15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010

Congress was organised under the theme Water and Sanitation Perspectives & Challenges relating to Energy and Climate Change

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
First AfWA Congress to be graced by the hosting countrys head of state Very high level keynote speakers who included Prince Charles (by video) Wangari Maathai, AMCOW President etc

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
AfWA is made up of some 80 water utilities from about 35 countries Holds a Congress every two years alternating between anglophone and francophone countries AfWA has its secretariat in Abidjan, Ivory Coast The Scientific and Technical Council (STC) does most of the value added work

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
This years Congress saw the signing of various MOUs with: AMCOW IWA-ESAR

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
The Congress this year broke a number of records: Attendance of 1,000 delegates 64 nationalities (including USA, Australia etc) 411 organisations including exhibitors 2 book launches

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
The Congress had three main sub-themes: 1. Climate Change Issues day 1 2. Better water and sanitation service delivery day 2 3. Energy and Water Governance Challenges and Prospects for improved water and sanitation service delivery day 3

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
Day 1 Presentations: Done by various organisations such as GTZ, UNHabitat, IWA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Topics covered included Innovations in water supply, climate change risks, benchmarking etc

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
Day 2 Presentations Presenters included; AfWA STC, GPOBA, WOP, WaterAid, Sensus, SNV, SAAWU Topics included setting up partnerships, disaster resilience, financing pro-poor water projects etc

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
Day 3 Presentations: Presenters included; AfWA-STC, Bentley systems, CapNet, UNESCO-IHE, USAID etc Topics included; metering, energy optimisation experiences, NRW for Africa etc

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
The fourth day was dedicated to the main press conference and field excursions

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
Mulonga Water and Sewerage Company was represented by: 1. The Board Chairman 2. The Managing Director and, 3. The Director - Technical

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
As much as possible, each of the companys representatives attended a different presentation to broaden the scope of knowledge

15th International AfWA Congress and Exhibition Kampala Uganda March 2010
In conclusion, the Congress exposed the participants to a broad view of the water industry in the world and to Africa in particular. Of note were the advances in technology, intellectual capacity and innovative solutions to common problems