Delhi

Evaluation Conclave 2010
Theme: "Making Evaluation Matter"

Organizers:

• Sambodhi Research and Communications
• Community of Evaluators (COE)
• Association for Stimulating Knowledge (ASK)

Venue: New Delhi, India

Description:

The event will attract global thinkers engaged in innovative evaluation research, theorizing, or practice who seek opportunities to push their thinking in new directions and are interested in applying their ideas in a South Asian context. It will also include leading development theorists, thinkers, activists and policy makers from South Asia to embed discussions in current development issues and contexts that evaluation must respond to.

This presentation deals with the projects implemented by Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC-STIP), New Delhi towards reduction in potable water consumption through its projects on water closet replacement, waterless urinal and sensor tap.

The other potable water savings projects of PBC-STIP include dish washer (GE make), soap free water for gardening, use of native plant species, drip irrigation, hydroponics culture for growing plants and use of conductivity meter. Its initiative in water conservation runs across all verticals and it engages with the supply chain to sensitize them on water issues.

Organizer : Confederation of Indian Industry

Venue : New Delhi at IHC, Amaltas hall

Description:

Confederation of Indian Industry is organising a “half a day workshop on “Developing Public Private Community Partnership Projects – Water Sector” jointly with Global Water for Sustainability (GLOWS) on 29th Apr 2010 in New Delhi at IHC, Amaltas hall.

This program is sequel to four earlier training programs conducted in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkota and Coimbatore on “Water Management - Beyond the Fence line”

Organizers: Tarini Manchanda

Venue: Gulmohar hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi

Description:

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Institute National Conference
Theme:“Cost Effective Sustainable Sanitation – An Indian Experience”

Organizers:

WASH Institute, Plan India, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, UNICEF, WES-Net India, Government of India, member agencies

Venue:

Indian Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India

Description:

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Institute is aiming to organize a national level conference on sanitation.WASH Institute is planning to bring all the key sector players / practitioners together to share their success stories and approaches in promoting sustainable sanitation in the country to overcome some of the key challenges.  Also to define the strategy to scale-up good practices in an efficient and effective ways towards making open defecation free nation.  The proposed national meet would be a mini sanitation conference before SACOSAN IV in Sri Lanka next year.

Organizer:Gene Campaign and Action Aid

Venue: New Delhi

Topic:Ensuring Food Security in a Changing Climate

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TARA Livelihood Academy
 Announces
Training On
Geographical Information System (GIS) for Participatory Planning and Decision Making

Organizer: Department of Natural Resources

Description: TERI University, New Delhi in collaboration with kCube, Chennai is planning to organize Training Program on Open Source GIS – Quantum GIS.

CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS

This research study done as part of the author's dissertation work is an attempt to assess the water and sanitation situation of a resettlement colony, Madanpur Khadar, on the outskirts of New Delhi. The lack of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is a major problem affecting most communities, particularly rural and urban slum and resettlement colonies like Madanpur Khadar.