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About RWSN
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of professionals and practitioners working to raise standards of knowledge and evidence, technical and professional competence, practice and policy in rural water supply and so fulfil the vision of sustainable rural water services for all. RWSN places a very strong emphasis on innovation, documentation, research and capacity building.
It is primarily concerned about viable technologies and approaches that improve rural water supply. It achieves its objectives by catalysing innovation, providing evidence-based documentation, supporting research, sharing information, influencing policies and practices, supporting efforts to build capacity and facilitating networking.
“Because 550 million of the 703 million people worldwide lack access to even basic drinking water services live in rural areas, we work globally to bring rural water professionals together to share, learn and collaborate so that rural water services are universally accessible, safely managed, resilient and sustainable by 2030.”
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of individual professionals and organisations who are dedicated to rural water supply.
Our Vision is that of a world in which all people enjoy safely managed water services that are resilient and sustainable.
Our Aim is to improve the quality of rural water management and services.
Our Mission is to be a convening space for individual professionals and organisations to collaborate, develop guidelines and standards, curate knowledge, and promote lifelong learning in the rural water sector.
Our Theory of Change is that we can achieve this by nurturing and supporting individuals, organisations and partnership through:
- Networking, Connecting & Convening.
- Providing Knowledge Brokering & an Information Hub.
- Co-developing Training, Guidelines & Standards.
Network Priorities (2024-2030)
- At least double individual and organisational membership.
- Double member organisation engagement.
- Double member engagement in Latin America & Caribbean and Asia & Pacific.
- Significantly increase engagement by women and young professionals in network activities.
- Increase knowledge exchange at global and national/ regional level between members.
- Create and curate more resources in French, Portuguese and Spanish.
- Broaden training & mentoring offer to be the go-to centre for professional development and accreditation/ certification in the rural water sector, through partnerships with existing organisations.
- Technical guidelines and standards developed to fill existing gaps.
- Evolve our business model to adapt the needs and resources available.
Embracing diversity is central to how we work, and in everything we do we will support the voice, leadership and career progression of women and young professionals.
Thematic Priorities (2024-2030)
- Improving access to safe drinking water by supporting the uptake and use of the WHO Guidelines for drinking water quality: Small Water Supplies (2024).
- Improving rural water delivery services and regulation.
- Promoting a “One-Water” approach based on how rural people access and use water for their lives and livelihoods.
- Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and resilience of the underlying systems on which these depend.
Achieving this through network activities focused on the RWSN Themes of:
- Leave No-one Behind.
- Data for Action
- Multiple Use water Services (MUS)
- Self-supply
- Sustainable Services
- Sustainable Groundwater Development
- Water Quality & Safety
RWSN Talks Usage Policy
At RWSN, our goal is to spread ideas and increase professionalism in the rural water supply sector worldwide. We encourage the RWSN members, non-profit organizations, bloggers, companies news media, and the like to share RWSN talks, films and webinar recordings that are open for distribution, through social media, other platforms and public events. While sharing ideas openly is a big part of who we are, we do license our content under certain conditions listed below.
Material presented in RWSN webinars and RWSN Talks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The intellectual property image rights and copyrights remain the property of presenters and/or their organisations. RWSN and Skat Foundation do not accept any liability or give any guarantee for the validity, accuracy and completeness of the information provided.
RWSN Chair
The network is governed by an Executive Committee comprising representatives from each of its member organisations. The committee nominates a chair for a three-year term, which can be extended once. The current chair of RWSN is Dr James Origa, from the World Bank.
Welcome video by Dr James Origa.
RWSN Executive Committee
RWSN Deputy Chair: David DeArmey, One for All Alliance (IRC, Water for People, Water for Good)
- African Development Bank/Africa Water Facility: Diane Arjoon
- BGR: Ramon Brentführer
- Global Water Center: Lisa Mitchell, Benjamin Filskov
- Skat Foundation: Dr Angelica Wehrli
- UNICEF: Jorge Alvarez-Sala
- WaterAid: Erik Harvey
- Welthungerhilfe: Irene Gai, Stephan Simon
- The World Bank: N. Awa Diagne
RWSN Secretariat
The RWSN Secretariat is the coordination unit the RWSN and plays a crucial role in coordinating RWSN activities, ensuring they are in line with the overall objectives and as per the guidance provided by the RWSN Steering Committee and communicating with the RWSN members.
