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Reflection on presence at the Stockholm World Water Week

At the 2025 Stockholm Water Week the GOPA MetaMeta / SMART Centre Group presented the new “Portable solar pump” that was developed in the last 5 years by the Jacana SMART Centre in Zambia based on input of farmers. It can pump 5 – 15 cubic meters per day and in Zambia is sold now at around $220.

We also presented about “supported self-supply” in the session “Restoring landscapes through innovative finance” together with TIARA -SIWI, Tiyeni and IRHA. With examples it was shown that SDG6.1 basic service in Africa is possible at a one-time support of $25/ person in areas with >200 mm rainfall / year.

The supported self-supply model consists of:

Use innovative low-cost technologies,
Focus on family-owned farm wells who share water with neighbors
Productive uses so income generation to pay for pump maintenance

The full recording of the session (and other sessions of the World Water Week) and can be seen at:

Presence at Stockholm World Water Week

The SMART Centre Group will join this year’s Stockholm World Water Week, to take place fron 24 – 28 August at the Waterfront Centre in Stockholm. Together with the Jacana SMART Centre we have our own booth, in which we’ll present the Portable Solar Pump and other SMARTechs and we will take part in several sessions.

The full program of the conference is available here, and you can join online for free.

The details of the sessions can be found below.

RWSN Webinar 20 June: Water for food, for drinking, and for rural development – examples at scale

We recently participated in an RWSN-organised webinar with the title: ‘Water for food, for drinking, and for rural development – examples at scale’. Together with Colin Andrews of Tiyeni and Joshua Briemberg of the Nicaragua SMART Centre, Reinier Veldman participated in a discussion on the opportunies for Self-supply in the combination with soil and water conservation, such as Tiyeni’s Deep Bed Farming method.

The recording of the webinar is available on the resources page and below.

Presentation – Recording