read the submissions of peole and their plans to irradicate water issues in their areas or around the world.
@water4theworld: Hello Chris, you can view all the solutions on this page: http://www.solutionsforwater.org/solutions, We also have a search engine to search the published solutions. At the moment we have more than 1400 solutions publicly published! Don’t hesitate to leave your comments! By the way, are you attending the forum these days?