- Sean Furey (Director), Skat Foundation, Switzerland
- Dr Aline Saraiva Okello (Network Manager), Skat Foundation, Kenya
- Batima Tleulinova (RWSN Communications and Engagement Officer), Skat Foundation, Kazakhstan
With support from:
- Susanna Germanier, Skat Foundation
- Andrea Güpfert, Skat Foundation
- Valérie Bertschy, Skat Foundation
RWSN Theme Leaders
An RWSN Theme is a broad area of interest that the RWSN Executive Steering Committee sees as strategically important. Each of the RWSN Themes and Topics are led by Theme Leaders, i.e. an individual from among the seven RWSN Executive Steering Committee Organisations with support from some Member Organisations who have expressed a willingness to provide in-kind support for a specific Topic.
RWSN Theme: Leave No One Behind
- Sandra van Soelen (Simavi)
- Temple Oraeki (Water Youth Network)
- Euphresia Luseka (Independent)
- Amita Bhakta (Independent)
RWSN Theme: Data 4 Action (formerly Mapping & Monitoring)
- Muthi Nhlema (BASEFLOW)
- Mutala Abdul Mumin (WaterAid)
RWSN Theme: Self-Supply
- Matthias Saladin (Skat Foundation)
- Diana Gonzalez Botero (UTS)
- Tim Foster (UTS)
RWSN Theme: Sustainable Groundwater Development
- Ramon Brentführer (BGR)
- Mandy Goksu & David Inman (Water Mission/Global Water Center)
RWSN Theme: Sustainable Services
- Analia Saker (Aguaconsult)
- Mohammed Farhaoui (National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, Madagascar)
- Terra Michaels (GRET)
RWSN Theme: Multiple Use of water Services (MUS)
- Dr Barbara van Koppen (IWMI)
- David Smith (WE&B)
- Narayan Singh Khawas (NIRAS/SUSWA)
Do you have an idea for collaboration with RWSN, or would like become a Theme Leader? Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
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“Because 550 million of the 703 million people worldwide lack access to even basic drinking water services live in rural areas, we work globally to bring rural water professionals together to share, learn and collaborate so that rural water services are universally accessible, safely managed, resilient and sustainable by 2030.”
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of individual professionals and organisations who are dedicated to rural water supply.
Our Vision
is that of a world in which all people enjoy safely managed water services that are resilient and sustainable.
Our Aim
is to improve the quality of rural water management and services.
Our Mission
is to be a convening space for individual professionals and organisations to collaborate, develop guidelines and standards, curate knowledge, and promote lifelong learning in the rural water sector.
Our Theory of Change
is that we can achieve this by nurturing and supporting individuals, organisations and partnership through:
- Networking, Connecting & Convening.
- Providing Knowledge Brokering & an Information Hub.
- Co-developing Training, Guidelines & Standards.
Our Strategy
Network Priorities
- At least double individual and organisational membership.
- Double member organisation engagement.
- Double member engagement in Latin America & Caribbean and Asia & Pacific.
- Significantly increase engagement by women and young professionals in network activities.
- Increase knowledge exchange at global and national/ regional level between members.
- Create and curate more resources in French, Portuguese and Spanish.
- Broaden training & mentoring offer to be the go-to centre for professional development and accreditation/ certification in the rural water sector, through partnerships with existing organisations.
- Technical guidelines and standards developed to fill existing gaps.
- Evolve our business model to adapt the needs and resources available.
Embracing diversity is central to how we work, and in everything we do we will support the voice, leadership and career progression of women and young professionals.
Thematic Priorities
- Improving access to safe drinking water by supporting the uptake and use of the WHO Guidelines for drinking water quality: Small Water Supplies (2024).
- Improving rural water delivery services and regulation.
- Promoting a “One-Water” approach based on how rural people access and use water for their lives and livelihoods.
- Improving the effectiveness, efficiency and resilience of the underlying systems on which these depend.
Achieving this through network activities focused on the RWSN Themes of:
- Leave No-one Behind
- Data for Action
- Multiple Use water Services (MUS)
- Self-supply
- Sustainable Services
- Sustainable Groundwater Development
- Water Quality & Safety
Strategy documents
View the current RWSN Strategy 2024-2030.
