FRESHWATER ACTION NETWORK GLOBAL

ANNUAL REVIEW AND FINANCIAL REPORT 2011 – 2012

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Contents3 About FAN4-5

on water and sanitation6-7

8-9 Campaigning 10-11 FAN South Asia12-13 A forum for learning and sharing14-15

16 Why partner with us?18-19

Network for Water and Sanitation20

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Danielle Morley, Executive Secretary

Sanitation and Water for All partnership and the UN World

Foreword

Danielle Morley Executive Secretary

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Vision

Mission

and sanitation for present and future

water and sanitation problems poor

world

brings together and supports over

rights to water and sanitation

sanitation

against industrial water pollution

building water points in slums

demanding water and sanitation

About FAN

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water and sanitation 2011-12 was a busy year for FAN Global advocacy. Two major global conferences, the World Water Forum and Rio+20, saw FAN Global members vigorously advocating grassroots concerns and championing the rights to water and sanitation in a challenging environment.

Rights centre stage at meeting on water, food and energy nexus

rights to water and sanitation

we lobbied for rights to feature strongly at the event and as a result

Rights included in 6th World Water Forum ministerial declaration for the rst time

them and the people they work to

Our lobbying during the negotiations

and sanitation as inalienable

Why the human rights based approach is key to ensuring equitable sustainable developmentpresentations from grassroots

rights to safe drinking water and

First technical meeting on climate change and water in UNFCCC negotiations

Human rights to water and sanitation

Nathalie Seguin with delegates at the UNFCCC meeting

Sena Alouka at

Hilda Coelho at

Week

Governments increase commitments to spending on water and sanitation

with sanitation at the Sanitation and

for world leaders to step up and show strong leadership to move

Nepal member Lajana Manandhar

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the Sanitation and Water for All

Further work has been undertaken

the member pages for more

Sustainable development Lobbying for the rights to water and sanitation as key to sustainable development

Sustainability Forum to speak about Business obligations on implementing the rights to water and sanitation

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FAN Mexico highlights 2011-12FAN Mexico continues to punch above its weight in uencing at the highest levels and facilitating civil society learning. In 2011-12, highlights included:

Co-organising

Celebrating

Initiating a national participatory process

Playing a leading role

In uencing

Serving as a key partnerChallenges

and opportunities for water-based adaptation to climate change and a regional report on

“FAN Mexico’s members are a small but committed group of NGOs

supporting the grassroots with sustainable water management.“

Nathalie

FAN Mexico is a vibrant national network whose members promote community-based water management and in uence public policy to implement the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. Members work on a range of related areas including conservation issues, water supply, scienti c research, capacity building and sanitation.

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Grupo de Estudios Ambientales (GEA) is a civil society organization which has been working on environmental sustainability since 1977. GEA facilitates knowledge exchange between traditional and scienti c spheres to ensure modern knowledge is complemented with the valuable contributions of indigenous cultures.

Photo credit: GEA

Campaigning

On World Water Day 2012, over 350,000 people in more than 75 different countries walked together to demand an end to the water and sanitation crisis and keep their promises to step up efforts to protect the right to water and sanitation for all people.

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was ordered to investigate the WASH situation in

invited to a government meeting on redesigning

Busoga Trust

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FAN South Asia highlights 2011-12In uenced the future role

Kept up the pressure

Led South Asian civil society

Campaigned for action

Represented civil society

Opened a new chapter

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FAN South Asia

FAN South Asia is a consortium of ve national chapters in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with over 450 members. Through a three-pronged approach of capacity building, learning and joint mobilization, the network strengthens the ability of those working in the eld, who most intimately understand the water and sanitation needs of the poorest, to in uence the decisions that affect their lives.

“FANSA’s membership is committed to raising a common voice to make our

governments accountable to realizing the rights to water and sanitation for all“

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FAN South Asia member

The SEWA FAN Nepal member Shreerendra Pokhrel is a school headmaster in the village of Darechowk in Chitwan and is well known in Nepal today for his extraordinary work as a urine harvester. He has been campaigning to promote total sanitation and educate farmers all over Nepal about using their own waste as fertilizer.

