Resources / SPLASH

Department for International Development (DFID)

Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride

Glasgow G75 8EA

United Kingdom

era-net@dfid.gov.uk

Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

Research

English

Coordination of existing research: SPLASH mapped the existing nationally funded programmes in water research in Developing Countries (searchable database available). Establishing good research management practice: developed guidelines and materials to support EU and Developing Country institutional research management capacity. Improving the use of research in policy and practice: guidelines developed.

Internet, Email, Dedicated website, Webportal, Related Sector news, Document Downloads, Policy Enagement, Training internal/external, Blogs.

Established as an international effort to improve aid effectiveness in the field of water research, in line with Paris Declaration principles.

1) Coordinate between existing programmes to minimize duplication and identify gaps. 2) Ensure that good research management practice is known and used. 3) Agree on a research agenda and jointly funded activities which can benefit from a transnational approach, with European partners working together. 4) Improve knowledge sharing between researchers and practitioners to speed up the transfer of research findings into policy and practice. The concept of SPLASH represents state of the art practice relating to the coordination of European research on water in developing countries, and works under the European Water Initiative (EUWI).

SPLASH a consortium of 16 ministries, funding agencies and national research and technological development authorities from 11 European countries.