The Wami-Ruvu Basin Water Board (WRBWB), water utility MORUWASA and World Waternet have been working together for several years to develop a sustainable approach to managing the Mindu Dam catchment, the main source of drinking water for the city of Morogoro in Tanzania. Erosion, sedimentation and increasing pressure on land and water resources demonstrate that protecting this vital water source requires more than investments in infrastructure alone. The surrounding landscape,

Twenty years of international cooperation on water: that was the milestone celebrated by the NWB Fund on Thursday, 8 October, at Het Oude Magazijn in Amersfoort. Together with its partners and stakeholders, the Fund reflected on the past and looked ahead to the future. At the heart of the event was the question of how international cooperation contributes to better water management and what we can learn from one another. Since its establishment by NWB Bank in 2006, the NWB Fu

On Thursday 8th October, the NWB Award was presented for the fourth time. It is the NWB Fund's prize for the most compelling video on international water management work. Eleven projects submitted a video on this year's theme, 'reciprocity' in international cooperation. The winner is Blue Deal Peru, with the video “Reciprocity in Peru: water teaches us to learn together”! Bert van Boggelen, director of the NWB Fund, announced the winner in Amersfoort during the celebration of

The race for the NWB Award 2026 has begun. This week, an expert jury reviewed all eleven entries and selected a shortlist of three videos in which this year’s theme, ‘reciprocity’ in international cooperation, comes across most strongly. Until Tuesday 6th October, all water authority employees and international partners around the world can vote for their favourite. Three nominees The shortlist, in no particular order: Seeds of reciprocity: Romania and the Netherlands growing

Are you involved in an international water management project? Then this is your chance to compete for the NWB Award 2026. Capture in a compelling video what ‘reciprocity’ means for your project and contend for the NWB Fund’s prize. The winner receives 5,000 euros for the winning project, a place on the Wall of Fame at the office of the Dutch Water Authorities in The Hague, and a feature in Waterkracht magazine. International work in the spotlight The NWB Award is the NWB Fun

The NWB Fund has approved a new project to improve the watermanagement of the Mlali River in Tanzania. It is part of a long term collaboration between partner organisations MORUWASA, Wami Ruvu Basin Water Board and World Waternet within the WaterWorx programme. This collaboration focuses on strengthening water security by improving drinking water availability and adressing the underlying causes of water problems. Like soil degradation and erosion that make the area more vulne

The Netherlands/Pekalongan – Through the KIWI Climate Game Changers program, various climate-adaptive opportunities have been identified within Blue Deal partnerships, including in Pekalongan, Indonesia. To achieve greenhouse gas and cost reduction the University of Semarang UNDIP in collaboration with the local Blue Deal team has conducted a feasibility study into the use of solar energy for the pumping stations in the city. Pekalongan is threatened by a combination of lan

A lot of great things are happening in international projects of the Dutch Water Authorities, and this deserves to be seen! That’s why the NWB Fund will once again award a prize for the most inspiring video on this topic: the NWB Award 2026. What can you win? You can win a cash prize of 5,000 euros for your project, a spot on the Wall of Fame in the Unie office in The Hague, and a feature in the magazine Waterschapspiegel . What do you need to do? Create a short video abo

Amsterdam, 16 February 2026, World Waternet, Yarmouk Water Company and the Greater Irbid Municipality have launched a rainwater harvesting initiative in Irbid, Jordan, supported by the NWB Fund. The project builds on a recent Memorandum of Understanding and responds to severe water scarcity and increasing urban flooding caused by groundwater depletion and climate-driven rainfall extremes. Figure 1: Potential implementation location for a Rainwater Harvesting System (RWHS) in