Mole WASH Conference 21 takes place in Accra

The Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw opened the Mole XXI Conference with a call on participants to make tangible recommendations to inform government on its policies on climate change in Ghana.
The Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw opened the Mole XXI Conference with a call on participants to make tangible recommendations to inform government on its policies on climate change in Ghana. She observed that if nothing was done to curb the growing phenomenon of climate change the availability of fresh water would be significantly reduced in the coming years there by affecting access to clean water in Ghana.
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In his welcome statement, the Chairman of CONIWAS, Mr. Sayibu was very optimistic about the outcome of the conference, stating that “policy discussions during the conference will culminate in the development of a framework to guide and support the efficient adaptation to climate change within the WASH sector for appropriate interventions”.
The Director of Water, Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing (MWRWH), officially closed the three-day conference on 23rd July, 2010 with an appeal to civil society to continue with the multi-stakeholder collaboration to further consolidate the gains of the sector. He added that, “the gains of the WASH sector can be attributed to the fact that civil society has moved largely away from confrontation to collaboration”. The outcomes of deliberations were documented and presented in the form of a conference communiqué, captured as follows:
MOLE XXI CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE
“THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: A CHALLENGE TO THE WASH SECTOR IN GHANA”
Erata Hotel, Accra - 20 th to 23 rd July, 2010
Preamble
We, the participants of the Mole XXI Conference,
Recognising the importance of climate change as being “the Defining Human Development Issue of Our Generation”;
Having realised that the e…