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Presentation by Sean Furey (RWSN) at the Dgroups Peer Exchange - 15 November 2012
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Rural Water Supply Network
Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN)
&Dgroups
Sean FureyRural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Secretariat
Skat Foundation
Dgroups Online Peer Exchange15 November 2012
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Phone: +41 (0)71 228 54 54Fax: +41 (0) 71 228 54 55E-mail: ruralwater@skat.ch
Secretariat hosted by Skat Foundation
Vadianstrasse 429000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Rural Water Supply Network
What is ?• Established in 1992 as the
Handpump Technology Network
• Over 2,400 members in 94 countries
• Four themes:– Sustainable Groundwater Development– Equity and Inclusion– Management and Support– Accelerating Self Supply
Rural Water Supply Network
Who we are
RWSN Partners
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Rural Water Supply Network
1.Why did we choose Dgroups?
• We needed a self-managing membership database
• We needed a mechanism to distribute our quarterly newsletter
• We wanted to develop greater interaction and discussion between RWSN members
• Accessible to those with limited/low-bandwith internet
Rural Water Supply Network
2. What the Dgroups does
• Structured e-discussions:– Human Right to Water & Sanitation (April 2012)– Cost Effective Boreholes (Sep/Oct 2012)– Accelerating Self Supply (Nov 2012)– Management & Support (Dec 2012)
• Ad hoc discussions– Water point mapping and mobile phone technology
• Technical queries– Knowledge sharing between members on technical
topics like solar water pumping or manual drilling
Rural Water Supply Network
Rural Water Supply Network Online Map
RWSN websitewww.rural-water-supply.net www.rwsn.ch (to link to above by end of 2012)o Hubo Official announcementso Online Library/Resource
Area
RWSN dgroups sub communitieshttp://dgroups.org/rwsno E-discussionso Member discussions and
sharingo Member-led technical
query response
RWSN dgroupsdgroups.org/rwsno Membership databaseo Newsletter
Distributiono Secretariat
announcements
2,429 members (9 Nov 2012)
RWSN blogrwsnblog.wordpress.com o Member opinion pieceso Raising awareness of
topics, e-discussions or new RWSN publications
RWSN LinkedIno Raising profile among
professionalso Directing traffic to RWSN
siteso Rural water supply
discussions and sharing
RWSN twitter@thewatercyclist (unofficial)o Directing traffic to RWSN
siteso Real-time event reportingo Building links to new
partners and strengthening links to existing partners
394 members
(9 Nov 2012)
346 followers(9 Nov 2012)
RWSN facebook (low priority) www.facebook.com/pages/Rural-Water-Supply-Network-RWSN/240912672618419
16 likes(9 Nov 2012)
Rural Water Supply Network
3. How is the Group managed
• Managed by Secretariat at Skat
• Moderated by Theme Co-ordinators
• English is dominant, but aiming to become more bilingual (En/Fr) - challenging
Rural Water Supply Network
4. Reflections
• Because members have opted-in to dgroups we know they are there and active.
• E-discussions have created tangible outputs and strengthened relationships
• Our challenge is to manage and disseminate knowledge with active practitioners
Rural Water Supply Network
5. Take away message/the 1 lesson learnt
Thanks to Dgroups, the Networking has been put into Rural Water Supply
Network
Rural Water Supply Network
6.One question you have for others
• How do we make interactions more multi-lingual?
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