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Capacity building and training approaches for water safety plans: A comprehensive literature review
Capacity building and training approaches for water safety plans: A comprehensive literature review
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International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
222 (2019), Heft 4
222 (2019), Heft 4
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Kapazitätsaufbau (Fähigkeiten), Ausbildung, Trinkwasser, Wasserversorgung
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Ferrero, Giuliana, Karen Setty and Bettina Rickert, 2019. Capacity building and training approaches for water safety plans: A comprehensive literature review. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health [online]. 2019. vol. 222 (2019), Heft 4. DOI 10.60810/openumwelt-138. Verfügbar unter: https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/5293
Abstract english
The World Health Organization has recommended Water Safety Plans (WSPs), a holistic risk assessment and risk management approach, for drinking-water suppliers across low-, middle- and high-income countries, since publishing its 2004 Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality. While rapid WSP adoption has occurred, capacity is still catching up to implementation needs. Many countries and regions lack case examples, legal requirements, and training resources for WSPs, corresponding to widespread capacity shortfall in the water supply sector. We undertook a comprehensive review of the literature on capacity building and training for WSPs, with the goal of providing recommendations for multiple stakeholder groups at the scales of individual utilities, national governments, and intermediate units of governance. We propose a WSP training taxonomy and discuss it in relation to the stages of learning (introduction, practice, and reinforcement); describe the importance of customizing training to the target group, local language and circumstances; highlight the relevance of auditing for evaluating change over time; and call for robust methods to monitor WSP capacity development. © 2019 World Health Organization. Published by Elsevier