Dear readers,
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is success." is a quote from Henry Ford that describes the development of our Utility Platform well. The dynamics in the partnerships are unbroken.
Finally, in this newsletter, we would like to give you an insight into the new partnerships in the waste sector that were established last year. Back in October, a delegation from Lübeck travelled to their partners in Sarandë and Cërrik in Albania. At the beginning of December, the Ukrainian partners from the Poltava region visited their colleagues from the Bergischer Abfallverband. You can find more background information on our website.
There are also three new partnerships in the water sector with two water utilities in Ukraine's neighbouring country Moldova and one in Zambia. This newsletter also includes a travel report on the first trip to Su Canal Comrat by colleagues from the LWG Cottbus.
The longer-established utility partnerships are continuing their cooperation. This is illustrated by our insights into the partnerships between the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV), the Wupperverband and the South African partners. The report on the GIS solutions developed by the partners of Gelsenwasser AG and the Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company in Zambia also makes exciting reading.
Behind the scenes, we are continuing to work diligently on the follow-up project for the Utility Platform, which is due to start in July 2024. Before then, we will take another detailed look at past successes at our networking event on 25 and 26 April in Dresden.
The IFAT 2024 (Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies) will take place in Munich from 13 to 17 May. Together with our cooperation partners, the German Association of Local Public Utilities (VKU) and the German Water Partnership (GWP), we will be represented with our own programme items. We hope to meet many of you in person in Munich or Dresden.
We wish you inspiring reading!
Your team of the Utility Platform Heiko Heidemann (GIZ) and Linda Engel (SKEW)
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