Help HIP! E-conference feedback requested
Renuka Bery - Friday 19 May 2006
Dear Colleagues—
On behalf of the HIP team I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this discussion. It has been lively and a chance to share new technologies, new ideas, and experiences people are grappling with in the field. While I don’t want to dampen the discussions going on, I would like to leave some room for reflection as this e-conference enters its last few days. Please take a moment to think about the few questions below and share some of your thoughts…both those who have posted messages and those who have been reading on the sidelines. Your contributions will help HIP learn from this experience and plan future learning and sharing opportunities.
1. Share one thing you have learned from this e-conference that will be useful to you in your work.
2. People talk about sharing knowledge, yet when the opportunity presents itself, much knowledge and information is not shared. Why? What can you suggest to stimulate sharing?
3. In your mind did this e-conference get to the heart of the HWTS issues posed?
HIP will synthesize the e-conference threads and post it on the HIP web site in June.
Warm regards,
Renuka Bery
Forum Feedback
Jalmandir, Michael Lea - Friday 19 May 2006
Hello Renuka,
As per your feedback request:
Question
Share one thing you have learned from this e-conference that will be useful to you in your work.
Answer
Fellow colleagues have shared options of viewing the HWTS landscape in broader terms, particular towards private/public partnerships to solve critical HWTS issues. A greater understanding and appreciation was also gained (behind the scenes) regarding the USAID voucher program.
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Question
People talk about sharing knowledge, yet when the opportunity presents itself, much knowledge and information is not shared. Why? What can you suggest to stimulate sharing?
Answer
Sharing entails the giving away of information. For some stakeholders, information is currency. Currency they are not willing to give away. What can I suggest to stimulate sharing? Embrace the Internet and the global culture of cooperation and the sharing of information. Sharing information draws us together, it's a uniting force.
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Question
In your mind did this e-conference get to the heart of the HWTS issues posed?
Answer
Perhaps, but other issues seem to surface as equally as important, for example: the background paper recommendations; the need for central HWTS information clearing house [Larry Siegel, 1835]; and finally "no silver bullet" [Bruce Gordon, 1818] ... yet!
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Michael Lea
www.jalmandir.com & www.biosandfilter.info
Household Water Security for Developing Countries
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