The RWSN secretariat team (Sean, Meleesa and Aline) participated in the REACH conference (20 to 22 September), and the REACH internal meetings that preceded.
RWSN has been a knowledge broker for the REACH programme since its inception. This has included support to translate research into practice, including the delivery of several publications, such as a global diagnostic survey to evaluate the status and prospects of rural water service providers for results-based funding and a study on the evolution of rural water policy in francophone West Africa.
At the conference and internal meeting, RWSN was involved in:
- a session of the internal meetings on “REACH Exit Strategy: Planning activities and delivering impact”; in the session, participants took stock of the impact pathways and engagement activities of the Programme. Challenges and best practices were discussed, as well as the implementation of REACH’s Exit strategy.
- We co-led the the organisation of a session on innovative service delivery models to address rural water service delivery models to address rural water risks along with Dr Johanna Koehler, with case studies from Kenya, Bangladesh and West Africa.
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