AFRICAN WATER ASSOCIATION (AfWA) ASSOCIATION AFRICAINE DE L’EAU (AAE)
AfWA /AAE
CALL FOR PAPERS
Main theme: collaborative mechanisms and innovations for sustainable development of water and sanitation sector in Africa. Invitation from Managing Director of AMEPA About AfWA
16th African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition Ali FASSI FIHRI, Managing Director of AMEPA
Message from AfWA President The African Water Association (AfWA) is pleased to announce its 16th International Water and Sanitation Congress that is slated to take place in Marrakech, Morocco, 20th-23rd February 2012. The theme of this congress is: collaborative mechanisms and innovations for sustainable development of water and sanitation sector in Africa. The theme was developed, as a logical follow up of the 15thAfWA Congress that took place
Invitation from Chair of Program Committee
in Kampala, Uganda in March 2010. The congress will involve a number of technical sessions, workshops, posters, side events, exhibitions and a host of other networking possibilities. We expect participants from all parts of the world, who are involved in development issues relating to the water and sanitation sector, mostly in developing countries. The planning of the congress is good and will result into great value to all congress delegates. In addition, the congress venue is a renowned tourist destination, offering a variety of recreational and sight-seeing possibilities. You are all welcome to contribute to the preparation of a successful 16thAfWA Congress.
The 16thAfWA Congress in Marrakech, Morocco presents yet another opportunity for policy makers, practitioners, donors, researchers, academicians and other stakeholders to come together and discuss the scientific and technical aspects of improving service delivery in the water and saniDr. Silver tation sector (WSS). The congress themes and topics have Mugisha, Chair been selected to address the current key challenges facing Programme the water and sanitation sector in Africa. The design of the Committee, technical sessions is a follow up of the outcomes of the 15thAfWA Congress that took place in Kampala, Uganda, in
Mamadou Dia, AfWA President
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Palais des Congres Marrakech 20 - 23 February 2012
On behalf of the Moroccan Association of Potable Water and Sanitation (AMEPA) and the organizing committee of the 16th AfWA International Congress , I wish all participants a warm welcome to Marrakech, which is particularly proud to be once again the host city of a large gathering of water and sanitation professionals, having hosted already the 1st World Water Forum in 1977 and the 4th International Water Association Congress (IWA) in 2004. THE AMEPA, which counts among its members, the producers, the suppliers, public as well as private, and industries and the Engineering companies, has as such, a very rich experience on a national level that it will use in the organization of this event. Among the key successful events organized by AMEPA is the 8th Congress of AfWA in Casablanca in 1998. AMEPA will mobilize all its partners from Africa and from the rest of the world, to guarantee the largest number of exchanges on the occasion of this 16th international Water Congress. We deeply wish that the debates during the congress will end up proposing suitable solutions to meet the immense challenges of our continent in the water and sanitation sector and invite you to participate in it massively.
March 2010, which focussed on water efficiency enhancement in the wake of climatic change, environment and energy challenges. The congress Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking for relevant papers and materials that will be used to expound on the congress themes and topics as a basis for high-impact discussions during the congress. All papers shall be put in the congress proceedings and posted on the AfWA Web-Site for wider reference after the Congress. Selected papers shall be considered for publication in peer-reviewed journals. We call upon policy makers, utility managers, researchers and practitioners who are involved in WSS enhancement initiatives to take up this call and send us quality papers.
African Water Association (-AfWA) is a professional (notfor-profit) association of establishments, enterprises or utilities operating in the areas of drinking water, sanitation and environment, in the whole of Africa. It was formed in 1980 (when it was originally known as Union of Africa Water Suppliers-UAWS). It was later transformed to AfWA in April 2003 to better position it to accommodate regulatory, operating and asset holding companies created in the 1990s as part of sector institutional reforms, private service providers, NGOs, researchers and individual sector professionals spanning across academia, research and policy. AfWA currently has over 100 institutional members from some 40 countries across Africa. A core mandate of AfWA is to develop professional capacity of its members in water and sanitation utilities management to significantly contribute to improved access to service across the continent. This is achieved through technical workshops, peer-to-peer learning partnerships, scientific and technical council meetings and congresses. The Marrakech congress is the 16th in the series of biennial congresses conducted since the inception of the association.