The Andes contained two research sites. In Bolivia, focus was on community-initiated water services in peri-urban areas of the Cochabamba valley, as well as on the support by a resource centre to these initiatives. The work in Colombia centered in the Quindio and Valle del Cauca departments around the de facto use of piped water supply systems for multiple purposes. All outputs are available in Spanish, with English summaries. Some key outputs have been translated into English.

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Work in the Indo-Gangetic Basin was carried out in Nepal and the Indian state of Maharashtra by International Development Enterprises (IDE). The work in Nepal focused on the piloting of spring-fed hybrid systems in mountain communities. A learning alliance at different institutional levels was set up around these initiatives. In Maharashtra, an effort was undertaken to link mus development to a rural water supply programme.

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In the Limpopo basin work was carried out in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. The work in South Africa started with a focus on a community-based planning approach to multiple uses of water. In Zimbabwe the initial focus was on the review of policies and strategies of national government entities and NGOs.

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MUS work in the Mekong basin was mostly carried out in the north-east of Thailand, which is a part of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The work started with the identification of the existing multiple use water systems in farming communities, their benefits and economic impacts, based on the national development paradigm. The work focused on both up-scaling and out-scaling of multiple water use practices in north-east Thailand. The key approaches included learning alliance development and managing knowledge on sustainable water resource management at farm and household levels. The implementation included application of participatory action research methodologies with Local Wisdom Networks, Universities, Government and Non-government Organizations. Efforts were made to upscale multiple water use systems at the national policy level, through gradual changes in government plans, budgeting and practices.

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The MUS activities for the Nile Basin all took place in Ethiopia. The project sought to get an improved understanding of how to develop mus approach, particularly focusing on issues such as water source mobilization and hydrology, water distribution technology, hygiene behaviour, water quality and community organization.

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