Ing. ROSSELLA MONTI Ph.D.

DIRECTOR

WWW.HYDROAID.IT

WATSAM Support to Arba Minch Town water utility and Municipality in the water & sanitation sector through capacity building

and partnership development with Italian water organizations

KICK OFF MEETING

ARBA MINCH, NOV 7TH 2012

FED 2011/297-318 ACP Water Facility

EU-funded project managed by the European Union Office in Ethiopia

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Municipality

Institutions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Region Piemonte,

Province of Turin,

City of Turin,

Other institutions

Accademics

Sassari University

Turin University

Polytechnic of Turin

Associazione Idrotecnica

Italiana

University of Trento

Civil World

Local Utility SMAT (the water utility of Turin)

ATO3 (the water district of the Turin council)

CSI Piemonte (the Piedmont Informatic Centre)

ENAS (the Sardinia Region Water Company)

ACDA (the water utility of Cuneo)

Banks and Financial

Foundations:

Compagnia San Paolo

Fondazione CRT

Turin Chamber of Commerce

International Organisations

CIF OIL (UN agency)

IILA (Multi L agency)

LVIA (ngo)

CISV (ngo)

non profit association

(members)

THE PROBLEM• climate change, desertification, food security, water scarcity, etc … are global problems

• Due to our limitation in terms of scientific knowledge-, at present we can face them onlylocally.

• Because of this the key of development is primarily in the hands of the localgovernments.

• Concerning water problems, basic needs are: 1) safe water to people; 2) water forproduction (agriculture and other economics).

• To satisfy these necessities, a model of governance is indispensable to secure theinterest of the community. Such model (any one) can be successful only if some essentialboundary conditions are ensured , i.e :

- political and social. Institutional instability, non democratic governments, inefficiency ofthe state apparatuses are factors which prevent rigorous control and regulating action inthe application of the governance model. On the contrary, facilitate bribery and extortion.

- economical . To create the political conditions so that the investments have social valueand contribute to the solution of the needs of the population. This means –in practicalterms- to take water were there is not, i.e. to the rural areas, whose population needs lowcost technological solutions. Normally this is not economically satisfactory.

-instruments for governance. A solid legislative frame is necessary to provide theinstruments for securing the interest of the community and controlling the investment. Aworking administrative apparatus is indispensable to assure control. Managerialcapabilities must be in place to assure the persuing of the objectives. Technical capabilitiesmust be in place to support the management in the implementation of the operation.

- Conflicts. Military conflicts, terrorism destroy the long run economy of the countriesfavouring short term economy.

THE SOLUTION

We belive that most likely, the only viable solution is in the long run, implementing principles of solidarity:

• cooperation and development

• investments for infrastructure apparatus

• training of local professionals who can then take up the management of complex systems,

• Technical assistance to local utilities in the organisation of their own systems

• international policies which can encourage the activities of the local providers for the “well-being” of the population.

FORMAZIONEHYDROAID’s

MISSION:

EDUCATION

HYDROAID’s

• We focus on education.

• Hydroaid is bidding on the future managers of developing countries.

• We expect that their responsibilities will be permeated with elements which reflect the concept of Man, such as justice, solidarity, development and welfare.

• We wish to provide them with instruments and experiences on water management to cut into the reorganization / creation of their own systems for the development of their own countries.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

to provide technical and managerial

tools to d.c. for the

Governing of the water cycle and

to address it to maximum

efficiency, effectiveness and economy

TO IMPROVE QUALITY of LIFE of the

POPULATION

Social worstening

Cultural problem

Underdevelopment

Poverty

Loss of educational opportunities

Specific objectives

1- creation, organization, re-organisation of local public utilities

• Strengthening of National Policies and Regulations

• Institutional Capacity Building and Human Resources Development

• Update Information Services and Resources Assessment

• Governing Water and Wastewater Investments and Operations

• Pollution Control and Water Resources Protection

• Building Public Awareness and Participation

2-planning, risks assessment

• Masterplan development

3-data acquisition and analysis

• Monitoring, provisional models, real time control etc

4-review of the agricolture system

• Irrigation system design and management, crop production

To favour the knowledge transfer on:

Hydroaid: goals The educational programme is a priority instrument in the

articles of the Association o achieve the goals ofcooperation and development.

The main goals of Hydroaid are:

• 1) to mantein open the technical dialogue with thirdcountries on a vital item like water;

• 2) to provide technical and scientific instruments for anefficient and improved management of the infrastructures andof the natural resources;

• 3) to improve the institutional capacity building andmanagement of the local utilities.

• 4) to re-new in the young professionals the traditionalcultures for the valorization of the local resources as essentialinstrument for the creation of sustainable developmentconditions.

• 6) to strengh National Policies and Regulations

• 7) to support the Building Public Awareness and Participation

• 8) to create a water net for the exchange of update Information Services and Resources Assessment

Why a net?• Because the problem is global

Why cultural?

• To orient a common strategy versus a common goal: to improve the qualityof life of the population and to offer perspectives of development; to safe the environment.

• A common goal does not imply the adoption of standard solutions.

• Coordination in achieving the same goal is essential.

The net offers:• To share experiences; to get informed; to monitor others’ experiences; to compare

others’ applications; to rework experiences; to get technical support….etc … tobecome friends

In complex problem the

solution is not a unique

Hydroaid net

more then 1000

ALUMNI

water and sanitation managers all over the world

Hydroaid projects

HYDROAID COURSES

Year 2002 – 2008

197 fellows

More then 45 countries involved (Africa, Middle East, East Europe, Central and South East Asia)

9000 h lectures given

The program – which was modified and extended in 2007 – has been broken down in three separate specialization addresses:

• 1. Governance of the water systems and services;

• 2. Management of the water resources and use of water in agriculture;

• 3. Supply systems for drinking purposes and irrigation uses.

E-Learning

programme

since 2009

• COURSE ON "SANITATION“

• COURSE ON "INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT of

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AT URBAN SCALE

(WATER AND WASTE)“

• COURSE ON "URBAN WASTE RECYCLING“

• COURSE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

•600 managers and technicians trained since 2009

•Women participation is favoured

•no cost for participation

•Strong selection criteria to attend the courses (educational

background, present employment, feed back criteria)

•certificate of attendance

Participation implies:

•To study (we verify)

•To participate the debates in the forum

•To participate the quizzes

•To dialogue with the tutors regarding the themes of the

courses

•To be verified at the end

Water, key for development and peace.

Thank you