IFAT India 2018 was again a great success!
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IFAT India 2019:
16.-18.10.2019 in Mumbai (Bombay Exhibition Centre)
05.-07.12.2019 in New Delhi (NSIC Ground)
In cooperation with German Water Partnership (GWP) the Southern African- German Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised the Zambian-German Water Partnership Day in Lusaka on 11 October 2018. Next to an opening session the Zambian-German Water Partnership-Day included 3 panel discussions on zambian water related challenges. Main topics were:
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Letzte Woche wurde der “Water Resources Development Act 2018” in den USA verabschiedet, der hohe Investitionen in den Wassersektor erwarten lässt.
Dean Amhaus, CEO unseres Partnerverbandes The Water Council hält dazu vielversprechend fest:
“The bipartisan Water Infrastructure Act signed by President Trump is a tremendous recognition that there is universal agreement that water is critical to our country,” said Dean Amhaus, president and chief executive officer of The Water Council, a water industry and technology hub in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “The legislation includes many significant items to help address our nation’s growing water challenges, but I am especially pleased that Congress also agrees about the importance of investing in advancing new, innovative technological solutions. Many effective technologies are available in the marketplace already, and the insertion of the Water Technology Acceleration Act in the legislation will undoubtedly help ignite more water innovations.”
New solutions for urban water infrastructures needs interdisciplinary and integrative thinking
On 22 October 2018 more than 120 participants from the international water community came together in the “Humboldt-Box” located in the heart of Berlin for this year’s BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises. In the context of this year´s motto “Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Smart Cities” 16 international experts from the water sector – among them Prof. Herbert Dreiseitl and the Honorary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians Dr. h. c. Maude Barlow – presented their future-orientated concepts on change processes and sustainable adaption concepts for urban spaces worldwide on their way to become “water smart”. BLUE PLANET 2018 was organized by German Water Partnership in cooperation with Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin.
People need to understand water as a treasure and learn from nature
While the number of people living in cities increases continuously, the pressure on urban spaces to cope with water related challenges due to climate change rises as well. According to Herbert Dreiseitl, one way to tackle these challenges is to maintain and implement green infrastructure as well as to ensure that water is not being displaced to the underground. Change, adaption and regenerative processes happen permanently in the natural water regime. Being inspired by natural approaches helps to create new solutions for sustainable urban water management. Cities worldwide need to rethink traditional concepts as no or late investments are going to be expensive considering the damages and financial impacts floods or extensive draught leave behind. To implement new approaches, the engagement of local communities should be promoted next to traditional stakeholders to allow crossover cooperation for resilient and sustainable cities.
BUE PLANET Berlin as a platform for discussions and exchange
BLUE PLANET 2018 was based on four thematic areas, each of which highlighted different challenges cities face on their way to become “water smart”. The thematic areas focused on engineered and nature-based solutions for urban water management issues, on challenges in their implementation processes as well as on future perspectives inspired by current solutions. After various international speakers held impulse lectures and pitches in the morning, they engaged in lively discussions with the participants during an extensive “Worldcafé” in the afternoon. The interactive format of BLUE PLANET 2018 not only gave a platform for an exchange of knowledge but also created a productive environment to discuss new ideas and to network within the participants from different fields within the international water sector. The developed results and suggestions were presented during a “Summary of Results” on stage and will form the basis for the next BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues on 9 April 2019.
BLUE PLANET Berlin attracted participants from all over the world
BLUE PLANET 2018 welcomed international speakers and participants. Among the international guests a delegation of representatives of the African Water Association (AfWA) from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire with the Executive Director Sylvain Usher was present as well as representatives of The Water Council from the United States. The event underlined once more the growing demand for an international and joint approach to solving our global challenges in water management.
Prof. Dr. Herbert Dreiseitl – Keynote “The Added Values between Technology and Design to our Blue Planet” | Copyright: GWP/L. v. Loeper
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Together with partner banks and the local German Chambers of Commerce, DEG is offering “German Desks”. The service is available for SME German companies and their local trading partners. The particular needs of German firms and their local partners are handled at the office by a bank employee who operates in both languages and cultures.
The range of services extends from setting up accounts through services for financing trade and transaction banking, to credit lines or investment financing for local companies wishing to acquire German equipment, for example. In this way, companies can benefit from the combined network of the bank, the Chamber of Commerce and DEG.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), German Water Partnership together with inter 3 Institute for Resource Management organised a delegation trip for Iranian decision makers and multipliers of water resource management dedicated to the topic of water consumption management. The Iranian delegation informed itself about new developments and projects regarding water consumption management in Germany. During the visits of reference projects and private companies as well as on a networking and information event on May 3th in Berlin, the participants gained knowledge about German products and services and were able to establish contacts for further cooperation.
