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Funding Agency

 

The German Society for International Cooperation

 
   

Objectives

 

The main objective of the GIZ program with regards to Human Capacity Development (HDC) is to support the Palestinian Water Sector to build its Human Capacity and Capabilities in line with the Palestinian national strategy of the PWA.

The Specific objectives of this capacity building project are as follows:

    • To raise the capabilities of the water service staff among the employees who work in the development of the Palestinian Water Sector in organizations such as PWA.

    • To facilitate the implementation of the wastewater training packages.

    • To provide a clear description of the approach and tasks needed to implement this training package.

 

Project Outputs

 

Four Wastewater Training Packages (theorotical and practical) were implemented as follows:

Package No 1.: Implementation of the wastewater house connections bylaw and industrial wastewater management

Package No 2.: Wastewater and treated sludge reuse in Agriculture; management and safety measures

Package No 3: O&M of wastewater collection Networks (West bank and Gaza).

Package No 4: Work Health and Saftey measures (West Bank and Gaza)

 

 

 

 

Areas of work

HWE works closely with Newcastle University (UK) and many other international institutions and funding agencies such as UNESCO, ESCWA, CEDARE, UNU, USAID, DFID, AFD, GTZ, GWP, EUWI, JICA, ACSAD, BGR, EU, etc.

Main Goals

HWE offers a wide variety of services in water, sanitation and environmental engineering and science from the needs identification stage to the elaboration of tender documents, supervision of works and technical assistance.


The House of Water and Environment (HWE) is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region.


HWE is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region. There is a need to combine different notions of social, technical and economic sustainability in order to achieve development outcomes that both provide for national development and help to achieve poverty reduction. HWE aims to address this need through mobilizing local and international networks and partnerships to promote a broader analysis of sustainable water resource development and better ‘governance’ of the resource.

Areas of work and scope of activities

HWE is working in three areas (with regard to water and environment):
     1- Development.
     2- Research.
     3- Capacity Building and Training.

 

HWE is particularly strong in the fields of: Water Resources, Sewage and Sanitation, Conflict Resolution, Food and Agriculture, Water supply, Engineering Aspects, ...

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