Through his membership in the

learning visit when eight members from FANSA Bangladesh visited his

gained international exposure through

uptake of sanitation in villages with

of urine to ensure improved health

unknowingly we are wasting valuable

billion Nepalese rupees are spent on

FAN Nepal Shreendra Prakash Pokharel

The SEWA

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A forum for sharing and learning Information sharingFor global policies to affect change at the local level, an understanding of the global agenda is needed. By sharing key information, we build the capacity of our members to understand the relevant policy debates and systems so they can engage strategically with the sector and help them to monitor and analyze national progress against international commitments and best practice.

ConfeAt international conferences the learning potential is high as members get the opportunity for south-south learning and forging relationships with other organizations working on similar issues. Over 2011-12, we supported members to share their learning at:

The 6th World Water Forum

proved to be an indispensable area for

WSSCC's Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene

Stockholm Water Week

Do rights-based approaches enhance women’s leadership and contribute to sustainable WASH outcomes?

In partnersh

During our annual meeting in Costa

the lessons and tools from the

designed around the following

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Toolkitskitss

Website& Blog

To

teg Knowledge

“This sourcebook is an invaluable tool for everyone working to realize the rights to safe drinking water and

sanitation, from law and policy makers to human

rights lawyers and activists lobbying their governments

and will inform users’ own work in turning the rights to water and sanitation from

dreams into day-to-day reality for each and every

person, everywhere.”

to safe drinking water and sanitation

The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in law and policy - a sourcebook

The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in law and policy - a sourcebook

human rights to safe drinking water

online database of these laws and

Global and WASH United

Newsletters

More resources from FAN Global

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FAN Central America highlights 2011-12Played a leading role

Launched a new weekly radio show raising awareness on water and sanitation issues to the

Campaigned

Lobbied governments

Supported

Hosted dialogues

Ran a training course

FAN Central America has over 200 members including NGOs, water board networks, indigenous organizations, women and youth groups and community development organizations.

“FAN Central America is the strongest

water issues in our region.“

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FANCA member Concepción de Naranjo Community Water District is a key partner in FAN's governance and transparency programme and has played a critical role in the work FANCA has been doing to improve the legal framework governing community-managed water services in Costa Rica.

development of a legal framework

leaders took it upon themselves to travel around

One of the most important features of the new legal framework is that it would give the

“The main political challenge is obtaining

recognition for the fact that we exist. Community managed water services

in Costa Rica provide water for 1.3 million

people andyet many government

institutions are not even aware of their existence

and assume that the state-run entity, AyA,

provides water services to the entire country.”

Naranjo

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Why partner with us?We are seeking new partnerships to sustain and scale up our vital work with communities around the world. This page outlines just some of our unique characteristics.

and sanitation

provision is simply information – whether information about rights or budget

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for Water and Sanitation

FAN Global’s member in Africa is the African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW), a regional body of African civil society organizations which includes over 230 member organizations across the Africa continent. As an autonomous platform, ANEW aims to ensure that the diverse voices of African civil society organizations on water and sanitation are represented and heard in the development and implementation of water and sanitation plans and policies.

ANEW highlights 2011-12ANEW focuses on strengthening civil society organizations to engage in WASH policy dialogue and networking in water sector. High level activities in 2011-12 included:

Leading

Campaigning

Coordinating

Representing civil society

Facilitating

Participating

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ANEW member Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) works to improve people’s livelihoods and create self sustaining communities in Uganda through provision of equitable, participatory and integrated development interventions.

programme that FAN Global is running in partnership

demand for more affordable safe piped water and

“ANEW’s diverse

membership comes

together within the

network to share, learn

for better water and sanitation

policy.” Baker Yiga,

ANEW Executive Secretary

Community Integrated Development Initiatives

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FANAS member the International Institute for Environment and

the International Institute for Environment and Development

undertaking a range of national

the poorest and most vulnerable

FAN South America highlights 2011-12Joined

Lobbied governments at the UNFCCC meeting in

In uenced decision-makers

Promoted local solutions

Strengthened the dialogue

Strengthened communications

strengthening ties among its national nodes

FAN South America is a developing network with a small membership of organizations working closely with communities and particularly focused on environmental issues.

to water and sanitation to generate positive

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Restricted Unrestricted Total

£959,938

Expenditure Total

£959,938

Income

Expenditure

Restricted Unrestricted Total

WaterAid £151,364

Expenditure

Expenditure Total

£151,364

Income

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With thanks to the

International Development for supporting this annual review

FAN Global consortium members

FAN Global SecretariatWe’d like to thank all the photographers for their work featured in this publication.

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