Mole XVI Conference 2005
By RCN Ghana · 24 October 2005
Over the past 16 years, the Mole conference has constituted the most important multi-stakeholder forum for discussion issues relating to the development of the Community Water and Sanitation Sector issues. This year's Mole conference has again lived up to expectation. It was organised by the Coalition of NGOs in the Water and Sanitation sector (CONIWAS) at the Miklin hotel in Kumasi from 7 till 10 June 2005. The conference brought together about 100 stakeholders within the Ghanaian Water and Sanitation Sector including donors, agency staff, NGO personnel, community groups and District Assembly staff. The theme of the Conference's was "Counting the Numbers: A Water and Sanitation Sector MDG Challenge".
The Mole XVI conference was officially opened on Wednesday 8 June 2005 by the Regional Minister of Ashanti Region. Conference sponsors and well wishers were given the opportunity to deliver good will messages. In the afternoon there were presentations from UNICEF, TREND Group and the CWSA on MDG monitoring. The last presentation of the afternoon was an entertaining presentation on the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme.
Day 2 of the conference started with the presentation of the outcomes of a case study that had been commissioned by CONIWAS on different monitoring systems within Ghana. The study was quite critical on the different monitoring systems that exist throughout the Country. The main conclusion was that there were (too) many parallel systems and that there is very little communication and cooperation between the involved organisations and projects. The rest of the Day 2 involved three modules of presentations and discussions: First different organisations and projects had the chance to present their monitoring systems. This was followed by a session where the emphasis was on methodologies for data collection for monitoring. The key organisations in this session included the Association of Water Boards. The last session for the day involved presentations on Kno…
The Mole XVI conference was officially opened on Wednesday 8 June 2005 by the Regional Minister of Ashanti Region. Conference sponsors and well wishers were given the opportunity to deliver good will messages. In the afternoon there were presentations from UNICEF, TREND Group and the CWSA on MDG monitoring. The last presentation of the afternoon was an entertaining presentation on the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme.
Day 2 of the conference started with the presentation of the outcomes of a case study that had been commissioned by CONIWAS on different monitoring systems within Ghana. The study was quite critical on the different monitoring systems that exist throughout the Country. The main conclusion was that there were (too) many parallel systems and that there is very little communication and cooperation between the involved organisations and projects. The rest of the Day 2 involved three modules of presentations and discussions: First different organisations and projects had the chance to present their monitoring systems. This was followed by a session where the emphasis was on methodologies for data collection for monitoring. The key organisations in this session included the Association of Water Boards. The last session for the day involved presentations on Kno…
