RWSN places a very strong emphasis on innovation, documentation, research and capacity building. RWSN is a collaborative platform dedicated to knowledge exchange, networking and learning to achieve universal access to safe water, with a focus on rural water services. This endeavour involves fostering connections among rural water practitioners and organisations on a global scale. Today the network has over 15,000 members in over 160 countries, continuing the mission of helping rural water supply practitioners from NGOs, governments, companies and development partners to learn from each other and work together.
The RWSN networking activities focus on rural people most in need of safe access to drinking water, which means its geographic focus by default is developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia. However, in principle anyone living in a rural area anywhere in the world could benefit from the network’s activities. Find out how you or your organisation can get involved in RWSN activities for rural water practitioners and organisations around the world. Our vision is of a world in which all rural people have access to a sustainable and reliable water supply which can be effectively managed to provide sufficient, affordable and safe water within a reasonable distance of the home. RWSN aims to bridge the gap between academic research, policy and practice and to encourage evidence-based decision-making, and decision-based evidence making..
If you are interested in any of the above services, please contact the RWSN Secretariat. Find out more about how RWSN works with academic researchers and organisations to help them collaborate and communicate with likely end-users of their research. Participate or contribute to our webinars, publications, events, and specialist multi-language Communities of Practice. The automatic translation service in the sidebar on this website is performed by Google Translate, a third-party service which we have no control over. Google collects, stores and processes information to provide users with better services.
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The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of individual professionals and organisations who are dedicated to rural water supply. RWSN is a strategic global platform for knowledge-sharing and collaboration in the water sector with a central focus on the achievement of universal access to safe, affordable water supplies. With the engagement and collaboration of its members, RWSN is committed to continuing to lead collective action towards sustainable and safe water services for all rural people. It is primarily concerned about viable technologies and approaches that improve rural water supply. It achieves its objectives by catalysing innovation, providing evidence-based documentation, supporting research, sharing information, influencing policies and practices, supporting efforts to build capacity and facilitating networking. Join us next Tuesday, 25 June, for a discussion around challenges in ensuring a high standard of rural water infrastructure from the outset.
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