Cowater has been selected by the Royal Government of Bhutan to provide technical support to the Central Coordinating Agency to enhance capacity of the internal auditors and to work with the Internal Audit Service (IAS) to develop a fully functioning internal audit unit. This World Bank funded project will include …
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As a Supreme Audit Institution, the Office of the Auditor General of Nepal (OAGN) occupies a pre-eminent position in the overall financial management and accountability framework of Nepal. An effective audit institution helps ensure financial discipline, compliance with authorities, and reliable financial reporting in the public sector. It also aids …
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Cowater International Inc. recently signed a contract with the Millennium Challenge Account in Jordan to manage and implement the Water Smart Homes – Social, Outreach and Engineering Services Project (WSHs-SOES). This multi-million dollar project, funded by US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will improve the condition of home water systems and …
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Cowater International Inc., in association with Sogema Technologies Inc., with support from the Canadian Commercial Corporation, has been selected by the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) to assist with improving the efficiency of BWA’s revenue management. The Cowater and Sogema-led components total USD 24.7 million and will focus on: bringing BWA’s numerous …
read moreThe Government of the Republic of Malawi, the Ministry of Finance, with funding from the World Bank, has awarded Cowater a contract to assist the Central Internal Audit Unit to enhance their auditing capacity through the provision of training, development of a quality assessment framework, and aligning their the internal audit manual …
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As the Manager of Accounting at Cowater’s headquarters in Ottawa, travel to a Project office for audit purposes is not a frequent occurrence. Therefore I did not hesitate when the opportunity to travel to the Communication for Effective Social Service Delivery (CESSD) Project Office in Pakistan presented itself. The primary …
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Cowater International has successfully completed the first phase of the German Development Bank (KfW) funded Capacity Building of the Ghana Audit Service (GAS) Project. With a view to foster and build regional partnerships and collaboration, Cowater has partnered with the African Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions in English-Speaking Africa (AFROSAI-E) …
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World Water Week (WWW) is one of the most prestigious and useful yearly events for the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Held in Stockholm every September, it gathers 3,000 professionals to discuss new trends and share cutting edge discoveries. Since 1991, each year addresses a particular theme to better …
read moreJuly was not an entirely typical month for this Cowater Project Manager, particularly at a time synonymous to most Canadians with relaxation, cottages, and summer vacations. Instead, my month included work on three separate initiatives in three separate countries, with no shortage of stops in several more along the way. …
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For the past two and a half years I’ve had the pleasure of working with Cowater’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Lesotho. I was hired as an intern joining a team that had already been working on the ground for three years. Not only did I have to …
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