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German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste

Standards, Capacity Building and Networking

Damascus - Syria 11 - 13 December 2005

Welcometo

Germany

450.000 km public sewer

Waste Water in Germany

Waste Water10.500 Mill. m3

Connected 95 %

10.000 Waste WaterTreatment Plants

Standardisation-bodies

Main Associations for energy and water in Germany

TGC-GmbH

VKU

FIGAWA

BGW

DWA

DVGW

rbv

BHKS

VDEW

HEAStrom-vertrieb AGFW

AGFWAGFW-ProjektGmbH

brbv-GmbH

VWEW-GmbH

BGW-Kongress

GmbH

Wirtschafts-und

Verlags-GmbH

VDE

VGBErzeugung

VDI

BG

VdTÜV VDS

VDNÜbertragung/

Verteilung

VRE

DIHK

FFI

Interessenvertreter Versorgungsunternehmen:

Interessenvertreter der Industrieunternehmen:

Regelsetzer:

Fachverbände als Heraus-geber von Richtlinien:

Kommerzielle Töchterals GmbH:

Zertifizierer:

Prüf-/Forschungsinstitut:

FGW

SWKI

AGFW-Zert

BDH

DVGW-Zert

CEN

EHPDIN

EuropeancooperationAGFW_ B-T:

VIK

GFA

DWA - German Water Association

EWA - European Water Association

IWA - International Water Association

International Associations

CEN-Members and affiliated organisations

Brussels

National members of CENAffiliatesCEN Management Centre

Structureand

Members

Who is DWA?

German representative of those specialists active in the fields of water management, wastewater and solid wasteFounded 1948Non profit making NGO

Rules and StandardsTraining and EducationInformation Transfer

Members are

Corporate

• Operators• Consultants• Companies• Municipalities• Regional Goverment

Individual

• Engineers• Operation personnel• Students• Pensioners

Some 14 000 members (800 in 55 Countries)

Engineers with their training Certificates

Workers of sewer-cleaning

Municipalitie leaders in experience exchange

50 Cities with morethan 200.000 inhabitants

Since 36 years, incl. Amsterdam, Basel, Bratislava, Graz, Copenhagen, Luxemburg, Paris, Vienna and Zurich

What do they find in DWA?

Rules and Standards

Information

Platform of Information exchange

Training & education

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Working group

Special committee

Special committee

Special committee

Main committee

250 committees and working groups with 1600 volunteers

Structure

In the center: the member

All together

Own choice

Volunteers

For the public

From praxis to praxis

Statue § 19 and rules of procedure

Standard ATV-DVWK-A 400commentaria to A 400

Technical +Economic

+Legal Information

Publications

• Some 500 Publications

• incl. 280 standards

Standards world wide / Translations

English

French

Spanish

Polish

Arab

Czech

Hungarian

ChineseJapanese

Continuous Training

Life long learning

All Levels - Offers

Model NeighbourhoodGermany and Austria since 25 yearsTarget group Operatorsregional Groups approx. 10-20 Utilities2-3 meetings per yearTeachers get trained

Neighbourhoods

196869

7071

7273

7475

7677

7879

198081

8283

8485

8687

8889

199091

9293

9495

9697

981999

15.476 Teil-nehmer

9.500

280

336 Nachbar-schaften

7.7100 Klär-anlagen

6.600

200

2.800

5.200

Baden- Bayern Nord Hessen Nord-OstWürttb. NRW Rhl.-Pf Sachs.-Thür.

Saarl.

Jobs for Young People

German Technical Vocational

Training and Education

(TVET)

Training Examples

Level of Qualifications

Master Technician2 yearssince 198770 - 80 000 PE

Technician3 yearssince 198430-40 000 PE

400 - 500 each year

Participation in international conferences

Know-How Transfer to other Countries

Young Scientist´s Programme

IFAT 2005: 63 Young Scientists from 26 Countries are 10 days guests of DWA

WATER BERLIN 3. - 7.4.2006

Meet the German Water Sector

Delegations

International Training

Center of education and training for Stuffs of

wastewater traetment plants in Qingdao - China

Technical Assistance for Managing and Co-ordinatingTraining in the Water Sector in Al-Bireh - Palestine

WWW.Watertraining-palestine.org

Structure

Steering Committee

Donor Projectsin Water Training

WG 1Water Supply

Technician Training

WG 2Waste Water

Technician Training

WG 3Graduate and Professional Training

WG 4 Management and Finance Training

GTZ Support

PWATraining

Coordination Unit

DWA Model

The End Thank youFurther Contact: Dipl.-Geol. Roland KnitschkyDepartment Training and intern. Cooperation

DWA German Association forWater, Wastewater and Waste e.V.

Tel./Fax: ++49-2242-872-214

Email: [email protected]

Homepage: www.DWA.dewww.DED.de

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