Knowledge management and outreach
Resource centre network for environmental health, water supply and sanitation (WELL)
| Location | Client | Dates | Value |
| Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia | Department for International Development (DfID) UK | 2001-2006 | £4 million |
WEDC staff involved:
- Sue Coates, plus other WEDC staff
Summary of project activities and outcomes:
The WELL Resource Centre aimed to improve access to information and support in the areas of water, sanitation and environmental health. WEDC was the lead partner managing the following:
- Provision of a technical enquiry service, a document service, maintenance of a website with downloadable sector documents and reports
- Design and implementation of a capacity development programme with partner organisations to provide similar services
- Sector studies, concise outputs are produced disseminated, for example a series of Briefing Notes which demonstrate the contribution of water, sanitation and environmental health to the achievement of various Millennium Development Goals and targets beyond the specific environmentally related objectives
- Responsive consultancy services supporting DfID WASH sector project development and evaluations
- Dissemination of programme outputs through websites and knowledge products targeted to specific audiences
Partners included: LSHTM, IRC in Europe plus: TREND – Ghana, AMREF – Kenya, NETWAS – Kenya, IWSD, Zimbabwe, SEUF – India and ICDDRB – Bangladesh.