News from the MUS Group secretariat

February 2010

Action points previous meeting• 2 pagers for MUS Group/FAO publication: see agenda

item• CPWF synthesis paper: see agenda point• Gerardo van Halsema to check whether WUR would

become core member: nothing heard back• UN task force: see agenda point• Membership survey: not done• Technical request MASSCOTE: pending• Workshop on CBA indicators: done• Update website with info on funders: done• Updating governance guidelines: done

Activities: information management

• Newsletters: July 2009 and Dec 2010 – inputs solicited for March/April version

• Email list: – Around 350 members; 320 effective?– Membership automatically cleaned, but manual cleaning still needed– No membership survey done

• Website: regularly updated• Climbing water ladder: mailed around (supported by CPWF)• Special issue of WaterLines – with various contributions from the

Group• Translation:

– Climbing water ladder into Spanish – being finalised– MUS in Colombia (by Cinara)– Ideas for French translations?

Activities: technical exchange

• Visits from first round completed:– RAIN and RiPPLE in Ethiopia– Winrock in Niger

• One new request received:– WEDC and Cinara on technology options for MUS

in Colombia

• One open slot: MASSMUS?

Activities: networking

• Proposal for chapter of MUS Group in Latin America – Cinara

• Request for briefing on MUS at KfW – June• Request for session for WASH Coalitions at

WSSCC - May

FundingFAO WSSCC

Item Budget (US$) Item Budget (Euro)

Honorarium and travel costs secretariat

15.000

Support participants from South to meetings

10.000 Support participants from South to meetings

5.100

Technical exchange facility

4.500

Translation of documents

5.400

Meeting/event costs 2.300

Admin costs IRC (10%) 2.700

Total 30.000 15.000

Opportunities

• EU Water Facility?• Spanish call for proposals on networks• Others...