I am keeping my fingers crossed for the success of your application for registration support. The registration fee is really high... We are expecting the answer of the Secretariat by next Monday, 22 January. Wish you success!
2 years 5 months
Dear Thamsanqa,
Welcome to the People e-room!
It would be very useful for the participants in this e-room if you share more details about the activities of UNESCO in Southern Africa helping to improve water supply and quality of freshwater resources, as well as the linkages with the implementation of SDGs 1, 3 and 17.
2 years 5 months
Dear Ana,
Thank you very much for sharing the methodology. Unfortunately, the link does not work. Will you, please, check it and paste it again.
Thanks immensely for your understanding and cooperation!
2 years 5 months
Dear Masroor,
Wish you luck, and excellent news from the Forum Secretariat early next week!
2 years 5 months
Dear Ana,
This link also works for me: an excellent very informative site on Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.5.1 on IWRM. Thank you immensely for sharing!
2 years 5 months
Dear Alicia,
There is no person in this world who does not see that poverty is nasty, I believe. And, as water people, we also know that it is the poorest communities and households who often receive not only less amounts of water but also worse quality of water; and, unfortunately, ofteh these are also the people who pay the highest price per cubic meter of water. Not to talk about sanitation!
It would be great to share in this e-room some good practices that tacle equitable access to water and sanitation services for poor communities and households. It will not be possible to implement successfully SDG 6, targets 6.1 and 6.2 if we fail to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation for all: poor, vulnerable, marginalized, remote communities, rural areas, etc.
2 years 5 months
Dear Artur,
Welcome to the People e-room!
It is great that we have you among us.
Please, will you share the session description of People b.2; and also inform us who are the contributors in your session.
I am the Lead Topic Coordinator for Sharing c. - Water, Cultural diversity, Justice and Equity, and would be also glad to share in case the participants in Your Voice People e-room would be interested to know about Sharing.
2 years 5 months
Dear Artur,
Thank you for sharing! Many of us are working on rural sanitation. Please, will you provide more detailed info on the sanitation technologies you develop, install and/or maintain in the communities you are working.
The facebook page that you refer to is not easy to be located as there are too many pages having cactus in their name - could you, please, share the link to your page.
2 years 5 months
Dear Ana,
Thank you for sharing these ambitious plans of Argentinian government. Actually, the numbers exceed the number of the total population of my country – and for people like me – coming from tiny countries, it is difficult to imagine such scale of infrastructure set up.
What’s your feeling, is it going to be accomplished within 2 years?
2 years 5 months
Dear Alicia,
Thank you immensely for sharing! This information was extremely useful for me, for example. I believe, for other visitors as well.
In Bulgaria, it is for the 1st time, we are planning to introduce social tariffs. Up to now, there was no such need. As you might know, until 1989 we were part of the Soviet Block and were living in a socialist society: the bills for utilities, incl. for water consumption, were not high for the general population and people were able to pay them without problems. There were some difficulties for some people to pay their electrical bills – especially during the heating season, but water bill used to be low and people did not face difficulty to pay it regularly. One ethnic minority would almost never pay for their utilities – water and electricity, the Gypsy guys who often live separately from the general population. As both water and energy sectors were 100% governmental – government would cover the financial loss by cross-subsidies of some kind (for example, using the profit from coal mining to cross-subside the utilities).
Now, as we introduced capitalism, we face the situation when water and energy sectors are no more owned by the state and the companies who operate are aiming for full recovery of the costs and for profit in addition, the society faces serious problems: even the middle income families have severe problem to pay their utility bills (imcl. The water and wastewater treatment bill), and the Gypsies (who are already at least 12% at the moment) continue not paying their utility bills (claiming the night to be excused from payment as they always until now enjoyed free utilities). So…
The government is developing a new strategy for the water sector at the moment and plans also to introduce social tariff. For now, they talk for 2.8 cub l per person per month that will be low cost. The consumption above this will be paid at the regular ariff.
