Too often, water management and infrastructure solutions are developed based on assumptions about local communities’ needs, rather than through active listening to their concerns. This results in solutions that fail to foster local ownership and overlook valuable community knowledge, ultimately leading to unsustainable water projects. Working closely with local people and partners, incorporating both their needs and expertise,  is critical to the success of long-term water projects. Partners for Water encourages this approach through multidisciplinary methods and collaborative efforts with local communities and stakeholders.
In the episode on locally led development, you will explore various approaches and examples of locally led water projects, with Shahnoor Hasan from Deltares, Chris Zevenbergen from the TU Delft, Professor Kwasi Appeaning Addo from the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies in Ghana and Floris Boogaard from Hanze Hogeschool and Deltares.''