RésEAU Briefs
The RésEAU Brief series is a medium to share SDC’s learnings from water-related projects and programmes at the global level. This digestible format appears on several times a year, highlighting each time a relevant topic related to water.
RésEAU Brief no. 8 - Water in urban areas: ensuring services, managing risks and retributing to nature
Focusing on the water challenges and opportunities in urban areas, this RésEAU Brief highlights some of SDC’s initiatives that support more sustainable urban water services and resource management relevant for the urban poor.
RésEAU Brief no. 7 - Safe water, sanitation and hygiene for better health
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are critical to our health. Deficits in these services impact quality of life, and lead to severe health issues and the loss of lives every year. This edition presents solutions applied from the local to the global scale, from transforming individual practices to laws and policies, addressing health on the level of communities, institutions, and the specificities of humanitarian contexts.
RésEAU Brief no. 6 - Water: turning the risk of conflict into an opportunity for cooperation and peace
The current edition contributes learning from concrete projects on water for peace. Switzerland as an elected member of the UN Security Council from 2023 to 2024 focuses on building sustainable peace, protecting civilians in armed conflict and addressing climate security. In all these areas, water and water-related infrastructure is often a key piece of the puzzle.
RésEAU Brief no. 5 - Water management solution pathways under climate change in the Middle East region
This edition addresses water management solution pathways under climate change in the Middle East region, with a focus on Jordan, highlighting water use efficiency.
RésEAU Brief no. 4 - Why political economy matters in the water sector
The fourth edition of the RésEAU Brief series focuses on how to thoroughly and systematically consider political and economic factors when designing and implementing water projects and programmes.
RésEAU Brief no. 3 - Developing sustainable rural markets for resilient sanitation: lessons from Bangladesh
In this RésEAU Brief, SDC staff and partners share their learnings from practice on how inclusive and sustainable sanitation market systems can be developed, to spark inspiration and offer guidance for similar actions.
RésEAU Brief no. 2 - Promoting social water entrepreneurship
This RésEAU Brief presents projects promoting social water entrepreneurship (SWE) and serves as basis for discussion of the strategic and operational focus of the GPW and its involvement in the field of SWE.
RésEAU Brief no. 1 - Water: The key to sustainable food systems globally
In this RésEAU Brief, SDC staff and partners share their learnings from practice on the intricate relation between sustainable food systems and the water that sustains them. They contribute the solutions and key messages for policy makers and water managers.
Annex to the RésEAU Brief no. 4 - Key questions to guide a Political Economy Analysis in the water sector
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Trend Observatory on Water
Analysing challenges and opportunities for development cooperation The Trend Observatory on Water of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) aims at informing RésEAU members, Cluster Green affiliated networks, and partners about relevant emerging trends and innovative approaches.