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Cap-Net

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Website
Cap-Net
Structure
Multi-stakeholder partnership and platform
Start & end date
2002 - 2010
Host organization
Water Research Commission
PO Box X03, Gezina
Pretoria 0031
South Africa (Republic of South Africa)
Info@cap-net.org
Focus
Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
IWRM, climate change.
Languages
English, Spanish.
Key initiatives/output
Training manuals on IWRM; adreessing topics such as climate change, legialsation, groundwater management, gender, economics. Cap-Net is hosting 3 programmes: Climate Change and IWRM, Water integrity and accountability and Indicators for River Basin Organisations. Development and revision of curricula to address sustainable management and development of water resources and water supply, sanitation and health in a few institutions in Latin America, South Asia and South East Asia. Direct trainings by members and regional networks.
Network services
Related sector news. Subscribe to network news. Document downloads. Policy engagement. Member or subscriber groups or forums. Face to face networking. Training.
Origins and rationale of network
Cap-Net was set up as project under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2002, with the first phase until 2006, and the 2nd phase from 2006-2010.
Objectives
Cap-net is focussing on capacity building in sustainable water management.Objective for Phase 2 is the development of regional and country networks.
Key partner organizations
UNDP, GWP, WaterNet, Nile IWRM -Net, WA- Net, NBCBN, AGW-Net AquaJaring, CAP-NET SA, CAP-Net SEA Arg Cap-Net, Cap-Net Btrazil, Cara, La WetNet, Redica, Caribbean WaterNet Awarenet GWA, Streams , IW:learn
Membership
Is membership required to participate fully in the network?
Yes
Who is eligible to be a member?
Organizations only
Are restricted membership options available?
No
Is there a fee /subscription required?
No
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