International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance

Alliance internationale pour la gestion de l'eau de pluie (IRHA)

Alianza internacional para la gestión del agua de lluvia (IRHA)

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Empowering the Rainwater Harvesting Movement

 

The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) was created in Geneva in November 2002 following recomendations formulated during the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg two months earlier. The mandate called for federation and unification of the disparate rainwater harvesting (RWH) movement around the world, to promote rainwater as a valuable water resource and to build on achievements in this field for the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals.

 

In partnership with the most eminent organisations and individuals in the field, the IRHA provides a lobbying and advocacy platform for RWH. It supports the growth of RWH solutions to water supply problems. It also provides a forum for its members to work together or share experiences, and thus for the benefit of people living with water scarcity.

The IRHA Vision and Mission

 

The IRHA vision is a large use of rainwater in every field of life.

The IRHA mission is to promote Rainwater Harvesting as a tool for climate change adaptation and as a water resource which should be viewed in the framework of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).

 

 

 

The IRHA promotes the use and management of rainwater as part of:

 

• Soil and water conservation for food security
• Climate changes adaptation policy
• Risks reduction and disasters mitigation policy
• Watershed & community development
• Ecosystem conservation and aquifer recharge
• Household and productive use
• Hygiene and sanitation improvement policies

 

 

These strategies the IRHA Secretariat implements through four activities:

 

• Project implementation
• Capacity building & awareness raising
• Federating the RWH movement
• Political positionning of RWH

 

 

The IRHA Objectives

 

• To promote Rainwater Harvesting and management as a strategic and sustainable way of achieving the Millennium Development Goal for freshwater.
• To position RWH as a powerful tool for climate changes adaptation.
• To create synergies between the major stakeholders in the RWH sector and to influence policy at all levels: international, regional, national and local.
• To build knowledge on the different technologies of RWH.
• To facilitate networking and information exchange in all aspects of RWH and management, enhancing South-South and North-South collaboration.

The IRHA activities around the world

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Secretariat and HQ in Geneva, Switzerland

 

1. A training course on “Rainwater Harvesting for watershed development” near Mumbai in India (2004)

2. Rainwater Harvesting in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria (2005-2006)

3. Rainwater Harvesting in San Antonio de Lomerio, Bolivia (2005-2006)

4. A training course on “Rainwater Harvesting for soil and water preservation” in Meru, Kenya (2006)

5. 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City, Mexico (2006)

  

 

6. Blue Schools in the region of Koulikoro, Mali (2007-2008)

7. Blue Schools in the region of Himachal Pradesh, India (2008-2009)

8. Aquifer recharge with rainwater at the Ramakrishna Centre, India (2008-2009)

9. 5th World Water Forum in Instanbul, Turkey (2009)

10. Blue Schools in the region of Kumasi, Ghana (2009-2010)

 

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