May 16, 2007 -- The Call for Papers for the 33rd WEDC International Conference is now available at http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/conferences/33. The deadline for all submissions is September 1st, 2007.
The Conference 'Access to Sanitation and Safe Water: Global Partnerships and Local Actions' will be held in Accra, Ghana from April 7-11 2008.
The theme focuses on the concepts of global partnerships, alliances and networks within the water and sanitation sector. These offer many benefits including identification of issues at the country, regional and global levels, and program design to meet this demand. They also provide a mechanism for building strong alliances across the different stakeholder groups, and for capacity building through information exchange and skills sharing. This has important implications for improving practice at the local level and delivering change through the promotion and uptake of technologies and policies, and ultimately contributing to meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The WEDC International Conference is in itself a global partnership bringing together a wide range of sector professionals from many continents, providing a forum for practitioners, policy makers, academics and researchers from a wide range of disciplines who are working in the water and environmental sanitation sectors.
Visit http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/conferences/33 for more information and for links to guidance for those preparing a presentation.
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