Below you can download the previous Strategies:
In 1992, at a meeting in Kenya, it was agreed that there was a need to create a global network of handpump experts who could make the most of the great work done by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank (WSP) in the 1980s. The humble handpump was seen as a cornerstone of improving rural water supplies by making clean groundwater available to millions of people.
From small beginnings, UNICEF, Skat, the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) and others developed the Handpump Technology Network and broadened its scope until in 2004 it was agreed, under the leadership of WSP, to change the name to Rural Water Supply Network.
Today the network has over 15,000 members in over 160 countries, continuing the mission of helping rural water supply practitioners from NGOs, governments, companies and development partners to learn from each other and work together. The scope has moved far beyond handpump technology to encompass a more holistic and integrated approach to improving rural water services as part of the wider Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights.
UNICEF, Skat Foundation and the World Bank still play a central role in the network, joined by African Development Bank, IRC WASH, WaterAid, Global Water Center, BGR and Welthungerhilfe and our open, collaborative approach has brought in many partners from all over the world and from international organisations, governments, non-governmental organisations, development banks, civil society, private sector and universities.
RWSN timeline...
2024
- 2024-2030 Strategy Launched
- Dr James Otieno, World Bank becomes RWSN Chair.
2023
- New Executive Committee Members and Theme Leaders were recruited.
- New Strategy 2024-2030 under development.
2022
- RWSN Governance revised and updated.
- Tommy Ka Kit Ngai (WaterAid) takes over the Chair from Louisa.
- New partnership was established with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support networking and knowledge sharing within Latin America and South-South exchange with Africa and Asia.
- 9th World Water Forum in Dakar in March, where RWSN/REAL-Water convened a session on “Rural Water Supply Management and Professionalisation” and a presentation on the AfDB/AMCOW pavilion on “The State of Rural WASH in Africa”.
- UN Groundwater Summit 2022 in Paris where RWSN and partners hosted a session on “Groundwater for Rural Water Supply”.
2021
- RWSN becomes part of USAID funded programme Rural Evidence and Learning for Water (REAL-Water), led by the Aquaya Institute
- SDC steps down from RWSN Executive Steering Committee but continues funding through other mechanisms.
- "Stop the Rot" campaign gains momentum in tackling widespread handpump corrosion.
2020
- Louisa Gosling (WaterAid) becomes Chair, Francis Bougaire (AfDB) is confirmed as Deputy Chair
- RWSN becomes a UN Water Partner
- RWSN supports members to adapt to the impacts of COVID-19 through an e-discussion, expert webinar and sign-posting to emerging authoritative advice and guidance
- UPGro Knowledge Brokering partnership (2013-2020) is successfully completed and legacy online report published
- Webinar attendance increased significantly, along with demand for sponsored webinars
2019
- "Leave No-one Behind" is the major theme of the year for RWSN online and face-to-face events
- RWSN Young Professional Mentoring scheme launched with 400 participants
- Successful online courses on drilling professionalisation and solar pumping run in collaboration with UNDP CapNet
- Jochen Rudolph (AfDB) confirmed as Deputy Chair
- Partners Meeting hosted at UNHCR in Geneva.
2018
- Launch of new strategy and updated RWSN website.
- The Water Institute of the University of North Carolina joins as a Topic Leader (Water quality monitoring and data)
2017
- Kelly Ann Naylor (UNICEF) becomes Chair; Sean Furey (Skat) becomes Secretariat Director.
- Piers Cross passes away.
- External Evaluation of RWSN and development of 2018-2023 strategy.
- Membership reaches 10,000
- Simavi and Water Mission join as Topic Leaders (Social Accountability; Solar Pumping)
2016
- Ton Schouten passes away.
- 7th RWSN Forum held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (450 delegates)
2015
- New RWSN Strategy (2015-2017 launched)
- Individual membership exceeds 7,000 in March
- RWSN joins the research programme REACH: Improving Water Security for the Poor, led by the University of Oxford
2014
- Ton Schouten (IRC WASH) becomes RWSN Chair
2013
- "Member Organisation" grade introduced
2012
- New RWSN Strategy (2012-2014 launched)
- RWSN membership re-launched using Dgroups with around 1,200 members by June.