People - 3rd Discussion - Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
Dear Vanessa,
I am keeping my fingers crossed for the success of your application for registration support. The registration fee is really high... We are expecting the answer of the Secretariat by next Monday, 22 January. Wish you success!
Dear Thamsanqa,
Welcome to the People e-room!
It would be very useful for the participants in this e-room if you share more details about the activities of UNESCO in Southern Africa helping to improve water supply and quality of freshwater resources, as well as the linkages with the implementation of SDGs 1, 3 and 17.
Dear Ana,
Thank you very much for sharing the methodology. Unfortunately, the link does not work. Will you, please, check it and paste it again.
Thanks immensely for your understanding and cooperation!
Dear Masroor,
Wish you luck, and excellent news from the Forum Secretariat early next week!
Dear Ana,
This link also works for me: an excellent very informative site on Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.5.1 on IWRM. Thank you immensely for sharing!
Dear Alicia,
There is no person in this world who does not see that poverty is nasty, I believe. And, as water people, we also know that it is the poorest communities and households who often receive not only less amounts of water but also worse quality of water; and, unfortunately, ofteh these are also the people who pay the highest price per cubic meter of water. Not to talk about sanitation!
It would be great to share in this e-room some good practices that tacle equitable access to water and sanitation services for poor communities and households. It will not be possible to implement successfully SDG 6, targets 6.1 and 6.2 if we fail to ensure equitable access to water and sanitation for all: poor, vulnerable, marginalized, remote communities, rural areas, etc.
Dear Artur,
Welcome to the People e-room!
It is great that we have you among us.
Please, will you share the session description of People b.2; and also inform us who are the contributors in your session.
I am the Lead Topic Coordinator for Sharing c. - Water, Cultural diversity, Justice and Equity, and would be also glad to share in case the participants in Your Voice People e-room would be interested to know about Sharing.
Dear Artur,
Thank you for sharing! Many of us are working on rural sanitation. Please, will you provide more detailed info on the sanitation technologies you develop, install and/or maintain in the communities you are working.
The facebook page that you refer to is not easy to be located as there are too many pages having cactus in their name - could you, please, share the link to your page.
Dear Ana,
Thank you for sharing these ambitious plans of Argentinian government. Actually, the numbers exceed the number of the total population of my country – and for people like me – coming from tiny countries, it is difficult to imagine such scale of infrastructure set up.
What’s your feeling, is it going to be accomplished within 2 years?
Dear Alicia,
Thank you immensely for sharing! This information was extremely useful for me, for example. I believe, for other visitors as well.
In Bulgaria, it is for the 1st time, we are planning to introduce social tariffs. Up to now, there was no such need. As you might know, until 1989 we were part of the Soviet Block and were living in a socialist society: the bills for utilities, incl. for water consumption, were not high for the general population and people were able to pay them without problems. There were some difficulties for some people to pay their electrical bills – especially during the heating season, but water bill used to be low and people did not face difficulty to pay it regularly. One ethnic minority would almost never pay for their utilities – water and electricity, the Gypsy guys who often live separately from the general population. As both water and energy sectors were 100% governmental – government would cover the financial loss by cross-subsidies of some kind (for example, using the profit from coal mining to cross-subside the utilities).
Now, as we introduced capitalism, we face the situation when water and energy sectors are no more owned by the state and the companies who operate are aiming for full recovery of the costs and for profit in addition, the society faces serious problems: even the middle income families have severe problem to pay their utility bills (imcl. The water and wastewater treatment bill), and the Gypsies (who are already at least 12% at the moment) continue not paying their utility bills (claiming the night to be excused from payment as they always until now enjoyed free utilities). So…
The government is developing a new strategy for the water sector at the moment and plans also to introduce social tariff. For now, they talk for 2.8 cub l per person per month that will be low cost. The consumption above this will be paid at the regular ariff.