Dr Dinos Constantinides, recently attended the INDABA PROGRAMME, where he shared valuable insights ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ.
Key presentations delivered by our CEO included:

  • A session on the ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ.
  • A paper on ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  and its role in ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, focusing on how municipalities can upgrade water supply systems.

A standout moment was the discussion on the methodology followed by Dr Dinos on upgrading Kimbereley networks including the decommissioning of 26 km of outdated pipesโ€”an approach that garnered significant attention and appreciation.

Dr. Dinos engaged with senior officials discussing a shared vision of ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ for municipalities. The Ministerโ€™s speech, which aligned closely with our approach, further validated the importance of this direction. During the presentations, the focus was on shifting from ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง & ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  (๐ƒ&๐) ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐Ž&๐Œ), emphasizing the critical need for building capacity within municipalities and delivering long-term, sustainable solutions.