- The World Bank joins the RWSN Steering Committee
- First series of webinars, organised with WSP.
- First e-discussion, on the Human Right to Water, was organised with WaterAid and the UN Special Rapporteur.
2011
- RWSN Steering Committee Chair passes to Professor Richard Carter (WaterAid, later independent)
- RWSN Forum Kampala, Uganda (480 delegates, 54 countries, 240 organisations), with the theme "Myths of the Past, Visions for the Future"
2010
- IRC joins the Steering Committee
- Code of Practice for Cost-Effective Boreholes launched.
2009
- Erich Baumann retires from the RWSN Secretariat and is succeeded by Dr Kerstin Danert (Skat Foundation)
2008
- RWSN Steering Committee Chair passes to Clarissa Brocklehurst (UNICEF, New York)
2006
- RWSN Forum Accra, Ghana (290 delegates, 37 countries), with the theme: “Scaling up Local Entrepreneurship in Rural Water Supply”. Thematic foci were endorsed.
2005
- The theme coordinator workshop held in February in Kampala, Uganda defines the strategies for the three flagship activities and the working budgets.
2004
- The network is officially renamed RWSN (Rural Water Supply Network). Theme coordinators were employed for the three flagship activities. The Steering Committee unanimously re-confirms Skat Foundation as the global secretariat for at least three more years
2003
- HTN Forum in Durban, South Africa (250 delegates, 37 countries) endorsed the relevance of the network and the new, broader thematic vision and identity including three flagship activities. At the Forum, a new name is also mooted (RWSN – Rural Water Supply Network) and an action plan 2003 - 2005 is drafted.
- Piers Cross (WSP Africa) becomes RWSN Chairman
2001
- In a Rope Pump promotion drive, HTN and SDC jointly organised the First International Rope Pump Policy Workshop in Managua, Nicaragua (66 delegates, 22 countries).
- A new vision for the network is drafted – activities would be broadened to encompass more rural water issues while maintaining traditional network activities. The first regional chapter of HTN is established by a dedicated group of members in South Africa.
2000
- HTN Forum in Hyderabad, India (200 delegates, 38 countries). Retaining a global membership, members endorse the new African focus.
1997
- HTN Workshop in Mangochi, Malawi. Over 150 participants from 40 countries endorse the need for (and activities of) the network. HTN envisages a broader remit and revises the name to HTN “Network for Cost-effective Technologies in Water Supply”. The steering committee is expanded to 16 members.
1996
- Chair of the HTN steering committee passes Rupert Talbot (UNICEF India), reflecting a continued network focus on Asia.
1992
- International Handpump Workshop in Kakamega (Kenya) mandates the formation of HTN, the “Handpump Technology Network”. Peter Wurzel (UNICEF Pakistan) is chosen to chair the new HTN steering committee (4 persons); Erich Baumann (SKAT, later Skat Foundation) established an executive secretariat for the new network.
1981-1990
- UN International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (IDWSSD). Intensive development of public domain handpumps occurs.
RWSN is not a legal entity in itself. As a network it depends on the direct and indirect support of its Partners. The RWSN Secretariat is hosted by Skat Foundation, which is a ZEWO certified non-profit registered in the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Full details can be found in the RWSN annual reports below and full audited accounts are available on request:
Annual Reports
- 2023 Annual Report
- 2022 Annual Report
- 2021 Annual Report
- 2018-2020 Three Year Summary
- 2020 Annual Report
- 2019 Annual Report
- 2018 Annual Report
- 2015-2017 Three Year Report
- 2017 Annual Report
- 2016 Annual Report
- 2015 Annual Report
- 2012-2014 Three Year Report
- 2014 Annual Report
- 2013 Annual Report
- 2012 Annual Report (et Résumé)
- 2009-2011 Three Year Report
- 2011 Annual Report
- 2010 Annual Report
The secretariat of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is located at:
Skat Foundation
Benevolpark
St.Leonhard-Strasse 45
CH-9001 St.Gallen
Switzerland
The registration number for Skat Foundation is:
CH320.7.052.551-3
Internet: https://www.rural-water-supply.net/
Email:
Technical realisation:
dotwerkstatt UG, Berlin, Germany
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