:: May 2008::
SaafConsult BV member of a consortium with Sachsen Wasser Gmbh and Consulting Engineering Salzgitter (CES) Gmbh, has been awarded the Tulkarem Water Supply Project – Human Resource and Organisational Development Programme in Palestine, through a competitive tender. The project, funded through KfW Development Bank, will run for one year and involves a series of international and Palestinian experts in providing technical assistance to the water supply departments of Tulkarem and Jenin municipalities.

:: May 2008::
SaafConsult has recently switched its banking operations to Triodos Bank of The Netherlands (www.triodos.com). Triodos Bank finances companies, institutions and projects that add cultural value and benefit people and the environment, with the support of depositors and investors who want to encourage corporate social responsibility and a sustainable society. With this switch we confirm our commitment to sustainable development and the strength of the private sector to contribute to this effectively.

:: February 2008::
Saafconsult has been contracted by Sachsen Wasser Gmbh of Leipzig, Germany, to provide a team leader for the KfW Development Bank financed “Rehabilitation of Urban Water Supply in the Sava River Basin” project in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The contract spans two years and includes technical assistance to billing and collection, design of a tariff structure, network maintenance, strengthening financial management and overall project coordination.
 
Selection of Project Experience

Water Resources Management

GLOBAL
• Evaluation of the Global “Glue” component of the WWF-HSBC Investing in Nature programme (WWF International)
SOUTH-ASIA
• Provision of a regional coordinator for the Himalayan Region Water and Nature Initiative of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Main tasks included coordination of works of 12 partners in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and China, monitoring of progress, synthesis of outputs and finalisation of outputs. Main technical foci were environmental flows, integrated watershed management and payment for watershed services in the Himalayan Region.
  EGYPT
• Provision of an Institutional and organisational consultant for the “Decision Support System for Administration of Contracts Unit Project” at the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (NEDA).
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Provision of a consultant for the supervision mission of the Technical Assistance Grant for the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC) - Regional Water Demand Initiative (WaDImena) (IFAD).
JORDAN
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Provision of a consultant for the supervision mission of the Technical Assistance Grant for the International Centre for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) – Community-Based Optimization of the Management of Scarce Water Resources in Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa (IFAD).
NEAR EAST-NORTH AFRICA
• Provision of a water management consultant for the review of the IFAD strategy for rural water for agriculture and livelihoods in the Near East-North Africa (NENA) region (IFAD).
  PAKISTAN
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Development and Presentation of a brief paper on environmental and socio-economic aspects of micro & mini hydels (GTZ).
• Development of a commercial paper on Renewable Energy in Pakistan for the Pakistan Corporate Development Centre (PCDC).
• Provision of a consultant to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) for the development of a National Water Programme for Pakistan. Main focus was on application of the ecosystems and livelihoods approach of IUCN within the framework of contemporary issues in the water sector in Pakistan.
• Provision of a consultant for an institutional and financial review of the wind power sector in Pakistan, for the German Development Cooperation (GTZ).
• Provision of a natural resource management expert for the Central Karakoram National Park and the Hindu-Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya partnership of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
INDIA
• Provision of a consultant for the development of a Monitoring and Evaluation system for the Sustainable Cotton Initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
• Provision of a team leader (category I) for the Joint Review Mission of the State Partnership Programme between the EC and the Government of Rajasthan, specialised in integrated water resources management and water policy.
 
 

Water Supply & Sanitation

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
• Provision of a resident team leader for the KfW Development Bank financed, “Rehabilitation of Urban Water Supply in the Sava River Basin”. Main foci are improvement of collection efficiency, reduction of unaccounted for water and a tariff review.
SYRIA
• Provision of an Institutional Development Expert for the Advisory to the Regional Water Establishment Damascus Rif for the General Establishment of Drinking Water and Sewerage in the Rural Provinces of Damascus (GTZ).
MACEDONIA
• Provision of an Institutional Development Expert for the preparation of a Public Relations Action Plan for Vodovod I Kanalizacija (Water and Wastewater Utility) in Prilep (KfW).
PAKISTAN
• Provision of consultancy for Aquatech Infrastructure (Pvt.) Ltd. to develop a project for re-use of treated wastewater from tanneries in Korangi, Karachi. Provision of a project financing consultant for commercial water provision in Karachi, Sindh Province.
• Provision of a project financing consultant for commercial water provision in Karachi, Sindh Province.
 
 
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